Free CISI Combating Financial Crime mock exam
Sit the whole Combating Financial Crime paper: 50 questions running from money laundering to sanctions and risk management, under a 60-minute clock. Free, no sign-up, with a weighted score and an explanation for every answer.
What is on the CISI Combating Financial Crime mock exam?
One full Combating Financial Crime practice paper: 50 questions in 60 minutes, weighted across the eight syllabus elements exactly as the real paper is. Score 35 out of 50 to meet the 70% practice threshold, then review every answer one at a time.
- Questions
- 50 original practice questions
- Time
- 60 minutes
- Practice threshold
- 70%, which is 35 of 50
- Access
- Free, with no account or card
How the paper is weighted
Combating Financial Crime is a standalone Level 3 Award, and the same paper doubles as an Investment Operations Certificate technical unit and an optional unit of the Level 6 Diploma in Investment Compliance. Eight elements share 50 questions, which makes the weighting unusually uneven.
| Element | Questions |
|---|---|
| 1. The Background and Nature of Financial Crime | 7 |
| 2. Money Laundering | 8 |
| 3. Terrorist Financing | 3 |
| 4. Bribery and Corruption | 8 |
| 5. Fraud and Market Abuse | 4 |
| 6. Tax Evasion | 4 |
| 7. Economic Sanctions | 3 |
| 8. Financial Crime Risk Management | 13 |
| Total | 50 |
Financial Crime Risk Management is the heaviest element at thirteen of the 50 marks, more than a quarter of the paper on its own. Money Laundering and Bribery and Corruption are eight each and the background element is seven. Terrorist Financing and Economic Sanctions are three apiece.
For the cleanest rehearsal, set aside the full 60 minutes, avoid notes and answer every question. There is no negative marking on the real paper, so a guess is always better than a blank. The mock hides feedback until submission and warns you before handing in a paper with blanks.
Full practice paper
75 questions. 90 minutes. No sign-up.
Sit the paper in one go if you can. Answers and explanations stay hidden until you submit, so the score is a more useful rehearsal than an instant-feedback quiz.
The timer starts when you press the button. Reloading or leaving the page ends this sitting.
Where the marks go on this paper
The last element decides this paper. Financial Crime Risk Management is thirteen marks on customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, the risk-based approach, the MLRO role, suspicious activity reporting, training and record keeping. It also sits at the end of the workbook, which is exactly where revision energy runs out.
Money Laundering is eight marks and the three stages are the classic trap. Placement, layering and integration are easy to recite and harder to apply when a question describes a specific transaction and asks which stage it represents.
Bribery and Corruption is another eight marks and turns on the UK Bribery Act offences, the adequate procedures defence and how facilitation payments are treated differently in different jurisdictions. The commonest error is assuming the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act works the same way.
Terrorist Financing, Economic Sanctions and Fraud and Market Abuse are small elements that look skippable at three or four marks each. They are eleven marks together, which on a 50-question paper is 22%.
How to use your result
Treat 70% as a practice threshold, not a readiness promise. A stronger signal is a run of timed scores above the threshold with no element repeatedly falling behind. On a 50-question paper each question is two percentage points, so the short elements are worth more than they feel. If Financial Crime Risk Management is below 70% the total will usually follow, since it is over a quarter of the paper.
Use the answer review to understand each miss, then revisit the relevant part of the Combating Financial Crime exam guide. To drill a single topic rather than sit a whole paper, start with the free Combating Financial Crime practice questions.
Looking for official material? Combating Financial Crime past papers: what actually exists explains what CISI actually publishes and how to combine it with question practice. For more full papers, see the £59 Pass Package.
Independent practice material: PasskeyPrep is not affiliated with, endorsed by or accredited by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment. These questions were written independently against the syllabus. They are not copied from a live CISI exam or official past paper.
Frequently asked questions
Is this Combating Financial Crime mock exam really free?
Yes. All 50 questions are free, with no account, email address or card. Submit and you get a weighted score, an eight-element breakdown and an explanation for every answer.
Does this mock match the real CFC exam format?
It uses 50 questions, a 60-minute timer, a 70% practice threshold and the published weightings across the eight syllabus elements. The questions are original PasskeyPrep practice material, not the CISI examination platform or official exam questions.
Is Combating Financial Crime an Award or a Certificate?
The exam earns the standalone Level 3 Award in Combating Financial Crime. It also counts as an Investment Operations Certificate technical unit and as an optional unit of the Level 6 Diploma in Investment Compliance.
How is it different from Global Financial Compliance?
Combating Financial Crime is a 50-question paper devoted entirely to financial crime. Global Financial Compliance is a 100-question paper in which financial crime is one element of five, alongside international regulation, the compliance function, ethics and governance.
Turn the element breakdown into a study plan.
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