ACAMS Certified Global Sanctions Specialist Sample Questions:

1. What happened when the Council applied its first sanctions regime, against the illegal white minority regime in Southern Rhodesia?

A) The council neglected both Articles 39 and 41.
B) The council made a determination of the type envisaged by both Article 39 and 41.
C) The Council has discontinued acknowledging Article 39.
D) The Council has tended not to invoke both Articles 39 and 41.
E) It expressly invoked both Articles 39 and 41 of the Council as the basis for its action.

2. The Council noted that, in order to ensure that Iraq did not increase its capacity to re-arm, states were required to continue to prevent the sale, supply, or provision to Iraq.
Which of the following items is NOT included in this?

A) nuclear weapons and activities such as nuclear testing
B) personnel or training or technical support services relating to arms and related material, chemical and biological weapons, ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150km, and nuclear weapons
C) arms and related material
D) items relating to chemical and biological weapons, ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150km, and nuclear weapons
E) technology relating to arms and related material, chemical and biological weapons, ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150km, and nuclear weapons

3. Which of the following organs discuss questions within the scope of the Charter?

A) the General Assembly
B) the Trusteeship Council
C) the Economic and the Social Council
D) the Security Council
E) the International Court of Justice

4. Through which policy is wrongful conduct is ceased by the sanctioned state?

A) Parallelism
B) Countermeasures
C) Carrots and sticks
D) Non-proliferation
E) Ups and downs

5. Courts agree that attorneys' inquiry into the legal and factual basis of their claims need only be reasonable under the circumstances.
Which of the following relates to this?

A) Chris & Todd, Inc. v. Arkansas Dep't of Fin. & Admin., 125 F.R.D. 491, 494 (E.D. Ark. 1989) Sanctions imposed upon the attorney who discussed general content of amended complaint with clients prior to filing but did not inform clients of the exact wording of new allegations, which proved to be false.
B) Zenith Elecs. Corp. v. Exzec, Inc., No. 93 C 5041, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20762, at *38-41 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 24, 1997) - Use of "information and belief" pleading not sanctionable at early stages of litigation where facts are complex.
C) Vernon v. Port Authority of N.Y., 95 Civ. 4594 (PKL), 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9566, at *17-18 (S.D.N.Y. June 6, 2003) - Declining to award sanctions on the attorney for misstating status of discovery record where the attorney was new to the case, prior attorney's files had been destroyed, and information was not apparent from the record.
D) Wigod v. Chicago Mercantile Exch., 981 F.2d 1510, 1523 (7th Cir. 1992) - Upholding sanctions award against plaintiff's attorney who failed to interview attorneys who represented the plaintiff in related proceedings and other available witnesses.
E) Rodriguez v. Local 112, Int'l Fed'n of Technical Eng'rs, No. Civ. 870142, 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9071, at *15 (D. Mass. Aug. 3, 1989) - Documents refuting allegations of discrimination complaint available from the state agency.

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