CBLE Test Practice Questions by Topic

19 CFR Part 111 subparts B-C and E: who needs a license, the exam and eligibility, individual and organization licenses, the national permit, the triennial status report and its fee, continuing education (36 credits each triennial period; 20 for 2024-2027), voluntary suspension, revocation by operation of law and fees.

19 CFR 111.21-111.45 and 111.53-111.91, 19 CFR 141 subpart C and Part 163: responsible supervision and control, employee lists, client verification and powers of attorney, recordkeeping and breach reporting, confidentiality, diligence and advising clients of errors, prohibited conduct, sanctions, monetary penalties and the 24/7 point of contact.

Case sets built on a commercial invoice, an excerpted CBP Form 7501, a CBP Form 5106 or a calendar: find the error, complete the blocks, compute duty and fees, pick the port code and the due date, as on the real exam's practical exercise.

19 CFR Part 190: manufacturing, unused merchandise and rejected merchandise drawback, substitution, the 99% rule, time limits, privileges such as accelerated payment and waiver of prior notice, recordkeeping and liability.

19 CFR Part 132 and the HTSUS: absolute and tariff-rate quotas, opening and presentation of entries, quota priority, over-quota rates, quota class merchandise in FTZs and warehouses, and ACE quota processing.

The General Rules of Interpretation 1-6, Additional U.S. Rules of Interpretation, section and chapter notes, Additional U.S. Notes and statistical notes, General Notes (column 1 special programs, column 2 countries), and how the 10-digit HTSUS number is built.

Classify real goods to the 10-digit statistical level using the HTSUS 2026 Basic Edition: textiles and apparel (Section XI), footwear, machinery and electrical (Sections XVI), vehicles, furniture, toys, food, chemicals, plastics, metals and articles of base metal, and composite goods and sets.

19 CFR Parts 141-143 and 101, the ACE Entry Summary Instructions, the RTME directive and the ACE BRPD: right to make entry, entry types, immediate delivery, informal entry limits, entry and entry summary deadlines, statements and payment, invoices, corrections and post-summary corrections, ports and port codes.

19 CFR Part 113 (bond types, amounts, sureties), Part 146 (FTZ admission, zone status, manipulation, transfers), Part 144 (warehouse entries and withdrawals, the five-year period) and Parts 18-19 (in-bond movement and warehouses).

Restricted and prohibited merchandise in 19 CFR Part 12 (FDA, USDA, EPA, CPSC, FCC, firearms, cultural property), intellectual property in Part 133, country-of-origin marking in Part 134 and the substantial-transformation and NAFTA/USMCA marking rules in Part 102.

USMCA (19 CFR Part 182, General Note 11), other free trade agreements and preference programs in the General Notes, American goods returned and Chapter 98 provisions (9801, 9802, 9813 temporary importation under bond), and Part 10 exemptions.

Antidumping and countervailing duty deposits and certifications, the Enforce and Protect Act (19 CFR Part 165), liquidation and extension (Part 159), protests (Part 174), prior disclosure and 19 U.S.C. 1592 penalties (Parts 162 and 171), and seizure and forfeiture basics.

19 CFR Part 152 subpart E: transaction value and its additions (packing, selling commissions, assists, royalties, proceeds), exclusions (international freight, insurance, buying commissions), related-party transactions, the hierarchy of transactional, deductive and computed value, and first-sale and fallback methods.

Computing duty (ad valorem, specific, compound), the merchandise processing fee and harbor maintenance fee (19 CFR 24.23-24.24), currency conversion (19 CFR Part 159 subpart C), interest, rounding, and column 1 general, special and column 2 rates.

The April 2026 Customs Broker License Exam as released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection with its answer key: all 80 questions in exam order, CBP's options and CBP's key, with our own worked explanations citing the HTSUS and 19 CFR. Released CBP exams are public domain; reproduced with CBP cited as the source. Not endorsed by CBP.

The October 2025 Customs Broker License Exam as released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection with its answer key: all 80 questions in exam order, CBP's options and CBP's key, with our own worked explanations citing the HTSUS and 19 CFR. Released CBP exams are public domain; reproduced with CBP cited as the source. Not endorsed by CBP.

The April 2025 Customs Broker License Exam as released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection with its answer key: all 80 questions in exam order, CBP's options and CBP's key, with our own worked explanations citing the HTSUS and 19 CFR. Released CBP exams are public domain; reproduced with CBP cited as the source. Not endorsed by CBP.

The October 2024 Customs Broker License Exam as released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection with its answer key: all 80 questions in exam order, CBP's options and CBP's key, with our own worked explanations citing the HTSUS and 19 CFR. Released CBP exams are public domain; reproduced with CBP cited as the source. Not endorsed by CBP.

Rules that changed after the references the April 2026 exam used (19 CFR revised as of 1 Jan 2024, HTSUS 2025 Basic): continuing education credits, the June 2024 copyright and DMCA rules in Part 133, EAPA procedure, USMCA amendments, de minimis and postal entry changes, refunds and fees. Each question names the rule's effective date and which exam references contain it.