AML EXAM 1 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
In the first stage of money laundering what is the goal?
a. distance yourself from the money
b. get the money into the financial system
c. make it appear that the money is legitimate
d. purchase high-end goods - ANS b
What is the process in the second stage of money laundering?
a. sending money between accounts so the audit trail is obscured
b. bribing bank officials to take the money
c. investing the money into legitimate business operations
d. depositing the money into a bank account - ANS a
What are the three things that might be done during the course of laundering money?
a. depositing money into a bank account
b. underpaying taxes
c. buying high-end goods
d. sending money abroad - ANS a,c,d
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, What is the ultimate purpose of money laundering?
a. to make it appear that the funds are legitimate
b. to invest money in your business
c. to invest in high-end luxury goods
d. to buy more drugs - ANS a
Why is a payable through account vulnerable to money laundering?
a. it can be very difficult to conduct due diligence on the foreign institution customers who are
ultimately using these accounts
b. these are concentration accounts located in a domestic branch of a foreign bank
c. these are nested correspondent accounts at a foreign shell bank with customers with whom
the domestic bank did not exercise due diligence
d. these are master escrow accounts on which a domestic bank generally does not conduct
periodic verification - ANS a
In which three areas can money laundering occur?
a. in luxury hotels
b. in payable through accounts
c. in correspondent accounts
d. in bank accounts - ANS b,c,d
Accepting money derived from illegal sources makes you an accomplice to money laundering.
a. no
b. yes - ANS b
Financial institutions that rely on the proceeds of crime face all of the following adverse
consequences of money laundering, EXCEPT:
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a. diversification risks
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ANSWERS
In the first stage of money laundering what is the goal?
a. distance yourself from the money
b. get the money into the financial system
c. make it appear that the money is legitimate
d. purchase high-end goods - ANS b
What is the process in the second stage of money laundering?
a. sending money between accounts so the audit trail is obscured
b. bribing bank officials to take the money
c. investing the money into legitimate business operations
d. depositing the money into a bank account - ANS a
What are the three things that might be done during the course of laundering money?
a. depositing money into a bank account
b. underpaying taxes
c. buying high-end goods
d. sending money abroad - ANS a,c,d
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, What is the ultimate purpose of money laundering?
a. to make it appear that the funds are legitimate
b. to invest money in your business
c. to invest in high-end luxury goods
d. to buy more drugs - ANS a
Why is a payable through account vulnerable to money laundering?
a. it can be very difficult to conduct due diligence on the foreign institution customers who are
ultimately using these accounts
b. these are concentration accounts located in a domestic branch of a foreign bank
c. these are nested correspondent accounts at a foreign shell bank with customers with whom
the domestic bank did not exercise due diligence
d. these are master escrow accounts on which a domestic bank generally does not conduct
periodic verification - ANS a
In which three areas can money laundering occur?
a. in luxury hotels
b. in payable through accounts
c. in correspondent accounts
d. in bank accounts - ANS b,c,d
Accepting money derived from illegal sources makes you an accomplice to money laundering.
a. no
b. yes - ANS b
Financial institutions that rely on the proceeds of crime face all of the following adverse
consequences of money laundering, EXCEPT:
2
a. diversification risks
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