April 2019 — Question 5
A broker must provide specific information to the port director at each port where the broker intends to transact customs business (application for permit). That information must be provided in writing and include each of the following, EXCEPT:
- AThe names of each employee
- BThe mother’s maiden name of each employee✓ CBP's answer
- CThe social security number of each employee
- DDate and place of birth of each employee
- ECurrent and prior home address of each employee
Why this answer
Under the edition tested, 19 CFR 111.28(b)(1)(i) listed the employee information a broker had to provide: each employee's name, social security number, date and place of birth, current home address, last prior home address, and employment history, among other identifiers. A mother's maiden name appears nowhere in that list; it is a bank-security convention, not a regulatory data element, which is exactly why it feels plausible. Every other option tracks the regulation's text, including the prior home address, the item candidates most often doubt because it seems unusually intrusive for an employee roster, so B is the only detail the rule never required. Watch for: Doubting the genuinely required prior home address instead of the never-required mother's maiden name.
Original CBLE Simulator explanation — the question and key above are CBP's; this analysis is ours. Verify against the current edition before relying on it in practice.
CBP's cited authority
Answer and citations as published in CBP's official answer key for the April 2019 examination.
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