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Key Facts: PCERJ Delegado de Polícia Exam

100 Questions

Objective Exam Length

Edital Oficial PCERJ — Delegado de Polícia

5 Hours

Exam Duration

Edital Oficial PCERJ

50% Per Group

Passing Threshold

Regulamento PCERJ / Edital

R$ 250,00

Registration Fee

Edital PCERJ

Bacharel em Direito

Degree Requirement

Lei Estadual nº 3.586/2001

Lei 12.830/2013

Statutory Authority Law

Presidência da República do Brasil

Decreto-Lei 218/1975

RJ Police Officers Statute

Governo do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

ACADEPOL-RJ

Police Academy

Academia Estadual de Polícia Sylvio Terra

The PCERJ Delegado de Polícia exam is Rio de Janeiro's premier police leadership competition. It features a 5-hour, 100-question preliminary exam across 6 legal and forensic modules (requiring ≥50% in every module), followed by discursive exams, an oral board, physical testing, and the ACADEPOL-RJ academy.

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1Under the Brazilian Penal Code (Código Penal - CP) and established jurisprudence of the Brazilian Superior Courts, regarding the principle of legality and the temporal application of criminal law, which of the following statements is correct?

A.A more severe criminal statute (novatio legis in pejus) applies to continuous or permanent crimes if its enactment occurs prior to the cessation of continuity or permanency.

B.The abolition of a crime (abolitio criminis) extinguishes all civil and administrative effects of a final penal conviction, including the obligation to repair civil damages.

C.Temporary and exceptional criminal laws lose their ultra-active effect once their predetermined period of validity expires or the emergency situation ceases.

D.A retroactively applied favorable criminal statute (lex mitior) cannot modify a criminal sentence that has already acquired the authority of res judicata (trânsito em julgado).

Explanation: According to Súmula 711 of the Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), a more severe penal law applies to continuous or permanent crimes if its enactment occurs before the cessation of criminality (permanency or continuity). Because the criminal conduct is actively unfolding under the new law, applying the current statute does not violate the principle of non-retroactivity of more severe criminal law.

2In the context of the spatial application of Brazilian criminal law (lugar do crime) and the rules of extraterritoriality under the Penal Code, which of the following is correct?

A.Brazilian criminal law adopts the Theory of Result (Teoria do Resultado) to determine the place of crime for ordinary offenses committed across territorial borders.

B.A crime committed abroad against the life or liberty of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil is subject to unconditional extraterritoriality (extraterritorialidade incondicionada).

C.Foreign convictions for crimes committed abroad under conditional extraterritoriality prevent any Brazilian criminal prosecution under the principle of ne bis in idem.

D.Crimes committed aboard private foreign vessels navigating in Brazilian territorial waters remain exclusively subject to the flag state's criminal jurisdiction.

Explanation: Pursuant to Article 7, I, 'a' of the Brazilian Penal Code, crimes committed abroad against the life or liberty of the President of the Republic are subject to unconditional extraterritoriality (extraterritorialidade incondicionada). The perpetrator is punished under Brazilian law even if acquitted or having served sentence abroad (Art. 7, § 1º, CP).

3Regarding the causal link (nexo de causalidade) and supervening causes under Article 13 of the Brazilian Penal Code, consider a scenario where an offender shoots a victim with intent to kill, causing moderate non-fatal injuries. While in the ambulance en route to the hospital, the ambulance crashes into a tree due to driver error, and the victim dies instantly from traumatic head injuries sustained solely in the collision. In this case, the shooter is criminally liable for:

A.Attempted homicide (homicídio tentado), because the supervening relatively independent cause produced the result on its own line of causation.

B.Consummated intentional homicide (homicídio consumado), because the original gunshot was a sine qua non condition of the victim being in the ambulance.

C.Consummated negligent manslaughter (homicídio culposo), due to foreseeable risks of emergency transport.

D.Bodily injury followed by death (lesão corporal seguida de morte), because death resulted from subsequent complications.

Explanation: Under Article 13, § 1º of the Penal Code, the supervening relatively independent cause that produces the fatal result by itself (causa superveniente relativamente independente que por si só produziu o resultado) excludes causation regarding the consummated result, leaving the agent liable only for previous acts (attempted homicide). The vehicular crash created an entirely new, uncharacteristic causal unfolding independent of the gunshot wound pathology.

4In Brazilian criminal doctrine and jurisprudence, the fundamental legal distinction between eventual intent (dolo eventual) and conscious negligence (culpa consciente) resides in the fact that:

A.In dolo eventual, the agent foresees the illicit result and assumes the risk of producing it (consent theory), whereas in culpa consciente, the agent foresees the result but sincerely believes it will not occur.

B.In dolo eventual, the agent desires the result as their primary purpose, while in culpa consciente, the agent is entirely unaware of any danger.

C.In dolo eventual, the agent acts with gross negligence, whereas in culpa consciente, the agent acts with malice aforethought.

D.In dolo eventual, the result is objectively unforeseeable, whereas in culpa consciente, the result is subjectively anticipated and desired.

Explanation: Article 18, I of the Penal Code incorporates the Consent/Assumption Theory (Teoria do Assentimento) for dolo eventual: the agent foresees the concrete possibility of the result and assumes the risk (accepts/tolerates its occurrence with indifference). In conscious negligence (culpa consciente), the agent also foresees the risk but genuinely believes in their personal skill or external factors to prevent the outcome, rejecting the result.

5An armed suspect corners a victim in an isolated alley with intent to execute them. Having loaded five rounds into a revolver, the suspect fires one shot, wounding the victim in the shoulder. While still holding four live rounds and with no external intervention, third-party presence, or mechanical malfunction, the suspect experiences a spontaneous change of heart, announces 'I will spare your life,' and walks away. Under Article 15 of the Brazilian Penal Code, this conduct constitutes:

A.Voluntary abandonment (desistência voluntária), making the agent liable only for the acts already performed (bodily injury).

B.Attempted homicide (homicídio tentado), because the execution phase was already initiated.

C.Effective regret (arrependimento eficaz), because the victim survived the encounter.

D.Post-crime regret (arrependimento posterior), which reduces the penalty for intentional homicide by one to two thirds.

Explanation: Under Article 15 of the Penal Code (the 'golden bridge' or ponte de ouro), voluntary abandonment (desistência voluntária) occurs when the perpetrator voluntarily interrupts the execution of the crime before exhausting their available means ('I can proceed, but I choose not to'). In such cases, attempt liability is excluded, and the agent is liable only for acts already performed (lesão corporal).

6According to Article 17 of the Brazilian Penal Code and Súmula 145 of the STF regarding impossible crime (crime impossível), which of the following scenarios characterizes an untypical act (fato atípico) that bars any penal attempt liability?

A.An offender attempts to poison an enemy using pure table sugar erroneously believing it to be a lethal dose of cyanide (absolute inefficacy of means).

B.A pickpocket reaches into a victim's coat pocket that happens to be empty on that specific morning (relative impropriety of object).

C.A thief attempts to break into a commercial safe that proves too sturdy for their crowbar (relative inefficacy of means).

D.Undercover police officers maintain discrete surveillance over a bank and arrest armed robbers immediately as they brandish weapons (flagrante esperado).

Explanation: Article 17 of the Penal Code establishes that an attempt is not punishable when, due to absolute inefficacy of the means or absolute impropriety of the object, it is impossible for the crime to be consummated. Administering harmless table sugar to kill someone represents absolute inefficacy of means, constituting a crime impossível (fato atípico).

7Regarding the doctrines of mistake of type (erro de tipo) and mistake of prohibition (erro de proibição) in Articles 20 and 21 of the Brazilian Penal Code, which statement accurately reflects Brazilian law?

A.An unavoidable (invencível) mistake of type eliminates both intent (dolo) and negligence (culpa), completely excluding typicality.

B.An avoidable (vencível) mistake of prohibition excludes intent but allows punishment for negligent commission of the crime.

C.An accidental mistake regarding the target victim (aberratio ictus) allows the defendant to be judged considering the personal qualities of the person actually struck.

D.Mistake of prohibition occurs when the agent misapprehends factual elements that constitute the objective statutory definition of the crime.

Explanation: Under Article 20 of the Penal Code, an essential mistake of type (erro de tipo essencial) that is unavoidable (invencível/escusável) excludes both dolo and culpa. If avoidable (vencível/inescusável), it excludes dolo but permits punishment for culpa, provided the crime has a statutory negligent form.

8Regarding justification defenses (excludentes de ilicitude) under the Brazilian Penal Code, which of the following correctly describes the legal requirements of legitimate defense (legítima defesa) under Article 25?

A.Using moderate means to repel an unjust aggression, either actual or imminent, against one's own rights or the rights of another.

B.Sacrificing a legal right of lesser value to protect a greater right from an unavoidable danger not caused voluntarily by the agent.

C.Executing standard administrative procedures within discretionary statutory authority, regardless of proportionality.

D.Repelling a past aggression that has already ceased to deter future retaliatory actions.

Explanation: Article 25 of the Brazilian Penal Code defines legitimate defense (legítima defesa) as using moderately the necessary means to repel an unjust aggression, actual or imminent, to one's own or another person's legal rights. Pacote Anticrime (Lei nº 13.964/2019) added the sole paragraph clarifying that public security agents who repel aggression or risk of aggression to hostages are also acting in legitimate defense.

9Under the culpability theory (Teoria da Culpabilidade) and the rules governing criminal capacity (imputabilidade penal) in Articles 26 to 28 of the Brazilian Penal Code, which of the following is correct?

A.Voluntary or culpable intoxication produced by alcohol or substances of analogous effects does not exclude criminal liability under the doctrine of actio libera in causa.

B.Emotion and violent passion exclude criminal imputability whenever they diminish the agent's rational self-control.

C.A complete mental illness automatically grants full exemption from penalty without requiring verification of the biopsychological capacity at the time of the act.

D.Minors under 18 years of age are criminally imputable if demonstrated to possess advanced intellectual maturity and discernment.

Explanation: Under Article 28, II of the Penal Code and the theory of actio libera in causa (actions free in their origin), voluntary or culpable drunkenness does not exclude criminal capacity (imputabilidade). Only complete intoxication resulting from fortuitous event or force majeure (caso fortuito ou força maior) that deprives the agent of discernment excludes culpability (Art. 28, § 1º).

10Regarding concurrence of offenders (concurso de pessoas) under Articles 29 to 31 of the Brazilian Penal Code, which statement is doctrinally and legally correct?

A.Brazilian criminal law adopts the monistic (or unitary) theory as a rule, whereby all co-perpetrators and accomplices are subject to the penalties of the same crime, to the extent of their culpability.

B.Personal circumstances and conditions of the principal offender always communicate to all secondary participants, even when strictly of a purely personal nature.

C.An accomplice who provides minor assistance (participação de menor importância) receives the exact same fixed statutory sentence as the primary trigger-puller.

D.If one of the co-participants desired to participate in a less grave offense, they must still be punished for the more severe crime actually committed, even without foreseeability.

Explanation: Article 29, caput of the Penal Code adopts the Monistic (or Unitary) Theory (Teoria Monista ou Unitária): everyone who contributes to the criminal infraction incurs the penalties assigned to it, commensurate with the measure of their individual culpability (temperada pela culpabilidade).

About the PCERJ Delegado de Polícia Exam

The Concurso para Delegado de Polícia da Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (PCERJ) is one of Brazil's most prestigious and challenging state civil service examinations. As established by Article 144, § 4º of the 1988 Federal Constitution and Federal Law nº 12.830/2013, the Delegado de Polícia is a career legal authority (autoridade policial) responsible for directing the judicial police and presiding over criminal investigations (inquéritos policiais) within state jurisdiction. The selection process evaluates candidates across five comprehensive phases: (1) an objective multiple-choice preliminary examination consisting of 100 questions spanning Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, RJ Administrative & Police Legislation, Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Legal Medicine, and Criminology with a mandatory 50% passing threshold in each individual subject group; (2) three extensive discursive written examinations; (3) an oral examination (prova oral) conducted before examining boards; (4) physical fitness (TAF), medical, psychological, and social background investigations; and (5) the professional training academy at the Academia Estadual de Polícia Sylvio Terra (ACADEPOL-RJ) combined with title evaluations (prova de títulos). This question bank provides 100 rigorous, verified practice questions adapted into English with authentic Portuguese statutory terminology, jurisprudence from the STF and STJ, and specific Rio de Janeiro state legislation (Decreto-Lei nº 218/1975 and Lei nº 3.586/2001).

Questions

100 scored questions

Time Limit

5 hours (300 minutes)

Passing Score

50% in each subject group

Exam Fee

R$ 250,00 (Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (PCERJ) / Cebraspe / FGV)

PCERJ Delegado de Polícia Exam Content Outline

20%

Direito Penal (Parte Geral e Especial)

Examines substantive criminal law, principles of legality, culpability, non-retroactivity, criminal conduct, typicality, subjective elements (dolo and culpa), justifications, excuses, attempt, abandonment, regret, concurso de pessoas, individualization of penalties, crimes against the person (homicide, feminicide, bodily harm), crimes against property (theft, robbery, extortion, embezzlement, fraud), crimes against sexual dignity, crimes against public administration (corruption, concussão, peculato), and special criminal statutes (Lei nº 11.343/2006, Lei nº 11.340/2006, Lei nº 10.826/2003, Lei nº 8.072/1990, Lei nº 13.869/2019).

20%

Direito Processual Penal e Técnicas Especiais de Investigação

Encompasses constitutional procedural principles, the police inquiry (inquérito policial), legal nature and functions of the police authority under Lei nº 12.830/2013, criminal action, jurisdiction, evidence regimes, exclusionary rules, chain of custody (Arts. 158-A to 158-F CPP), personal precautionary measures, flagrante arrest, provisional custody (preventiva and temporária under Lei nº 7.960/1989 and Pacote Anticrime), search and seizure warrants, telephone and data interception (Lei nº 9.296/1996), and organized crime special investigation techniques (controlled action, infiltration, collaboration agreements under Lei nº 12.850/2013).

20%

Direito Administrativo e Legislação Institucional do Estado do RJ

Covers constitutional administrative principles (LIMPE), administrative acts (elements, requirements, revocation, nullity), police power (poder de polícia), state civil liability, administrative improbity (Lei nº 8.429/1992 as amended by Lei nº 14.230/2021), public procurement (Lei nº 14.133/2021), public servants regime, and the organic statutory laws of the PCERJ: Decreto-Lei Estadual nº 218/1975 (Estatuto dos Policiais Civis do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - functional duties, prohibitions, disciplinary sanctions, transgressive conduct, and disciplinary administrative process) and Lei Estadual nº 3.586/2001 (Structure, categories, and career organization of PCERJ).

15%

Direito Constitucional e Garantias Fundamentais

Analyzes the 1988 Federal Constitution, fundamental rights and guarantees (Art. 5º CF/88), habeas corpus, mandado de segurança, habeas data, inviolability of the home, privacy of communications, federative organization and division of legislative/administrative competences, separation of powers, judicial review mechanisms (diffuse and concentrated review via ADI, ADC, ADO, ADPF), constitutional structure of Public Security (Art. 144 CF/88), and international human rights treaties.

15%

Direito Civil e Tutela de Bens Jurídicos

Addresses the Civil Code of 2002 General Part (natural persons, civil personality, legal capacity, legal entities, personality rights, juridical facts, defects of legal transactions, invalidity, simulation, prescription and decadence), General Theory of Obligations, Contract Law principles (social function, objective good faith, breach and civil liability), Property Law (possession concepts, possessory actions, ownership acquisition, property defense), and Family Law protections relevant to police authority actions.

10%

Medicina Legal e Noções de Criminologia

Explores Legal Medicine (Forensic Traumatology: mechanical, physical, and chemical lesions, gunshot wound ballistics, blunt force trauma, sharp instrument lesions; Forensic Tanatology: early/consecutive/transformative death phenomena, post-mortem interval estimation, docimasias; Forensic Asphyxiology: hanging, strangulation, throttling, drowning, traumatic asphyxia; Forensic Toxicology and Forensic Identification) and Criminology (epistemology, Classical and Positivist schools, sociological theories, Anomie, Differential Association, Subcultural theories, Labeling Approach, Critical Criminology, and Victimology classifications).

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Passing score: 50% in each subject group
Exam length: 100 questions
Time limit: 5 hours (300 minutes)
Exam fee: R$ 250,00

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the primary duties and statutory authorities of a Delegado de Polícia in PCERJ?

Under Article 144, § 4º of the Federal Constitution, Federal Law nº 12.830/2013, and Rio de Janeiro State Law nº 3.586/2001, the Delegado de Polícia is the career legal authority who presides over criminal investigations, instigates and concludes police inquiries (Inquéritos Policiais), orders arrests in flagrante delicto, requests judicial search and seizure or precautionary arrest warrants, directs judicial police technical diligences, and coordinates police stations (Delegacias de Polícia) across the State of Rio de Janeiro.

What is the passing score requirement for the PCERJ Delegado objective examination?

Candidates must achieve at least 50% of the maximum points in EACH individual subject group (Direito Penal, Direito Processual Penal, Direito Administrativo e Legislação Institucional PCERJ, Direito Constitucional, Direito Civil, and Medicina Legal/Criminologia). Scoring less than 50% in any single subject group results in immediate elimination, regardless of overall cumulative score.

What are the subsequent examination stages following the objective test?

Following the preliminary objective test, qualifying candidates undergo: (1) Three Discursive Written Exams covering substantive law; (2) An Oral Examination (Prova Oral) before examining boards; (3) Physical Fitness Test (TAF), Medical Examination, and Psychological Assessment; (4) Functional and Social Background Investigation; (5) The residential training course at the Academia Estadual de Polícia Sylvio Terra (ACADEPOL-RJ); and (6) Title Evaluation (Prova de Títulos).

What specific Rio de Janeiro state statutes are tested in the exam?

The institutional legislation includes Decreto-Lei Estadual nº 218/1975 (Estatuto dos Policiais Civis do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), which regulates the functional regime, disciplinary infractions, and administrative procedures for state police officers, and Lei Estadual nº 3.586/2001, which establishes the Quadro Permanente da Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, its hierarchical classes, competencies, and organizational structure.

How did Federal Law nº 12.830/2013 reinforce the role of the Delegado de Polícia?

Lei nº 12.830/2013 established that criminal investigation is a legal and essential function of the State, led exclusively by the Delegado de Polícia as a career legal authority. It requires technical-juridical reasoning for official acts (e.g., indiciamento), guarantees institutional independence, and restricts the removal or reallocation of inquiries except for justified public interest or procedural reasons by superior determination.

What are the key topics evaluated under Forensic Medicine (Medicina Legal) and Criminology?

Medicina Legal emphasizes Forensic Traumatology (mechanism and morphology of wounds, gunshot entry/exit characteristics), Forensic Tanatology (cadaveric lividity, rigidity, putrefaction stages), Forensic Asphyxiology (strangulation vs. hanging, signs of drowning), and Forensic Toxicology. Criminology focuses on schools of criminological thought (Classical, Positivist), sociological theories (Anomie, Differential Association, Labeling Approach), and Victimology (victim precipitation and classification).