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The Concurso PF Escrivão exam is a 100-question, 4.5-hour federal police examination evaluating Archival Science (20%), Information Technology & Cybersecurity (30%), Portuguese & Official Drafting (20%), Public & Criminal Law (20%), and Logical Reasoning & Statistics (10%).

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1According to the Three Ages Theory (Teoria das Três Idades) in Archival Science and Brazilian Federal Law nº 8.159/1991, current archives (arquivos correntes / 1ª idade) are defined as documents:
A.In ongoing constitution or frequently consulted by the creating agency due to their primary administrative, legal, or operational value.
B.Awaiting final destination or definitive disposal in specialized low-cost storage facilities with low consultation frequency.
C.Endowed with permanent historical, cultural, and probatory value that must never be destroyed under any circumstance.
D.Transferred to a central national repository exclusively for scientific and academic research by the general public.
Explanation: Under Art. 8º, § 1º of Lei nº 8.159/1991, current archives (primeira idade) comprise active documents in ongoing progress or frequently accessed to fulfill immediate administrative, legal, and operational objectives of the producing organ.
2The foundational archival Principle of Provenance (Princípio da Proveniência / Respeito aos Fundos) dictates that:
A.Records originating from a distinct administrative entity or person must maintain their organic unity and not be intermingled with records from other creators.
B.All documents must be sorted chronologically regardless of which department or police unit generated them.
C.Archival items must be digitized immediately upon receipt and the physical originals systematically incinerated.
D.Documents must be arranged strictly by thematic subject classification across the entire federal administration.
Explanation: The Principle of Provenance (Respeito aos Fundos) establishes that archive collections created by a specific institution, body, or individual must remain unified and separated from records produced by different origins, preserving their organizational context.
3In the management of Federal Police investigative dossiers, the archival Principle of Organic Integrity (Princípio da Organicidade) reflects:
A.The intrinsic relationship between the structure, functional competencies, and administrative activities of the producing agency and the resulting documentary set.
B.The physical chemical resilience of paper documents against biological pests and environmental moisture.
C.The requirement that each police station must maintain a botanical log of surrounding evidence collection sites.
D.The absolute prohibition of dividing multi-volume investigation dockets into separate physical folders.
Explanation: The Principle of Organic Integrity (Organicidade) expresses the vital link between an organization's statutory functions and its records, reflecting how documents naturally accumulate as organic by-products of operational workflows.
4When active police inquiry files conclude their immediate operational phase but still need to be preserved due to legal prescription deadlines and administrative justification, they are moved through:
A.Transferência (transfer) to intermediate archives (arquivos intermediários).
B.Recolhimento (deposit/accession) directly into permanent archives.
C.Descarte sumário (summary disposal) via incineration.
D.Restauração química (chemical restoration) in forensic laboratories.
Explanation: The movement of records from current archives (1ª idade) to intermediate archives (2ª idade) is technically called 'Transferência'. The movement of records from current or intermediate archives to permanent archives (3ª idade) is termed 'Recolhimento'.
5Regarding Permanent Archives (arquivos permanentes / 3ª idade) in the Brazilian federal public sector, choose the correct statement:
A.They possess secondary (historical, probatory, or informative) value and are strictly inalienable and imprescriptible.
B.They may be subjected to sample elimination (descarte por amostragem) whenever warehouse capacity is exceeded.
C.Their primary purpose is to assist the immediate day-to-day routine of the police delegacia where they were created.
D.They lose their authenticity once they have been stored for more than 30 years without public consultation.
Explanation: Under Art. 10 of Lei nº 8.159/1991, documents of permanent value are inalienable and imprescriptible. Once classified as permanent (secondary value), they can never be eliminated or discarded.
6The primary instrument that defines the retention periods of documents in the current and intermediate phases, as well as determining their final destination (elimination or permanent custody), is the:
A.Tabela de Temporalidade e Destinação de Documentos (Document Retention Schedule).
B.Auto de Prisão em Flagrante (Arrest Record in Flagrante).
C.Inventário Analítico de Fundos Históricos (Analytical Inventory).
D.Boletim de Ocorrência Policial Eletrônico (Police Incident Report).
Explanation: The Tabela de Temporalidade is the foundational normative tool produced by the Document Appraisal Commission (CPAD), specifying retention terms in current and intermediate phases and establishing final destination (elimination vs permanent preservation).
7In archival filing systems, which method classifies records primarily by personal name, adopting specific inversion rules (such as filing surnames first for individuals):
A.Método Alfabético (Alphabetical Method).
B.Método Decimal Dewey (Dewey Decimal Method).
C.Método Geográfico (Geographic Method).
D.Método Dígito-Terminal (Terminal-Digit Method).
Explanation: The Método Alfabético organizes files in alphabetical order by name, following strict alphabetization rules (regras de alfabetação), such as inverting individuals' names to place the family surname first.
8In Archival Science, the primary finding aid (instrumento de pesquisa) that offers a broad, panoramic overview of all funds maintained by an archival institution is called a:
A.Guia (Guide).
B.Catálogo (Catalog).
C.Repertório (Repertory).
D.Inventário Analítico (Analytical Inventory).
Explanation: The Guia (Guide) is the most general finding aid in an archive repository, providing a panoramic view of the institution's entire holdings, including summaries of all individual funds and sections.
9Under Brazilian Federal Decree nº 10.278/2020, which regulates the digitization of public and private documents to produce the same legal effects as paper originals, digital conversion must guarantee:
A.Digital certificate signatures under the ICP-Brasil standard and cryptographic hash integrity ensuring authenticity and non-alterability.
B.Conversion solely into editable Microsoft Word (.docx) formats without metadata tracking.
C.Destruction of all original historical and permanent paper dockets within 24 hours of scanning.
D.Storage exclusively on unencrypted physical external hard drives kept in local police precincts.
Explanation: Decreto nº 10.278/2020 mandates that public sector digitized documents must use qualified digital signatures (ICP-Brasil), maintain cryptographic hash integrity, and capture standard metadata to guarantee the same evidentiary value as the physical original.
10The electronic records management model developed by the National Council on Archives (CONARQ) to establish functional requirements for computerized records management systems in the Brazilian public sector is known as:
A.e-ARQ Brasil.
B.ISO 9001 Brasil.
C.SEI Corporativo.
D.Protocolo Integrado Digital.
Explanation: The e-ARQ Brasil is CONARQ's specification of requirements for Computerized Document Archival Management Systems (SIGAD), guiding the creation, capture, workflow, maintenance, and long-term preservation of digital public records.

About the Escrivão de Polícia Federal Exam

The Concurso Público para Escrivão de Polícia Federal is one of the most selective and vital federal law enforcement examinations in Brazil. The Escrivão de Polícia Federal (Federal Police Clerk/Investigative Registrar) is the sworn police officer responsible for the formal legal execution, documentation, custody, and physical/digital integrity of all police investigative proceedings (Inquérito Policial - IPL, Termos Circunstanciados, autos de apreensão, termos de declarações, depoimentos, interrogatórios, flagrantes, and formal forensic seizures). Operating within the Federal Police Department (Departamento de Polícia Federal - DPF), the Escrivão combines rigorous legal-procedural knowledge with specialized mastery of Archival Science (gestão documental, teoria das três idades, sigilo e custódia) and advanced Information Technology (bancos de dados, redes, cibersegurança, computação em nuvem). The selection process encompasses an objective examination with negative marking, a discursive essay, an eliminatory typing test (prova prática de digitação), a physical fitness test (TAF), a medical exam, a psychological evaluation, a background security investigation, and rigorous training at the National Police Academy (Academia Nacional de Polícia - ANP) in Brasília.

Assessment

Primeira etapa: (P1) prova objetiva de 120 itens CERTO/ERRADO — Bloco I 60 itens, Bloco II 36 itens (Informática), Bloco III 24 itens (Contabilidade Geral e Arquivologia) — e (P2) prova discursiva (texto dissertativo de até 30 linhas), aplicadas no mesmo turno em 4h30; seguidas de exame de aptidão física (TAF), avaliação médica, avaliação psicológica e investigação social. Segunda etapa: Curso de Formação Profissional na Academia Nacional de Polícia (ANP).

Time Limit

4 hours 30 minutes (270 minutes)

Passing Score

48.00 pontos líquidos no conjunto dos três blocos (mínimos: 6.00 no Bloco I, 3.00 no Bloco II, 2.00 no Bloco III)

Exam Fee

R$ 180,00 (Polícia Federal (PF) / Cebraspe)

Escrivão de Polícia Federal Exam Content Outline

20%

arquivologia-documentos

Records management principles, archival theory, and police document preservation: Teoria das Três Idades (arquivos correntes, intermediários, permanentes), primary administrative/legal/fiscal values versus secondary historical/probatory values, foundational archival principles (princípio da proveniência/respeito aos fundos, princípio da organicidade, princípio da unicidade, princípio da indivisibilidade ou integridade arquivística), document classification schemas, arrangement (arranjo funcional e estrutural), description systems, retention schedules (Tabela de Temporalidade e Destinação de Documentos), elimination criteria and Termo de Eliminação, transfer and recolhimento procedures, digital document digitization standards (Decreto nº 10.278/2020, e-ARQ Brasil), document secrecy classification and handling under the Access to Information Law (Lei nº 12.527/2011: ultrassecreto 25 anos, secreto 15 anos, reservado 5 anos), and the strict chain of custody protocol in criminal investigations (Arts. 158-A through 158-F, CPP: recognition, isolation, fixation, collection, packaging, transport, receipt, processing, storage, disposal).

30%

informatica-seguranca

Deep information technology concepts and defensive cybersecurity: Computer network architectures (OSI 7-layer model, TCP/IP 4-layer model, switching, routing, IPv4 vs IPv6 addressing, subnetting, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, FTP, SMTP, TLS/SSL, VPN tunneling); Relational database systems (relational model, primary and foreign keys, referential integrity, SQL DDL and DML commands: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, JOINs, GROUP BY, HAVING, subqueries, database normalization 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF, ACID transactional properties); NoSQL databases (document-oriented MongoDB, key-value Redis, column-family Cassandra, graph Neo4j); Operating systems (Linux kernel, file permissions, shell commands grep, chmod, chown, ps, top, find, directory hierarchy FHS, Windows registry and security architecture); Cloud computing (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, public/private/hybrid/community deployment models); Information security (CIA triad - Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, plus Authenticity, Non-repudiation, and Conformity; symmetric cryptography AES/DES vs asymmetric cryptography RSA/ECC; digital signatures and PKI-Brasil infrastructure; cryptographic hash functions MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256; network security devices: stateful firewalls, next-generation firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM; malware taxonomy: ransomware, spyware, trojans, rootkits, worms, botnets; phishing and social engineering; backup strategies: full, incremental, differential).

20%

lingua-portuguesa

Advanced textual interpretation, normative grammar, and official drafting standards: Reading comprehension, pragmatic inferences, textual genres and typologies (narrative, descriptive, argumentative, expository, injunctive), textual cohesion (anaphoric and cataphoric pronouns, lexical repetition, ellipsis) and coherence; Morphosyntax: word classes, syntactic function of terms in clauses, verbal and nominal agreement (concordância verbal e nominal with compound subjects, collective nouns, passive particles 'se'), verbal and nominal government (regência verbal e nominal with verbs like visar, aspirar, assistir, obedecer, preferir), mandatory, prohibited, and optional crasis rules; Punctuation norms (restrictive vs explanatory clauses, adverbial adjunct displacement, coordinating conjunctions, semicolons, colons); Official correspondence based on the 3rd edition (2018) of the Manual de Redação da Presidência da República: principles of impersonality, conciseness, clarity, formal standard, uniformity, Padrão Ofício structure (header, identification of expediente, subject line, body paragraphs, closing/fecho, signature block), official closing formulas ('Respeitosamente' for hierarchical superiors, 'Atenciosamente' for equals and subordinates), and correct pronouns of address (Vossa Excelência for heads of powers and high authorities vs Vossa Senhoria).

20%

nocoes-de-direito

Public, criminal, and procedural law applied to federal police activities: Constitutional Law (fundamental rights and guarantees, inviolability of domicile, communications, habeas corpus, mandado de segurança, constitutional public security structure and Federal Police institutional competences under Art. 144, § 1º CF/88); Administrative Law (administrative principles LIMPE, administrative acts requirements, attributes, revocation and nullification, administrative powers, public service legal regime under Lei nº 8.112/1990 and police special regime Lei nº 4.878/1965); Criminal Law (principle of legality, retroactivity of milder criminal law, crime elements: conduct, typicity, unlawfulness, culpability, attempt vs consummation, self-defense, state of necessity, crimes against public administration: peculato, corrupção passiva, concussão, prevaricação, corrupção ativa); Criminal Procedural Law (Inquérito Policial: legal nature, inquisitorial character, indisposability, officiality, secret of investigation, inception modalities, police clerk formal duties, evidence, searches and seizures, flagrante delito types, preventive and temporary custody - Lei nº 7.960/1989); Special Criminal Legislation (Drug Law nº 11.343/2006, Criminal Organizations Law nº 12.850/2013: collaboration agreements, controlled actions, infiltration, Abuse of Authority Law nº 13.869/2019, Disarmament Statute nº 10.826/2003, Lavagem de Capitais nº 9.613/1998).

10%

raciocinio-logico-estatistica

Formal propositional logic and descriptive/inferential statistical analysis: Propositional logic, logical connectives (conjunction, disjunction, exclusive disjunction, conditional, biconditional), truth tables, tautologies, contradictions, contingencies, logical equivalence rules (De Morgan's laws, equivalence of conditional 'P -> Q' to '~P v Q' and '~Q -> ~P'), negation of compound statements, logical arguments and syllogistic deduction; Elementary combinatorics (fundamental counting principle, permutations with/without repetition, combinations); Probability theory (sample space, classical probability, addition and multiplication rules, conditional probability, Bayes' theorem); Descriptive statistics (measures of central tendency: arithmetic mean, weighted mean, median, mode; measures of dispersion: amplitude, variance, standard deviation, coefficient of variation); Probability distributions (discrete Binomial and Poisson distributions, continuous Normal/Gaussian distribution properties and standardized z-scores).

How to Pass the Escrivão de Polícia Federal Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: 48.00 pontos líquidos no conjunto dos três blocos (mínimos: 6.00 no Bloco I, 3.00 no Bloco II, 2.00 no Bloco III)
  • Assessment: Primeira etapa: (P1) prova objetiva de 120 itens CERTO/ERRADO — Bloco I 60 itens, Bloco II 36 itens (Informática), Bloco III 24 itens (Contabilidade Geral e Arquivologia) — e (P2) prova discursiva (texto dissertativo de até 30 linhas), aplicadas no mesmo turno em 4h30; seguidas de exame de aptidão física (TAF), avaliação médica, avaliação psicológica e investigação social. Segunda etapa: Curso de Formação Profissional na Academia Nacional de Polícia (ANP).
  • Time limit: 4 hours 30 minutes (270 minutes)
  • Exam fee: R$ 180,00

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Escrivão de Polícia Federal Study Tips from Top Performers

1Master the Three Ages Archival Lifecycle: Differentiate clearly between Current Archives (arquivos correntes / primary administrative/legal value), Intermediate Archives (arquivos intermediários / temporary retention awaiting final destination), and Permanent Archives (arquivos permanentes / secondary historical/evidential value / inalienable and imprescriptible).
2Internalize Criminal Procedure & Chain of Custody: Master the 10 stages of chain of custody (reconhecimento, isolamento, fixação, coleta, acondicionamento, transporte, recebimento, processamento, armazenamento, descarte) under Arts. 158-A to 158-F CPP and the formal drafting of Inquérito Policial acts (auto de prisão em flagrante, termo de oitiva, certidão de juntada).
3Practice Relational Database SQL and Cybersecurity Calculations: Write complex SQL queries with INNER/LEFT JOINs and aggregate clauses, understand transactional ACID properties, compute subnet masks, and differentiate asymmetric public-key cryptography from symmetric block ciphers.
4Strictly Follow Presidential Drafting Standards: Review the 3rd edition (2018) of the Manual de Redação da Presidência da República, focusing on Padrão Ofício structure, closing formulas ('Respeitosamente' for higher ranking authorities, 'Atenciosamente' for equal or lower ranking authorities), and the mandatory use of 'Vossa Excelência' for Federal Police delegates and magistrates.
5Drill Cebraspe-Style Deduction and Propositional Logic: Master formal logical equivalences (especially ~(P -> Q) <=> P ^ ~Q, and P -> Q <=> ~Q -> ~P), standard deviation and variance calculations, and normal distribution z-score calculations.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the primary role and official mandate of an Escrivão de Polícia Federal?

The Escrivão de Polícia Federal is the sworn law enforcement officer responsible for formalizing, drafting, recording, and certifying all procedural acts of federal police investigations (Inquéritos Policiais). Key duties include taking formal depositions, recording suspect interrogations, issuing search and seizure minutes (autos de apreensão), maintaining the physical and digital chain of custody of evidence, managing police classified archives, and executing court-ordered procedural measures.

What is the official structure and scoring system of the Concurso PF Escrivão?

The exam, organized by Cebraspe, typically consists of 120 objective items evaluated under the 'Right/Wrong' (Certo/Errado) marking scheme where an incorrect answer cancels out a correct answer (1-for-1 negative scoring penalty), organized into Bloco I (General Knowledge & Law - 60 items), Bloco II (Information Technology - 36 items), and Bloco III (Archival Science - 24 items). Candidates must obtain at least 48.00 net points overall while clearing specific sub-block minimum thresholds, followed by a discursive exam, typing test, physical test (TAF), medical evaluation, psychological test, background check, and the training academy course (ANP).

Why is Archival Science (Arquivologia) specifically weighted for the Escrivão position?

Unlike other police careers, the Escrivão is directly tasked with document custody, procedural authenticity, cataloging criminal dockets, implementing retention schedules (tabela de temporalidade), managing classified intelligence records under Lei nº 12.527/2011, and maintaining strict physical/digital chain of custody protocols under Arts. 158-A to 158-F of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

What IT and Cybersecurity topics are evaluated on the exam?

The exam places massive weight (30%) on Information Technology, covering computer networking (TCP/IP stack, OSI model, DNS, HTTPS, VPNs), relational databases (SQL syntax, ACID properties, normalization 1NF-3NF), NoSQL architectures, Linux and Windows OS administration, cloud computing delivery models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), cryptography (AES, RSA, PKI-Brasil, SHA-256), defensive cybersecurity appliances (Firewalls, IDS/IPS), malware taxonomy, and robust backup methodologies.

Does the Escrivão concurso still include a practical typing test?

No. Older Polícia Federal Escrivão editais included an eliminatory typing test (prova prática de digitação), but Edital nº 1 – PF – Policial, de 20 de maio de 2025 does not. The stages listed for Escrivão are the objective exam, the discursive exam, the physical aptitude test (TAF), the medical evaluation, the psychological evaluation, the social investigation and the Curso de Formação Profissional. Always confirm the stage list in the edital for the cycle you are sitting.

Why is this practice bank presented in English?

This 100-question practice bank is an English-language study adaptation developed for bilingual candidates, international law enforcement researchers, and Brazilian aspirants seeking high-rigor analytical mastery of the Concurso Polícia Federal syllabus, preserving official Portuguese legal terminology, statutory citations (CF/88, CPP, CP, LAI, CONARQ), and procedural document names.