CGSS ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CERTIFICATION READY
◉ What other tactics do people use to try to trick an automated
screening tool or otherwise avoid detection during sanctions
payment screening?
Answer: a) They may rearrange the data if they know of a field that
isn't routinely screened.
b) They may replace information with false data.
c) They may use red-flag phrases such as "No name," or "On behalf
of...."
d) They may alter or abbreviate the sender or beneficiary's name,
change the spelling to how it sounds, add spaces within the name, or
omit a middle name.
They may manually alter a message before sending it to the next
financial institution.
◉ What is Concealment?
Answer: Sanctions evaders depend on concealment to avoid
sanctions, fines, and scandal. They may disguise the origin point of
certain goods or funds. Or they may hide the identity of the receiver
of goods.
, ◉ Sanctions evaders depend on concealment to avoid sanctions,
fines, and scandal. They may disguise the origin point of certain
goods or funds. Or they may hide the identity of the receiver of
goods.
Answer: Sanctions evaders have different ways to conceal the end
user's identity or the product's end use.
a) The sanctions evader may use a straw buyer in another
jurisdiction to buy the merchandise and then complete a separate
shipment or purchase after the export has occurred.
b) The evader may falsify the name of the purchaser or end user to
avoid detection.
c) The evader may falsely state the purpose or intended use of the
item in purchase orders, transport documentation, and other
documents related to the transaction.
For trade-based transactions, which include more documentation,
concealment may take many forms:
• Obscuring the origin of merchandise
• Obscuring the path of a vessel
• Transferring letters of credit
• Removing the names of financial institutions involved in the
backing instrument, whether through careful construction of
alternate information or falsification of the documents themselves
◉ What is transshipment?
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CERTIFICATION READY
◉ What other tactics do people use to try to trick an automated
screening tool or otherwise avoid detection during sanctions
payment screening?
Answer: a) They may rearrange the data if they know of a field that
isn't routinely screened.
b) They may replace information with false data.
c) They may use red-flag phrases such as "No name," or "On behalf
of...."
d) They may alter or abbreviate the sender or beneficiary's name,
change the spelling to how it sounds, add spaces within the name, or
omit a middle name.
They may manually alter a message before sending it to the next
financial institution.
◉ What is Concealment?
Answer: Sanctions evaders depend on concealment to avoid
sanctions, fines, and scandal. They may disguise the origin point of
certain goods or funds. Or they may hide the identity of the receiver
of goods.
, ◉ Sanctions evaders depend on concealment to avoid sanctions,
fines, and scandal. They may disguise the origin point of certain
goods or funds. Or they may hide the identity of the receiver of
goods.
Answer: Sanctions evaders have different ways to conceal the end
user's identity or the product's end use.
a) The sanctions evader may use a straw buyer in another
jurisdiction to buy the merchandise and then complete a separate
shipment or purchase after the export has occurred.
b) The evader may falsify the name of the purchaser or end user to
avoid detection.
c) The evader may falsely state the purpose or intended use of the
item in purchase orders, transport documentation, and other
documents related to the transaction.
For trade-based transactions, which include more documentation,
concealment may take many forms:
• Obscuring the origin of merchandise
• Obscuring the path of a vessel
• Transferring letters of credit
• Removing the names of financial institutions involved in the
backing instrument, whether through careful construction of
alternate information or falsification of the documents themselves
◉ What is transshipment?
