19 CFR 111 on the Customs Broker Exam
135 of the 1,261 questions CBP has released are answered from 19 CFR 111 — 10.7% of every question on record, about 7.9 on a paper of 80. Cited in all 17 published sittings.
Questions
135
Sittings cited in
17 of 17
Per paper
~7.9
What CBP asks out of 19 CFR 111
19 CFR Part 111 is titled "Customs Brokers". It is one part of Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations — the customs regulations, which you may bring into the exam room.
The questions are not spread evenly. Broker Compliance accounts for 119 of them, which is where to start if this is a weak spot.
| Topic | Questions | Share of these |
|---|---|---|
| Broker Compliance | 119 | 88% |
| Power of Attorney | 5 | 4% |
| Recordkeeping | 3 | 2% |
| Fines, Penalties & Forfeitures | 2 | 1% |
| Practical Exercise | 2 | 1% |
| Entry & Entry Summary | 1 | 1% |
| Foreign Trade Zones & Warehouses | 1 | 1% |
| Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) | 1 | 1% |
| Bonds | 1 | 1% |
Questions answered from 19 CFR 111
The 24 most recent, newest sitting first. Each one shows CBP's official answer and the exact citation behind it.
- April 2026 Q1A broker fails to file the triennial status report by March 1 of the reporting year which results in the suspension of their license by…19 CFR 111.30(d)(4)Answer →
- April 2026 Q2Which ONE of the following activities may qualify for one credit of continuing broker education?19 CFR 111.103(a)-(b) · 19 CFR 101.1Answer →
- April 2026 Q3Smith Logistics LLC ("Smith Logistics") is a freight forwarder and licensed customs broker. Smith Logistics has executed a valid power of…19 CFR 111.2(a)(2)(ii)(A)(1)-(2)Answer →
- April 2026 Q5Which ONE of the four choices below correctly identifies how long a customs broker must retain the speficied type of record?19 CFR 163.4(a)-(b) · 19 CFR 111.23(a)-(b)Answer →
- April 2026 Q6Which ONE of the following four scenarios best demonstrates proper compliance with a record examination request? Assume that duly…19 CFR 111.23(a)-(b) · 19 CFR 111.25(a)-(b)Answer →
- April 2026 Q9An individually licensed customs broker voluntarily suspends her license on September 1, 2024, and reinstates her license on November 15,…19 CFR 111.1 · 19 CFR 111.102(a)-(b)Answer →
- April 2026 Q10A customs broker discovers that a client has omitted information from an affidavit. The broker believes the client omitted the information…19 CFR 111.39(c)Answer →
- April 2026 Q11Of the four choices below, which business relationship may Tracy, a licensed customs broker and sole proprietor of her brokerage, maintain…19 CFR 111.42 · 19 CFR 111.53Answer →
- April 2026 Q12Which of the following statements regarding national permits is FALSE?19 CFR 111.19Answer →
- April 2026 Q13When must customs brokers notify CBP of a change in address for their office of record?19 CFR 111.30(a)Answer →
- April 2026 Q14As a licensed customs broker and sole proprietor of her business, Janet Martin is responsible for submitting a list of the names of her…19 CFR 111.28(b)Answer →
- April 2026 Q15Which of the following documents must be filed with CBP in circumstances where a licensed customs broker's employee is authorized to…19 CFR 111.2(a)(2)(ii)(A)(1)-(2)Answer →
- April 2026 Q16In the event of a cyberbreach of electronic records relating to customs business, when must the customs broker report the breach to CBP…19 CFR 111.21(b)Answer →
- April 2026 Q17Jane Smith is a licensed customs broker and a qualifying officer of ABC Broker, Inc. corporation. If ABC Broker, Inc. terminates Jane…19 CFR 111.28(d)Answer →
- October 2025 Q1Which ONE of the following constitutes an impermissible "misuse of license or permit" pursuant to CBP regulations pertaining to licensed…19 CFR 111.37 · 19 CFR 111.34Answer →
- October 2025 Q2AA Customs Brokers, Inc. has a corporate customs broker license and a national permit. Tom, the individually licensed broker who was the…19 CFR 111.45(a)Answer →
- October 2025 Q5Which ONE of the following is NOT required to be maintained by a broker as evidence of their registration for, attendance at, or completion…19 CFR 111.102(d)(1)(i)-(vi)Answer →
- October 2025 Q7ZX Customs Brokers, Inc. (ZX) is a customs broker that is a corporation. George Forest, an individually licensed customs broker, is ZX’s…19 CFR 111.52 · 19 CFR 111.11(c)Answer →
- October 2025 Q8Suzy Smith is a licensed customs broker, and her license is overseen by the Processing Center located in Miami, Florida. Ms. Smith seeks to…19 CFR 111.19(b)(8)Answer →
- October 2025 Q14Andrew Balder, an employee of PM Morris Customs Brokerage (MCB), has decided to import dual color lapel men’s dress jackets to take…19 CFR 111.31(c)Answer →
- October 2025 Q15_____ means an activity performed by a business entity to ensure that documents for a related business entity or entities are prepared and…19 CFR 111.1Answer →
- October 2025 Q16An individually licensed broker subject to continuing broker education requirements completed a qualifying course on April 15, 2027. The…19 CFR 111.102(d)(1) · 19 CFR 163.4(a)Answer →
- October 2025 Q17Which answer choice correctly completes the following statement: Upon CBP's request, the individual broker must make available to CBP the…19 CFR 111.102(d)(2)Answer →
- October 2025 Q18At the conclusion of the 2024-to-2027 triennial reporting period, Joe Slacker, a licensed customs broker and part-time college student,…19 CFR 111.104Answer →
Where the text is
The exam is open book, so the only thing that matters on the day is how fast you reach the right paragraph.
Question counts are from CBP's published papers and answer keys, 2018–2026, checked October 6, 2026 against CBP's own release. One count per question: a question citing three subsections counts once.
Questions candidates ask about this
- How many Customs Broker Exam questions come from 19 CFR 111?
- 135 of the 1,261 questions CBP has released are answered from 19 CFR 111 — 10.7% of everything on record, about 7.9 on a paper of 80. 19 CFR 111 has been cited in every one of the 17 released sittings, averaging 7.9 questions a paper.
- What does 19 CFR 111 cover?
- 19 CFR Part 111 is titled "Customs Brokers". It is one part of Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations — the customs regulations, which you may bring into the exam room. On the exam it shows up mostly in Broker Compliance (119 questions), Power of Attorney (5 questions), Recordkeeping (3 questions).
- Is 19 CFR 111 worth tabbing?
- 19 CFR 111 has been cited in every one of the 17 released sittings, averaging 7.9 questions a paper. The exam is open book and runs at about three minutes a question, which makes anything at that frequency worth reaching in seconds rather than minutes.
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Knowing that this carries 135 questions is only useful next to knowing how many of them you get right. The diagnostic is weighted like a real paper and takes fifteen minutes.