BASIC Test 1 Practice Questions
Which agency was NOT created as a result of the Homeland Security Act of 2002?
A. USCIS
B. ICE
C. CBP
D. BATFE – answer D. BATFE
Which agencies were created as a result of the Homeland Security Act of 2002? –
answer USCIS, CBP, ICE
Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in US immigration reform?
A. Enforcement vs Incentives
B. Invasion vs Economic Necessity
C. Communism vs Capitalism
D. National Security vs Humanitarianism - answerC. Communism vs Capitalism
An example of a record is:
A. A blank application form
B. The applicant's date of birth in Central Index System-2 (CIS)
C. An unannotated routing slip
D. None are records - answerB. The applicant's date of birth in Central Index System-2
(CIS)
At which phase of the records lifecycle would an ISO receive, review and adjudicate a
case?
A. Creation of a Receipt phase
B. Maintenance of Use phase
C. Disposition phase
D. Examinations phase - answerB. Maintenance of Use phase
Which of the following have similar records requirements for creation and retention as
an A-file?
A. S-file
B. Receipt file
C. X-file
D. W-file - answerA. S-file
Which two systems could be used for determining the location of an A-file? - answerCIS
& RAILS
What system is used to track the location of A-files, T-files, Receipt files, and S-files? -
answerRAILS
, Which system provides a digitized version of the physical alien and receipt files? -
answerEDMS
USCIS must respond to a FOIA request within how many working days? - answer20
days
In order to view a secret classified file, an officer needs to meet all of the following
requirements EXCEPT:
A. The officer has to have a need to know
B. The officer has to have a means to safeguard the file
C. The officer must have the proper security clearance
D. The officer is at a minimum an ISO 2 level - answerD. The officer is at a minimum an
ISO 2 level
8 U.S.C. § 1182 and INA § 212(a) are examples of what legal authority?
A. Regulation
B. Constitution
C. Statute
D. None of the above - answerC. Statute
Case law or a precedent decision from the Ninth Circuit is binding on:
A. All Federal courts because the Ninth Circuit Court is higher than Federal courts
B. All Federal courts in the Ninth Circuit
C. All other Circuit courts because they have equal standing
D. The Supreme Court - answerB. All Federal courts in the Ninth Circuit
In what section of the INA are definitions related to citizenship and nationality located?
A. INA § 101(a)
B. INA § 101(b)
C. INA § 101(c)
D. Title III - answerD. Title III
Where in the INA would you find the definition of a child for immigration purposes?
A. INA § 101(c)(1)
B. INA § 101(a)(15)
C. INA § 101(a)(3)
D. INA § 101(b)(1) - answerD. INA § 101(b)(1)
What is the title subject of the following citation? INA section two hundred twelve
subsection a, paragraph ten, subparagraph A?
A. International child abduction
B. Unlawful voters
C. Practicing polygamists
D. Former citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid taxation - answerC. Practicing
polygamists
Which agency was NOT created as a result of the Homeland Security Act of 2002?
A. USCIS
B. ICE
C. CBP
D. BATFE – answer D. BATFE
Which agencies were created as a result of the Homeland Security Act of 2002? –
answer USCIS, CBP, ICE
Which of the following is NOT a recurring theme in US immigration reform?
A. Enforcement vs Incentives
B. Invasion vs Economic Necessity
C. Communism vs Capitalism
D. National Security vs Humanitarianism - answerC. Communism vs Capitalism
An example of a record is:
A. A blank application form
B. The applicant's date of birth in Central Index System-2 (CIS)
C. An unannotated routing slip
D. None are records - answerB. The applicant's date of birth in Central Index System-2
(CIS)
At which phase of the records lifecycle would an ISO receive, review and adjudicate a
case?
A. Creation of a Receipt phase
B. Maintenance of Use phase
C. Disposition phase
D. Examinations phase - answerB. Maintenance of Use phase
Which of the following have similar records requirements for creation and retention as
an A-file?
A. S-file
B. Receipt file
C. X-file
D. W-file - answerA. S-file
Which two systems could be used for determining the location of an A-file? - answerCIS
& RAILS
What system is used to track the location of A-files, T-files, Receipt files, and S-files? -
answerRAILS
, Which system provides a digitized version of the physical alien and receipt files? -
answerEDMS
USCIS must respond to a FOIA request within how many working days? - answer20
days
In order to view a secret classified file, an officer needs to meet all of the following
requirements EXCEPT:
A. The officer has to have a need to know
B. The officer has to have a means to safeguard the file
C. The officer must have the proper security clearance
D. The officer is at a minimum an ISO 2 level - answerD. The officer is at a minimum an
ISO 2 level
8 U.S.C. § 1182 and INA § 212(a) are examples of what legal authority?
A. Regulation
B. Constitution
C. Statute
D. None of the above - answerC. Statute
Case law or a precedent decision from the Ninth Circuit is binding on:
A. All Federal courts because the Ninth Circuit Court is higher than Federal courts
B. All Federal courts in the Ninth Circuit
C. All other Circuit courts because they have equal standing
D. The Supreme Court - answerB. All Federal courts in the Ninth Circuit
In what section of the INA are definitions related to citizenship and nationality located?
A. INA § 101(a)
B. INA § 101(b)
C. INA § 101(c)
D. Title III - answerD. Title III
Where in the INA would you find the definition of a child for immigration purposes?
A. INA § 101(c)(1)
B. INA § 101(a)(15)
C. INA § 101(a)(3)
D. INA § 101(b)(1) - answerD. INA § 101(b)(1)
What is the title subject of the following citation? INA section two hundred twelve
subsection a, paragraph ten, subparagraph A?
A. International child abduction
B. Unlawful voters
C. Practicing polygamists
D. Former citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid taxation - answerC. Practicing
polygamists
