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PBSA

What is Professional Background Screening Association?

100

This red-nosed reindeer guides Santa’s sleigh through foggy weather.

Who is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?

100

This search type can be done in 94 jurisdictions.

What is the Federal Criminal District?

100

Country music legend behind “Jolene” and “9 to 5”

Who is Dolly Parton- Dead?

200

FCRA

What is Fair Credit Reporting Act?

200

During Hanukkah, this spinning top marked with Hebrew letters is used to play a traditional game.

What is a dreidel?

200

What search type is completed by Transunion?

What is Employment Credit Report?  What is MVR is also acceptable?

200

Star of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music

Who is Julie Andrews- Alive?

300

ATS

What is an Applicant Tracking System?

300

Which President made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday?

What is Abraham Lincoln?

300

This product can help develop names and address history associated with identifying information.

What is Social Security Trace?

300

This ’90s teen heartthrob played Randy Taylor on Home Improvement and voiced young Simba in The Lion King.

Who is Jonathan Taylor Thomas? Alive

400

NMSDC

What is National Minority Supplier Development Council?

400

The tradition of wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day is closely tied to this country.

What is Ireland?

400

This federal system can be searched for certain exclusions and debarments involving government contracting and programs.

What is System for Award Management (SAM)?

400

This former child star was famously left Home Alone—twice.

Who is Macaulay Culkin- Alive?

500

OFAC

What is Office of Foreign Assets Control?

500

What are the names of the Sanderson sisters in Hocus Pocus?

What is Sarah, Winnie and Mary?

500

This search is used to uncover a candidate’s history with the Internal Revenue Service, such as certain tax-related information or records.

What is the IRS Employment History?

500

This actor became a ’90s/2000s teen-TV icon playing Dawson Leery on Dawson’s Creek.

Who is James Van Der Beek- Dead?

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