Acams CAMS Practice Exam Questions

Acams CAMS Sample Question Answers

Question # 1

What areas of laws and regulations have the greatest impact on AML/CFT applications? (Choose three.) 

A. Information security, data privacy, and cybersecurity
B. Foreign exchange control, and precious gemstone and metal dealing
C. Ombudsman and anti-competition authority
D. Electronic contract and biological signature acceptance
E. Consumer protection, financial inclusion, and environmental, social and governance

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Question # 2

When implementing a customer screening system to detect possible sanctions evasion at a financial institution (FI), which of the following requirements should be considered to ensure effective list management? (Select Two.)

A. Only specific individuals should be allowed to modify the lists
B. Only regulatory lists should be used, including those of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the EU
C. Lists can be created internally or purchased from a vendor
D. All lists should be used for screening in all jurisdictions

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Question # 3

The new KYC lead at a bank is particularly focused on enhancing the risk management component of its KYC program and refers to the Basel Committee's customer due diligence (CDD) principles. Which of the following describe key improvements to a KYC program established in the Basel Committee's CDD principles? (Select Two.)

A. Implementation of a blacklist of correspondent customers with previously detected and investigated suspicious activity
B. Enhancement of a customer acceptance policy to more clearly identify high-risk customers
C. Increased frequency of training provided to front office employees
D. Enhancement of customer identification procedures to appropriately identify trust, nominee, and fiduciary accounts 

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Question # 4

Which statements regarding using network analysis tools to determine links to criminality are true? (Choose three.)

A. When using network analysis data to fight money laundering and financial crime, dataprotection and privacy can be disregarded because fighting crime takes precedent
B. Network analysis tools are an efficient means of generating relevant results becausethey only need a limited amount of data and computation power and artificial intelligence(Al) allows less-skilled people to quickly learn to use these systems
C. When using artificial intelligence (Al) with network analysis tools, it must be ensured thatthe algorithms used are not biased towards social criteria, such as race, gender, or religion
D. Network analysis allows for the identification of individuals or entities in a network byanalyzing connections or links between them and can be used to study a wide range ofsystems, such as social or transportation networks
E. Analyzing relationships between individuals in a social network allows for theidentification of hierarchies, the detection of behaviors and geographical movements, or anunderstanding of how groups are organized 

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Question # 5

The compliance officer at an EU bank is investigating one of the customer accountsmaintained with the bank for the last two years. According to bank records, the company'sprimary economic activity is import and export of petrochemical products Over a period ofone year, the account transactions have exceeded US$500 million with various high-valueinward wire transfers received from suppliers in Yemen followed by outward wire transfersto counterparties in Azerbaijan.Which factor should give the compliance officer the greatest concern If observed in theinvestigation?

A. Media searches reveal a report that the customer was accused of misconduct threeyears ago.
B. The EU bank considers the origin and destination countries Involved in the transactionsto be high-risk.
C. The customer's activity includes multiple cross-border transactions involving variouscounterparties.
D. The EU bank received no originator or beneficiary information for the wire transfers.
E. The customer specializes in the import and export of petrochemical products. 

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Question # 6

How should risk-related issues be addressed to ensure the effectiveness of the three linesof defense model?

A. Ensure that the second line reviews, monitors, and escalates risk-related issues asneeded to senior management while maintaining independent oversight from the third line
B. Have senior management handle risk-related issues directly when possible becausethey are ultimately responsible for the organisation's overall risk management strategy
C. Delegate some risk-related issues to the first line to avoid overwhelming the second lineand to ensure operational efficiency
D. Assign risk-related oversight duties to the third line to provide an independent reviewand address issues more effectively by avoiding conflicts of interest in the first and secondlines 

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Question # 7

When assessing and managing money laundering risks while operating in foreign jurisdictions different from that of the head office, an effective AML monitoring program should:

A. Be consistent with the head office audits
B. Be tailored to the higher of standards between the jurisdictions.
C. Conform to the foreign jurisdiction policies to align with the head office policies.
D. Provide all foreign jurisdiction reports to the head office for approval. 

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Question # 8

The compliance officer at a casino in Taiwan discovers that the casino received multiple cash deposits from a customer just below the Large-Amount Transaction Report (LTR) limit on consecutive days. The customer used three different betting accounts. What is the appropriate next step?

A. Make a note in the customer's account that the customer's gambling activities arefrequently conducted below the reporting limit
B. Follow internal reporting procedures to escalate the activity as suspicious and report toappropriate authorities
C. Inform the customer their activity Is suspicious and request an explanation
D. Contact law enforcement to launch an Investigation into the customer's financialactivities

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Question # 9

Interactions between the compliance department and other functions or departments within an organization contribute to making the anti-financial crime (AFC) compliance program more robust by addressing specific risk areas. Which departments play a crucial role in enhancing the AFC compliance program of an organization? (Select Two.) 

A. Information security office (ISO) 
B. Marketing and sales
C. Human resources (HR) 
D. Data privacy office (DPO) 

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Question # 10

A bank in the Netherlands has been requested to share information about a series oftransactions and related customers with a bank in Italy. Both banks are subject toEuropean Union jurisdiction.Which factor is the most important to consider before the Dutch bank shares the requestedinformation with the Italian bank?

A. The Dutch bank should limit any information sharing to what is necessary, reasonable,and proportionate, in line with applicable laws and regulations
B. The Dutch bank's legal obligations to protect customer privacy and bank secrecyprohibit it from sharing any such information
C. The Dutch bank should require a production order from the Italian bank and receiveapproval from its legal department before sharing the requested information
D. The need to fight financial crime outweighs the EU's data protection and privacyregulations 

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