Questions and practice test for the temporary residence permit exam

Listening

1. Прослушайте тот же текст.

   Лучшее время отдыха на Байкале — это

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   • летоcorrect
   • осеньyour answerAutumn is not named either. Of the three seasons only one is in the recording, and that is the one to choose.
   • зимаyour answerWinter is not mentioned at all. Baikal is famous for its winter ice, but the recording does not say so — answer from the recording, not from general knowledge.

   The text says plainly: “It is better to go to Baikal in summer.” This tests supporting information — not in the opening line but in the middle. These are the questions where points are lost: everyone catches the main idea, then stops listening once the first answer arrives and misses the detail.

2. Прослушайте тот же текст.

   Озеро Байкал — самое

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   • холодное в миреyour answerNot said either. The option is plausible because Siberia suggests cold — but the answer must come from the recording.
   • глубокое в миреcorrect
   • тёплое в миреyour answerTemperature is not mentioned. The text says the water is clean and drinkable — a different property.

   The text: “It is the deepest lake in the world, the water is clean, you can even drink it.” Baikal really is the deepest lake on the planet — over 1600 metres. Note how a set of three questions is built: first the place, then the time, then the property. That is almost always the pattern, and knowing it keeps you from getting lost.

3. Прослушайте диалог.

   The text and the recording are ours, read by a speech synthesiser. At the exam the recording is read by announcers.

   Они разговаривают

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   • на почтеyour answerA post office sends parcels and letters; a transfer abroad with a commission is a bank service. “Send” appears in both — what decides is “transfer” and “commission”.
   • в банкеcorrect
   • в магазинеyour answerIn a shop you pay for goods; you do not send money to another person in another country. Check who pays whom — that separates a shop from a bank.

   The dialogue: “I want to send money to my family, to another country” — “A transfer abroad. Passport and the recipient’s card number.” The technique: listen for the service word (“transfer”, “account”, “deposit”, “commission”) — it names the place more precisely than anything else.

4. Прослушайте объявление.

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   В субботу в доме

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   • отключат горячую водуcorrect
   • отключат электричествоyour answerThe opposite is said about electricity: “Cold water and electricity work as usual.” This checks attention to negation: both what is cut off and what is not are named.
   • отключат холодную водуyour answerCold water is listed among what works as usual. It is the hot water that is cut off — listen to the adjective next to “water”; that is the answer.

   The announcement: “from nine in the morning until six in the evening the hot water in our building will be cut off… Cold water and electricity work as usual.” The technique: outage notices always have a second half — what is NOT cut off. That half is what the wrong options are built from.

5. Прослушайте начало диалога и выберите правильный ответ.

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   Что ответить?

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   • Спасибо, мне не нужно.your answerThat answers an offer of help, not a question about directions. Here help is being asked of you, not offered to you.
   • Садитесь на пятый автобус, три остановки.correct
   • Да, я тоже был там вчера.your answerThe sentence is grammatical, but it does not answer “how do I get there”: the person needs a route, not your story. The exam tests whether the reply fits, not whether it is a correct sentence.

   The question was “how do I get to the station?” The reply must contain a way to get there: transport, number, how far. The technique: before choosing, name to yourself WHAT is being asked of you — an address, a time, permission — and look for the option with that content.

6. Прослушайте текст и выполните задания 4–6.

   The text and the recording are ours, read by a speech synthesiser. At the exam the recording is read by announcers.

   Центры «Мои документы» работают

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   • почти в каждом городе Россииcorrect
   • только в Москве и Санкт-Петербургеyour answerNo city is named at all. This is a habit-driven guess — capitals first — but the text says “in almost every city”.
   • только в больших городахyour answerCity size is never mentioned. Listen to the whole phrase: “in almost every city in Russia” is not the same as “in the big ones”.

   The first sentence: “The ‘My Documents’ multifunctional centres operate in almost every city in Russia.” The technique: in a long text the answers come in order — the first question is about the opening, the last about the ending. On the second listen, track where you are in the text rather than chasing single words.

Рособрнадзор, демонстрационный вариант уровня 2 (2026). The question wording, answer options and audio come from there; the error analysis and explanations are ours.

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Reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar

1. Прочитайте: «Акция действует до конца месяца при покупке от 1000 рублей». Когда скидки не будет?

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   • Если покупка меньше 1000 рублейcorrect
   • Если покупать в выходныеyour answerDays of the week are not mentioned: there is one condition — the amount spent.
   • Если платить картойyour answerThe payment method is not mentioned, so it does not affect the offer.

   The preposition “от” sets a lower bound: from 1000 roubles means a thousand or more. A 900-rouble purchase does not qualify.

2. Прочитайте: «В поликлинике работает кабинет неотложной помощи. Приём без записи и без направления, круглосуточно». Когда туда можно обратиться?

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   • В любое время, если помощь нужна срочноcorrect
   • Только по записи через регистратуруyour answerIt says plainly: no appointment needed. That is exactly what distinguishes urgent care from scheduled visits.
   • Только в рабочие часы поликлиникиyour answer“Round the clock” means twenty-four hours, including nights and weekends.

   Urgent care operates without an appointment or referral, round the clock: it is for cases that cannot wait. Scheduled visits work differently — by appointment and in opening hours.

3. Прочитайте: «Заявление рассматривается в течение 30 календарных дней. При необходимости срок может быть продлён, о чём заявитель уведомляется». Сколько ждать?

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   • Обычно 30 дней, но срок могут продлить с уведомлениемcorrect
   • Ровно 30 дней, продление невозможноyour answerThe second sentence expressly allows extension. It is an exception, but a provided-for one.
   • Сколько угодно: срок не ограниченyour answerA period is given — thirty days — and extension requires notice. “As long as they like” contradicts both sentences.

   Thirty calendar days is the general period for consideration. Extension is possible but must be notified: silence past the deadline is grounds to ask in writing what happened to your application.

4. Прочитайте: «Оплата производится по реквизитам, указанным в квитанции. Оплата по чужим реквизитам не засчитывается». Что это значит?

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   • Платить надо строго по своей квитанцииcorrect
   • Можно заплатить за друга по его квитанцииyour answerQuite the opposite: a payment on someone else’s details is not counted — the money goes to the wrong account.
   • Реквизиты у всех одинаковыеyour answerIf they were identical, no warning would be needed. The details differ — that is the point of the notice.

   Each payment has its own details, and money sent to the wrong ones must be recovered by application. With a work permit such a mistake means the payment does not count while the clock keeps running.

5. Прочитайте объявление: «Уважаемые жильцы! 15 марта с 9:00 до 17:00 горячей воды не будет. Приносим извинения».

   Что произойдёт 15 марта?

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   • Повысят плату за водуyour answerPayment is not mentioned. The notice is about a temporary cut-off, not about tariffs.
   • Отключат горячую воду на деньcorrect
   • Отключат электричествоyour answerElectricity is not mentioned. Read what is written, not what usually happens.

   The notice says outright: no hot water from 9:00 to 17:00. Such notices are posted in entrance halls and must be understood quickly. The reading technique at this level: find WHAT, WHEN and FOR HOW LONG. Here: hot water, 15 March, eight hours.

6. В анкете есть строка «Семейное положение». Что в ней пишут?

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   • Количество детейyour answerChildren have their own line. Marital status is only about marriage.
   • Женат, замужем, холост или не замужемcorrect
   • Имя и фамилия супругаyour answerA spouse's name is asked on its own line where needed. Marital status records only the state itself.

   “Marital status” asks whether you are married. A man writes “женат” or “холост”, a woman “замужем” or “не замужем”. The word is chosen by gender, which is exactly where mistakes happen. Only a registered marriage counts.

7. Вы опаздываете на приём к врачу на 20 минут. Какое сообщение в регистратуру будет уместным?

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   • «Задержите очередь, я скоро буду»your answerAsking them to hold the queue puts other patients out and sounds like a demand rather than a request.
   • «Опоздаю»your answerOne word is not enough: the desk does not know who you are, which doctor you booked, or for what time.
   • «Здравствуйте! Я записан на 14:00 к терапевту, опаздываю примерно на 20 минут. Смогу ли я попасть на приём?»correct

   A useful message carries three things: who you are and what you booked, what has happened, and what you are asking for. Without the first they cannot find you on the list; without the third they cannot tell what you want.

8. Выберите верную форму: «Я пришёл … справкой».

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   • заcorrect
   • дляyour answer“Для” shows purpose of use (“для работы”), not the reason for coming. You go “за” something to fetch it.
   • сyour answer“Со справкой” means you already have the certificate. But the person came to collect one.

   “За” plus the instrumental means the goal of fetching something: пришёл за справкой, за документами. “С” means the item is already with you.

9. Выберите верную форму: «Мне нужно … к врачу».

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   • записатьсяcorrect
   • записатьyour answer“Записать” acts on someone else: записать ребёнка, записать номер. For yourself you use “записаться”.
   • записалсяyour answerAfter “нужно” comes the infinitive: нужно записаться. “Записался” is an action already done.

   The particle “-ся” shows the action is directed at oneself: записаться, зарегистрироваться, устроиться. Without it the action is aimed at someone else.

10. Что означает слово «пошлина»?

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    • Обязательный платёж государству за юридическое действиеcorrect
    • Плата за работу посредникаyour answerAn agent is paid under a contract with them; the duty goes to the state budget and is set by law.
    • Штраф за нарушениеyour answerA fine punishes a violation; a duty is paid for an ordinary lawful act: issuing a document, registering something.

    A state duty is a payment to the budget for an act performed by the state: issuing a document, registering, considering an application. Its amount is fixed by law and the same for everyone.

11. Выберите верную форму: «Документы готовы. Их можно забрать … понедельника».

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    • сcorrect
    • отyour answer“От” is not used with a day to mark the start of a period: “от понедельника” sounds wrong.
    • вyour answer“В понедельник” means one particular day, but the question is about the start of an ongoing period.

    The start of a period takes “с”: с понедельника, с первого числа, с девяти утра. The end takes “до”: до пятницы, до 18:00.

12. Выберите правильный вариант: «Я живу ___ Москве уже два года».

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    • вcorrect
    • наyour answerCity names take “в”: в Москве, в Казани. “На” does not go with cities.
    • кyour answer“К” answers “to where, to whom” and denotes movement. It does not suit a place of residence.

    City names in Russian take the preposition “в”: в Москве, в Санкт-Петербурге. There are almost no exceptions; “на” is not used with cities. “На”, however, goes with open spaces and some island names: на площади, на вокзале, на Камчатке. The в/на pairs simply have to be learnt as a list.

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Russian history

1. В каком веке образовалось государство Русь?

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   • В XII векеyour answerBy the twelfth century Rus had existed for several centuries and was breaking up into separate principalities. The state was founded much earlier.
   • В IX векеcorrect
   • В XV векеyour answerIn the fifteenth century a new, unified state was forming around Moscow. That is the unification of Rus centuries later, not its foundation.

   The state of Rus takes shape in the ninth century, centred on Novgorod and Kiev. Then come the key dates: 988 for the Christianisation of Rus, the fifteenth century for unification around Moscow, 1612 for the end of the Time of Troubles. Remember the order of events, not just the centuries.

2. При каком князе произошло крещение Руси в 988 году?

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   • При Иване Грозномyour answerIvan the Terrible ruled in the sixteenth century, six hundred years after the conversion. He was the first to take the title of tsar.
   • При Петре Iyour answerPeter I ruled at the turn of the eighteenth century. Under him Russia became an empire; it did not adopt Christianity then.
   • При князе Владимиреcorrect

   In 988 Prince Vladimir adopted Christianity and baptised Rus. This is one of the few questions asking for both a date and a name — learn them together: 988 and Vladimir.

3. При каком правителе завершилась зависимость русских земель от Орды?

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   • При Иване IIIcorrect
   • При Дмитрии Донскомyour answerDmitry Donskoy won the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380, but the dependence lasted another hundred years.
   • При Иване Грозномyour answerIvan the Terrible was Ivan III's grandson. The state expanded eastwards under him, but the Horde dependence had ended before he was born.

   Under Ivan III (Ivan the Great) the Russian lands gathered around Moscow, and in 1480, after the standoff on the Ugra river, dependence on the Horde ended. The double-headed eagle appeared on the state seal at the same time. The Battle of Kulikovo in 1380 was an important victory but not the end of dependence — two different events that are often confused.

4. Кто возглавил народное ополчение, освободившее Москву в 1612 году?

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   • Суворов и Кутузовyour answerSuvorov and Kutuzov were commanders of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, almost two hundred years after the Time of Troubles.
   • Минин и Пожарскийcorrect
   • Пётр I и Меншиковyour answerPeter I was born half a century after the Time of Troubles and had nothing to do with the liberation of Moscow in 1612.

   The Time of Troubles in the early seventeenth century was a period of collapsed authority and foreign intervention. In 1612 a popular militia led by Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky liberated Moscow, and in 1613 Mikhail Romanov was elected tsar. The Day of National Unity on 4 November commemorates these events — so the date of the holiday is itself the hint.

5. Кто такой Александр Васильевич Суворов?

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   • Первый российский императорyour answerThe first emperor was Peter I. Suvorov was a military commander, not a ruler.
   • Учёный, создавший периодическую таблицуyour answerThe periodic table was created by Dmitry Mendeleev. Suvorov had nothing to do with science.
   • Полководец, не проигравший ни одного сраженияcorrect

   Alexander Suvorov was a commander of Catherine II's era who never lost a battle. Under Catherine II Russia expanded greatly to the south, and she herself ruled for over thirty years. Tie the names to their fields: Suvorov to the army, Mendeleev to science, Pushkin to literature.

6. С какой страной Россия воевала в Отечественной войне 1812 года?

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   • С Франциейcorrect
   • С Германиейyour answerRussia fought Germany in the First World War and the Great Patriotic War. Both are twentieth-century wars, not 1812.
   • Со Швециейyour answerRussia fought Sweden under Peter I, at the start of the eighteenth century — a hundred years earlier.

   In 1812 Russia fought France: Napoleon's army entered the country and reached Moscow but was defeated. The main battle was Borodino, with Mikhail Kutuzov commanding the Russian army. There are two Patriotic Wars and they are constantly confused: 1812 against France, and 1941–1945, the Great Patriotic War, against Germany.

7. Что отменил император Александр II в 1861 году?

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   • Монархиюyour answerThe monarchy in Russia ended in 1917 under Nicholas II. Alexander II was himself an emperor.
   • Крепостное правоcorrect
   • Налоги для крестьянyour answerTaxes were not abolished. The reform freed peasants from personal dependence on the landowner; the payments remained.

   In 1861 Alexander II abolished serfdom: peasants ceased to be the property of landowners. It is the best known of his reforms, followed by judicial, local-government and military ones. Alexander II is called the Liberator, and the nickname is a useful hint in the exam.

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Fundamentals of law

1. Сколько дней в течение 180 суток может находиться в России иностранный гражданин из безвизовой страны без патента, РВП или вида на жительство?

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   • 180 днейyour answer180 is the length of the period over which the count is kept, not the stay allowed within it.
   • 90 днейcorrect
   • 30 днейyour answerThirty days is the registration deadline for EAEU citizens, not the length of stay.

   The 90-in-180 rule: without a patent, temporary residence permit or residence permit you may stay no more than ninety days in total within any 180-day period. Leaving and returning at once does not help — the count is by days, not by entries. Citizens of the EAEU states have their own rules under the Union treaty.

2. Иностранный гражданин с РВП устроился на работу в другом регионе, не в том, где ему выдано разрешение. Это нарушение?

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   • Да, работать и жить нужно в том регионе, где выдано РВПcorrect
   • Нет, если работодатель согласенyour answerThe employer\u2019s consent does not override the law: the regional rule is set by statute, not by contract.
   • Нет, РВП действует по всей странеyour answerThe permit is issued for a specific region of Russia, and that is stated in the permit itself.

   A temporary residence permit is valid in the region of Russia where it was issued: that is where you must live and work — federal law 115-FZ, article 11. There are exceptions, set out in a separate list of occupations and situations, but by default the regional restriction applies. A breach brings a fine, and a repeat can cost you the permit.

3. Что заполняет иностранный гражданин при въезде в Россию в безвизовом порядке?

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   • Трудовой договорyour answerAn employment contract is signed with an employer inside Russia when you take a job. It has nothing to do with entry.
   • Миграционную картуcorrect
   • Заявление на гражданствоyour answerA citizenship application is filed years later under a separate procedure. It is not completed at the border.

   On visa-free entry you fill in a migration card. It states the purpose of entry, and that matters more than it seems: if it says “private” or “tourism”, you cannot work on a patent — the purpose must be “work”. Keep the card for your whole stay and present it with your passport.

4. Что даёт разрешение на временное проживание (РВП)?

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   • Российское гражданствоyour answerA temporary residence permit is neither citizenship nor a residence permit. It is the first step, followed by permanent residence and only then citizenship.
   • Право работать без каких-либо документовyour answerThe right to work and the right to reside are different things. A temporary residence permit gives grounds to live in the country; it does not remove the rules on employment.
   • Право законно проживать в России в течение срока действия разрешенияcorrect

   A temporary residence permit gives the right to live in Russia lawfully for its period of validity. It is the first of three steps: temporary residence, then permanent residence, then citizenship. Each step is a separate procedure with its own exam and requirements, and none can be skipped.

5. Какой документ подтверждает, что иностранный гражданин встал на миграционный учёт?

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   • Отрывная часть бланка уведомления о прибытииcorrect
   • Миграционная картаyour answerThe migration card confirms entry, not registration. They are two different documents and an inspection asks for both.
   • Трудовой договорyour answerAn employment contract confirms your job, not your place of stay. Registration is by address, not by employer.

   Registration is confirmed by the detachable stub of the arrival notification, handed to you with a stamp. Keep three documents together: passport (identity), migration card (entry) and the stub (registration). An inspection asks for exactly this set, and missing any one of the three causes trouble.

6. По какой причине разрешение на временное проживание может быть аннулировано?

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   • Из-за смены работыyour answerChanging employer is not in itself a ground for cancellation, though the notification rules still apply.
   • Из-за сообщения о себе заведомо ложных сведенийcorrect
   • Из-за переезда в другой район городаyour answerMoving within the same city requires updating your registration details but does not cancel the permit.

   The grounds for cancelling a temporary residence permit are listed in law, and the first is giving knowingly false information about yourself when applying. Hence the practical rule: write what is true on the form, not what seems convenient. False information surfaces later, and then you lose both the permit and the time spent on it.

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