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Concurso PCSP Investigador de Polícia evaluates candidates across Portuguese (30%), Law (35%), Criminology (15%), Logic (10%), and IT (10%) in a 4-hour, 80-question objective exam (minimum 50% per module), followed by discursive, oral, and ACADEPOL academy stages.
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1In police administrative reports and legal writing, selecting appropriate cohesive conjunctions is vital for clarity. Consider the sentence: 'Embora o suspeito tenha apresentado um álibi formal, os investigadores encontraram divergências em seu depoimento.' Which subordinate conjunction can replace 'Embora' without altering the original syntactic structure and concessive meaning?
A.Conquanto
B.Porquanto
C.Contudo
D.Desde que
Explanation: 'Conquanto' is a subordinate concessive conjunction that introduces an obstacle or concession without preventing the main clause action, making it a direct synonym for 'embora' and requiring the subjunctive mood. Both convey that even though the suspect presented a formal alibi, discrepancies were uncovered.
2The use of the grave accent indicating crase (crase mark) is governed by strict grammatical standards in Portuguese. In which of the following official police sentences is the grave accent PROHIBITED according to standard Portuguese grammar?
A.A equipe de investigação dirigiu-se à delegacia central para registrar o flagrante.
B.O policial civil realizou o patrulhamento preventivo a pé pelas imediações do bairro.
C.A denúncia anônima referia-se à testemunha que depôs ontem perante o delegado.
D.Os agentes policiais comunicaram a ocorrência à autoridade judiciária competente.
Explanation: Crase is strictly prohibited before masculine nouns such as 'pé' in adverbial locutions like 'a pé'. Crase is the fusion of the preposition 'a' with the feminine definite article 'a'; because masculine words do not take the feminine article 'a', no crase occurs.
3Regarding pronoun placement (colocação pronominal) in standard formal Portuguese, which of the following sentences exhibits CORRECT usage according to normative grammar?
A.Nunca esqueça-se de conferir os lacres do material apreendido.
B.Os investigadores apresentaram-se ao plantão, mas não comunicaram-no sobre o ocorrido.
C.Não se constatou nenhuma adulteração na numeração do chassi do veículo.
D.Me informaram que as diligências preliminares já foram encerradas.
Explanation: In 'Não se constatou...', the negative adverb 'não' functions as an obligatory attractor word (palavra atrativa), mandating proclisis (placement of the oblique pronoun before the verb).
4Verbal agreement (concordância verbal) with impersonal verbs requires special attention in police drafting. Which of the following sentences is grammatically CORRECT according to the standard norm?
A.Haviam muitos mandados de busca e apreensão para serem cumpridos.
B.Fazem dois meses que a equipe especializada monitora a organização criminosa.
C.Devem haver provas suficientes para justificar o indiciamento do suspeito.
D.Havia indícios consistentes e faz anos que os crimes vinham sendo investigados.
Explanation: The verb 'haver' in the sense of existence ('existir') and the verb 'fazer' indicating elapsed time are impersonal verbs without a grammatical subject, remaining invariant in the 3rd person singular ('Havia indícios...', 'faz anos...').
5A police investigator must distinguish paronyms and homonyms accurately in technical reports. Which pair of terms correctly completes the blanks in the sentence: 'O suspeito foi preso em ______ delito enquanto o deputado exercia seu ______ parlamentar'?
A.flagrante / mandato
B.fragrante / mandado
C.flagrante / mandado
D.fragrante / mandato
Explanation: 'Flagrante' refers to an evident act or caught in the commission of a crime ('preso em flagrante'), whereas 'mandato' refers to political office, authorization, or legal power of attorney ('mandato parlamentar'). 'Mandado' is a written judicial order (e.g., 'mandado de prisão') and 'fragrante' means fragrant or aromatic.
6Punctuation conventions establish strict boundaries regarding comma usage within a simple clause. Which of the following sentences INCORRECTLY places a comma between syntactic terms?
A.Durante a madrugada, os agentes de polícia revistaram os veículos suspeitos.
B.O experiente perito criminal da polícia técnico-científica, encontrou vestígios biológicos na cena.
C.Após a perícia balística, os investigadores elaboraram o relatório final.
D.Na delegacia, a vítima reconheceu o agressor prontamente.
Explanation: A single comma can never separate the grammatical subject ('O experiente perito criminal da polícia técnico-científica') from its direct predicate/verb ('encontrou vestígios biológicos na cena'), as this violates the core syntactic unity of the subject-verb group.
7Verbal government (regência verbal) dictates the prepositional requirements of transitive verbs. In which sentence is the verb 'assistir' used CORRECTLY in the sense of 'to witness / to watch'?
A.O delegado assistiu o interrogatório conduzido pelo escrivão de polícia.
B.A testemunha assistiu o tumulto ocorrido no pátio sem intervir.
C.Os policiais assistiram ao depoimento do réu com total atenção.
D.O escrivão assistiu o depoimento para lavrar o termo competente.
Explanation: When the verb 'assistir' has the meaning of 'to watch, witness, or observe' (presenciar/ver), it is an indirect transitive verb governing the preposition 'a' ('assistiram ao depoimento'). When used in the sense of 'to aid, assist, or give support', it acts as a direct transitive verb.
8Graphic accentuation rules in Portuguese categorize words based on tonic syllable position (oxítonas, paroxítonas, proparoxítonas). Which of the following groups contains EXCLUSIVELY proparoxytone words (proparoxítonas)?
A.Polícia, relatório, flagrante.
B.Inquérito, evidência, álibi.
C.Vítima, indício, custódia.
D.Inquérito, código, vítima.
Explanation: The words 'in-qué-ri-to', 'có-di-go', and 'ví-ti-ma' have their tonic stress on the antepenultimate syllable (antepenúltima sílaba), making all three proparoxytones. Under Portuguese phonological rules, all proparoxytones are accented without exception.
9Textual typology distinguishes between narrative, descriptive, argumentative, and injunctive discourses. In an official Incident Report (Boletim de Ocorrência), the section where the investigator chronicles the chronological sequence of events as they unfolded primarily belongs to which textual genre and typology?
A.Narrative typology, characterized by chronological temporal progression, dynamic verbs, characters, and actions.
B.Injunctive typology, focused on imperative commands and instructional behavioral guidance.
C.Dissertative-argumentative typology, aimed at persuading the reader of a personal ideological thesis.
D.Expository-didactic typology, structured to teach pedagogical concepts without narrative progression.
Explanation: A police incident report narrative recounts real events in chronological order, featuring specific participants (characters: victim, perpetrator, witnesses), spatio-temporal location, and dynamic past-tense actions, which are the defining traits of narrative textual typology.
10Stylistic figures of speech are frequently employed in journalistic crime reporting and public statements. In the phrase 'A perícia criminal analisou dez cabeças de gado roubadas na fazenda', which figure of speech is exemplified by using 'cabeças' to represent whole animals?
A.Metáfora
B.Metonímia
C.Eufemismo
D.Hipérbole
Explanation: Metonymy (metonímia) occurs when one term is substituted for another based on an inherent real-world relationship of contiguity, such as part for the whole (sinédoque: 'cabeças' standing for complete bovine animals).
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