CAMS-FCI study plan

Define the investigator's mandate, escalation authority and independence boundaries, and write a one-page role charter in your own words

Map the investigation lifecycle from alert generation through case closure, labeling each gate where a documented decision is required

Draft a triage decision tree that separates close-on-triage, request-for-information and full-case outcomes with the criteria for each

Build a 15-term glossary covering governance, accountability and case intake concepts, defining each term without copying source wording

Trace a constructed multi-hop funds flow through three intermediary accounts and record the value lost at each hop

Distinguish layering, integration and placement movements in a written narrative using at least five transaction types

Calculate the effect of structuring thresholds, round-amount patterns and rapid pass-through on a suspicion score

Practice writing a funds-flow summary that a non-specialist reader could follow without the underlying statements

Match at least ten typologies to the transaction behaviours that evidence them, and note one false-positive pattern for each

Analyze a trade-based or invoice-based scenario for over- and under-invoicing, phantom shipment and carousel indicators

Compare typology indicators across cash-intensive, digital-payment and correspondent-banking channels

Identify which typology indicators survive scrutiny as standalone red flags versus which only matter in combination

Score three constructed customer profiles against a risk model you build from inherent, control and residual factors

Rank a queue of eight alerts by risk and explain each ranking decision in one sentence

Justify two prioritization decisions where the higher-value alert is correctly deprioritized for a stronger qualitative reason

Document the assumptions and limits of your risk model so a reviewer could challenge it

Construct a case file index that satisfies evidential, regulatory and internal-audit needs simultaneously

Write a chronological investigation log for a constructed case, distinguishing fact, inference and open question

Apply a chain-of-custody and retention checklist to digital and documentary evidence, noting where handling errors create challengeable gaps

Draft a case summary that states findings, evidence relied on and unresolved gaps without overstating conclusions

Convert a case file into an investigation plan with scope, hypotheses, evidence to obtain and a timeline

Prepare an interview outline that sequences open, funnel and challenge questions and pre-empts two likely evasions

Draft five questions that test a subject's account against the transaction record without disclosing investigative detail prematurely

Identify what may be shared with law enforcement, when, and through which channel, and note the confidentiality limits on each

Draft a suspicious activity narrative that states who, what, when, where, how and why-suspicious in a defensible sequence

Revise the narrative to remove speculation, hedging and unsupported adjectives while retaining every material fact

Analyze three ethical dilemmas covering tipping-off risk, client confidentiality and internal pressure, and state the correct action with reasoning

Map the escalation path from investigator to reporting officer and identify the remediation outcomes that can follow a filing

Complete a timed 60-question mixed-domain practice set and record accuracy by domain

Re-teach your two weakest domains from memory in writing, then check the gaps against your notes

Reconstruct the investigation lifecycle, typology matrix and reporting chain from blank pages without reference

Consolidate a one-page personal error log listing recurring mistakes and the corrective rule for each