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CONCURSO PMMA E CBMMA: DICAS IMPORTANTES SOBRE OS CONTEÚDOS DA PROVA!

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Main ideas and lessons (by exam section)

1) Portuguese (CESP / Cebrasp)

  • CESP question style: more objective than some other boards (e.g., less “beating around the bush” than FGV).

  • Highest-weight focus:

    • Text interpretation
    • Sentence/paragraph rewriting
    • Meaning preservation checks after swapping terms.

  • What to study in depth for “rewriting” questions:

    • Grammatical coherence
    • Connectives (textual linking)
    • Referencing (what pronouns/terms refer to)
    • Word substitution (synonyms/term changes without breaking meaning)
    • Punctuation

  • Other frequently appearing topics (not the primary focus, but important):

    • Verb and noun agreement
    • Coordination vs. subordination relationships
    • Verb government
    • Word-class usage (especially verb tenses and moods)
    • Word meaning and sentence reorganization
    • Spelling and orthography checks, including:
      • accentuation
      • pronoun placement
      • formality level

  • Time allocation recommendation:

    • Dedicate ~50% of study time to text interpretation
    • Split the remaining time between:
      • syntax
      • sentence rewriting

2) Brazilian History (and Maranhão History) — what to prioritize

  • General claim about CESP: tends to use specific recurring themes rather than broad “everything” history/geography lists.

  • History of Brazil themes highlighted (based on recent patterns):

    • Vargas era (1930–1964 context)
    • Military regime
    • Redemocratization period
    • Comparisons of collective rights vs. individual rights across time in constitutions

  • Top priority recommendation (per speaker):

    • Focus on the democratic period (1945–1964)
    • Study JK government
    • Study Getúlio Vargas government
    • Study “café com leite” (coffee-with-milk) politics

  • Indigenous people and Black people in Brazil’s formation:

    • Suggested as a likely question area due to “racial issues” framing.

  • Maranhão History topics mentioned as likely:

    • Balaiada revolt
    • Beckman revolt
    • Founding of São Luís
    • Battle of Guaxenduba
    • Independence of Maranhão
    • Maranhão’s adherence to Brazil’s independence
    • 1930 revolution
    • Also referenced:
      • Grão-Pará-related issue
      • Maranhão trade company
      • Republican period
      • Dutch invasion
    • Possible but less likely/“further away” topic: Chief captains of Maranhão

  • Evidence approach suggested:

    • Review past exam patterns (they mention the last Maranhão exam in 2017 as reference) because similar content may recur.

3) Geography (Brazilian and Maranhão) — what to prioritize

  • Brazilian Geography approach described:

    • CESP “doesn’t charge” what’s purely in standard geography textbooks.
    • Instead, it focuses on current-events-like geography, such as:
      • industrialization
      • urbanization
      • migration flows (North/Northeast → Southeast)
      • transportation
      • natural resources
      • railroads (presented as largely obsolete today; only some private use)

  • Study guidance for Geography:

    • Prioritize the scenario in Maranhão
    • Study the agricultural frontier
    • Study demographics
    • Study the economy types of North/Northeast (possible question framing)

  • Maranhão Geography approach described:

    • More aligned with traditional textbook content:
      • vegetation
      • climate
      • relief
      • rivers
    • Also emphasized:
      • Maranhão rivers that flow to the sea
      • Economy and agriculture
      • Maranhão’s connections with Tocantins, Pará, and Piauí
    • Recommendation:
      • Be ready for questions comparing economies (study those inter-regional aspects)

4) PMMA legislation (Military Police of Maranhão) — key topics and strategy

  • Speaker’s stance: legislation is one of the most important subjects for the PMMA/PM exam.

  • Recurring topic areas explicitly listed:

    • Rights
    • Duties
    • Hierarchy and discipline
    • Leaves of absence
    • Promotions
    • Disciplinary infractions
    • Penalties (linked to infractions)

  • Law recommendation (explicit):

    • Study Law 14.751 of 2023 (called “national organic law” for Military Police and Fire Department).

  • AI-based question generation methodology (detailed bullet format):

    • Take the text of Law 14.751/2023
    • Feed the law into an artificial intelligence system
    • Ask the AI to generate a large set of true/false questions based on that law, for example:
      • 50 questions
      • or 60 questions
      • or 100 questions
    • Goal stated: create practice even if the platform doesn’t already have those exact questions

5) Computer Science (informática) — what to expect and what to ignore

  • Exam similarity claim: entrances for

    • Military Police
    • Municipal Guards
    • Civil Police (investigator and clerk) are said to be very similar

  • Topics described as included:

    • Basics:
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Internet
      • Web browsers
    • More depth:
      • information security
      • cloud computing

  • What to ignore for Maranhão PMMA (per speaker):

    • No “heavy” computer science:
      • no heavy IT
      • no heavy programming
    • Don’t rely on other exams with heavier computer science (e.g., “Federal Police” style questions to forget)

  • Concrete skill examples mentioned:

    • Distinguishing:
      • files vs. folders
      • what a backup is (and how it helps recover a file)
    • Understanding:
      • what Google Drive is
    • Browser comparison traps:
      • confusing functions/features across browsers (e.g., mixing Firefox vs Chrome)
    • Hard question strategy:
      • If a particularly difficult question appears, many may miss it anyway—practice comparison knowledge

  • Possible specific advanced question types mentioned:

    • Could involve networking
    • Could involve LibreOffice

6) Firefighter exam (Corpo de Bombeiros) — focus areas and extra recommendations

  • How it differs from PM:

    • Firefighter includes:
      • basic first aid
      • basic firefighting
      • fire safety
      • panic prevention

  • Study approach suggestion (comparison offered by speaker):

    • Option A: search online materials for those topics
    • Option B: use video lessons + AI answering questions
    • Reasoning: these topics are less common in many competitive exams, so content is harder to find

  • Additional emphasized subjects (firefighter):

    • Logical-mathematical reasoning (can include ~10 questions and “trip up a lot of people”)
    • English (also mentioned as important)

  • Other subjects:

    • Said to be practically the same as the PM exam aside from firefighter-specific topics

Speakers / sources featured (identified in subtitles)

  1. Natanael (host/other person mentioned; dialogue partner, referenced multiple times)
  2. Speaker/host (unnamed) (main voice giving the advice)
  3. CESP / Cebrasp (exam board referenced as a source of question style/coverage)
  4. FGV (referenced as a comparison point for question style)
  5. Law 14.751/2023 (Brazilian legal source recommended for study)
  6. FINCO (mentioned as part of where the law could be studied; referenced without further context)
  7. Meu Estudo Inteligente platform (study scheduling platform linked/mentioned)
  8. Caveira project (prep course/option mentioned)
  9. AI system / Artificial Intelligence (used as a methodology tool; not a person/source identity)

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