Denied Party Screening is primarily used to ensure compliance by checking against sanctions and restricted-party lists.

• A. Verifying shipment schedules
• B. Checking sanctions and restricted-party lists
• C. Verifying carrier rates
• D. Ensuring on-time clearance

Answer: (B)

Denied Party Screening centers on compliance by verifying that business partners and counterparties are not listed on sanctions or restricted-party lists. It involves matching names, identifiers, and other details against official lists from governments and international bodies (such as OFAC, EU, UN, and related lists) to prevent transactions with blocked entities. This is why checking sanctions and restricted-party lists is the best fit. The other tasks—like arranging shipment schedules, calculating carrier rates, or ensuring on-time clearance—are operational logistics activities and do not address compliance screening against sanctioned lists.