October 2020 (AM) — Question 8
The grounds listed below, sufficient to justify a denial of an application for a license, are all CORRECT EXCEPT:
- AFailure to establish the business integrity and good character of the applicant
- BAny willful misstatement of pertinent facts in the application for the license
- CThe failure to meet any requirement of 19 CFR 113.11✓ CBP's answer
- DAny conduct which would be deemed unfair in commercial transactions by accepted standards
- EA reputation imputing to the applicant criminal, dishonest, or unethical conduct, or a record of that conduct Category II – Entry
Why this answer
The grounds for denying a license application are enumerated in 19 CFR 111.16(b), and they include failure to meet any requirement of 19 CFR 111.11, the basic qualifications section, along with lack of business integrity and good character, willful misstatement in the application, unfair commercial conduct, and a reputation imputing criminal, dishonest, or unethical conduct. Option C swaps in 19 CFR 113.11, a provision from the bond part of the regulations, so it is not a listed ground and is the exception. The near-identical citation is the whole game: candidates who skim 113.11 as 111.11 see a correct-sounding statement and move on. Watch for: Skimming 113.11 as 111.11 and treating the bond citation as the qualifications section.
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CBP's cited authority
Answer and citations as published in CBP's official answer key for the October 2020 (AM) examination.
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