Permis PrêtTEFAQ: format of the listening test (60 questions?)
Figures taken from a manual dated January 2018: it may have been updated since.
Short answer : According to the e-TEFAQ candidate manual (CCI Paris Île-de-France, January 2018), the listening test has 4 sections and 60 multiple-choice questions and lasts 40 minutes. The audio starts automatically and cannot be paused.
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The four sections
| Section | Questions | What you are asked to do |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Match illustrations with spoken messages |
| 2 | 26 | Short messages: understand the gist and the context |
| 3 | 16 | Long messages: details, intentions, opinions |
| 4 | 10 | Recognise and tell apart sounds |
There are 2, 4 or 5 options depending on the question, with one correct answer. The e-TEFAQ has four modular tests: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
The audio documents
The manual lists dialogues, narratives, descriptions, phone messages, public announcements, radio extracts and interviews. The recording starts automatically, cannot be paused, and you cannot go back. Some documents play once and others twice; each instruction says which.
What our exercises cover
Our items work on sections 2 and 3: announcements, messages, dialogues, interviews and radio reports. We do not yet cover picture matching or sound discrimination (sections 1 and 4).
We cannot say whether the current number of questions is still 60: check with CCI Paris Île-de-France or your exam centre.
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Sources
General information fiche written on 2026-10-31 from documents consulted on 2026-10-25. Exams change: confirm with the organisation before you register or pay.