October 2024 — Question 2
Who must exercise responsible supervision and control over the transaction of customs business of an association or corporation that is a broker?
- AAll employees of a licensed association or corporation who also hold a customs broker license.
- BOnly licensed employees who are also the license qualifier and/or permit qualifier for the association or corporation.
- CEvery officer of a licensed association or corporation, even if the officer is not a licensed broker.
- DEvery licensed officer of a licensed association or corporation.✓ CBP's answer
Why this answer
The cited supervision provision assigns the duty by role: every individual broker must supervise the business they conduct, and for an association or corporation that is a broker, every licensed officer of the entity must exercise responsible supervision and control over its transaction of customs business. The obligation therefore attaches to licensed officers as a class, not to every licensed employee, who may transact business without bearing the entity-level supervision duty, not to unlicensed officers, and not merely to the license or permit qualifiers. Option B tempts because qualifiers anchor the entity's license and permit, but the regulation spreads the supervision obligation across all licensed officers rather than concentrating it in the qualifiers. Watch for: Limiting the supervision duty to license and permit qualifiers rather than every licensed officer.
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 October 2024 examination.
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