Passage: 'Public consultations must remain open for at least twelve weeks. The Commission may extend a consultation, but it may not close one early once it has been announced.' Based only on this passage, which statement is correct?
Epso Ad5 Verbal Reasoning
Question · Easy
What are the test components, item counts, time limits, and pass marks in Part 1 and Part 2 of the EPSO AD5 competition (Notice EPSO/AD/427/26 as amended)?
Competition Rules, Languages & Eligibility
Flashcard
Passage: 'All Member States participating in the eurozone use the euro. Not all EU Member States are in the eurozone, but every eurozone country is an EU Member State.' Which conclusion necessarily follows?
Founding agreement among member states that establishes the Union and gives it competences to pursue shared objectives.
EU foundations
Guess the Term
Chapter 1: Competition Overview, Notice EPSO/AD/427/26 & Two-Part Remote Testing
1.1 Notice EPSO/AD/427/26: Competition Architecture & the Two-Part Testing Model
Study guide
Cheat sheet
Passage: 'The report notes that renewable energy capacity grew in all surveyed regions, though growth was slowest in regions with the lowest initial investment.' Which statement is supported?
Question · Medium
Read the clue and guess the term in 6 tries.
Game
How do the Preliminary Ranking weights differ from the Final Ranking weights in Table 6 of Notice EPSO/AD/427/26?
Passage: 'Only candidates who submitted their application before the deadline and uploaded a valid diploma were admitted to the testing phase.' A candidate was NOT admitted. Which must be true?
Council method in which a proposal passes only if it clears a set share of member states and a set share of the Union's population.
EU procedures
Passage: 'The ordinary legislative procedure requires agreement between the European Parliament and the Council. If they disagree after the second reading, a Conciliation Committee is convened.' What follows if Parliament and Council agree at first reading?
What is the 24 official EU languages rule regarding Language 1 (L1) and Language 2 (L2) in the modernised EPSO AD5 competition?
Passage: 'Some agencies are based in Brussels; all Brussels-based agencies report annually to the Commission. Agency X reports annually to the Commission.' Which conclusion is valid?
Question · Hard
Seven-year plan that sets the maximum amounts the Union may commit or spend in each policy area.
EU budget
1.2 Remote Testing on TAO & Proctorio: Setup, Rules & Incident Procedure
Passage: 'The directive must be transposed into national law within two years. Member States that fail to transpose on time may face infringement proceedings.' What does the passage allow us to infer?
Swap tiles to line up three of the same term.
Term Match
What are the core eligibility requirements for EPSO AD5 Graduate Generalists, and what does placement on the Reserve List mean?
Passage: 'The survey found that staff who attended the training reported higher satisfaction. However, the study did not control for prior experience.' Which criticism is best supported?
Body of EU law and obligations that a candidate country must adopt and implement before joining.
EU enlargement
Passage: 'Every proposal reviewed by the committee was either approved or deferred. No proposal was rejected outright.' A proposal was not approved. What follows?
What did the 1951 Treaty of Paris and the 1957 Treaties of Rome establish, and how did their lifespans differ?
EU Treaties & Legal Sources
Passage: 'The Court of Justice of the European Union ensures EU law is interpreted and applied uniformly across Member States.' Which statement is most consistent with the passage?
EU body that runs independent administrative investigations into corruption involving EU funds and into serious misconduct by EU staff.
EU institutions
1.3 Pacing Strategy, Time Allocation & Scoring Dynamics
Passage: 'If the budget is not adopted by 1 January, the system of provisional twelfths applies, allowing monthly spending up to one twelfth of the previous year's budget.' What happens if the budget is adopted on 15 December?
Flip two cards at a time to find matching terms.
Term Pairs
What were the flagship constitutional innovations of the Single European Act (1986) and the Treaty of Maastricht (1992)?
Passage: 'No decision was taken without consulting the legal service. The proposal was decided upon last week.' Which is necessarily true?
EU body that carries out the Union's common foreign and security policy and promotes its interests abroad.
Passage: 'The pilot programme reduced processing times in three of five offices. The other two offices saw no measurable change.' Which statement is accurate?
What major structural reforms were introduced by the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997), the Treaty of Nice (2001), and the Treaty of Lisbon (2007)?
Passage: 'Whenever the Council acts by unanimity, a single Member State can block the decision. The decision in question was blocked by one Member State.' Which conclusion is best supported?
EU body that is one of the world's largest providers of climate finance and one of the biggest multilateral financial institutions.
Chapter 2: Verbal Reasoning: Core Deductive Logic & Text Interpretation
2.1 The Strict Text Boundary Rule
Passage: 'The article argues that transparency increases public trust, citing surveys where transparent institutions scored higher on trust indices.' What is the article's main claim?
Find five hidden terms in a grid of letters.
Term Search
How do the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) divide constitutional subject matter, and what is their legal hierarchy?
Passage: 'Either the report will be published this quarter or the data will be revised first. The data will not be revised first.' What follows?
EU scheme that supports farmers, ensures food security and funds rural development.
EU policies
Passage: 'The European Council, made up of the Heads of State or Government, sets the EU's general political direction and priorities but does not exercise legislative functions.' Which is correct?
How do the principles of Conferral, Subsidiarity, and Proportionality under Article 5 TEU govern EU action, and how do national parliaments police Subsidiarity?
Passage: 'The text states that all qualifying projects received funding, and some funded projects exceeded their targets.' Which conclusion is valid?
Small text file a website stores on a visitor's computer or mobile device when the site is opened.
Digital safety
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