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Questions # 1:

An employee of Company A is injured in a car accident and rushed to a government-owned hospital in Country X. Prior to admitting the patient the head doctor insists that is it customary for foreigners to pay the hospital a generous donation" and insinuates that the patient will not be admitted without the payment.

The request is an example of which offense?

Options:

A.

Solicitation

B.

Duress

C.

Extortion

D.

Bribery

Questions # 2:

You are part of a law enforcement learn reviewing remittances from global money service businesses (MSBs) over a several year period including a time of severe economic recession During this time period there was a regulatory change that drastically lowered the transaction amount al which ihe MSBs were required lo record identity documentation (e.g., driver's license passport) (or any wire transfers crossing international boundaries.

Which result suggests criminal actors have previously been using the system to transfer funds and avoid the reporting requirement?

Options:

A.

The aggregate amount of money transferred from one country to another decreased sharply immediately prior to and increased sharply after the new reporting requirements were enacted

B.

The aggregate amount of money transferred from one country to another reduced sharply immediately prior to and after the new reporting requirements were enacted

C.

There was an increase in the number of cross-border transmissions with an increased average value

D.

There was an increase in Suspicious Transaction Reports (SARs/STRs) filed to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)

Questions # 3:

A customer wishes to open a personal account at Bank A with a cashier's check A representative at Bank A has the customer fill out a questionnaire including questions about the source of wealth as well as the primary purpose of the account.

To perform appropriate due diligence which three activities should Bank A perform? Choose2answers

Options:

A.

Conduct enhanced due diligence due to the account being opened with a cashier's check

B.

Take into account factors such as whether the customer lives in a high-risk jurisdiction

C.

Confirm the customers source of wealth including verification of employment

D.

Verity the customer's personal details such as the customer's address both via his provided identification and independently through public record searches

Questions # 4:

You are an investigator at a small bank Your transaction monitoring system alerts you to unusual activity happening in a business account for a consulting firm ABC Consulting.

The account activity consists of incoming wires from a personal account at another institution there are three to four incoming wires each week from one individual. The next day an outgoing check would be issued to the same person for a slightly larger amount with the memo "Wire reimbursement + fee " Web searches indicate that this person is employed by your customer ABC Consulting Additional activity consists of small cash deposits.

Which are Ihe red flags in this scenario? Choose 2 answers

Options:

A.

Money being wired into this account from a personal account may constitute complying of funds

B.

The customer does not appear to be operating a legitimate business

C.

The customer is a marketing consulting firm which is always considered a high-risk industry

D.

The customer may be layering transactions to conceal the source or purpose of funds

Questions # 5:

Phillips Importers LLC. is a shell company owned by Jon Phillips Mr. Phillips is very active in his local church He has convinced a large number of individuals from his church to invest in the Phillips Fund, which guarantees 10% returns.He lakes the money he collects and puts itina bank account for Phillips Importers LLC. He uses that money to market the Phillips Fund to new investors, print statements, pay dividends to his investors and pay some of his personal expenses.

Which types of fraud isMr.Phillips committing? Choose 2 answers

Options:

A.

Pyramid scheme

B.

Market manipulation

C.

Ponzi scheme

D.

Affinity fraud

Questions # 6:

You are a compliance officer at a payment card provider You have been dealing with a number of suspected identity theft cases and are reviewing your policies and procedures to highlight red flags within customer behaviors that might be indicative of stolen identities.

Which are red flags in detecting and investigating identity theft? Choose 2 answers

Options:

A.

The person presenting the identification seems to be much younger than his photo

B.

The area code of the customer s personal phone number does not match the area code of his business phone number

C.

An account that has been inactive for a long time has been closed by the customer

D.

Mail sent to the customer is returned repeatedly as undeliverable even though transactions are being conducted on the account

Questions # 7:

During a sanctions compliance training session, an employee asks about the implications of conducting transactions with individuals or entities on the OFAC Sectoral Sanctions Identifications (SSI) list. What is the most accurate response to the employee’s inquiry?

Options:

A.

Conducting transactions with individuals or entities on the OFAC SSI list may result in reputational damage but not regulatory penalties.

B.

Conducting transactions with individuals or entities on the OFAC SSI list is permissible if the transactions are below a certain monetary threshold.

C.

Conducting transactions with individuals or entities on the OFAC SSI list may result in both regulatory penalties and reputational damage.

D.

Conducting transactions with individuals or entities on the OFAC SSI list is permissible if authorized by senior management.

Questions # 8:

An international construction company was bidding on a large contract to redevelop and modernize a hydroelectric power system in a central Asian country. Theprojectwas being administered by an agency in the country's federal government but federal officials directed the company to contact a number of local officials for additional details on the project and its scope The company later wins its bid for the redevelopment contract and

completes the protect.

A year later an internal auditor is conducting a routine review of past projects and notices certain irregularities in the bidding process for Ihe power system redevelopment. All of the company's major competitors had been rejected in the first round of bidding despite offering competitive pricing of the other firms considered in later rounds of bidding most were small companies and several were incorporated recently in the country where the project was taking place All of them put in bids that were higher or much lower than the company's winning bid.

The auditor is concerned that these unusual findings may indicate the company won its bid through a corruption scheme involving government officials. Which further finding BEST supports this possibility?

Options:

A.

At least one of the companies that submitted a competing bid appears to be a sole proprietorship incorporated in another country

B.

Officials from the federal agency appeared to have limited contact with the local officials during the bidding process

C.

The company won the bid and then subcontracted work to several of the smaller local firmsthathad also submitted bids

D.

The company s total costs for the project came in at 3% higher than the estimated costssubmittedduringthe bidding process

Questions # 9:

Ms. Johnson, the compliance officer at DEF Credit Union, is conducting a risk assessment of the credit union’s mobile banking services. Which of the following factors should Ms. Johnson consider when assessing the risks associated with mobile banking?

Options:

A.

The level of encryption used in the mobile banking app.

B.

The age demographics of credit union members.

C.

The number of branches operated by DEF Credit Union.

D.

The credit union's annual revenue.

Questions # 10:

You are an examiner with Ihe regulatory agency in your jurisdiction that oversees money services businesses (MSBs).

You are conducting an examination of a midsize MSB with agents located domestically and in several countries. A previous examination last year found numerous weaknesses in Ihe MSB s anti-money laundering and fraud prevention programs, and you are reviewing these programs to determine if improvements have been made.

Which activity would MOST likely lead your agency to lake further regulatory action against the MSB?

Options:

A.

The MSB is not applying FATCA's withholding tax to its domestic money transactions

B.

The MSB's suspicious activity/transaction report (SAR/STR) filings related to cybercrime have increased in the past year

C.

The MSB has not updated the AML training it provides to its agents in almost four months

D.

The MSB has suspended agents found to be facilitating fraud schemes and allowed them to rejoin as a new company

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