T920 Anti-terroriosm, Risk Targeting, and Trade

Question 1

What is the Automated Targeting System (ATS)?

Answer 1

Import Cargo application is a web-based targeting system that integrates data from multiple CBP systems and evaluates cargo based on targeting rules and risk models.

Question 2

What is Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)?

Answer 2

the next-generation trade processing system. It offers enhanced targeting/ processing capability while providing a single platform for the interchange of information among carriers, importers, brokers, and CBP.

Question 3

What is Container Security Initiative (CSI)?

Answer 3

work with their foreign counterparts to target, scan and examine high-risk containers prior to entering the United States.

Question 4

What is Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT)?

Answer 4

Cooperative initiative between
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the private sector (importers, carriers, manufacturers, and other supply chain entities) to secure the international supply chain.

Question 5

What is Free And Secure Trade (FAST)?

Answer 5

Cooperative initiative between the United States, Canada, and Mexico to ensure security and safety while enhancing the economic prosperity of the three countries.

Question 6

What is the Mod Act?

Answer 6

shifted responsibility for classifying merchandise and assessing its value - two procedures that help determine how much duty is owed by an importer - from CBP to the importer.

Question 7

What 2 countries are actively seeking nuclear weapons?

Answer 7

Israel and Iran

Question 8

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also referred to as the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), obligates:

Answer 8

• The first five acknowledged nuclear weapon states (the United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, France, and China) to not transfer nuclear weapons, other nuclear explosive devices, or their technology to any non-nuclear weapon state.
• Non-nuclear weapon states to not undertake, acquire, or produce nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices.

Question 9

Radiological waste or other materials could be combined with conventional explosives to create a Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD), sometimes referred to as a….

Answer 9

“Dirty bomb”

Question 10

Biological weapons include…

Answer 10

• bacteria, viruses, and toxins.
• Are difficult to detect and defend against.
• Are dangerous to produce and transport.

Question 11

________ are believed to be working on biological weapons.

Answer 11

20 countries

Question 12

You must be alert for any indicators of smuggling or terrorism. Ask:

Answer 12

• Is this a dual -use item?
  CBP
• Who is involved?
• Where was the shipment?
• What is being shipped?