CBP EXAM 5 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026 | Premium Practice
Questions & Solutions | A+ Verified
• What are observations? -✓✓Based on what you actually see and hear, not on what
you think you already know
• What are stereotypes? -✓✓Making a broad generalization about an individual or
groups of people
• What is prejudice? -✓✓A judgment or opinion formed before the facts are known,
usually involving negative or unfavorable thoughts about groups of people
• What is discrimination? -✓✓Action based on prejudiced thoughts
• When conducting a progressive inspection you MUST: -✓✓1. Have valid reasons to
continue or elevate an inspection to the next step
2. Terminate an inspection when there are no longer valid reasons to continue
• Type of info you should know about typical travelers at your POE -✓✓1. Physical
appearance and attire
2. National origins
3. Quality and quantity of luggage or belongings
4. Travel itineraries
5. Reasons for traveling
6. Occupations
• Observation pitfalls -✓✓1. Reading more into the situation
2. Being influenced by the halo effect
3. Stereotyping individuals aka
4. Being close-minded to new info
• Effectively reviewing threats and setting risk targeting priorities requires a familiarity
with: -✓✓1. Threat assessments
2. Recent trends
3. Current concealment methods
• Things to observe in travelers -✓✓Facial area, hands and feet, voice, mode of dress,
"red flags"
• Is it critical to "control" a travelers hand? -✓✓Yes! Do not allow them to place their
hands into their pockets
,• Typical traveler selective behaviors -✓✓Along with nervous behaviors, a persons
voice can show signs of deception
• Verbal signs of deception -✓✓Raise in the pitch of persons voice, increased rate of
speech, increase in loudness of speech, dry mouth, types of words used, excessive
throat clearing
• Observing travelers, watch for: -✓✓Staged distractions, baby crying, feigning illness,
overly friendly or rude travelers, potential observers near screening area
• Typical deceptive statements -✓✓Selective memory, non answers, tendency to qualify
answers, hostility, answering question with question
• To effectively target, an officer must do what three things? -✓✓Review threat
assessments, familiarize with smuggling threats, concealment methods
• What should you look for when observing a travelers luggage? -✓✓Does it match
traveler
• When observing a vehicle, what are some of the common factors to look for? -
✓✓Inconsistencies, does vehicle match passenger, prints etc.
• When requesting documents from a traveler, what should you look for as a traveler
hands them to you? -✓✓Sweaty/shaky hands
• What should you look for when observing a travelers clothing? -✓✓Distractions
• How does congress set rates based on duty? -✓✓National security issues, treaties,
agreements with other nations
• Harmonized Tariff Schedule -✓✓1. organized listing of goods and their duty rates
2. Used as the basis for classifying imported products and identifying the rates of duty to
be charged on them
3. Based on the international harmonized system convention
• International harmonized system -✓✓1. Classifies merchandise for duty assessment
2. Is used internationally to promote uniformity
3. Helps to efficiently facilitate trade
• Harmonized tariff schedule of the United States (HTSUS) -✓✓1. Is based on the
international harmonized system
2. Provides the applicable tariff rates
3. Lists any commodity that may be imported into the US
, • *HTSUS exception -✓✓General Note 19
• HTSUS contains following major sections -✓✓General rules of interpretation (GRI)
General notes
Sections I - XXII
Alphabetical Index
• General notes in HTSUS -✓✓Contains definitions of terms in the HTSUS and tells
how to access duty on merchandise entered into US
• HTSUS general notes sections -✓✓General note 1: items subject to duty exceptions
General note 2: customs territory (continental US, Hawaii, Alaska, DC, and PR)
General note 3: identifies column duty rates
Note 3(a)(IV)(A): identifies insular possessions (Guam, American Samoa, Virgin
Islands, and CNMI)
• General rules of interpretation (GRI) is mostly used by? -✓✓Import specialists
• Sections 1 through XXII -✓✓Classification numbers grouped into 22 sections, each
section divide into chapters, chapter notes provide important info and guidelines for
classification
• At the beginning of each chapter there are chapter notes that may tell what items CAN
or CANNOT be classified in that chapter. True or false? -✓✓True
• *HTSUS heading numbers -✓✓1. Merchandise must first be classified under the four
digit heading that most specifically describes the merchandise
2. FIRST 2 DIGITS OF EACH FOUR DIGIT CLASSIFICATION HEADING ARE THE
THE HTSUS CHAPTER NUMBER
• *HTSUS item numbers -✓✓1. Identified by 10 digit item number
2. Last 2 digits are statistical suffix used to gather trade data
3. Only 8 digits required in passenger processing
• How many digits are in a complete HTSUS item number? -✓✓10 digits
• What do the first two digits in a classification represent? -✓✓Chapter
• What is the purpose of the general notes in the HTSUS? -✓✓General notes contain
definitions and directions for using the HTSUS
• What is the purpose of the last two digits in the classification? -✓✓The statistical suffix
ANSWERS 2026 | Premium Practice
Questions & Solutions | A+ Verified
• What are observations? -✓✓Based on what you actually see and hear, not on what
you think you already know
• What are stereotypes? -✓✓Making a broad generalization about an individual or
groups of people
• What is prejudice? -✓✓A judgment or opinion formed before the facts are known,
usually involving negative or unfavorable thoughts about groups of people
• What is discrimination? -✓✓Action based on prejudiced thoughts
• When conducting a progressive inspection you MUST: -✓✓1. Have valid reasons to
continue or elevate an inspection to the next step
2. Terminate an inspection when there are no longer valid reasons to continue
• Type of info you should know about typical travelers at your POE -✓✓1. Physical
appearance and attire
2. National origins
3. Quality and quantity of luggage or belongings
4. Travel itineraries
5. Reasons for traveling
6. Occupations
• Observation pitfalls -✓✓1. Reading more into the situation
2. Being influenced by the halo effect
3. Stereotyping individuals aka
4. Being close-minded to new info
• Effectively reviewing threats and setting risk targeting priorities requires a familiarity
with: -✓✓1. Threat assessments
2. Recent trends
3. Current concealment methods
• Things to observe in travelers -✓✓Facial area, hands and feet, voice, mode of dress,
"red flags"
• Is it critical to "control" a travelers hand? -✓✓Yes! Do not allow them to place their
hands into their pockets
,• Typical traveler selective behaviors -✓✓Along with nervous behaviors, a persons
voice can show signs of deception
• Verbal signs of deception -✓✓Raise in the pitch of persons voice, increased rate of
speech, increase in loudness of speech, dry mouth, types of words used, excessive
throat clearing
• Observing travelers, watch for: -✓✓Staged distractions, baby crying, feigning illness,
overly friendly or rude travelers, potential observers near screening area
• Typical deceptive statements -✓✓Selective memory, non answers, tendency to qualify
answers, hostility, answering question with question
• To effectively target, an officer must do what three things? -✓✓Review threat
assessments, familiarize with smuggling threats, concealment methods
• What should you look for when observing a travelers luggage? -✓✓Does it match
traveler
• When observing a vehicle, what are some of the common factors to look for? -
✓✓Inconsistencies, does vehicle match passenger, prints etc.
• When requesting documents from a traveler, what should you look for as a traveler
hands them to you? -✓✓Sweaty/shaky hands
• What should you look for when observing a travelers clothing? -✓✓Distractions
• How does congress set rates based on duty? -✓✓National security issues, treaties,
agreements with other nations
• Harmonized Tariff Schedule -✓✓1. organized listing of goods and their duty rates
2. Used as the basis for classifying imported products and identifying the rates of duty to
be charged on them
3. Based on the international harmonized system convention
• International harmonized system -✓✓1. Classifies merchandise for duty assessment
2. Is used internationally to promote uniformity
3. Helps to efficiently facilitate trade
• Harmonized tariff schedule of the United States (HTSUS) -✓✓1. Is based on the
international harmonized system
2. Provides the applicable tariff rates
3. Lists any commodity that may be imported into the US
, • *HTSUS exception -✓✓General Note 19
• HTSUS contains following major sections -✓✓General rules of interpretation (GRI)
General notes
Sections I - XXII
Alphabetical Index
• General notes in HTSUS -✓✓Contains definitions of terms in the HTSUS and tells
how to access duty on merchandise entered into US
• HTSUS general notes sections -✓✓General note 1: items subject to duty exceptions
General note 2: customs territory (continental US, Hawaii, Alaska, DC, and PR)
General note 3: identifies column duty rates
Note 3(a)(IV)(A): identifies insular possessions (Guam, American Samoa, Virgin
Islands, and CNMI)
• General rules of interpretation (GRI) is mostly used by? -✓✓Import specialists
• Sections 1 through XXII -✓✓Classification numbers grouped into 22 sections, each
section divide into chapters, chapter notes provide important info and guidelines for
classification
• At the beginning of each chapter there are chapter notes that may tell what items CAN
or CANNOT be classified in that chapter. True or false? -✓✓True
• *HTSUS heading numbers -✓✓1. Merchandise must first be classified under the four
digit heading that most specifically describes the merchandise
2. FIRST 2 DIGITS OF EACH FOUR DIGIT CLASSIFICATION HEADING ARE THE
THE HTSUS CHAPTER NUMBER
• *HTSUS item numbers -✓✓1. Identified by 10 digit item number
2. Last 2 digits are statistical suffix used to gather trade data
3. Only 8 digits required in passenger processing
• How many digits are in a complete HTSUS item number? -✓✓10 digits
• What do the first two digits in a classification represent? -✓✓Chapter
• What is the purpose of the general notes in the HTSUS? -✓✓General notes contain
definitions and directions for using the HTSUS
• What is the purpose of the last two digits in the classification? -✓✓The statistical suffix
