Policía Nacional Inspector 33: paper format and question 27

Which paper this guide covers

This guide analyses the reviewed edition in Cognik. Its source is an unofficial reproduction. Counts and timings describe that copy and do not predict a later exam.

The archived source is an unofficial reproduction for Inspector promotion 33, not Inspector Jefe and not a confirmed open-entry paper. It does not print an exam year, and we have not matched it to an official call. The promotion number alone cannot establish the year.

How many questions and parts are there?

The reproduction contains 40 mixed aptitude questions with five options each, followed by 30 questions on three instruction texts with four options each. Both parts ask for one answer per question.

Part 1 is numbered 1–40 and part 2 is numbered 51–80. There are no printed questions 41–50: the answer-sheet numbering does not make this an 80-question paper.

Which question types appear?

We grouped each question by its main task and counted it once. This is an editorial classification for planning practice, not an official syllabus or a breakdown of marks. The question numbers let you check each group in the archived edition.

This breakdown covers the 40 printed questions in part 1, including question 27, which Cognik does not score. Letter-to-number substitution is grouped with codes; seating and syllogisms with deduction; circle containment and folding with spatial tasks. The 30 text questions belong to part 2 and are not in this chart.

Editorial classification of the first 40 questions

Main task	Total	Numbers
Calculation and number patterns	15	3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 23, 26, 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 39
Letter and alphanumeric series	5	9, 14, 21, 29, 38
Word tasks	3	4, 24, 40
Codes and invented language	7	1, 6, 8, 19, 20, 25, 36
Deduction and relationships	5	7, 15, 16, 17, 27
Visual and character counting	2	32, 37
Folding and circle containment	3	2, 13, 30

Can you consult the three instruction texts?

Yes. Part 2 explicitly allows repeated consultation of each text and notes in the booklet. It tests finding and applying the stated instructions, not recalling a passage that has been taken away. In Cognik’s archived paper, the relevant text accompanies each question.

A useful reading map is: who acts, what they do, which document or code they use, where it goes and which exception changes the rule. These are instructions inside a practice paper, not current operational or legal guidance.

1. 51–60: border-control duties, stamp allocation and operational support.
2. 61–70: forms, custody and processing roles, destinations, deadlines and incident codes.
3. 71–80: allocation of investigations and offence codes within a judicial-police group.

How long does each part last?

The stated times are 22 minutes for part 1 and 17 for part 2: 39 minutes of working time in total, without adding any break or instruction-reading period. Dividing by the printed counts gives 33 seconds per question in part 1 and 34 in part 2, including reading the texts.

These are averages, not separate countdowns or a claim that every item takes the same time. For the text section, practise locating roles and exceptions before choosing an option; a quick reread can prevent mixing a custodian with a processor.

Original exercise: a deadline and an exception

This short procedure is original and is not taken from the paper. Before 14:00, Nora logs requests in R4; from 14:00 onwards, Omar logs them in R4. A request with no reference goes back to reception without being logged, whatever the time. That exception takes priority.

Question 27: why Cognik excludes it from scoring

The reproduction gives B for question 27. Cognik retains that source-key reference but marks the question invalid and excludes it from scoring because none of its options follows logically from the premises. This is Cognik’s documented editorial decision, not a verified official annulment by the examination board.

The gap is a quantifier error: knowing that some members of a broad group have a property does not locate those members inside a particular subgroup. Nor does a rule connecting two properties establish which subgroup members have either one. A possible scenario that satisfies every premise but falsifies a proposed conclusion is enough to reject it.

Original example: every box in tray T is blue (B), and at least one blue box has a seal (S). K and L are two different boxes. Each diagram below is a separate possible scenario, not an extra premise.

• Syllogism questions: all, some and none, with worked answers

Scores and answer-key cautions

Cognik keeps question 27 visible with an explanation and records the response, but counts it as neither correct, incorrect nor blank. The reviewed edition therefore scores 39 questions in part 1 and 30 in part 2: 69 in total. The printed numbering and the 22-minute first-part timer remain unchanged.

The reproduction says that errors are penalised. We have not verified an applicable official scoring formula or pass mark for this specific copy, so this guide gives neither. Cognik’s practice result is not an official examination mark or a prediction of passing.

What to practise from this paper

Use the paper to identify a skill to practise, then review why each tempting option fails. Cognik’s separate text-recall practice can use timed exposure; that is a different mode from this archived part, whose text stays available.

1. For codes, split the sequence into fixed groups before substitution. For symbol grids, solve the shared symbol values before evaluating the requested expression.
2. For seating and syllogisms, write down only what the conditions establish. Check spatial wording against the diagram, and use counterexamples instead of treating a plausible claim as necessary.
3. For the three texts, locate the exact role, destination, deadline or exception that supports the answer. Keep the Spanish alphabet, including Ñ, when checking the original Spanish letter-series items; other Cognik languages adapt language-dependent material.

• How to approach a number series
• How to solve letter series
• Cube net questions: opposite faces, rotations and worked examples

Sources and current exam information

Counts, timing, options and consultation rules were checked against the instructions and question inventory of the unofficial reproduction, and against Cognik’s reviewed-v1 archive. The source booklet is not redistributed here. The distribution is our editorial analysis; both worked exercises above are original.

For a current Policía Nacional process, consult its applicable official call and notices in the candidate portal. That portal is the official starting point, not evidence for dating this historical reproduction or for claiming an official annulment of question 27.

• Policía Nacional 2022 aptitude test: Básica 38
• Policía Nacional aptitude test: Subinspector promotion 26
• Policía Nacional aptitude test: Inspector Jefe promotion 25

• Policía Nacional candidate portal