CRCM Study Guide 2026
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📋 CRCM Exam Format at a Glance
📚 CRCM Topics to Study (33)
✍️ Sample CRCM Questions & Answers
1. A bank's BSA/AML compliance program must be approved and overseen by whom?
BSA regulations require that the BSA/AML compliance program be approved and overseen by the board of directors or a senior committee.
2. Which of the following categories of workers needs to get instruction on how to utilize W-9 forms precisely?
W-9 forms are used to collect taxpayer identification information from individuals or entities that may be subject to certain reporting requirements, such as providing payments or income to them. The purpose of the W-9 form is to obtain the recipient's correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) and other relevant information for tax reporting purposes.
3. Under the CARD Act (Credit CARD Act of 2009), credit card issuers must provide how much advance notice before increasing an interest rate?
The CARD Act requires 45 days advance notice before a credit card issuer can increase an interest rate or make other significant changes.
4. In IFPUG counting, a Record Element Type (RET) is used to measure complexity of which function type?
RETs are subgroups of logically related data within an ILF or EIF, and they are used along with DETs to determine the complexity of Data Functions.
5. What is the term for the compliance risk management framework that includes policies, procedures, training, monitoring, and corrective action?
A Compliance Management System (CMS) is the formal framework regulators expect financial institutions to use to manage compliance risk across all business lines.
6. Which federal agencies are responsible for conducting CRA examinations?
The three primary federal bank regulators — the Federal Reserve (state member banks), OCC (national banks and federal thrifts), and FDIC (state nonmember banks) — each conduct CRA examinations for their supervised institutions.