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CKYCA Certified Know Your Customer Associate Questions and Answers

Questions 4

An owner of several trading companies worldwide is advised to register a new company for the legitimate purpose of controlling foreign assets of their trading companies. This new company is commonly referred to as a:

Options:

A.

subsidiary company.

B.

special purpose vehicle.

C.

shell company.

D.

holding company.

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Questions 5

A customer of a bank in the EU has been changing the business activities of their company every month since becoming a customer two years ago. The bank should:

Options:

A.

hold the older information for one year and then destroy any records in line with data privacy requirements.

B.

hold the information for a period of time, as specified by the policies of the bank, and in line with the EU AML Directives.

C.

maintain only the current information, because data privacy regulations require old information be destroyed when updated.

D.

keep records of the changing circumstances for as long as the customer holds an account with the bank.

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Questions 6

During a routine CDD update in a financial institution, a junior member of the compliance department identifies that the spouse of the reviewed client was elected as a member of government. Which action should the junior member take?

Options:

A.

Inform the relationship manager about the election of the client's spouse

B.

Make a note on the client's account of this fact and continue operations as usual.

C.

File a suspicious transaction report because the client did not notify the financial institution.

D.

Update the client's information to reflect that the client is related to a politically exposed person.

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Questions 7

A KYC analyst notices frequent use of letters of credit as a method of trade finance. It further appears that trades covered by letters of credit are not consistent with the customer’s usual business. What should be the next action taken by the KYC analyst?

Options:

A.

Notify the Board of Directors and obtain the Board's approval for filing a STR.

B.

Refer internally for a potential suspicious transaction report

C.

Establish internally the existence of a criminal violation.

D.

Prepare to close the customer’s account.

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Questions 8

During the onboarding process of a new customer, it is noted that the customer is a politically exposed person opening a private banking account and has a foreign passport. Which statement best describes the industry best practice for the institution?

Options:

A.

Mandatory periodic review should occur on at least an annual basis

B.

Simplified monitoring should occur on a yearly basis.

C.

Enhanced monitoring may be decided on by the business line manager.

D.

Simplified monitoring is required per the customer risk criteria.

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Questions 9

In which circumstance must a KYC analyst obtain source of wealth information on a client subject to CDD?

Options:

A.

Information on source of wealth for CDD clients must always be collected.

B.

The client is establishing a business relationship with a private company whose benefit surpasses 10 million USD.

C.

The client's senior manager is deemed to be an ultimate beneficial owner.

D.

The number of business relationships involving high-risk third countries or politically exposed persons increases.

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Questions 10

During the regular periodic review of a high-risk client, a KYC analyst performs EDD checks and detects the presence of a politically exposed person. The KYC analyst should escalate this issue to the:

Options:

A.

onboarding team for the assessment of risk

B.

management team for approval or denial of risk

C.

head of the KYC team for approval or denial of risk.

D.

privacy officer for the assessment of risk

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Questions 11

The owner of a local flower shop makes cash deposits on a regular basis to the shop’s business account. Following the deposits, the owner wires the money to a high-risk country. Which action should a KYC analyst perform when conducting the periodic CDD review?

Options:

A.

Review the account activity with respect to the transaction profile of the customer.

B.

Review the business activities and update where necessary.

C.

End the business relationship due to wiring money to a high-risk country.

D.

Report a suspicious transaction with respect to wiring money to a high-risk country.

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Questions 12

A politically exposed person (PEP) wants to open an account with a financial institution and provides no evidence for source of wealth.

Which procedure should the financial institution follow?

Options:

A.

Accept the customer without any evidence for the customer’s source of wealth.

B.

Condition the acceptance of the customer on receiving evidence for the customer's source of wealth

C.

Reject the customer on the basis of being a PEP and possibly corrupt

D.

Accept the customer and request source of wealth evidence during next year’s updating procedures.

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Questions 13

Which describes the best method for creating a thorough audit trail to prove compliance?

Options:

A.

Documenting pictures of the customer holding the identification stored in the customer profile

B.

Notations within the customer profile that the identity was checked

C.

Storingtranscripts inthe customer's profile of dialogues that take place during onboarding

D.

Incorporating copies of documentation and writtencommunication in the customer profile

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Questions 14

Which is the best technique to effectively document a customer profile?

Options:

A.

Have the profile start with a picture of the customer followed by key numbers, such as expected turnover.

B.

Record customer information using abbreviations, explain adjectives, and provide a narrative to follow.

C.

Document customer information in a standardized way that is defined by the customer's jurisdiction

D.

Avoid adjectives and exaggerations, put the information into context, and be precise and unambiguous

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Questions 15

Which piece of evidence would be a red flag that a customer is a shell company?

Options:

A.

The company registry lists only one director of the customer.

B.

The company's place of business is a gatekeeper address.

C.

The company name includes the word "holding'.

D.

The company was incorporated three weeks ago.

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Questions 16

Which factor would be a reason for concern when corroborating the source of wealth of an individual client?

Options:

A.

The client amends their narrative as they are unable to provide supplementary information.

B.

The client is unable to provide bank statements relating to a redundancy pay-out 15 years ago.

C.

The client has no online presence, despite significant wealth.

D.

The client's online career profile does not mention their significant property investments.

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Questions 17

According to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Risk-Based Approach Guidance, institutions should

Options:

A.

incorporate only higher risk customers into its risk profile.

B.

adjust customers’ EDD processes independent from the institution's risk profile.

C.

incorporate customer risks into the business line risk profiles, but not into the institutional risk profile

D.

adjust the extent and depth of EDD monitoring in line with their risk profile.

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Questions 18

Which is an example of an EDD measure?

Options:

A.

Verifying the identity of the customer after the establishment of the business relationship

B.

Monitoring an account's transactions based on a monetary threshold

C.

Obtaining information on the source of wealth of the customer

D.

Identifying the purpose and nature of the business relationship

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Exam Code: CKYCA
Exam Name: Certified Know Your Customer Associate
Last Update: Aug 25, 2025
Questions: 60

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