you can make use of the AdSense sandbox checker tool. Enter the URL and click on preview Ads. If you are able to see all the ads then you are good to go otherwise it is banned.
Determine whether the expired domain name had spam in it. You can make use of Wayback Machine, the Internet Archive just entering the domain name and let the Internet archive just display you the results.
If the content is plagiarized or if there are any spam advertisements, any unsafe videos, any other unsafe materials or spammy links, then the best bet for you is to skip buying that domain name.
The two most crucial factors to determine the quality of an expired domain are PA and DA. Moz Open Search Explorer is one of the tools that you can use to see a backlink report.