ACAMS Certified Global Sanctions Specialist Sample Questions:

1. Which of the following restrictions were made on Russia for imposing sanctions on Ukraine?

A) Prohibiting import and export of arms and related material to/from Russia.
B) Exports of certain energy-related equipment and technology to Russia.
C) Restricting access to Ukrainian capital markets.
D) Restrictions on Crimea and Sevastopol
E) Prohibiting exports of dual-use goods and technology for military use in Ukraine.

2. Under what objective does the Security Council has imposed sanctions to facilitate the return of refugees and displaced persons in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)?

A) Promoting good governance
B) Facilitating the establishment and consolidation of peace
C) Facilitating the exercise or protection of human rights
D) Bringing about disarmament or arms control
E) Ending a rebellion, invasion, or external interference

3. By viewing sanctions as aggregate consequences of competing interest group pressures, the public-choice approach demonstrates that economic benefit per se is not a central factor in deciding the essence of the sanctions packages enforced by the sanctioning countries.
As far as the target country is concerned, the sanctions in part affect the political balance by:

A) Sending messages or warnings to different classes of people within the target nation.
B) Receiving messages or positive news to different classes of people within a target nation.
C) Sending messages or positive news to different classes of people within the target nation.
D) Receiving warnings or threats to particular classes of people within the target nation.
E) Sending messages or positive news to different classes of people in the supporting nation.

4. What are the state level of analysis's main concerns regarding the sovereign state that comes to bear on decision-making and international behaviour?

A) Processes of the sovereign state
B) Withdrawl of the sovereign state
C) Institutions of the sovereign state
D) Culture of the sovereign state
E) Laws of the sovereign state

5. Aware of the imminent disaster, the Minister of Agriculture and industry leaders met in December 1965 to implement a recovery plan. They have formed the Tobacco Corporation. Tick the facts of this corporation correctly mentioned.

A) It facilitated the growers to generate a crop from 1966 to 1967 and to ensure the security of world markets.
B) This new body operated under 11 terms of reference, the first three of which maximized the number of growers.
C) It was the contractual monopoly responsible only for the collection of the crop.
D) The Corporation was made up of twelve members: two representing growers and ten representing merchants.

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