CBP EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What was the Customs Service's primary responsibility for much of its history? -
Answers -Revenue Collection
What were some of the early challenges of the Customs Service - Answers --Small
number of inspectors and thousands of miles of hard to protect borders
-Prohibition
-Organized Crime
-Bribery
What Supreme Court ruling deemed state laws on immigrant head tax was
unconstitutional? - Answers -Henderson VS Mayor of New York
What act led to inception of passenger manifests? - Answers -Steerage Act of 1819
Who established the United States Department of Agriculture? - Answers -President
Lincoln
In what year did Plant Protection and Quarantine take control of inspection activities at
ports of entry, and from who? - Answers -1974, Veterinary Services Division
Name two technologies that target and stop terrorist activities. - Answers -National
Targeting Center
Non-Intrusive Inspection
What is the role of the Plant Protection Quarantine section under APHIS? - Answers -
Safeguards agriculture and natural resources
List ways you can support the following aspect of the CBP mission: "safeguard
America's borders thereby protecting the public..." - Answers -Be vigilant and alert for
signs of terrorism
What are CBP's core values? - Answers -Vigilance
Service to Country
Integrity
Define corruption - Answers -The abuse of one's authority or position for personal gain
Why are CBP officers vulnerable to corruption? - Answers -Uniform and Authority
What are the consequences of corruption? - Answers -Incarceration
Fines
Threats to family and friends
Loss of employment
Loss of family and community standing
, What are some potential warning signs of corruption? - Answers -Manipulation of
assignments
Conduct violations
Behavior changes
Relationships
Finances
Identify actions that could end a CBP officers career - Answers -Cheating on exams
Misuse of government issued credit card
Use of illegal drugs or controlled substances, including steroids
What is a CTDD - Answers -Controlled Tire Deflation Device
Any device designed for the controlled deflation of a tire
How is a deployed CTDD identified? - Answers -By its serial number
How long is a report for a deployed CTDD maintained for? - Answers -3 years
What are the requirements for accidental deflation of tires? - Answers -Cause of
accidental deflation
Reporting
Tort Claim SF95
Inspection Operations Incident Log (IOIL)
What is Professionalism? - Answers -Being in control of the situation
Reacting to confrontation in a prepared and learned manner
Being courteous, polite, respectful, helpful, and patient
What are the elements of the Pledge to Travelers? - Answers -Cordially Greet and
welcome you to the US
Treat you with courtesy, dignity, and respect
Explain the CBP process to you
Have a supervisor listen to your comments
Define Bias - Answers -An unconscious belief that conditions, governs, and compels our
behaviors
Define Stereotype - Answers -A broad generalization about an individual or groups of
people before the individual or group has been encountered
Define Culture - Answers -The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts,
beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought typical of a
population or community at a given time
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