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Key Facts: Burkina Faso CFPA/CAPA Exam

16 March 2026

Bâtonnier communiqué opening CFPA-BF entrance session 2026 (unique centre Ouagadougou)

Espoir.bf, citing Me Batibié Bénao

38 admissibles

2026 written-stage candidates called to orals on 29 May 2026 at the Maison de l'Avocat

NetAfrique, 25 May 2026

18 months

Current official CFPA-BF training length (6 + 6 + 6 months)

barreau.bf/services/cfpa

72 hours

Legal delay for funds transiting through a lawyer to pass through CARPA

barreau.bf/services/carpa

French

Official language of the entrance writings, orals and CAPA assessment

Ordre des Avocats / CFPA-BF

Free 100-question English MCQ study bank for Burkina Faso CFPA-BF / CAPA. Official pathway: French written/oral entrance, then 18-month CFPA training. Not an official-format simulation.

Sample Burkina Faso CFPA/CAPA Practice Questions

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1In Burkina Faso's received civil-law théorie générale des obligations (TGO), article 1101 of the Civil Code defines a contrat as:

A.A convention by which one or more persons bind themselves toward one or more others to give, to do, or not to do something

B.An OHADA commercial instrument that must be registered at the RCCM

C.A judgment that extinguishes a disputed claim

D.A unilateral administrative act creating public duties

Explanation: Article 1101 of the received Civil Code (ancien régime still taught as TGO in Burkina) defines the contrat as a convention by which une ou plusieurs personnes s'obligent, envers une ou plusieurs autres, à donner, à faire ou à ne pas faire quelque chose. That civil definition is the starting point of the CFPA theoretical TGO paper. It is not an administrative act, not an OHADA RCCM formality, and not a judgment.

2Article 1108 of the received Civil Code lists four conditions of validity of a convention. Which list is correct?

A.Offer, acceptance, registration and publication

B.Consentement des parties, capacité de contracter, objet certain, cause licite

C.Price, delivery, RCCM number and CARPA receipt

D.Serment, CAPA, stage and inscription au Tableau

Explanation: Art. 1108 requires: the consent of the party who binds himself; capacity to contract; a certain objet forming the subject-matter; and a licite cause in the obligation. Missing any of the four opens a path to nullité. The other lists mix commercial publicity, professional-access steps or payment mechanics with civil validity.

3A contrat synallagmatique is distinguished from a contrat unilatéral because:

A.The first must be notarised and the second may be oral

B.Only the first can ever be proved by witnesses

C.The first creates reciprocal obligations for the parties; the second binds only one side

D.The first is always commercial and the second always civil

Explanation: Classification by the structure of obligations: synallagmatique (sale, lease, exchange) when each party is debtor and creditor of the other; unilatéral (donation, cautionnement, prêt without interest in the classic presentation) when only one party is bound. The distinction is independent of commerciality and of the solemn/consensual form.

4The three classic vices du consentement in TGO are:

A.Force majeure, cas fortuit and fait du prince

B.Nullité, résolution and caducité

C.Novation, compensation and confusion

D.Erreur, dol and violence

Explanation: Erreur, dol and violence (Arts. 1109–1118 received Civil Code) vitiate consent and generally open nullité relative. Force majeure excuses inexécution; nullité/résolution/caducité are sanctions or extinctions; novation/compensation/confusion are modes of extinction.

5Article 1134 of the received Civil Code (force obligatoire) is classically summarised as:

A.Conventions legally formed take the place of law for those who made them

B.A judge may always rewrite the price if it is unfair

C.Oral contracts have no force against a writing

D.Contracts bind only the State that registered them

Explanation: Art. 1134: Les conventions légalement formées tiennent lieu de loi à ceux qui les ont faites. They must be executed in good faith and may be revoked only by mutual consent or on grounds admitted by law. The article is the pacta sunt servanda pillar of TGO — not a registration rule, not a general judicial revision of price, and not the proof rule of Art. 1341.

6Article 1382 of the received Civil Code (responsabilité délictuelle) requires:

A.A prior contract between victim and author

B.Any human fact that causes damage to another, obliging the person at fault to repair it

C.An OHADA RCCM inscription of the tortfeasor

D.A criminal conviction before any civil award

Explanation: Art. 1382: Tout fait quelconque de l'homme, qui cause à autrui un dommage, oblige celui par la faute duquel il est arrivé à le réparer. The three elements are faute, dommage and lien de causalité. No prior contract is required (that would be responsabilité contractuelle). RCCM and a prior penal judgment are not conditions of the civil action.

7The classic sources of obligations in TGO are:

A.CAPA writings and the serment

B.Only written notarial deeds

C.Contracts, quasi-contracts, délits/quasi-délits, and the law

D.OHADA uniform acts exclusively

Explanation: Received TGO (Arts. 1370 et seq. for quasi-contracts; 1382 et seq. for délits) still presents four sources: contrat, quasi-contrat (gestion d'affaires, paiement de l'indu, enrichissement sans cause in the doctrinal presentation), délit/quasi-délit, and the loi. Uniform acts and professional rites are not the TGO catalogue of sources.

8Article 1165 of the received Civil Code (effet relatif des contrats) means:

A.Every contract is automatically opposable erga omnes like a judgment

B.Third parties never derive any right from a contract

C.Only registered contracts have relative effect

D.Contracts bind the parties and cannot, as a rule, impose duties on third persons

Explanation: Art. 1165: Les conventions n'ont d'effet qu'entre les parties contractantes; elles ne nuisent point au tiers, et elles ne lui profitent que dans le cas prévu par l'article 1121 (stipulation pour autrui). Relative effect is the rule; opposability of the fact of the contract and stipulation pour autrui are the organised exceptions — not a general erga omnes duty and not a registration requirement.

9Dol as a vice du consentement is characterised, unlike a simple erreur, by:

A.Manoeuvres, lies or fraudulent silence by a contracting party that determine the other party's consent

B.A subsequent change of circumstances making performance harder

C.The absence of a written instrument above a statutory amount

D.Any miscalculation of market price by the buyer

Explanation: Dol (Arts. 1116 et seq.) is intentional deception: manoeuvres, mensonges or réticence dolosive without which the other party would not have contracted. Erreur is an involuntary misconception. Hardship is not a classic vice; missing writing is a proof issue (Art. 1341).

10The objet of an obligation must be, under classic TGO:

A.Always a sum of money in FCFA

B.Certain or determinable, possible, and licit

C.Registered at the CARPA within 72 hours

D.Approved in advance by the Bâtonnier

Explanation: The objet (Art. 1126–1130 received Code) must exist or be determinable, be possible, and not be contrary to public order or bonnes mœurs. It may be a thing, a fact or an abstention — not only money. CARPA and the Bâtonnier govern lawyers' funds and discipline, not the civil objet.

About the Burkina Faso CFPA/CAPA Exam

Burkina Faso's pathway to avocat is organised around the CFPA-BF and the CAPA. Access is governed by loi n°016-2000/AN of 23 May 2000 (profession d'avocat), Art. 25 et seq., décret n°2000-426/PRES/PM/MJ of 13 September 2000, the 2002 arrêté interministériel organising the CAPA, and UEMOA Règlement n°05/CM/UEMOA (in force 1 January 2015). The CFPA-BF, created by décret n°2014-580 of 10 July 2014, is a public-interest regional training centre under the Bâtonnier. Official current training (barreau.bf): 6 months common core (statut/déontologie, rédaction, plaidoirie, procédures, droit communautaire, arbitrage, gestion de cabinet, langue vivante) + 6 months juridiction pedagogical project + 6 months cabinet stage = 18 months (the 2019 notice said 12 months — prefer the current official page). 2026 entrance: unique centre Ouagadougou; Burkina or UEMOA national or reciprocity country; age at least 20; Master 2 en droit or maîtrise reconnue CAMES; no convictions contrary to honour (Espoir.bf, communiqué 16 March 2026). Official assessment is in French. This free English MCQ bank trains the shared legal knowledge of the pathway; it is not an official translation or a format simulation.

Assessment

Examen d'entrée au CFPA-BF (admissibility then admission), then 18-month CFPA training (6 months common core + 6 months juridiction pedagogical project + 6 months cabinet stage per the current barreau.bf page), then CAPA assessment (déontologie; procédure civile or pénale written; plaidoirie; mémoire; English oral). The 2019 Bâtonnier notice is the last fully published entrance programme: admissibility moyenne ≥12/20 on TGO (theoretical) and a practical in droit commercial or droit pénal général; admission = English oral 10 min + grand oral (legal subject drawn from labour, responsabilité civile, théorie générale des contrats, procédure pénale, commercial, administratif, arbitrage, plus culture générale), 1 hour prep, min 10/20. Scribd Communiqué CFPA 2026: Saturday 9 May theoretical; Sunday 10 May cas pratique 4 hours coefficient 4. This 100-question bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation — not an official translation, not a simulation of the writings or plaidoirie, and not a substitute for CAPA papers.

Time Limit

Varies by paper and session. 2026 written: 9–10 May (Scribd Communiqué CFPA 2026). Orals for 38 admissibles: Friday 29 May 2026, 08:00, Maison de l'Avocat (NetAfrique, 25 May 2026).

Passing Score

Not a published MCQ percentage. 2019 programme: admissibility ≥12/20; grand oral ≥10/20. Confirm the session communiqué.

Exam Fee

Not published as a verified 2026 tariff on barreau.bf. 2019 notice: 25,000 FCFA file fee and 750,000 FCFA scolarité — 2019 figures only. (Ordre des Avocats du Burkina Faso / CFPA-BF (décret n°2014-580/PRES/PM/MJ/MEF/MESS/MFPTSS/MJFPE of 10 July 2014; tutelle: Bâtonnier))

Burkina Faso CFPA/CAPA Exam Content Outline

~25% of this bank

Obligations (TGO)

Formation, vices du consentement, force obligatoire, inexécution and responsabilité civile under received civil-law TGO.

~15% of this bank

Commercial OHADA

AUDCG (commerçant, entreprenant, RCCM) and AUSCGIE (SARL, SA, SAS) — not the French Code de commerce.

~10% of this bank

Criminal general

Loi n°025-2018/AN: crimes, délits, contraventions and tentative.

~12% of this bank

Civil procedure

Loi n°022/99/AN CPC: territorial competence, assignation, recours.

~15% of this bank

Déontologie

Loi 016-2000 and UEMOA Règlement n°05: independence, secret, conflict, CARPA 72h, serment.

~8% of this bank

CFPA/CAPA pathway

Entrance vs CAPA vs stage; 18-month CFPA; admission sur titre.

~8% of this bank

Arbitration and community law

OHADA AUA 2017, CCJA, UEMOA lawyer rules.

~7% of this bank

Labour, admin, contracts

Grand-oral subjects including the 2026 Code du travail.

How to Pass the Burkina Faso CFPA/CAPA Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: Not a published MCQ percentage. 2019 programme: admissibility ≥12/20; grand oral ≥10/20. Confirm the session communiqué.
Assessment: Examen d'entrée au CFPA-BF (admissibility then admission), then 18-month CFPA training (6 months common core + 6 months juridiction pedagogical project + 6 months cabinet stage per the current barreau.bf page), then CAPA assessment (déontologie; procédure civile or pénale written; plaidoirie; mémoire; English oral). The 2019 Bâtonnier notice is the last fully published entrance programme: admissibility moyenne ≥12/20 on TGO (theoretical) and a practical in droit commercial or droit pénal général; admission = English oral 10 min + grand oral (legal subject drawn from labour, responsabilité civile, théorie générale des contrats, procédure pénale, commercial, administratif, arbitrage, plus culture générale), 1 hour prep, min 10/20. Scribd Communiqué CFPA 2026: Saturday 9 May theoretical; Sunday 10 May cas pratique 4 hours coefficient 4. This 100-question bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation — not an official translation, not a simulation of the writings or plaidoirie, and not a substitute for CAPA papers.
Time limit: Varies by paper and session. 2026 written: 9–10 May (Scribd Communiqué CFPA 2026). Orals for 38 admissibles: Friday 29 May 2026, 08:00, Maison de l'Avocat (NetAfrique, 25 May 2026).
Exam fee: Not published as a verified 2026 tariff on barreau.bf. 2019 notice: 25,000 FCFA file fee and 750,000 FCFA scolarité — 2019 figures only.

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Burkina Faso CFPA/CAPA Study Tips from Top Performers

1Treat the examen d'entrée, the 18-month CFPA, the CAPA diploma, the liste de stage and the Tableau as five distinct steps.

2Drill TGO as the theoretical admissibility paper and pick one practical (commercial OHADA or pénal général) rather than mixing French Code de commerce.

3Learn loi n°016-2000/AN and UEMOA Règlement n°05 together for independence, secret, conflict, CARPA and the serment.

4Practise timed French dissertations and cas pratiques; this English MCQ bank cannot replace plaidoirie or CAPA writings.

5For the grand oral, prepare labour (loi n°013-2026/ALP), responsabilité civile, contrats, procédure pénale, commercial, administratif, arbitrage and culture générale.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the official Burkina Faso CFPA/CAPA a multiple-choice exam in English?

No. Official papers are written and oral in French (entrance writings, English oral, grand oral, then CAPA déontologie, procédure, plaidoirie and mémoire). This bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation, not an official translation or a simulation of those papers.

Who opened the 2026 entrance session?

The Bâtonnier of the Ordre des Avocats du Burkina Faso, Me Batibié Bénao, signed the 16 March 2026 communiqué organising the examen d'entrée au CFPA-BF, session 2026, in a unique centre at Ouagadougou (Espoir.bf).

How long is CFPA-BF training?

The current official CFPA page (barreau.bf) describes 18 months: 6 months common core, 6 months juridiction pedagogical project, and 6 months cabinet stage. The 2019 Bâtonnier notice described 12 months — prefer the current official page.

What diploma is required for the 2026 entrance exam?

Master 2 en droit or a maîtrise reconnue by CAMES, plus the Art. 25 diplomas of loi n°016-2000/AN. Holders of a doctorate in droit privé, judiciaire or droit des affaires with at least mention honorable may be admitted sur titre to the Centre.

What is CARPA and the 72-hour rule?

The Caisse autonome des règlements pécuniaires des avocats is created by Arts. 79–80 of loi n°016-2000/AN and organised by décret n°2003-344/PRES/PM/MJ of 10 July 2003. Barreau.bf states that funds transiting through a lawyer to a client or third party must pass through CARPA within 72 hours.

How is CFPA/CAPA different from the French CRFPA or Côte d'Ivoire CFPA-CI?

Burkina organises its own entrance under the Ordre and CFPA-BF. Do not apply French CRFPA/CAPA 2025 M2 rules or CFPA-CI papers as if they were Burkina's. UEMOA Règlement n°05/CM/UEMOA does supply common lawyer-ethics rules across UEMOA barreaux.