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Border Patrol Supervisor Test Questions
with Correct Answers| Latest Update
100% Solved (Grade A+)
1. What does INA 212 cover?
A) Deportability grounds
B) Adjustment of status
C) Admissibility
D) Seizure of conveyances
Answer: C
Rationale: INA 212 (8 USC 1182) specifies the grounds of
inadmissibility—health-related, criminal, security, public charge,
etc. A supervisor must know which aliens can be denied entry at
the border or ports of entry.
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2. What does INA 237 cover?
A) Adjustment of status
B) Deportability
C) Powers of immigration officers
D) Admissibility
Answer: B
Rationale: INA 237 (8 USC 1227) lists the grounds for removing
aliens already in the United States, including visa overstays,
criminal convictions, and security violations.
3. A judge gives an alien a voluntary return (VR) and gives
him a date to depart. You encounter him later and discover he
never left. What action should you take?
A) Issue a verbal warning and release him
B) Issue a Notice to Appear (NTA) and/or consider reinstatement
of removal
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C) Call the judge who issued the VR
D) Do nothing; he had permission to stay
Answer: B
Rationale: When an alien is given a voluntary return order but
fails to depart by the specified date, the alien is subject to
removal proceedings. Issuing a Notice to Appear (NTA),
considering reinstatement of removal, or a "bag and baggage"
order are appropriate enforcement actions.
4. What does INA 245 cover?
A) Adjustment of status from nonimmigrant to lawful permanent
resident (LPR)
B) Deportation procedures
C) Border search authority
D) Visa issuance requirements
Answer: A
Rationale: INA 245 (8 USC 1255) allows certain aliens physically
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present in the United States to adjust to LPR status without
returning to their home country.
5. What does INA 274 cover?
A) Powers of immigration officers
B) Admissibility standards
C) Authority to seize vehicles, vessels, or aircraft with probable
cause of smuggling
D) Naturalization procedures
Answer: C
Rationale: INA 274 (8 USC 1324) prohibits alien smuggling and
authorizes seizure of conveyances (vehicles, vessels, aircraft) used
in smuggling operations.
6. What does INA 287 cover?
A) Adjustment of status
B) Powers of an immigration officer
Border Patrol Supervisor Test Questions
with Correct Answers| Latest Update
100% Solved (Grade A+)
1. What does INA 212 cover?
A) Deportability grounds
B) Adjustment of status
C) Admissibility
D) Seizure of conveyances
Answer: C
Rationale: INA 212 (8 USC 1182) specifies the grounds of
inadmissibility—health-related, criminal, security, public charge,
etc. A supervisor must know which aliens can be denied entry at
the border or ports of entry.
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2. What does INA 237 cover?
A) Adjustment of status
B) Deportability
C) Powers of immigration officers
D) Admissibility
Answer: B
Rationale: INA 237 (8 USC 1227) lists the grounds for removing
aliens already in the United States, including visa overstays,
criminal convictions, and security violations.
3. A judge gives an alien a voluntary return (VR) and gives
him a date to depart. You encounter him later and discover he
never left. What action should you take?
A) Issue a verbal warning and release him
B) Issue a Notice to Appear (NTA) and/or consider reinstatement
of removal
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C) Call the judge who issued the VR
D) Do nothing; he had permission to stay
Answer: B
Rationale: When an alien is given a voluntary return order but
fails to depart by the specified date, the alien is subject to
removal proceedings. Issuing a Notice to Appear (NTA),
considering reinstatement of removal, or a "bag and baggage"
order are appropriate enforcement actions.
4. What does INA 245 cover?
A) Adjustment of status from nonimmigrant to lawful permanent
resident (LPR)
B) Deportation procedures
C) Border search authority
D) Visa issuance requirements
Answer: A
Rationale: INA 245 (8 USC 1255) allows certain aliens physically
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present in the United States to adjust to LPR status without
returning to their home country.
5. What does INA 274 cover?
A) Powers of immigration officers
B) Admissibility standards
C) Authority to seize vehicles, vessels, or aircraft with probable
cause of smuggling
D) Naturalization procedures
Answer: C
Rationale: INA 274 (8 USC 1324) prohibits alien smuggling and
authorizes seizure of conveyances (vehicles, vessels, aircraft) used
in smuggling operations.
6. What does INA 287 cover?
A) Adjustment of status
B) Powers of an immigration officer
