The Administrativo del Estado programme has 40 topics on Oposilab and touches almost all the administrative law a candidate can meet: Constitution, procedure, legal regime, public employment, transparency, data protection, equality, budgets, contracts and grants, plus ten office-software topics. These twenty questions come from the app's topic tests, one per topic, with the explanation and the article. They help locate the weak blocks before planning.
The exam you are practising for
Under the latest call (Resolution of 18 December 2025, BOE-A-2025-26262), the single exercise has two parts and 100 minutes for both: a first part of up to 70 questions (40 from blocks I to V and 30 from block VI, office software) plus 5 reserve, and a second part with a practical case chosen out of two, broken down into 20 multiple-choice questions. A one-third penalty per mistake in both parts and a minimum of 25 points out of 50 in each. The second part is not marked if you do not indicate the chosen case. How to prepare the case is in Administrativo del Estado practical case.
The 20 questions
Constitution and organisation of the State
1. Which of the following values is considered a higher value of the Spanish legal order?
- a)Liberty
- b)Security
- c)Tradition
- d)Military power
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Answer: a) The Spanish Constitution establishes that liberty is one of the higher values of its legal order. Art. 1 CE
2. Which fundamental right does the Spanish Constitution guarantee to every person?
- a)The right to life and to physical and moral integrity.
- b)The right to work and to housing.
- c)The right to education and to healthcare.
- d)The right to private property and to inheritance.
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Answer: a) The Spanish Constitution guarantees every person the right to life and to physical and moral integrity. Art. 15 CE
3. Which additional oath must the Crown Prince take that is not mentioned for the King?
- a)Loyalty to the Constitution
- b)Loyalty to the King
- c)Loyalty to the laws
- d)Loyalty to the citizens
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Answer: b) The Crown Prince must take the oath of loyalty to the King, in addition to the oath he shares with the King. Art. 61 CE
4. Which requirements must the jurists proposed by Congress and the Senate for the General Council of the Judiciary meet?
- a)More than ten years of experience
- b)Being serving judges
- c)More than fifteen years of professional practice
- d)Being members of the majority party
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Answer: c) The jurists must have more than fifteen years of professional practice and be of recognised competence. Art. 122 CE
5. What role does the Vice-President have within the composition of the Government?
- a)He is not part of the Government, he only advises the President.
- b)He is part of the Government together with the President and the Ministers.
- c)He is solely responsible for the defence of the State.
- d)He only takes part in the Government Delegated Committees.
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Answer: b) The Government is composed of the President, the Vice-President or Vice-Presidents, where applicable, and the Ministers. Art. 1 L 50/1997
Administrative procedure and legal regime
6. Which other rights may persons have besides those explicitly mentioned in Law 39/2015?
- a)Only the rights mentioned in the Law
- b)Any others recognised by the Constitution and the laws
- c)Rights invented by the administrations
- d)Rights granted by international bodies
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Answer: b) Persons may also have any other rights recognised by the Constitution and the laws, besides those mentioned in Law 39/2015. Art. 13 LPAC
7. What is the scope of the law regarding the institutional public sector?
- a)It regulates its organisation and operation for the development of its activities.
- b)It only sets rules for its funding.
- c)It excludes public business entities.
- d)It is limited to regulating labour relations within the public sector.
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Answer: a) The law regulates the organisation and operation of the institutional public sector linked to the General State Administration for the development of its activities. Art. 1 LRJSP
8. Within what period is the registration in the Inventory carried out after receiving the application?
- a)30 working days
- b)15 working days
- c)10 calendar days
- d)5 working days
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Answer: b) The registration is carried out within 15 working days following receipt of the application. Art. 83 LRJSP
9. Who sets the amount of compensation when the Constitutional Court declares abnormal operation in the processing of amparo appeals?
- a)The Ministry of Justice.
- b)The Council of Ministers.
- c)The Supreme Court.
- d)The Council of State.
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Answer: b) The Council of Ministers sets the amount of compensation in these cases. Art. 32 LRJSP
Transparency, data protection and equality
10. What happens if an entity receives most of its aid from one public administration?
- a)It must publish information on its own website
- b)It may use the electronic means of that administration
- c)It has no transparency obligations
- d)It must hire an external service to publish
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Answer: b) It may fulfil its transparency obligations using the electronic means of the administration that provides most of the aid. Art. 5 LTBG
11. Can a rule below the rank of law justify data processing based on a legal obligation or public interest under the article?
- a)No, it must be a rule with the rank of law or a European Union rule.
- b)Yes, any administrative rule is enough.
- c)Yes, if the data controller approves it.
- d)No, only consent can justify it.
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Answer: a) The article establishes that the basis must derive from a rule with the rank of law or from European Union law, excluding lower-ranking rules. Art. 8 LOPDGDD
12. What is considered direct discrimination on grounds of sex in relation to pregnancy or maternity?
- a)Any unfavourable treatment of women linked to pregnancy or maternity
- b)Any unfavourable treatment of men on grounds of paternity
- c)Equal treatment of pregnant and non-pregnant women
- d)Favourable treatment of pregnant women to protect their health
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Answer: a) Any unfavourable treatment of women related to pregnancy or maternity is considered direct discrimination, according to the article. Art. 8 LOI
13. In terms of prevention, which aspect must teacher training address?
- a)The prevention of conflicts and their peaceful resolution in every sphere of life
- b)Only the prevention of school conflicts
- c)The prevention of illness in the school environment
- d)The prevention of workplace accidents
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Answer: a) Training must include education in the prevention of conflicts and in their peaceful resolution in the personal, family and social spheres. Art. 7 LOVG
Public employment and risk prevention
14. Which of the following groups is part of the staff with their own specific legislation under the Statute?
- a)Civil servants of the constitutional bodies of the State and the statutory bodies of the autonomous communities.
- b)Administrative staff of town councils.
- c)Teaching staff of public universities.
- d)Social workers in public centres.
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Answer: a) The Statute expressly states that civil servants of the constitutional bodies of the State and the statutory bodies of the autonomous communities have their own specific legislation. Art. 4 TREBEP
15. Which entity has no representation on the General Negotiating Table of the Public Administrations?
- a)The Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces
- b)The Autonomous Communities
- c)The cities of Ceuta and Melilla
- d)The General Council of the Judiciary
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Answer: d) The General Council of the Judiciary has no representation on the General Negotiating Table. Art. 36 TREBEP
16. Which university degree is required to access the bodies or scales of Group A?
- a)A university Bachelor's degree or the one specifically required by law.
- b)A Higher Technician diploma.
- c)A Bachiller or Técnico diploma.
- d)Compulsory secondary education certificate.
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Answer: a) For Group A, a university Bachelor's degree is required or, where applicable, another university degree established by law. Art. 76 TREBEP
17. Can a collective agreement set conditions less favourable than those provided in this Law?
- a)No, the provisions of the Law are a compulsory minimum that cannot be lowered.
- b)Yes, as long as both parties agree.
- c)Only if the company is small.
- d)Yes, if it does not affect productivity.
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Answer: a) The Law sets a necessary minimum that cannot be reduced, so collective agreements cannot set less favourable conditions. Art. 2 LPRL
Budgets, contracts and grants
18. For what purposes may State Debt be used under the rules?
- a)To finance State expenditure or to build active treasury positions.
- b)To finance infrastructure investment only.
- c)To pay external debt only.
- d)To increase the State's tax revenue.
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Answer: a) State Debt is used to finance State expenditure or to build active treasury positions, without being limited to specific investments or payments. Art. 92 LGP
19. What must be done to avoid removing a contract from the application of award rules?
- a)Choose the simplest calculation method
- b)Choose the calculation method with the intention of reducing the value
- c)Not choose the calculation method with the intention of removing the contract
- d)Not include indirect costs in the calculation
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Answer: c) The choice of the method to calculate the estimated value must not be made with the intention of removing the contract from the application of award rules. Art. 101 LCSP
20. Under the General Grants Law, which of the following is NOT considered a grant?
- a)Contributory Social Security benefits
- b)Aid for projects of social interest
- c)Grants for cultural activities
- d)Educational scholarships
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Answer: a) Contributory Social Security benefits are not considered grants under the law. Art. 2 LGS
What to do with the results
If most of your mistakes are in budgets, contracts and grants, it is no coincidence: they are the blocks with the most articles per topic and the ones that feed the practical case. If they are in the Constitution or in procedure, the problem is usually precision (deadlines, bodies, exceptions) and is fixed with spaced repetition on the article, not by re-reading the topic. The ten office-software topics have their own test in office-software test for Auxiliar Administrativo, valid for both exams because the programme is the same: Windows 11 and Microsoft 365.
You can take these questions and those of every topic interactively, with the literal text of the article, in the Administrativo del Estado sample test.
- How many topics does Administrativo del Estado have?
- The Oposilab programme for Administrativo del Estado has 40 topics: 30 on constitutional and administrative law, public employment, budgets, contracts, grants and equality, and 10 on office software. The official programme is in the annex of the call published in the BOE.
- How many questions does the exam have?
- Under the 2025 call, up to 70 questions in the first part (plus 5 reserve) and a 20-question practical case in the second, with 100 minutes for both parts and a one-third penalty per mistake.
- Where do these questions come from?
- From the Oposilab topic tests, generated from the consolidated text of the laws in the programme and reviewed by block. Each one cites the article it is based on and, in the app, the citation opens the literal text.
- Are they useful for Auxiliar Administrativo?
- Those on the Constitution, Law 39/2015, Law 40/2015 and the TREBEP are, because those laws are common to both programmes. Those on budgets, contracts, grants, transparency and data protection are specific to Administrativo.
