Customs Broker Exam Prep Course

Time management is critical to passing the  Customs Broker Exam . The test has 80 objective questions and each question provides five alternatives to choose the correct answer. The test is timed, and you currently have four and half hours to answer 80 questions. Prior to October 2014, the time permitted to answer 80 questions on the Customs Broker Exam was four hours, which meant that a test taker had to answer each question within an average time of 3 minutes. From the October 2014 test onwards, the time has been extended by 30 minutes, so a test taker now has on average 3 minutes and 22 seconds to answer each question. I will suggest several techniques that you might like to use for effective time management for the Licensed Customs Broker Exam. Find the techniques that work for you by practicing taking several practice tests. Practice, practice, practice. The more you practice and use the reference material to answer quiz and test questions, the more familiar you will b...

The regular  Customs Broker Exam  is held twice a year on the fourth Wednesday in April and October unless the regularly scheduled examination date conflicts with a national holiday, religious observance, or other foreseeable event in which case the CBP will publish an appropriate notice of a change in the examination date in the Federal Register. However, in circumstances where a brokerage is at risk of losing its license by operation of law before the next scheduled examination, CBP may, at the request of the brokerage and on payment of the associated expenses, conduct a special examination for the Customs Broker License, for a prospective applicant for an individual license, who would serve as the required licensed member or officer for the brokerage. Under § 111.11(b) to qualify for a broker’s license, a partnership must have at least one member of the partnership who is a broker. Under § 111.11 © to qualify for a broker’s license, an association or corporation m...

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to obtain a broker’s license, an individual must: Be a citizen of the United States on the date of submission of the license application and not an officer or employee of the United States Government; Attain the age of 21 prior to the date of submission of the license application; Be of good moral character; and Hold a passing score on the broker’s exam of 75% or higher. Read full article on our  blog . Check out our website to prepare for  Customs Broker License Exam . Customs Broker License

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 ...

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 . T...