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Key Facts: KNPU Cadet First-Stage Exam Exam

115 items

Official first-stage count: Korean 45, English 45, Mathematics 25

https://www.police.ac.kr/pds/contents/police/2025%20%EA%B2%BD%EC%B0%B0%EB%8C%80%ED%95%99%20%EC%8B%A0%EC%9E%85%EC%83%9D%20%EB%AA%A8%EC%A7%91%EC%9A%94%EA%B0%95.pdf

60 / 60 / 80 min

Korean, English, and mathematics testing time

https://knpo.police.ac.kr/pds/1774243531642.pdf

6× quota

First-stage ranking cut (6배수 / 600%)

https://www.police.ac.kr/pds/contents/police/2025%20%EA%B2%BD%EC%B0%B0%EB%8C%80%ED%95%99%20%EC%8B%A0%EC%9E%85%EC%83%9D%20%EB%AA%A8%EC%A7%91%EC%9A%94%EA%B0%95.pdf

KRW 25,000

Application fee in the 2025 cadet notice (confirm current cycle at application)

https://www.police.ac.kr/pds/contents/police/2025%20%EA%B2%BD%EC%B0%B0%EB%8C%80%ED%95%99%20%EC%8B%A0%EC%9E%85%EC%83%9D%20%EB%AA%A8%EC%A7%91%EC%9A%94%EA%B0%95.pdf

CSAT 50%

Final 1,000-point mix; Korean history is a CSAT grade rule

https://knpo.police.ac.kr/pds/1774243531642.pdf

KNPU cadet first-stage (경찰대학 신입생 모집 1차 시험) is a university-administered sitting of Korean 45, English 45, and Mathematics 25 (115 items; 60/60/80 minutes). Korean history is a CSAT rule, not a first-stage paper. The 2025 notice lists a KRW 25,000 application fee and a 6×-quota ranking cut. This independent 100-question English MCQ bank is a study aid, not a fitness or interview simulation.

Sample KNPU Cadet First-Stage Exam Practice Questions

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1In Joseon Neo-Confucian metaphysics (조선 성리학 이기론), Yi Hwang (Toegye) and Yi I (Yulgok) engaged in the Four-Seven Debate (사칠이기논변). Which of the following statements accurately characterizes Toegye's doctrine of 'Li-Fa-Er-Qi-Sui-Zhi' (이가 발하여 기가 따름, 理發而氣隨之)?
A.Li possesses active metaphysical efficacy and issues forth autonomously, with Qi following in harmonious alignment to constitute the Four Beginnings (사단).
B.Only Qi possesses active agency to issue forth, while Li functions purely as an inert metaphysical pilot riding Qi without independent movement.
C.Li and Qi are indistinguishable physical substances that mutually generate and annihilate each other in sensory perception.
D.The Seven Emotions (칠정) represent pure moral nature issued solely by Li, completely unmediated by bodily Qi.
Explanation: Yi Hwang (Toegye) defended a dualistic priority where Li possesses normative agency and active metaphysical efficacy (理發), meaning the Four Beginnings (사단) arise when Li issues forth and Qi follows (理發而氣隨之). In contrast, Yulgok asserted that only Qi can actively issue while Li rides Qi (氣發理乘一途설).
2In his late Joseon Silhak treatise Mokmin Simseo (목민심서, Admonitions on Governing the People), how does Jeong Yak-yong (Dasan) conceptualize the ethical obligation of the local magistrate (목민관)?
A.The magistrate exists purely to enforce central dynastic taxation without regard for agrarian sustenance.
B.The magistrate exists for the sake of the people (민을 위해 관이 존재함), requiring rigorous integrity (청렴) and pragmatic institutional relief (진휼).
C.The magistrate should delegate all judicial arbitration to hereditary local clerks (아전) without administrative oversight.
D.The magistrate's supreme duty is to preserve feudal sumptuary privileges and suppress technological innovation.
Explanation: Dasan articulated the foundational democratic premise of Confucian governance: the ruler and magistrate exist for the people, not the people for the magistrate. Integrity (청렴) is identified as the prime source of administrative authority, accompanied by pragmatic agricultural relief (진휼) and rigorous oversight of predatory petty clerks (아전).
3In Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (순수이성비판), which cognitive category does he propose to explain how synthetic a priori judgments (선험적 종합판단) are possible in natural science?
A.Passive sensory empiricism devoid of mental organizing concepts
B.Transcendental forms of pure intuition (space and time) combined with the pure categories of the understanding (범주)
C.Unverifiable theological dogmatism based on mystical revelation
D.Purely analytical linguistic tautologies that contain no substantive empirical content
Explanation: Kant argued that synthetic a priori judgments—propositions that expand our knowledge yet hold universal, necessary validity—are grounded in the human cognitive faculty through the pure forms of sensible intuition (space and time) organized by the twelve categories of the understanding (순수 지성 개념/범주).
4Karl Popper's demarcation criterion separates empirical science from pseudoscience based on which epistemological standard (과학철학 구획 기준)?
A.Inductive confirmation through exhaustive accumulation of positive verifying instances
B.Logical positivistic verifiability requiring absolute empirical certainty
C.Falsifiability (반증가능성), requiring that a theoretical hypothesis be open to empirical refutation
D.Sociological consensus among accredited members of scientific academies
Explanation: Popper rejected induction because no number of white swans can logically prove all swans are white, whereas observing a single black swan refutes the universal claim. Therefore, scientific theories are characterized by their empirical falsifiability (반증가능성)—their risk of being refuted by observational tests.
5In Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics (가다머의 철학적 해석학), how is historical understanding (역사적 이해) achieved between an interpreter and a classical text?
A.By completely divesting oneself of all personal prejudices and historical horizons to reproduce the author's original psychic state
B.Through the fusion of horizons (지평융합), where the interpreter's historically effected consciousness engages in dialogue with the text's horizon
C.By applying objective mathematical algorithms to decode semiotic linguistic symbols
D.By declaring historical texts utterly unintelligible due to temporal incommensurability
Explanation: Gadamer argued that understanding is not the objective reconstruction of an author's mind, but a living dialogical event: the 'fusion of horizons' (지평융합). Prejudices (선이해/선입견) formed by historically effected consciousness (효과사적 의식) enable the initial encounter rather than obstructing it.
6Ludwig Wittgenstein's transition from his early Tractatus to his Philosophical Investigations is fundamentally marked by shifting from:
A.The picture theory of meaning (그림이론) to the view that meaning is use within dynamic language games (언어게임)
B.Behavioristic psychology to cognitive computational modularism
C.Radical linguistic skepticism to classical Platonic realism
D.Empirical linguistics to mathematical formalization of syntax
Explanation: In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein held the picture theory (그림이론), asserting that propositions represent states of affairs isomorphic to logical reality. In the Investigations, he abandoned this rigid isomorphism, asserting that words do not simply name objects but derive meaning from their rule-governed function in socio-cultural 'language games' (언어게임).
7In structural linguistics (구조주의 언어학), Ferdinand de Saussure distinguishes between 'langue' (랑그) and 'parole' (파롤) by defining 'langue' as:
A.The individual, contingent vocal utterances produced by a speaker in a single communicative act
B.The underlying, collective social system of grammatical and phonological rules shared by a speech community
C.The universal biological faculty encoded within human evolutionary genetics
D.The physical acoustic wave vibrations transmitted through the atmosphere
Explanation: Saussure defined 'langue' (랑그) as the abstract, institutional system of linguistic conventions internalized socially across a community, which makes individual speech possible. 'Parole' (파롤) refers to the concrete, personal performance or utterance executed by an individual speaker.
8In John Rawls's A Theory of Justice (정의론), what is the function of the 'veil of ignorance' (무지의 베일) in the original position (원초적 입장)?
A.To obscure basic economic principles and human psychological drives from social planners
B.To prevent self-interested parties from knowing their specific social class, natural assets, or conception of the good when choosing principles of justice
C.To enforce complete cognitive amnesia regarding legal precedents and scientific laws
D.To ensure that utilitarian calculations maximize aggregate happiness regardless of minority rights
Explanation: The veil of ignorance (무지의 베일) ensures procedural fairness by depriving contracting agents of particular knowledge regarding their wealth, class, talents, or generational placement. Deprived of biased self-interest, rational agents choose principles that protect the least advantaged (the maximin rule).
9Thomas Kuhn's concept of 'incommensurability' (공약불가능성) between competing scientific paradigms suggests that:
A.Successive scientific paradigms can be fully translated into one another without any conceptual loss or semantic drift
B.Paradigms cannot be neutrally compared via a shared observational language because standards of evidence, definitions, and problem-fields are paradigm-dependent
C.All historical scientific theories were equally false and have contributed nothing to technological progress
D.Scientists easily switch paradigms based solely on definitive empirical crucibles
Explanation: Kuhn's incommensurability (공약불가능성) asserts that competing paradigms lack a neutral, objective observation language to evaluate their relative merits. Terms change meanings across paradigm shifts (e.g., 'mass' in Newtonian vs. Einsteinian physics), making direct comparative verification impossible.
10In classical Eastern philosophy, how does the Zhuangzi (장자) conceptualize the 'Transformation of Things' (물화, 物化) in the famous Butterfly Dream (호접지몽)?
A.As an ontological skepticism proving that sensory reality is a malicious illusion that must be escaped through suicide
B.As a fluid, non-dualistic realization where the rigid boundaries between self and world, dreamer and dream, dissolve into cosmic Dao (도)
C.As a strict Confucian moral commandment demanding filial piety toward ancestral spirits
D.As a legalistic justification for authoritarian punitive surveillance over civil subjects
Explanation: In the Butterfly Dream, Zhuang Zhou awakens unsure whether he was a man dreaming he was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he is Zhuang Zhou. This illustrates 'Wuhua' (물화, the transformation of things)—the dissolution of rigid artificial demarcations between subject and object, self and other, in the harmony of Dao.

About the KNPU Cadet First-Stage Exam Exam

The Korea National Police University cadet first-stage exam (경찰대학 신입생 모집 1차 시험) is the written university-administered filter for the four-year Asan cadet program. The 2025 admission notice, the 2026 prior-learning evaluation, and the 2027 first-stage paper posting keep the papers as Korean (독서, 문학; 45 items, 60 minutes), English (영어Ⅰ, 영어Ⅱ, no listening; 45 items, 60 minutes), and Mathematics (수학Ⅰ, 수학Ⅱ; 25 items, 80 minutes, including 5 short-answer items). Korean history is not a first-stage paper: it is a CSAT grade rule (grade 3 or better, with grade-based deduction from the converted CSAT score). Essay is not a first-stage paper. After the written cut (6× quota), candidates face medical, fitness, aptitude, and interview stages, then a 1,000-point final in which CSAT is 50%. OpenExamPrep provides an independent 100-question English four-option MCQ study bank weighted to those three first-stage papers. It is a study adaptation of a Korean collegiate entrance process, not an official KNPU translation and not a physical or interview simulation.

Exam sponsor: Korean National Police University (경찰대학 / KNPU). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

First stage (university-administered): 국어 독서·문학, 영어Ⅰ·Ⅱ, 수학Ⅰ·Ⅱ. Advancement is six times the track quota (6배수 / 600%). Second stage: medical exam, fitness test, aptitude test (interview material), and interview. Final 1,000 points: first stage 200 (20%), fitness 50 (5%), interview 100 (10%), school records 150 (15%), CSAT 500 (50%). CSAT uses Korean and mathematics standard scores (140 each), inquiry standard scores (80), English grade conversion, and Korean-history grade deduction (grade 4 or lower fails in the 2025 notice).

Time Limit

200 minutes of testing (Korean 60, English 60, Mathematics 80) inside an 08:30–13:30 sitting

Passing Score

Relative ranking: first-stage cut is 6× the track quota (tied last-place scores all advance). No published percentage pass mark.

Exam / Certification Fees

KRW 25,000 (2025 KNPU cadet notice 원서접수비/전형료; confirm current-cycle amount at application)

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Official sources

  • Korean National Police University (경찰대학) — cadet admission · Source checked 2026-09-20Administrator of the 경찰대학 신입생 모집 1차 시험. Application, notices, past papers, and objections are posted under 신입학 모집.
  • 2025 KNPU cadet admission notice (신입생 모집요강) PDF · Source checked 2026-09-20Official papers Korean 45/60 min, English 45/60 min (no listening), Mathematics 25/80 min including 5 short-answer items; 6x quota first-stage cut; KRW 25,000 fee; CSAT 500 points with Korean-history grade deduction; quota 50 (44 general, 3 rural, 3 Hanmaeum Mugunghwa).
  • 2026 KNPU prior-learning impact evaluation (선행학습 영향평가) · Source checked 2026-09-20Confirms 2026 first-stage subjects 국어/영어/수학, 45/45/25 items, 60/60/80 minutes, five-option MCQ, English without listening, mathematics with 5 short-answer items, scope 독서·문학 / 영어Ⅰ·Ⅱ / 수학Ⅰ·Ⅱ, and 600% first-stage selection.
  • 2027 first-stage papers and answer keys board · Source checked 2026-09-20KNPU posted 2027 first-stage Korean (period 1), English (period 2), and Mathematics (period 3) files. Korean history and essay are not first-stage papers in this cycle.
  • KNPU cadet admission FAQ · Source checked 2026-09-20States coeducational 50-cadet intake, age 17 to under 42 with military-service extension, CSAT required, and final 1,000-point mix of first-stage 20%, fitness 5%, interview 10%, school records 15%, CSAT 50%.
  • Korean National Police Agency (경찰청) · Source checked 2026-09-20National police authority. KNPU cadet selection remains a university admission at police.ac.kr, not a Cyber National Examination Center (gongmuwon.gosi.kr) civil-service sitting.

Our practice resources: topics covered

We aim to reflect publicly available exam outlines and topic information in our study resources. Coverage, format, and difficulty may differ from the actual exam, and we cannot guarantee that every detail is accurate or current. Confirm exam requirements, fees, and policies with the official exam sponsor.

39% of first-stage items (39 of 100 practice questions)

Korean Reading and Literature (국어: 독서, 문학)

Factual, inferential, and critical reading of nonfiction; argument claims and evidence; literary genre (서정, 서사, 극, 교술); speaker and point of view; imagery, meter, conflict, and theme. Scope is 독서 and 문학, not 화법과 작문 or 언어와 매체.

39% of first-stage items (39 of 100 practice questions)

English I and English II (영어Ⅰ, 영어Ⅱ)

Grammar and vocabulary knowledge plus factual, inferential, and integrative reading from English I and II. Official English has no listening section. This bank uses original English stems and four options; it is not an official five-option replica.

22% of first-stage items (22 of 100 practice questions)

Mathematics I and Mathematics II (수학Ⅰ, 수학Ⅱ)

Exponential and logarithmic functions, trigonometric functions, sequences, limits and continuity, derivatives, and integrals. Official mathematics includes 5 short-answer items; this bank uses worked four-option calculations covering the same 수학Ⅰ·Ⅱ topics.

Preparing for the KNPU Cadet First-Stage Exam Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Relative ranking: first-stage cut is 6× the track quota (tied last-place scores all advance). No published percentage pass mark.
  • Assessment: First stage (university-administered): 국어 독서·문학, 영어Ⅰ·Ⅱ, 수학Ⅰ·Ⅱ. Advancement is six times the track quota (6배수 / 600%). Second stage: medical exam, fitness test, aptitude test (interview material), and interview. Final 1,000 points: first stage 200 (20%), fitness 50 (5%), interview 100 (10%), school records 150 (15%), CSAT 500 (50%). CSAT uses Korean and mathematics standard scores (140 each), inquiry standard scores (80), English grade conversion, and Korean-history grade deduction (grade 4 or lower fails in the 2025 notice).
  • Time limit: 200 minutes of testing (Korean 60, English 60, Mathematics 80) inside an 08:30–13:30 sitting
  • Exam / certification fees: KRW 25,000 (2025 KNPU cadet notice 원서접수비/전형료; confirm current-cycle amount at application) Official sources

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KNPU Cadet First-Stage Exam: Suggested Study Strategy

1Treat the sitting as three timed papers, not one long quiz: 45 Korean items in 60 minutes, 45 English items in 60 minutes, and 25 math items in 80 minutes, including five official short-answer mathematics items.
2Stay inside 독서 and 문학 for Korean. 화법과 작문 and 언어와 매체 are CSAT options, not the KNPU first-stage scope published in the 2025 notice and 2026 evaluation.
3Drill 수학Ⅰ (exponential/log, trigonometry, sequences) and 수학Ⅱ (limits, derivatives, integrals) with written calculations. Calculators are prohibited in candidate notices.
4Practice English reading without a listening section. KNPU English measures grammar, vocabulary, and reading only.
5Plan CSAT in parallel. Final ranking is 50% CSAT, and Korean history is a CSAT grade-3 floor with deduction rather than a first-stage paper.
6Use this English four-option bank as concept practice. On test day you will mark five-option Korean answer sheets and write five mathematics short answers.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the KNPU cadet first-stage exam?

It is the written university-administered stage of Korea National Police University cadet admission (경찰대학 신입생 모집 1차 시험). Candidates sit Korean, English, and mathematics papers on one morning; a ranking cut of six times the track quota advances students to medical, fitness, aptitude, and interview stages.

Which papers are on the 2026 and 2027 first-stage sittings?

Korean (독서, 문학), English (영어Ⅰ, 영어Ⅱ, no listening), and Mathematics (수학Ⅰ, 수학Ⅱ). KNPU's 2026 prior-learning evaluation and the 2027 first-stage paper posting use those three papers. Korean history is a CSAT grade rule, not a first-stage paper. Essay is not a first-stage paper; interview is second-stage.

How many official items and how much time?

115 items and 200 minutes of testing: Korean 45 items in 60 minutes, English 45 items in 60 minutes, and Mathematics 25 items in 80 minutes. Mathematics includes 5 short-answer items. Each paper is 100 points. The sitting runs 08:30–13:30 with breaks between papers.

Is Korean history or an essay on the first-stage exam?

No. Korean history is required on the College Scholastic Ability Test (수능): at least grade 3, with grade-based deduction from the converted CSAT score and failure from grade 4 in the 2025 notice. Essay is not a first-stage paper. Interview scoring belongs to the second stage.

How does CSAT affect KNPU admission?

CSAT is 50% (500 of 1,000) of final ranking. The 2025 notice converts Korean and mathematics standard scores to 140 points each, inquiry (two social or science subjects, not vocational) to 80, English by grade (grade 1 = 140 down to grade 9 = 108), and Korean history by deduction. A CSAT floor of two areas at grade 2 or better also applies.

How does this OpenExamPrep bank relate to the official exam?

It is an independent English-language four-option MCQ study adaptation of the Korean collegiate first-stage process (독서·문학, 영어Ⅰ·Ⅱ, 수학Ⅰ·Ⅱ), including genuine math calculations. Official items are five-option Korean papers plus five mathematics short answers. This bank is not an official translation and does not simulate the medical, fitness, aptitude, or interview stages.