OTEE Free Quiz

A border officer is reviewing five referrals from primary inspection. The officer has been reminded that referrals and secondary decisions must be based on specific, relevant facts. The officer should not give weight to stereotypes, assumptions about a traveller’s background, or personal feelings about whether a person “seems” like they belong.

The officer must decide which file presents the most appropriate basis for further questioning.

File A:
The traveller is young, travelling alone, and appears uncomfortable speaking with officers. They provide a return ticket, hotel booking, and a clear tourism itinerary. Their answers are brief but consistent.

File B:
The traveller is dressed in expensive clothing but declares limited funds for the trip. They explain that the clothing was purchased years ago and that the trip is being paid for by a family member. They provide the family member’s contact information and a return ticket.

File C:
The traveller says they are attending a two-day training event. Their invitation letter lists a training provider, but the provider’s name differs from the name shown on the registration confirmation. The traveller explains that one is the parent company and one is the operating brand, but cannot provide any document showing the relationship between the two.

File D:
The traveller has a strong accent and asks for one question to be repeated. They provide consistent answers after the question is repeated and have complete documents matching the declared purpose.

File E:
The traveller is from a region unfamiliar to the officer and has never previously travelled internationally. Their documents are complete and consistent, but the officer feels the trip is unusual.

Which file presents the most appropriate basis for further questioning?

A. File A
B. File B
C. File C
D. File D
E. File E

Which shape matches the original?

A parent traveling with a non-verbal, autistic child asks for a quieter process and visual instructions. Choose the best course of action.

a. Explain that procedures are fixed; they must follow the standard lane
b. Move them to a calmer space/accessible lane, use visual/written prompts, and proceed with minimal sensory triggers
c. Tell them to return when the terminal is less busy
d. Ask another traveler to translate your instructions with gestures

Confident is to apprehensive as frugal is to _____

Four border officers—Adams, Brown, Chen, and Singh—are assigned to one of four duties: Passport Control, Baggage Inspection, Secondary Inspection, and Intelligence.

• Adams does not work in Intelligence.
• Brown works in either Passport Control or Baggage Inspection.
• Chen works in Secondary Inspection.
• Singh does not work in Passport Control.
• Brown does not work in Baggage Inspection.

Which duty is assigned to Adams?

A. Passport Control

B. Baggage Inspection

C. Intelligence

D. Secondary Inspection

Read the following statements, then answer the question.

1. Every traveler sent to secondary for agricultural risk must complete a Declaration Correction Form (DCF).

2. No traveler who completes a DCF receives an Administrative Monetary Penalty (AMP) at primary inspection.

3. Some travellers who receive an AMP at secondary did not complete a DCF.

Question: Which conclusion must be true?

a) All travellers who receive an AMP at secondary were sent for agricultural risk.
b) Some travellers who receive an AMP at secondary were not sent to secondary for agricultural risk.
c) No traveler who completes a DCF can ever receive an AMP.
d) If a traveler did not receive an AMP at primary, they must have completed a DCF.

Choose the best revision.

[The reason that the meeting was postponed was because] several participants could not attend.

a) The reason for the postponement was due to
b) The meeting was postponed because
c) The reason the meeting was postponed is because
d) Due to the reason of postponement being that

1. If a traveler has any undeclared item, they receive an administrative monetary penalty (AMP).

2. No traveler who receives an AMP is allowed to use the expedited (NEXUS) lane on their next trip.

3. Some travellers who use the expedited lane also have Global Entry.

Question: Which conclusion must be true?

a) Some Global Entry members will be barred from using the expedited lane on their next trip.
b) If a traveler uses the expedited lane on their next trip, then they did not receive an AMP on this trip.
c) All travellers who failed to declare an item will be banned from all trusted-traveler programs.
d) If a traveler did not use the expedited lane on their next trip, then they must have received an AMP on this trip.

You are working primary inspection when a vehicle triggers a low-confidence system alert. The driver’s answers are consistent, but you notice subtle inconsistencies in travel details. The line is growing quickly behind you.

A) Wave the traveler through to avoid delays since the alert is low confidence
B) Refer the traveler to secondary inspection based on the inconsistencies
C) Ask a few additional questions, then allow them through if answers remain consistent
D) Ignore the alert but note the interaction for future reference

Which traveler ID does not follow the standard format of two letters followed by seven digits?

a. YH9382750

b. JL9283740

c. NB938Z729

d. RT9382748

If all goods entering Canada must be declared, and some declared goods entering Canada are duty-free:

Indicate whether the following statement follows the logic or not:

All duty-free goods must be declared.

a. Follows logic 
b. Does not follow logic

You discover an overcharge in a duty/tax calculation after the traveller has left the counter. Choose the best course of action.

a) Ignore it since they’re gone
b) Wait for them to complain
c) Email from your personal account with a photo of the corrected form
d) Notify a supervisor, attempt to locate the traveller, correct and document the assessment, and explain refund/adjustment steps

Select the option that has the most similar meaning.

VINDICATE

a. justify

b. blame

c. accuse

d. punish

What are the missing numbers in the following pattern: -14, ?, ?, 7, 14, 21…

a. -7, -1

b. -6, -1

c. -7, 0

d. none of the above

You notice that a colleague often interrupts others during team briefings, not giving them a chance to finish their thoughts. Several team members look frustrated, but no one says anything.

Which is the least appropriate response?

a. Ignore the behavior since it doesn’t directly affect your work.
b. Politely remind your colleague during the meeting to let others finish speaking.
c. Speak with your colleague privately afterward about the importance of respectful communication.
d. If the issue persists, bring it to the supervisor’s attention for proper handling.

Pass rate
Passed → attempted
• A: 72/90 • B: 48/70 • C: 85/100 • D: 41/50
Which class has the highest pass rate?

Select the pair of words that most represents a single concept:

a. Gravity, weight
b. Illusion, reality
c. Chaos, entropy 
d. Surface, depth
e. Circle, equation

A square paper is folded in half horizontally, then in half vertically. A single hole is punched near the top left corner of the folded paper. When fully unfolded, which option (A–D) shows the correct placement of the holes?

How many rows have the exact same letters?

Customs Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.)

99 Examination of goods

(1) An officer may

(a) at any time up to the time of release, examine any goods that have been imported and open or cause to be opened any package or container of imported goods and take samples of imported goods in reasonable amounts;

(b) at any time up to the time of release, examine any mail that has been imported and, subject to this section, open or cause to be opened any such mail that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds contains any goods referred to in the Customs Tariff, or any goods the importation of which is prohibited, controlled or regulated under any other Act of Parliament, and take samples of anything contained in such mail in reasonable amounts;

(c) at any time up to the time of exportation, examine any goods that are to be exported or that have been reported under section 95 and open or cause to be opened any package or container of those goods and take samples of those goods in reasonable amounts;

(c.1) at any time up to the time of exportation, examine any mail that is to be exported and, subject to this section, open or cause to be opened any such mail that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds contains any goods the exportation of which is prohibited, controlled or regulated under any Act of Parliament, and take samples of anything contained in such mail in reasonable amounts;

(d) where the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that an error has been made in the tariff classification, value for duty or quantity of any goods accounted for under section 32, or where a refund or drawback is requested in respect of any goods under this Act or pursuant to the Customs Tariff, examine the goods and take samples thereof in reasonable amounts;

(d.1) where the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that an error has been made with respect to the origin claimed or determined for any goods accounted for under section 32, examine the goods and take samples thereof in reasonable amounts;

(e) where the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that this Act or the regulations or any other Act of Parliament administered or enforced by him or any regulations thereunder have been or might be contravened in respect of any goods, examine the goods and open or cause to be opened any package or container thereof; or

(f) where the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that this Act or the regulations or any other Act of Parliament administered or enforced by him or any regulations thereunder have been or might be contravened in respect of any conveyance or any goods thereon, stop, board and search the conveyance, examine any goods thereon and open or cause to be opened any package or container thereof and direct that the conveyance be moved to a customs office or other suitable place for any such search, examination or opening.

99.1 Power to stop

(1) If an officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that a person has entered Canada without presenting himself or herself in accordance with subsection 11(1), the officer may stop that person within a reasonable time after the person has entered Canada.

Powers of officer

(2) An officer who stops a person referred to in subsection (1) may

(a) question the person; and

(b) in respect of goods imported by that person, examine them, cause to be opened any package or container of the imported goods and take samples of them in reasonable amounts.

99.2 Search of persons

(1) An officer may search any person who is in or is leaving a customs controlled area, other than a prescribed person or a member of a prescribed class of persons who may be searched under subsection (2), if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person has secreted on or about their person anything in respect of which this Act or the regulations have been or might be contravened, anything that would afford evidence with respect to a contravention of this Act or the regulations or any goods the importation or exportation of which is prohibited, controlled or regulated under this or any other Act of Parliament.

Search of prescribed persons

(2) An officer may, in accordance with the regulations, search any prescribed person or member of a prescribed class of persons who is in or is leaving a customs controlled area.

Person taken before senior officer

(3) An officer who is about to search a person under this section shall, on the request of the person, immediately take that person before the senior officer at the place where the search is to be conducted.

Review by senior officer

(4) A senior officer before whom a person is taken by an officer shall, if the senior officer agrees with the officer that under subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be, the person may be searched, direct that the person be searched or, if the senior officer does not so agree, discharge the person.

Limitations on searches

(5) No person may be searched by an officer who is not of the same sex and, if there is no officer of the same sex at the place at which the search is to be conducted, an officer may authorize any suitable person of the same sex to conduct the search.

99.3 Non-intrusive examination of goods

(1) An officer may, in accordance with the regulations and without individualized suspicion, conduct a non-intrusive examination of goods in the custody or possession of a person who is in or is leaving a customs controlled area.

Other examination of goods

(2) An officer may examine any goods in the custody or possession of a person who is in or is leaving a customs controlled area and open or cause to be opened any baggage, package or container and take samples of the goods in reasonable amounts, if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that this Act or any other Act of Parliament administered or enforced by the officer or any regulations made under it have been or might be contravened in respect of the goods.

Examination of abandoned goods

(3) An officer may, at any time, open or cause to be opened, examine and detain any goods, baggage, package or container that is found abandoned or that is not in the possession of any person in a customs controlled area.

QUESTION

Under what condition may an officer stop a person after entry into Canada?