Algeria Police Constable Contest flashcards

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Date of Algerian independence

Independence was proclaimed on 5 July 1962, after the Evian Accords of March 1962 and the self-determination referendum of 1 July 1962. Algerians mark Revolution Day on 1 November, the start of the 1954 uprising.

Algeria's area and borders

Algeria is Africa's largest country, about 2.38 million km², mostly Sahara. It borders Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco and Western Sahara, with about 1,200 km of Mediterranean coastline.

Algerian Parliament structure

Parliament is bicameral: the People's National Assembly has 407 elected members, and the Council of the Nation has 174 members, partly elected by local assemblies and partly appointed by the President.

Algerian administrative divisions

The country is divided into wilayas (provinces) headed by a wali appointed by the President. Wilayas are subdivided into daïras and then communes (baladiyas), the basic territorial collectivity.

Algeria's main mountain ranges

The Tell Atlas runs along the coast and the Saharan Atlas lies inland, separated by the High Plateaus. In the far south, the Hoggar massif contains Mount Tahat, Algeria's highest point.

Algeria in OPEC

Algeria is an OPEC member, and hydrocarbons dominate its exports and budget revenue. Sonatrach is the state oil and gas company; the currency is the Algerian dinar, issued under the Banque d'Algérie.

Algeria's international memberships

Algeria belongs to the United Nations since 1962, the African Union, the Arab League, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Union for the Mediterranean, and has served on the UN Security Council.

Algerian national holidays

Fixed national observances include 1 May (Labour Day), 5 July (Independence Day) and 1 November (Revolution Day). Religious holidays such as Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow the lunar calendar.

Algerian population distribution

Algeria has more than 45 million inhabitants, most living in the northern coastal belt. The Sahara, though covering about four-fifths of the territory, is sparsely populated.

Past participle with être

With the auxiliary être, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject: elle est partie, ils sont venus. This rule applies to all être verbs and to pronominal verbs.

Past participle with avoir

With avoir, the past participle agrees only with a preceding direct object: les lettres que j'ai écrites. There is no agreement when the object follows or is indirect.

French homophones a and à

'A' without accent is the verb avoir (il a un livre); 'à' with grave accent is a preposition (il va à Alger). Confusing them is a frequent spelling error in dictation.

French subjunctive triggers

The subjunctive follows expressions of necessity, doubt, emotion and will, and conjunctions such as bien que, avant que, pour que and jusqu'à ce que: il faut que tu viennes.

French reported speech shifts

In reported speech, present becomes imperfect, passé composé becomes plus-que-parfait and future becomes conditional. Time markers shift: aujourd'hui becomes ce jour-là, demain becomes le lendemain.

Arabic sun and moon letters

With sun letters, the article's l assimilates to the following consonant: الشمس is pronounced ash-shams. With moon letters the l is pronounced: القمر is al-qamar.

Arabic case endings

Arabic nouns take nominative (ـُ), accusative (ـَ) and genitive (ـِ) endings. The accusative also marks direct objects and adverbs of time and place.

Arabic broken plural

Broken plurals change the internal vowel pattern of the singular rather than adding a suffix: كتاب becomes كتب. Sound plurals instead add ـون/ـين or ـات.

Arabic triliteral root system

Most Arabic words derive from three-consonant roots. From ك-ت-ب come كتاب (book), كاتب (writer), مكتب (office) and مكتوب (written), sharing a core meaning.

Arabic hamza forms

Hamza appears isolated (ء), on alif (أ), below alif (إ), on waw (ؤ) or on ya (ئ). The choice depends on the surrounding vowels and follows fixed orthographic rules.

Percentage increase versus decrease

A rise from 80 to 100 is a 25% increase, but a fall from 100 to 80 is a 20% decrease, because the base differs. Always divide by the original value.

Combined work rate formula

If worker A finishes a job in x hours and worker B in y hours, working together they need xy/(x+y) hours. Add the rates, then take the reciprocal.

Average speed calculation

Average speed equals total distance divided by total time, not the mean of the individual speeds. For equal distances at two speeds, use the harmonic mean.

Contrapositive in logic

'If P then Q' is equivalent to 'if not Q then not P'. The conditional is false only when P is true and Q is false; the converse is not equivalent.

Mean, median and mode

The mean is the sum divided by the count. The median is the middle value of an ordered list. The mode is the most frequent value; a list may have several modes.

Rule of law definition

Under the rule of law, public authorities are themselves bound by law. It requires independent courts, lawful administrative action, equality before the law and effective remedies for citizens.

Citizen duties in Algeria

Citizens must respect the Constitution and laws, pay taxes, defend the country, protect public property and the environment, and fulfil civic obligations such as jury or census duties where required.

Algerian judicial organisation

Ordinary courts include courts of first instance, courts of appeal and the Supreme Court. The Council of State hears administrative disputes, and the Constitutional Court reviews the constitutionality of laws.

Public service principles

Public administration must obey legality, ensure continuity of service, treat users equally, remain neutral and be accountable. These principles ground citizen claims against administrative decisions.

Police use-of-force rule

Force may be used only when lawful, necessary and proportionate to the threat. Officers must respect human dignity, never torture, and report any violation they witness.

Police endurance test training

Endurance improves through progressive overload, raising weekly volume by about 10%. Moderate running targets roughly 64–76% of maximum heart rate, estimated as 220 minus age.

Pre-test preparation rules

Sleep well, warm up 10–15 minutes, avoid heavy training in the 48 hours before the test, and eat a carbohydrate meal 2–3 hours before. Never use performance-enhancing substances.

Police medical fitness checks

The recruitment medical examination assesses vision, hearing, cardiovascular health, BMI and absence of chronic or infectious disease. Applicants must declare all medical history honestly to avoid later disqualification.