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Chapter 1
The English Exam
In the present chapter we are going to list each administration and their respective English
evaluation tests.
For each administration, we are going to provide all necessary information candidates need
to take note of in order to understand exactly what kind of competition and
English level
is
required of them. For a complete and more comprehensive list of all the topics requested to
take this test, please refer to the next chapter, where all the main grammar content will be ex-
plained in full and in detail.
1.1 VFP4 (Air Force, Army, Navy)
The
VFP4
(Four-Year Voluntary Military Service) trainee to be is supposed to take an English
pre-selection multiple-choice test. This test is usually introduced by the release of a database
some time before the actual exam date. According to the CEFR
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, the English level assessed
is the
B2
. No further English examination is expected by this administration.
1.2 Army Marshal
Candidates who intend to take on the
Army Marshal
competition are supposed to take a pre-se-
lection multiple-choice exam (30 questions). The potential exam questions will be released some
time before the exam in a database. Although they are both composed of a multiple-choice test,
the CEFR level which the candidate for the Army Marshal is expected to reach is the
C1
level,
which is quite standard in many army organizations. No further English examination is expected.
1.3 Army Officer
The
Army Officer
will be expected to take a multiple-choice
C2
level English test (20 ques-
tions), whose possible questions will be released in a database. This kind of examination is
structurally similar to the aforementioned exams, although the grammar requirements may
substantially vary for the Army Officer compared to the Army Marshal. However, it will be
administered as a pre-selection test as well as the other organizations’ tests.
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Common European Framework of Reference for Languages