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Key Facts: Concurso INSS Técnico Exam

120 Items

Official Exam Items

Edital Normativo INSS / Cebraspe

3h 30min

Official Duration

Edital Normativo INSS / Cebraspe

R$ 85,00

Registration Fee

Ministério da Previdência Social / INSS

60%

Direito Previdenciário Weight

Caderno de Conhecimentos Específicos INSS

36 Net Points

Minimum Overall Passing Score

Critérios de Habilitação Cebraspe

EC nº 103/2019

Constitutional Pension Reform

Congresso Nacional do Brasil

Lei nº 8.213/1991

RGPS Benefits Statute

Presidência da República do Brasil

Lei nº 8.112/1990

Federal Civil Service Statute

Presidência da República do Brasil

The Concurso INSS Técnico do Seguro Social is Brazil's premier federal civil service exam for social security administration, featuring 120 Certo/Errado items over 210 minutes under Cebraspe penalty scoring, heavily centered (60%+) on Social Security Law (RGPS, EC 103/2019), supplemented by Portuguese, Administrative Law, Ethics, and Logic.

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1In Brazilian social security history, the Eloy Chaves Law (Decreto Legislativo nº 4.682/1923) is universally recognized by legal doctrine as the foundational milestone of Brazilian Previdência Social. What organizational structure did this landmark 1923 legislation establish to provide pensions and medical care?

A.Retirement and Pension Funds (Caixas de Aposentadoria e Pensões - CAPS), organized on a private enterprise-by-enterprise basis funded by bipartite/tripartite contributions.

B.Retirement and Pension Institutes (Institutos de Aposentadoria e Pensões - IAPs), organized on a nationwide professional category basis under federal executive administration.

C.The National Social Security Institute (INSS), operating as a unified federal autarchy for all urban and rural workers.

D.The National Social Insurance Institute (INPS), centralizing all civilian retirement programs under the Ministry of Labor.

Explanation: The Eloy Chaves Law of January 24, 1923, created the Caixas de Aposentadoria e Pensões (CAPs) specifically for railway workers (ferroviários), structured on an enterprise-by-enterprise basis rather than professional categories. It was only during the 1930s under Getúlio Vargas that CAPs were gradually replaced by category-wide Institutes (IAPs), and much later unified into the INPS (1966) and the INSS (1990).

2The institutional unification of Brazilian social security underwent multiple reorganizations across the 20th century. In 1990, the Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS) was established under Lei nº 8.029/1990. Which two preceding federal autarchies were merged to form the INSS?

A.Instituto Nacional de Previdência Social (INPS) and Instituto de Administração Financeira da Previdência e Assistência Social (IAPAS).

B.Instituto de Assistência Médica da Previdência Social (INAMPS) and Caixa de Aposentadoria dos Ferroviários (CAPF).

C.Superintendência Nacional de Previdência Complementar (PREVIC) and Fundação Nacional do Bem-Estar do Menor (FUNABEM).

D.Instituto de Aposentadoria e Pensões dos Comerciários (IAPC) and Banco Nacional de Habitação (BNH).

Explanation: The INSS was officially created on June 27, 1990, through the merger of the INPS (which managed social security benefits) and the IAPAS (which collected and managed social security revenues and financial administration) pursuant to Federal Law nº 8.029/1990 and Decree nº 99.350/1990. INAMPS, which administered public healthcare, was transferred to the Ministry of Health and later extinguished upon the implementation of the Unified Health System (SUS).

3Under Article 194 of the 1988 Brazilian Federal Constitution, Seguridade Social (Social Security in its broad sense) is defined as an integrated set of initiatives undertaken by public authorities and society to ensure rights across three distinct operational pillars. What are these three constitutional pillars?

A.Saúde (Healthcare), Previdência Social (Social Insurance), and Assistência Social (Social Assistance).

B.Educação (Education), Trabalho (Employment), and Habitação Popular (Public Housing).

C.Previdência Básica (Basic Pension), Previdência Complementar (Private Pension), and Poupança Salarial (PIS/PASEP).

D.Seguro-Desemprego (Unemployment Insurance), Salário-Família (Family Allowance), and Benefício de Prestação Continuada (BPC).

Explanation: Article 194 of the 1988 Federal Constitution establishes the Brazilian Social Security tripod (tripé da Seguridade Social): Saúde (universal healthcare guaranteed to all regardless of contribution), Previdência Social (contributory and compulsory social insurance for workers), and Assistência Social (non-contributory welfare support for those who need it).

4Article 194, Sole Paragraph, Item II of the Federal Constitution establishes the principle of 'uniformidade e equivalência dos benefícios e serviços às populações urbanas e rurais'. What is the practical legal effect of this constitutional principle on Brazilian social security?

A.It eliminates historical discriminatory disparities, guaranteeing that rural and urban workers have access to equivalent benefit plans and calculation criteria without inferior rural ceilings.

B.It mandates that rural producers pay the exact same fixed monthly monetary contribution as urban industrial workers regardless of harvest revenue.

C.It requires all rural and urban workers to reach the exact same retirement age of 65 years without any age reduction for arduous rural activity.

D.It automatically converts all non-contributory welfare benefits into identical commercial pension annuities.

Explanation: Prior to the 1988 Constitution, rural workers received substantially lower and restricted benefits under the PRORURAL program (such as half a minimum wage). The principle of uniformity and equivalence (Art. 194, II, CF/88) established equal protection, ensuring rural workers receive the same catalog of benefits and minimum benefit floors as urban workers, while allowing distinct qualifying rules (such as lower retirement ages for special rural insureds).

5The constitutional principle of 'seletividade e distributividade na prestação dos benefícios e serviços' (Art. 194, Sole Paragraph, Item III, CF/88) guides the federal legislator in designing social security programs. How is this principle applied in the General Social Security Regime (RGPS)?

A.Selectivity directs benefits to the most critical social risks (e.g., disability, death, old age), while distributivity directs income protection toward lower-income claimants and greater social vulnerabilities.

B.Selectivity allows the INSS to select which citizens are exempt from paying social contributions based on administrative discretion.

C.Distributivity requires that all social security benefits be paid at the maximum RGPS ceiling regardless of the insured's contribution history.

D.Selectivity limits all social security benefits to individuals with household incomes below one minimum wage.

Explanation: Selectivity (seletividade) guides the legislator in choosing which contingencies (social risks such as illness, pregnancy, death, old age) warrant coverage under available budgetary resources. Distributivity (distributividade) ensures that social benefits promote income redistribution and social justice, exemplified by benefits targeted to low-income insureds like auxílio-reclusão and salário-família.

6Under Article 194, Sole Paragraph, Item IV, and Article 201, § 4º of the 1988 Federal Constitution, Brazilian law enshrines the principle of 'irredutibilidade do valor dos benefícios'. According to established constitutional jurisprudence (STF), what distinguishes the nominal vs. real value protection in Brazilian Social Security?

A.In Seguridade Social in general (Art. 194), protection is nominal, but in Previdência Social specifically (Art. 201, § 4º), the Constitution guarantees real value adjustment to protect against inflationary erosion.

B.All social security, health, and welfare benefits are guaranteed annual real purchasing power growth pegged to the Brazilian GDP growth rate.

C.Benefits may have their nominal monetary amount reduced whenever the federal government declares a fiscal deficit in the social security budget.

D.The irredutibility principle applies solely to active civil servants' remuneration and does not extend to retired RGPS pensioners.

Explanation: The Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) distinguishes the general Seguridade Social principle of Art. 194 (which guarantees nominal irredutibility preventing nominal cash cuts) from the specific Previdência Social mandate of Art. 201, § 4º of the CF/88. For RGPS pension benefits, the Constitution explicitly guarantees periodic adjustments to permanently preserve their *real purchasing power* (valor real) against inflation, as measured by official price indices (INPC).

7Article 194, Sole Paragraph, Item VII of the Federal Constitution provides that the administrative management of Seguridade Social must be 'democrática e descentralizada, mediante gestão quadripartite'. Which four sectors compose this constitutional quadripartite management body?

A.Workers (trabalhadores), Employers (empregadores), Retirees (aposentados), and the Government (governo).

B.Federal Government, State Governments, Municipal Governments, and the Judiciary.

C.Congress, Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), INSS Directorate, and Federal Police.

D.Active Civil Servants, Military Personnel, Private Employees, and Autonomous Freelancers.

Explanation: Management of Brazilian social security is quadripartite, ensuring institutional participation of four distinct stakeholders within collegiate bodies like the Conselho Nacional de Previdência Social (CNPS): active workers (trabalhadores), employers (empregadores), retirees and pensioners (aposentados), and the government (governo).

8Under Article 195, § 5º of the 1988 Federal Constitution, 'nenhum benefício ou serviço da seguridade social poderá ser criado, majorado ou estendido sem a correspondente fonte de custeio total'. This rule is universally known as which fundamental constitutional principle?

A.Princípio da Preexistência do Custeio (or Princípio da Contrapartida).

B.Princípio da Anterioridade Anual Tributária.

C.Princípio da Capacidade Contributiva Absoluta.

D.Princípio da Solidariedade Intergeracional Restrita.

Explanation: The principle of counterpart or pre-existing funding (Princípio da Contrapartida / Preexistência do Custeio, Art. 195, § 5º, CF/88) dictates that the legislative branch cannot create new social security benefits, increase existing payment amounts, or extend benefit eligibility to new groups without simultaneously establishing a dedicated, adequate revenue source to cover the full actuarial cost.

9Under Article 195, § 6º of the Federal Constitution, social contributions intended to fund social security may only be demanded after ninety days from the date of publication of the law that instituted or increased them. What is this tax and constitutional rule termed?

A.Princípio da Anterioridade Nonagesimal (or Noventena).

B.Princípio da Imunidade Tributária Recíproca.

C.Princípio da Irretroatividade Material Plena.

D.Princípio da Anterioridade Anual de Exercício Financeiro.

Explanation: Article 195, § 6º of the CF/88 establishes the noventena (anterioridade nonagesimal or mitigada) for social security contributions. As an express constitutional exception to the annual anteriority rule (anterioridade de exercício), a new or increased social contribution does not need to wait for the next calendar year (January 1st) to take effect, but may be collected exactly 90 days after statutory publication.

10According to Article 195, § 7º of the 1988 Federal Constitution, which entities are constitutionally exempt (enjoying tax immunity) from paying employer social security contributions?

A.Beneficent social assistance entities (entidades beneficentes de assistência social) that meet statutory requirements established by complementary law.

B.All commercial corporations operating in the health and basic education sectors.

C.Public limited companies (sociedades de economia mista) trading shares on the Brazilian stock exchange.

D.Microenterprises (ME) and Small Business Enterprises (EPP) with annual revenues under R$ 4.8 million.

Explanation: Article 195, § 7º of the CF/88 grants subjective constitutional tax immunity from social security contributions to certified beneficent social assistance entities (CEBAS holders) that comply with statutory requirements set forth by Complementary Law (such as Lei Complementar nº 187/2021), including non-distribution of profits and application of resources to charitable purposes.

About the Concurso INSS Técnico Exam

The Concurso INSS for Técnico do Seguro Social is one of the most prominent and competitive nationwide public civil service examinations in Brazil. Administered by Cebraspe on behalf of the Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (a federal autarchy linked to the Ministry of Social Security), the examination selects statutory civil servants (servidores públicos estatutários submetidos à Lei nº 8.112/1990) responsible for customer service, benefit application analysis, administrative concession of pensions and aids, compliance auditing, and execution of social security public policies across Brazil's Social Security Agencies (Agências da Previdência Social - APS). The official examination format consists of 120 true/false items (Certo/Errado) divided into 50 Basic Knowledge items (Portuguese, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Ethics, Logic, and IT) and 70 Specific Knowledge items (Social Security Law / Direito Previdenciário). Evaluated under Cebraspe's rigorous negative scoring mechanism (where every incorrect answer cancels out one correct answer), the test demands flawless legislative precision, particularly regarding the 1988 Federal Constitution, Lei nº 8.212/1991, Lei nº 8.213/1991, Decreto nº 3.048/1999, and the landmark Constitutional Amendment nº 103/2019 (Reforma da Previdência). This practice question bank adapts the entire official syllabus into 100 comprehensive, English-language 4-option multiple-choice questions with thorough teaching explanations and wrong-answer rationales.

Assessment

120 objective items (50 Basic Knowledge + 70 Specific Knowledge) administered in a single continuous 3h 30min session. Scoring applies Cebraspe's right-minus-wrong penalty system. Minimum cut-offs: 10 net points in P1 (Basic), 21 net points in P2 (Specific), and 36 net points total across the exam.

Time Limit

3 hours 30 minutes (210 minutes)

Passing Score

50% net score (minimum 10 points Basic, 21 points Specific, 36 points overall)

Exam Fee

R$ 85,00 (Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS))

Concurso INSS Técnico Exam Content Outline

60%

Seguridade Social e Direito Previdenciário

Constitutional foundations (Art. 194-204 CF/88), principles of social security, historical evolution from the Eloi Chaves Law (1923) to INSS creation (1990), RGPS administrative framework, mandatory insureds (empregado, doméstico, avulso, contribuinte individual, segurado especial), optional insureds (facultativo), dependents and priority classes, maintenance and loss of insured status (período de graça), waiting periods (carência), benefit salary (salário de benefício) calculation under EC 103/2019, initial monthly payment (RMI), programmed retirements, special retirement, disability benefits (incapacidade temporária and permanente), death pension (pensão por morte), auxílio-reclusão, maternity pay (salário-maternidade), accident aid (auxílio-acidente), social assistance BPC/LOAS, social security financing and progressive contribution brackets, noventena rule, and social security crimes (Art. 168-A, 337-A, 313-A, and 171 § 3º CP).

15%

Língua Portuguesa e Interpretação Textual

Reading comprehension, textual cohesion and coherence, argument identification, textual genres, official orthography, accentuation, word classes (pronominal values, conjunctions, verbal tenses/moods), syntactic coordination and subordination, verbal and nominal agreement, verbal and nominal government, mandatory and forbidden crase, clitic pronoun placement (próclise, mesóclise, ênclise), punctuation mechanics, and semantic rephrasing.

10%

Noções de Direito Constitucional e Administrativo

1988 Federal Constitution fundamental rights and guarantees (Art. 5º), constitutional public administration principles (Art. 37 LIMPE: Legalidade, Impessoalidade, Moralidade, Publicidade, Eficiência), direct vs. indirect administration (autarchies, public foundations, state enterprises), Federal Civil Service Statutory Regime (Lei nº 8.112/1990: appointment, tenure, probationary stage, stability, administrative duties, prohibitions, disciplinary sanctions, and prescription), and Federal Administrative Procedure (Lei nº 9.784/1999: competencies, delegation, revocation, annulment, and administrative appeals).

Ética no Serviço Público Federal

Code of Professional Ethics of the Federal Executive Civil Public Servant (Decreto nº 1.171/1994: deontological rules, core public servant duties, explicit prohibitions, and Ethics Commission censure sanction), alongside the Administrative Improbity Law (Lei nº 8.429/1992 as amended by Lei nº 14.230/2021: acts of illicit enrichment, treasury damage, violation of administrative principles, and the absolute requirement of specific intent / dolo).

10%

Raciocínio Lógico e Noções de Informática

Propositional logic, logical connectives, truth tables, tautologies, contradictions, logical equivalence (contrapositive, De Morgan), negation of compound propositions, deductive reasoning, Venn diagrams and quantifiers, operating systems (Windows/Linux), web browsers, cloud models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), information security principles (CIDAN), malicious software types (trojans, ransomware, worms, spyware), symmetric/asymmetric encryption, and data backup architectures.

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What You Need to Know

Passing score: 50% net score (minimum 10 points Basic, 21 points Specific, 36 points overall)
Assessment: 120 objective items (50 Basic Knowledge + 70 Specific Knowledge) administered in a single continuous 3h 30min session. Scoring applies Cebraspe's right-minus-wrong penalty system. Minimum cut-offs: 10 net points in P1 (Basic), 21 net points in P2 (Specific), and 36 net points total across the exam.
Time limit: 3 hours 30 minutes (210 minutes)
Exam fee: R$ 85,00

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the official structure, format, and scoring system of the Concurso INSS exam?

The official Concurso INSS exam for Técnico do Seguro Social consists of 120 objective items formatted as Certo (Right) or Errado (Wrong), administered in a single continuous 3.5-hour session by Cebraspe. It is divided into 50 Basic Knowledge items (P1) and 70 Specific Knowledge items (P2). Cebraspe employs negative penalty grading: each correct answer scores +1.0 point, each incorrect answer scores -1.0 point, and blank/double-marked items score 0. To qualify, candidates must achieve at least 10 net points in P1, 21 net points in P2, and 36 net points overall.

Why is Direito Previdenciário (Social Security Law) the most critical subject on the exam?

Direito Previdenciário constitutes 70 out of the 120 questions (58.3% of the total item count and roughly 60% of overall test weighting). Because Técnico do Seguro Social officers directly analyze and grant pension, disability, and welfare claims, mastery of RGPS statutes (Lei nº 8.212/91, Lei nº 8.213/91, Decreto nº 3.048/99) and the EC 103/2019 constitutional reform is the decisive factor for ranking and appointment.

What major changes were introduced by Constitutional Amendment nº 103/2019 (Reforma da Previdência)?

EC 103/2019 abolished standard length-of-contribution retirement (aposentadoria por tempo de contribuição) for new entrants, established minimum retirement ages (65 for men, 62 for women in urban areas), altered the benefit salary calculation to 100% of all contributions since July 1994 (eliminating the discard of the 20% lowest salaries), introduced a progressive coefficient formula (60% + 2% per year exceeding 20 years for men or 15 years for women), created five transition rules for existing insureds, restructured death pensions into quotas (50% base + 10% per dependent), and enacted progressive social security contribution tax brackets (7.5% to 14%).

What is the difference between Previdência Social and Assistência Social (BPC/LOAS)?

Previdência Social (Social Security) is strictly contributory and mandatory for economic workers, requiring insurance affiliation and contribution carência to access benefits (e.g., programmed retirements, incapacidade temporária, auxílio-acidente). Assistência Social (Social Assistance), including the Benefício de Prestação Continuada (BPC/LOAS under Lei nº 8.742/1993), is non-contributory and provided to elderly citizens (65+) or persons with disabilities living in extreme vulnerability (family per capita income under 1/4 minimum wage), paying exactly 1 minimum wage monthly without a 13th salary or death pension rights.

What educational qualifications and requirements are necessary for Técnico do Seguro Social?

Candidates must possess a certified diploma or completion certificate of secondary education (Ensino Médio completo) or equivalent technical high school diploma from an institution recognized by the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC). Candidates must also be at least 18 years old at the time of appointment, possess Brazilian nationality (or Portuguese reciprocal status), be in full compliance with electoral and military duties, and have no disqualifying criminal record.

How does this practice bank adapt the official Cebraspe Certo/Errado examination?

While the official contest uses 120 Certo/Errado items, this practice bank translates and structures the official syllabus into 100 comprehensive 4-option multiple-choice questions in English. Each question incorporates authentic administrative scenarios, detailed doctrinal context, 2–4 sentence core explanations, and itemized rationales for all three incorrect options to ensure deep conceptual mastery.