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ABIN Oficial de Inteligência (Brazil)

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Key Facts: ABIN Agente de Inteligência Exam

120 Items + Redação

Written Test Structure

Edital Oficial ABIN / Cebraspe

3h 30m (210 min)

Testing Duration

Cebraspe Caderno de Provas

R$ 190,00

Registration Fee

Edital Oficial ABIN

Ensino Médio

Minimum Education Level

Lei Federal nº 11.776/2008

Cebraspe (+1 / -1 / 0)

Scoring Methodology

Cebraspe Normas de Avaliação

36.00 Net Points

Minimum Passing Score

Edital Oficial ABIN

5 Core Categories

Curricular Blueprint

Edital Oficial ABIN (Português, RLM, Informática, Direito, Inteligência)

Escola de Inteligência (Esint)

Training Academy

ABIN / Lei nº 9.883/1999

The ABIN Agente de Inteligência exam is Brazil's premier federal intermediate intelligence competition, featuring 120 Cebraspe Certo/Errado items + Redação over 3h30m, followed by physical fitness, psychological testing, deep background investigation, and the Escola de Inteligência training academy.

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1In official text comprehension and analysis under Cebraspe standards, which of the following statements correctly distinguishes between textual comprehension (compreensão) and textual interpretation (interpretação)?
A.Comprehension deals only with poetic metaphors, while interpretation is applied only to administrative reports and legal statutes.
B.Comprehension is strictly subjective and reader-dependent, while interpretation is exclusively restricted to literal dictionary definitions.
C.Comprehension requires extrapolating beyond the author's arguments, whereas interpretation forbids any deductive reasoning from the context.
D.Comprehension refers to decoding information explicitly stated in the text, whereas interpretation involves extracting inferences and implicit meanings supported by textual evidence.
Explanation: In standard Portuguese language examination taxonomy, 'compreensão de texto' involves retrieving data directly and explicitly stated by the author (o que o texto diz), whereas 'interpretação de texto' requires drawing logical inferences, deductions, and conclusions that are implicitly grounded in the text (o que se infere do texto).
2Consider the following sentence from an official intelligence report: 'Embora os analistas tenham identificado vulnerabilidades no sistema de comunicações, as medidas de salvaguarda foram prontamente implementadas.' Which syntactic-semantic relationship is established by the connective 'Embora'?
A.Consecutive relationship, expressing the direct consequence of the first clause.
B.Conditional relationship, establishing a mandatory prerequisite for the main clause.
C.Causal relationship, denoting the primary motive behind implementing the safeguards.
D.Concessive relationship, introducing an obstacle or opposing fact that does not prevent the main action from occurring.
Explanation: The subordinate conjunction 'Embora' introduces a concessive adverbial clause (oração subordinada adverbial concessiva), indicating a fact that opposes the main clause but does not impede its realization, triggering the subjunctive mood ('tenham identificado').
3Regarding the rules of verbal agreement (concordância verbal) in standard Portuguese, which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
A.Tratam-se de relatórios confidenciais encaminhados à Presidência da República.
B.Devem haver muitos servidores especializados na área de contrainteligência.
C.Apuraram-se, durante a auditoria técnica, todas as falhas de segurança cibernética.
D.Fazem dez anos que a nova sede da Escola de Inteligência foi inaugurada.
Explanation: In 'Apuraram-se todas as falhas de segurança cibernética', the particle 'se' functions as a passive pronoun (partícula apassivadora) with a transitive direct verb ('apurar'). The grammatical subject is 'todas as falhas de segurança cibernética' (plural), requiring the verb to agree in the plural ('Apuraram-se').
4In accordance with standard normative grammar, in which of the following sentences is the use of the grave accent indicating crase (à / às) mandatory?
A.O diretor-geral dirigiu-se à qualquer autoridade presente no plenário.
B.A equipe de operações permaneceu disposta à colaborar com as investigações.
C.O relatório foi encaminhado à Comissão Mista de Controle das Atividades de Inteligência.
D.O agente compareceu à uma reunião extraordinária no Ministério da Justiça.
Explanation: Crase is mandatory when the preposition 'a' required by the verb ('encaminhar a') merges with the feminine definite article 'a' preceding the specific feminine entity 'Comissão Mista de Controle das Atividades de Inteligência' (encaminhado a + a Comissão = à Comissão).
5According to the Manual de Redação da Presidência da República, what is the appropriate pronoun of address (pronome de tratamento) and corresponding vocative (vocativo) when addressing the President of the Republic in official correspondence?
A.Pronoun: Vossa Alteza; Vocativo: Digníssimo Presidente da República
B.Pronoun: Vossa Magnificência; Vocativo: Doutor Presidente da República
C.Pronoun: Vossa Senhoria; Vocativo: Ilustríssimo Senhor Presidente da República
D.Pronoun: Vossa Excelência; Vocativo: Excelentíssimo Senhor Presidente da República
Explanation: Under the Manual de Redação da Presidência da República (3rd edition), the vocative 'Excelentíssimo Senhor [Cargo]' is reserved exclusively for the heads of the three branches of the Union (Presidente da República, Presidente do Congresso Nacional, and Presidente do Supremo Tribunal Federal), paired with the pronoun of address 'Vossa Excelência'.
6Consider the sentence: 'A salvaguarda de dados estratégicos, que constitui preceito de segurança nacional, exige protocolos operacionais rigorosos.' If the commas enclosing 'que constitui preceito de segurança nacional' were removed, what semantic and syntactic change would occur?
A.The clause would become an explanatory relative clause, asserting that only a subgroup of strategic data constitutes a national security precept.
B.The clause would become a restrictive relative clause, restricting the requirement of strict protocols only to the specific subset of strategic data that constitutes a national security precept.
C.The sentence would become grammatically incorrect because adjective clauses can never appear without commas.
D.The verbal agreement of 'exige' would necessarily shift to the plural 'exigem'.
Explanation: With commas, the relative clause is explanatory (oração subordinada adjetiva explicativa), applying the attribute to all strategic data. Removing the commas converts it into a restrictive relative clause (adjetiva restritiva), thereby limiting the scope of the assertion exclusively to the specific strategic data that meets that condition.
7Regarding the verbal regency (regência verbal) of the verb 'visar' in standard Portuguese, which sentence correctly expresses the intended meaning of 'aiming for / intending to achieve'?
A.A operação de contrainteligência visava neutralizar ameaças externas sem intermédio de preposição.
B.O novo protocolo de segurança visa ao fortalecimento da integridade dos canais sigilosos.
C.O agente de inteligência visou o alvo com o objetivo de obter promoção funcional.
D.O dispositivo legal visa o bem-estar dos servidores que atuam em áreas de fronteira.
Explanation: When 'visar' has the sense of 'aiming at / seeking an objective', it is a transitive indirect verb (VTI) requiring the preposition 'a' ('visar a algo' -> 'visa ao fortalecimento'). When meaning 'affixing a signature/visa' or 'taking physical aim at a target', it is transitive direct.
8Which of the following sentences complies fully with standard punctuation rules regarding the separation of syntactic terms?
A.O Diretor-Geral da ABIN, nomeou os novos coordenadores de operações.
B.Os agentes concluíram o treinamento, e apresentaram o relatório de campo no dia seguinte.
C.No âmbito da segurança institucional, a preservação do sigilo é indispensável.
D.A proteção de instalações vitais, depende de planejamento tático minucioso.
Explanation: In 'No âmbito da segurança institucional, a preservação do sigilo é indispensável', the comma correctly isolates a displaced long adverbial adjunct (adjunto adverbial deslocado de grande extensão) placed at the beginning of the sentence.
9In official communication standards governed by the Manual de Redação da Presidência da República, which principle requires that public documents avoid personal idiosyncrasies, emotional language, and individual impressions?
A.Principle of Subjectivity (Subjetividade)
B.Principle of Redundancy (Redundância)
C.Principle of Informality (Informalidade)
D.Principle of Impersonality (Impessoalidade)
Explanation: The Principle of Impersonality (Impessoalidade) mandates that official communications originate from the Public Administration rather than an individual civil servant, treating the public interest objectively without personal flair, bias, or subjective commentary.
10Analyze the semantic value of the underlined prefix in the word 'desarticular' compared to 'contrainteligência':
A.Both prefixes indicate anteriority in time.
B.Both prefixes denote spatial proximity and physical juxtaposition.
C.'Des-' expresses repetition, whereas 'contra-' indicates excess or intensity.
D.'Des-' expresses negation or reversal of an action, whereas 'contra-' expresses opposition or counteraction.
Explanation: The prefix 'des-' (Latin/Romance) indicates negation, undoing, or reversal of an action (desarticular = to dismantle/undo an articulation), while 'contra-' denotes opposition, adversity, or defensive neutralization (contrainteligência = activity opposing hostile intelligence).

About the ABIN Agente de Inteligência Exam

The Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (ABIN) Agente de Inteligência examination is a highly selective Brazilian federal civil service competition administered by Cebraspe. Serving as the central agency of the Brazilian Intelligence System (Sistema Brasileiro de Inteligência - SISBIN), ABIN operates under the Presidency of the Republic to plan, execute, coordinate, and supervise intelligence and counterintelligence activities throughout the national territory and abroad. The position of Agente de Inteligência is a vital intermediate-level (Nível Médio) career governed by Lei nº 11.776/2008 and the federal civil service regime (Lei nº 8.112/1990). Agentes de Inteligência provide crucial operational and technical support to intelligence operations, tactical logistics, signal and communications security, document protection, and field operations. The entrance selection consists of two comprehensive phases: Phase 1 includes 120 Certo/Errado objective items and a dissertative-argumentative essay; Phase 2 includes the Physical Aptitude Test (TAF), Medical and Psychological Evaluations, exhaustive Functional and Social Background Investigation (Investigação Social e Funcional), and the residential training program at the Escola de Inteligência (Esint) in Brasília. This study bank translates the full official scope into 100 comprehensive multiple-choice questions with verified Portuguese statutory foundations and thorough explanations.

Assessment

Primeira etapa: (P1) prova objetiva de Conhecimentos Básicos com 50 itens, (P2) prova objetiva de Conhecimentos Específicos com 70 itens e (P3) prova discursiva, aplicadas em uma única sessão de 5 horas, com desconto de 1,00 ponto por item errado. Segunda etapa: prova de capacidade física, avaliação médica, avaliação psicológica e investigação social e funcional. Terceira etapa: Curso de Formação em Inteligência (220 horas/aula) na ESINT.

Time Limit

5 hours for the objective and discursive papers combined

Passing Score

50% net score (minimum 36.00 net points across 120 items)

Exam Fee

R$ 190,00 (Cebraspe / Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (ABIN))

ABIN Agente de Inteligência Exam Content Outline

25% of this bank

Língua Portuguesa & Compreensão de Texto

Reading comprehension, textual typology and genres, cohesive devices and textual progression, sentence structure and syntax, nominal and verbal agreement, verbal regency and crase, punctuation, semantic relations (synonymy, antonymy, hypernymy), official government correspondence standards (Manual de Redação da Presidência da República), and Cebraspe sentence rephrasing accuracy.

15% of this bank

Raciocínio Lógico-Quantitativo

Propositional logic, simple and compound propositions, logical connectives (conjunction, disjunction, conditional, biconditional), truth tables, tautology, contradiction, contingency, logical equivalence rules, De Morgan's laws, negation of conditional and universal/existential quantifiers, set theory, combinatorial counting (permutations, combinations), and elementary probability.

15% of this bank

Noções de Informática e Segurança da Informação

Operating system concepts (Windows 10/11, Linux distributions and bash commands), computer networking principles (OSI model, TCP/IP stack, IP addressing, DNS, HTTPS, VPN), information security fundamentals (confidentiality, integrity, availability, authenticity, non-repudiation), symmetric cryptography (AES), asymmetric cryptography (RSA, ECC), cryptographic hashes (SHA-256), digital certificates (ICP-Brasil), threat modeling and malware (trojans, ransomware, rootkits, botnets, phishing), firewalls, intrusion detection (IDS/IPS), and data backup strategies.

20% of this bank

Noções de Direito Constitucional e Administrativo

Constitutional Law: Fundamental Rights and Guarantees (Art. 5º CF/88, individual liberties, inviolability of domicile and privacy, constitutional writs), Public Administration principles and constitutional rules (Arts. 37–41), Public Security structure (Art. 144). Administrative Law: Core administrative principles (LIMPE: Legalidade, Impessoalidade, Moralidade, Publicidade, Eficiência), Administrative Acts (requisites, attributes, extinction, revocation, annulment), Administrative Powers (vinculado, discricionário, hierárquico, disciplinar, de polícia), Regime Jurídico Único (Lei nº 8.112/1990: rights, duties, prohibitions, disciplinary liability), State Civil Liability, and Administrative Probity (Lei nº 8.429/1992 as amended by Lei nº 14.230/2021).

25% of this bank

Legislação de Inteligência & Atividade de Informações

Lei Federal nº 9.883/1999 (institutional creation of ABIN and institutional framework of SISBIN), Decreto Federal nº 4.376/2002 and Decreto Federal nº 8.905/2016 (SISBIN coordination, advisory bodies, and ABIN internal regulatory structure), Lei Federal nº 11.776/2008 (statutory career framework, job descriptions for Agente and Oficial de Inteligência, compensation and career progression), Lei de Acesso à Informação (Lei Federal nº 12.527/2011: active and passive transparency, classified secrets, degrees of secrecy Reservado, Secreto, Ultrassecreto, terms of classification, declassification procedures, and personal data protection), and National Intelligence Doctrine (Política Nacional de Inteligência - PNI, Decreto nº 8.793/2016).

How to Pass the ABIN Agente de Inteligência Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: 50% net score (minimum 36.00 net points across 120 items)
  • Assessment: Primeira etapa: (P1) prova objetiva de Conhecimentos Básicos com 50 itens, (P2) prova objetiva de Conhecimentos Específicos com 70 itens e (P3) prova discursiva, aplicadas em uma única sessão de 5 horas, com desconto de 1,00 ponto por item errado. Segunda etapa: prova de capacidade física, avaliação médica, avaliação psicológica e investigação social e funcional. Terceira etapa: Curso de Formação em Inteligência (220 horas/aula) na ESINT.
  • Time limit: 5 hours for the objective and discursive papers combined
  • Exam fee: R$ 190,00

Keys to Passing

  • Work through all 100 available questions
  • Review every answer and explanation
  • Track weak areas and revisit them
  • Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the role of an Agente de Inteligência in ABIN?

Under Lei nº 11.776/2008, the Agente de Inteligência is a Nível Médio career civil servant responsible for providing specialized operational, administrative, and technical support to intelligence and counterintelligence actions. Key duties include logistical support in field operations, securing intelligence communications and physical assets, document safeguarding, and executing technical protocols directed by Oficiais de Inteligência.

What is the format and scoring system of the Cebraspe ABIN examination?

The official written examination consists of 120 objective items judged as Certo (Right) or Errado (Wrong) plus a discursive essay (redação). Cebraspe uses a negative marking system: each correct answer scores +1.00 point, each incorrect answer scores -1.00 point (canceling out one correct answer), and blank/omitted items score 0.00. Candidates must attain at least 50% net score (minimum 36.00 net points) and meet subject-specific minimums to avoid elimination.

What are all the stages of the ABIN selection process (concurso público)?

The concurso is divided into two major phases: Phase 1 consists of the 120-item objective test and the discursive essay. Phase 2 consists of the Physical Fitness Test (Teste de Aptidão Física - TAF), Medical Examination, Psychological Assessment, the thorough Functional and Social Investigation (Investigação Social e Funcional), and finally the mandatory Curso de Formação em Inteligência (CFI) administered by the Escola de Inteligência (Esint) in Brasília.

What is the Investigação Social e Funcional (background check)?

The Investigação Social e Funcional is an elimination-stage background investigation conducted by ABIN throughout the entire recruitment process until formal appointment. It examines the candidate's moral conduct, criminal record, financial integrity, social behavior, and loyalty to democratic constitutional principles to ensure fitness to handle national security secrets.

What is SISBIN and what is ABIN's role within it?

SISBIN (Sistema Brasileiro de Inteligência) was established by Lei nº 9.883/1999 to integrate and coordinate state intelligence activities across federal ministries, defense, public security, and fiscal agencies. ABIN serves as the central coordinating agency (órgão central) of SISBIN, responsible for executing national intelligence policies, producing strategic intelligence for the President of the Republic, and safeguarding state secrets.

What are the classification levels for sensitive state information under Lei nº 12.527/2011 (LAI)?

Under the Lei de Acesso à Informação (LAI), classified information that could jeopardize state security is categorized into three levels with strict maximum secrecy terms: Reservado (up to 5 years), Secreto (up to 15 years), and Ultrassecreto (up to 25 years). Declassification can occur earlier upon the expiration of the term or when the protecting circumstances cease to exist.