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CGSS practice exam 2026
Certified Global Sanctions Specialist, issued by ACAMS. Sanctions regimes, screening, evasion typologies and enforcement.
Aligned to CGSS current outline · Checked for changes November 2026
Three ways to start
- No sign-up: a 10-question diagnostic, scored by domain.
- Free account: 10 practice questions with explanations, progress tracking and 6 flashcards.
- Full access, $29: all 15 questions, timed mocks, section training, printable flashcards.
About the CGSS exam
CGSS covers how US, UN, EU and UK sanctions work, who enforces them, how screening and due diligence programmes are built, and how sanctioned parties try to evade them through ownership structures, trade and shipping.
Format: 100 multiple-choice and multiple-select questions, 175 minutes. Check the current ACAMS candidate handbook before you book, as details change.
What's in our CGSS bank
- 15 original questions written from public standards, each with an explanation and a source.
- A free 10-question diagnostic weighted like the real exam.
- Section training: choose topics, practise only what you haven't seen or got wrong.
- Weak-point tracking: we show which sections fall below the pass mark.
- Timed mock exams of up to 100 questions, with flagging and a question navigator.
- Results broken down by domain so you know what to study next.
CGSS guide
Why not just ask a free AI chatbot?
Chatbots are good for explaining a concept. They are a poor way to find out whether you would pass the CGSS exam.
Questions that match the exam
Scenario questions, "what should you do FIRST" questions and select-two/select-three questions in the style of the real exam, spread across the domains by their exam weights. A chatbot writes easy recall questions and never tells you which part of the syllabus you skipped.
Checked answers with a source
Every answer is checked by a person against the FATF Recommendations, the BSA, the EU AML package or OFAC guidance, and cites its source. Chatbots still invent rules, thresholds and deadlines with confidence, and you can't tell when.
Your weak points, tracked
We remember every answer, score you by section against the pass mark, and let you retrain only what you got wrong. A chat window forgets you when you close it.
Updated for 2026
Every month we check FATF, ACAMS, FinCEN, OFAC, the EU and UK for changes and update the questions. You can see each change on our updates page. A chatbot's knowledge stops at its training date.
CGSS questions people ask
Do I need CAMS before CGSS?
No. CGSS is a standalone certification, though many candidates hold CAMS first.