NAPOLCOM exam general information reviewer, by topic.
General information rewards reading over reasoning. The items come from a small set of concrete sources: the PNP's own history and organisation, the laws that govern it (RA 6975, RA 8551 and RA 11200), the 1987 Constitution, the five pillars of the criminal justice system, and the Code of Conduct for public officials. Read those carefully once and you will recognise most items on sight. Each topic below has its own reviewer.
What this area tests
General information is the one area of the PNP Entrance Exam that is police-specific, and the one you can prepare for by reading. It draws on the laws that created and reformed the PNP, the Constitution, the pillars of the criminal justice system, and public-service ethics.
- The only police-specific area on the entrance exam, and the most studyable.
- RA 6975, RA 8551 and RA 11200 are the three laws every examinee should know cold.
- The 1987 Constitution and RA 6713 carry over from the Civil Service Exam, so prior review counts.
- Where most repeaters lose points they could have read for.
Topics in this area
NAPOLCOM Exam PNP History and Organisation Reviewer
The PNP history and organisation facts the NAPOLCOM exam tests: the 1991 merger of the PC and INP under RA 6975, NAPOLCOM's makeup and powers, and the PNP's structure.
NAPOLCOM Exam Police Laws Reviewer: RA 6975, RA 8551 and RA 11200
What the NAPOLCOM exam asks about RA 6975 (created the PNP), RA 8551 (qualifications, IAS, promotion) and RA 11200 (the ranks), with the tested sections and worked items.
NAPOLCOM Exam Philippine Constitution Reviewer
The Constitution items the NAPOLCOM exam asks: Article III rights on arrest, search, custodial investigation and bail, and Article XVI Section 6 on the police.
NAPOLCOM Exam Criminal Justice System Reviewer
The five pillars of the Philippine criminal justice system, the agency behind each, how a case moves through them, and the RA 6713 norms the NAPOLCOM exam pairs with it.
How to study this area
Start with the three laws, in order. RA 6975 (1990) created the PNP under the DILG and set out its powers, organisation and the NAPOLCOM's authority over it; RA 8551 (1998) reformed and reorganised it, and is where the qualification standards, the waiver rules and the Internal Affairs Service come from; RA 11200 (2019) renamed the ranks from the old PO1 to SPO4 and Inspector series to the Patrolman-to-General ladder used today. Read each act's declaration of policy and its sections on organisation and qualifications, and take short notes on the numbers: dates, minimum requirements, who appoints whom.
Then read the 1987 Constitution's Bill of Rights (Article III) and the provisions on the police (Article XVI, Section 6), and the overview of the five pillars of the criminal justice system: law enforcement, prosecution, courts, corrections and the community. Finish with RA 6713, the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials, which the exam treats as the ethics baseline for a future officer. Use active recall throughout: close the source and write what you remember, then check.
Common mistake. Treating general information as trivia to glance at. It is the opposite: a fixed body of material where reading converts almost directly into marks. The other three areas test skills you already have; this one tests whether you did the reading.
Recommended order
- 1
PNP history and organisation, with RA 6975 and RA 8551 — the core of the area.
- 2
Ranks under RA 11200 — short, high-frequency and easy to confuse with the old names.
- 3
The 1987 Constitution — the Bill of Rights first, then the provisions on the police.
- 4
The criminal justice system and RA 6713 — lighter reading that rounds the area out.
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