Our methodology

1. We start from the public lists

The starting point is the official lists of knowledge questions, published by the ministry and free for everyone. These question texts are public, under the Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 open licence. We never sell access to these questions: they are yours, for free.

2. Our own answers and explanations

From each question, we write our own answer options and our own explanations. This work is original: we choose plausible distractors and explain why the correct answer is correct, in simple words.

3. Checking by an independent judge

Each explanation then goes through a validation step: an independent automated judge checks that it is consistent with the official sources. We rely on the livret du citoyen (citizen's booklet), service-public.fr, vie-publique.fr and Légifrance. If an explanation does not hold up against the source, it is discarded, not patched up.

The result: every explanation carries a citation to an official source. You can always check for yourself. The full list is on our sources page.

4. Explanations at three levels (A2, B1, B2)

People preparing for the exam don't all have the same level of French. So we write each explanation at three language levels: A2 (very simple, for the carte de séjour pluriannuelle), B1 (for the carte de résident) and B2 (for naturalisation). You choose the level where you understand best.

5. The mises en situation are our original work

The exam also contains mises en situation (small everyday-life scenarios). The ministry does not publish these mises en situation. We therefore cannot reproduce them: we write new, original ones, in the same spirit and the same format as the real exam, to train you.

What we don't do

• No hidden or paid “real exam questions”: the knowledge questions are public and free.
• No explanation without a verifiable source.
• No made-up pass rate: we only publish figures our data supports.