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What is the computer adaptive method and why is it the best way to prepare for the Customs Broker Exam?

What is the computer adaptive method and why is it the best way to prepare for the  Customs Broker Exam ? Most people generally agree that the best way to learn any new material is to use a personal tutor because the learning experience can be interactive and personalized with a tutor. A personal tutor can enable the student to focus on important topics, as well as identify areas of strengths and weaknesses to create a personalized study plan to rectify weaknesses. This type of personalized guidance helps to improve performance in the shortest possible time. However, it is expensive and therefore quite impractical to use a personal tutor to prepare for the Customs Broker License Exam. But, there is an alternate way to replicate the personal tutor experience without the high cost and that is the computer adaptive approach. We have made innovative use of technology to implement the computer adaptive approach, by building an interactive website that adapts to each user to mimic as c

What to study for the Customs Broker Exam?

According to CBP, exam topics typically include: Entry; Classification; Trade Agreements; Valuation; Broker Compliance; Power of Attorney; Marking; Drawback; Bonds; Foreign Trade Zones; Warehouse Entries; Intellectual Property Rights; and other subjects pertinent to a broker’s duties. Further, the  Customs Broker License Examination  is a four and half hour long, open book test, consisting of 80 multiple-choice questions based on designated editions of: The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) Title 19, Code of Federal Regulations Specified Customs Directives Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements document (CATAIR) We have reviewed all the questions set in the past 20 exams over the last 10 years (from April 2008 to April 2017) and identified the 16 tested topics with relative percentage of questions asked from each topic. This information is arranged in descending order of importance on our blog @  Customs Broker Exam Prep . Tags :  us cu