ABA CRCM Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 24

The manager of Main Street branch calls and relates the following information: John Smith purchased a cashier's check for $1,000 cash at 10:00 A . m. on Tuesday. At 11:30 A . m. Mr. Smith returned and purchased a cashier's check for $2,500 cash and deposited traveler's checks totaling $9,000 into his checking account. At 4:00 p.m. Mr. Smith returned and deposited $8,000 cash into his checking account. This deposit was after normal banking hours, so it was recorded as of Wednesday's business date. What action should the bank take?

Records that must be retained for deposit accounts include which of the following?

Mammoth Enterprises is a new customer to the bank. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mammoth Corporation. Which of the following statements, if true, would make Mammoth Enterprises an exempt customer at the bank?

In April Lillian Redmond, the teller supervisor for First National Bank, discovers five counterfeit $20 bills in several teller drawers. In May and in June she discovers two additional counterfeit $20 bills. She has no knowledge of criminal activity on the part of any of the bank's employees or customers. She does not suspect any particular person in this transaction. Which of the following statements is true?

Martha Whitmire, the BSA Compliance Officer for First National Bank, is responsible for monitoring the bank's daily currency activity and wire transfers, for compliance with information retention and reporting requirements. Ms. Whitmire notices during her review on March 10 that, during the previous two weeks, a transaction occurred on the same account several times during the week. The activity appeared at one branch office as cash deposits in dollar amounts under the reporting thresholds. Ms. Whitmire discusses this activity with the branch manager and determines that this same deposit activity occurred several times during the previous six weeks. She then conducts a more extensive examination of the account's activity for several months and discovers that cash deposits were made at one branch office and purchases of bank cashiers checks were made by withdrawals from the same account at a different branch office. All withdrawals and purchases of cashier's checks were for the identical amount as the cash deposits. Which statement best describes Ms. Whitmire's responsibility?

Bob Jones, president of ACME bank, has had a banking relationship with Linda O'Reilly, a local real estate agent for several years. Ms. O'Reilly keeps most of her deposit accounts with ACME and also has had several personal loans there. Over a three-month time period, Ms. O'Reilly consistently (two or three times a week) brings to the bank a series of money orders in amounts ranging from $7,000 to $15,000, made payable to her in denominations of $1,000, and asks the teller to take them and issue one cashier's check payable to her. After this activity has continued for three months, Mr. Jones notices the frequency of cashier's checks issued to Ms. O'Reilly on a management report. It catches his attention because he does not know why Ms. O'Reilly would need this number of cashier's checks. On inquiry, the head teller explains the weekly transactions. Which of the following statements best describes Mr. Jones's responsibility?

Which of the following is an accurate statement according to the requirements of the customer identification program regulations?

When conducting a records search pursuant to a FinCEN request, what must a bank search?

A bank is conducting due diligence for a foreign correspondent bank account. Which of the following is NOT required information?