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1What principally governs a titularized Senegalese civil servant's relationship with the State?
A.An individually negotiated commercial mandate
B.A statutory and regulatory position
C.A collective agreement replacing the public statute
D.A private partnership agreement
Explanation: The general statute places the official in a statutory and regulatory position. Rights and duties arise from the applicable public texts rather than an individually negotiated private contract.
2Which entry must be excluded from an official's personnel dossier under the general civil service statute?
A.The appointment decision
B.A recorded promotion
C.A statement of the official's religious opinions
D.A written disciplinary decision
Explanation: The statute excludes references to political, philosophical and religious opinions from the individual dossier. Administrative career documents and lawful written decisions belong to a different category.
3An official is called before the conseil de discipline. Which preparation best protects the statutory rights of defense?
A.Disclose only the proposed sanction
B.Allow a response only after the final decision
C.Substitute an anonymous oral summary for access to the file
D.Communicate the complete dossier and annexes and allow the official to prepare a defense with chosen assistance
Explanation: The statute provides access to the complete dossier and annexes and permits observations, witnesses and a defender of the official's choice. These safeguards allow a meaningful response to the alleged facts.
4An official obtains nonpublic service documents through work. A friend asks for copies for private use. No rule or competent authorization permits disclosure. Which statutory duty is directly relevant?
A.Professional discretion concerning service information
B.Annual leave entitlement
C.Advancement by seniority
D.The right to request secondment
Explanation: The general statute imposes professional discretion concerning documents, facts and information learned through official duties. A friend's request does not supply a lawful basis for disclosure.
5An official sends an unequivocal written resignation request but leaves before the competent authority accepts it. Which assessment is sound?
A.Sending the request alone necessarily ends service
B.The statutory requirement of acceptance has not been satisfied
C.Any absence automatically counts as accepted resignation
D.A colleague's agreement substitutes for the competent authority
Explanation: A resignation request and its acceptance are distinct legal steps under the statute. Leaving without an effective release can raise a separate service-discipline issue.
6A manager finds compliance with a superior legal rule inconvenient. What follows from the principle of administrative legality?
A.A service instruction may always override a statute
B.Operational convenience supplies legislative competence
C.The decision must respect the applicable superior norms
D.The rule binds users but never administrative authorities
Explanation: Administrative action remains constrained by the hierarchy of norms and the authority's legal competence. A management preference cannot itself displace a governing statute.
7A section dossier states: 'Le contrôle relève des services de l'État. La commune assure l'exécution du projet dans le cadre de ses compétences.' Which reading preserves the allocation of roles?
A.The State executes every municipal task
B.The commune is exempt from all control
C.The commune may exercise any national sovereign competence
D.State control and municipal execution are distinct functions
Explanation: The text assigns control to State services and execution to the commune within its competence. A synthesis should preserve those distinctions rather than infer unlimited municipal power or total State substitution.
8Two dossier documents give different project completion rates and use different reporting dates. Before writing a section synthesis, what is the strongest analytical response?
A.Compare definitions, dates and supporting records before treating the figures as contradictory
B.Select whichever figure supports the preferred conclusion
C.Average the percentages without examining their denominators
D.Delete both figures and describe the project as successful
Explanation: Different dates or definitions can explain apparent inconsistencies. A reliable synthesis identifies the basis and limitations of each figure before drawing a conclusion.
9Why distinguish publication of a general regulatory act from notification of an individual decision?
A.Only publication can ever communicate any administrative decision
B.The publicity method should fit the act's general or individual scope and applicable legal rules
C.Notification automatically turns an individual decision into a regulation
D.Neither method matters once an internal draft exists
Explanation: General rules and decisions addressed to identified persons raise different publicity requirements. An internal draft should not be confused with an act made opposable through the required formalities.
10A transfer of State competence to a territorial collectivity creates additional operating costs. Which issue must the accompanying financial analysis address?
A.Whether the collectivity should lose its legal personality
B.Whether every local tax must first be abolished
C.The resources corresponding to the transferred responsibility
D.Whether transferred duties may be ignored when costly
Explanation: The territorial code links transfers of competence with corresponding resources. Assessing the funding implications helps distinguish a real transfer from an unfunded assignment.

About the ENA Cycle A Professionnel Exam

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Exam sponsor: École nationale d'Administration (ENA), Sénégal. The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

2026: admissibility comprises culture générale (4h, coefficient 1), public law/political economy/public management elective (4h, coefficient 1), and selected-section paper (4h, coefficient 2). Admission comprises a note de synthèse on a second section subject (4h, coefficient 2) and oral interview (coefficient 3: 30-minute preparation, 10-minute presentation, 15-minute questioning). French route. No separate entrance coursework, portfolio or field practical is prescribed in this programme.

Time Limit

Four written papers, 4h each; interview 30+10+15 minutes.

Passing Score

At least 10/20 for admissibility and admission within places; any concours mark <=8/20 is eliminatory (Article 38).

Exam / Certification Fees

16,200 FCFA

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5 of 25 practice items (20%)

Civil service law

Status, records, defense rights, professional discretion and resignation.

5 of 25 (20%)

Public law and administrative action

Legality, administrative publicity, territorial powers and public order.

7 of 25 (28%)

Public financial management

Gross budgeting, performance, AE/CP, liquidation and settlement.

5 of 25 (20%)

Public policy and management

Development appraisal, performance agreements, efficiency and PPP risk.

3 of 25 (12%)

Dossier and argument skills

French role interpretation, evidence reconciliation and reasoned oral claims.

Preparing for the ENA Cycle A Professionnel Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: At least 10/20 for admissibility and admission within places; any concours mark <=8/20 is eliminatory (Article 38).
  • Assessment: 2026: admissibility comprises culture générale (4h, coefficient 1), public law/political economy/public management elective (4h, coefficient 1), and selected-section paper (4h, coefficient 2). Admission comprises a note de synthèse on a second section subject (4h, coefficient 2) and oral interview (coefficient 3: 30-minute preparation, 10-minute presentation, 15-minute questioning). French route. No separate entrance coursework, portfolio or field practical is prescribed in this programme.
  • Time limit: Four written papers, 4h each; interview 30+10+15 minutes.
  • Exam / certification fees: 16,200 FCFA Official sources

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ENA Cycle A Professionnel: Suggested Study Strategy

1Study the exact selected-section programme and the second subject used for synthesis.
2Use full French writing and oral exercises alongside conceptual MCQs.
3Distinguish legal compliance, service outcomes and resource efficiency.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this cover every professional section?

No. The official competition requires the candidate's selected section and a synthesis on a second section subject. Our limited bank concentrates on common public-law/public-management foundations and Administration générale context; other section subjects need separate study.

Are these official percentage weights?

No. Official admissibility coefficients are 1, 1 and 2; admission coefficients are 2 and 3. The displayed percentages describe only this small practice selection.

Who can apply?

ENA requires hierarchy B or above, at least five effective service years in the relevant hierarchies, authorization and at most 53 years at opening subject to statutory exceptions; consult its current page for the complete conditions.