Citizenship Practice Test

How this list was compiled: Question wording and accepted answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, "128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version)", form M-1778 (09/25), https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf , checked 2026-09-19. Office holders (questions 30, 38, 39 and 57) and the lookup pointers for questions 23, 29 and 61: USCIS, Check for Test Updates, https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/check-for-test-updates (page last reviewed 09/18/2025), checked 2026-09-19. Who takes this version and how it is scored: USCIS, 2025 Civics Test, https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/naturalization-test-and-study-resources/2025-civics-test , checked 2026-09-19. Amendment numbers and ratification years used in our notes: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27 , checked 2026-09-19. Nine seats since the Judiciary Act of 1869 (note to question 53): Supreme Court of the United States, https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx , checked 2026-09-19. The official study materials for both test versions are on the USCIS page Study for the Test, https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/study-for-the-test , and the official USCIS practice test (2008 version) is at https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/civics-practice-test-2008 , both checked 2026-09-19. Licence: Own work built on a public-domain U.S. government text. The question wording and the accepted answers quoted in each explanation are the USCIS list, a work of the U.S. government, copied word for word. The answer choices, the short notes that open each explanation and the multiple-choice format were written for this site; the real test is oral and has no answer choices.

How this list was compiled: Question wording and accepted answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, "Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version)", rev. 08/21, https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/OoC_100_Questions_2008_Civics_Test_V1.pdf , checked 2026-09-19. Changeable answers (questions 28, 29, 39, 40, 46 and 47) and the lookup pointers for questions 20, 23 and 43: USCIS, Check for Test Updates, https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/check-for-test-updates (page last reviewed 09/18/2025), checked 2026-09-19. Who takes this version (Form N-400 filed before October 20, 2025) and how it is scored (up to 10 questions, 6 right to pass, the officer stops at 6 right or 5 wrong): USCIS, Study for the Test, https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/study-for-the-test , and USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 12, Part E, Chapter 2, https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-2 , both checked 2026-09-19. Amendment numbers and ratification years used in our notes: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27 , checked 2026-09-19. The official study materials for both test versions are on the USCIS page Study for the Test, https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/study-for-the-test , and the official USCIS practice test (2008 version) is at https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/civics-practice-test-2008 , both checked 2026-09-19. Licence: Own work built on a public-domain U.S. government text. The question wording and the accepted answers quoted in each explanation are the USCIS list, a work of the U.S. government, copied word for word. The answer choices, the short notes that open each explanation and the multiple-choice format were written for this site; the real test is oral and has no answer choices.

How this list was compiled: The 20 questions USCIS marks with an asterisk in "128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version)", form M-1778 (09/25), https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf , checked 2026-09-19. The 65/20 rule (10 of the 20 designated questions, 6 to pass, age and residence counted at filing): USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 12, Part E, Chapter 2, https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-2 , checked 2026-09-19. Office holders (questions 30, 38 and 39) and the lookup pointer for question 61: USCIS, Check for Test Updates, https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/check-for-test-updates (page last reviewed 09/18/2025), checked 2026-09-19. Amendment numbers and ratification years used in our notes: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27 , checked 2026-09-19. The official study materials for both test versions are on the USCIS page Study for the Test, https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/study-for-the-test , and the official USCIS practice test (2008 version) is at https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/civics-practice-test-2008 , both checked 2026-09-19. Licence: Own work built on a public-domain U.S. government text. The question wording and the accepted answers quoted in each explanation are the USCIS list, a work of the U.S. government, copied word for word. The answer choices, the short notes that open each explanation and the multiple-choice format were written for this site; the real test is oral and has no answer choices.

How this list was compiled: The 20 questions USCIS marks with an asterisk in "Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version)", rev. 08/21, https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/OoC_100_Questions_2008_Civics_Test_V1.pdf , checked 2026-09-19, compared with the separate USCIS sheet "Civics Questions for the 65/20 Exemption" (rev. 01/19), https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/65-20q.txt , checked 2026-09-19. The 65/20 rule (10 of the 20 designated questions, 6 to pass, age and residence counted at filing): USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 12, Part E, Chapter 2, https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-2 , checked 2026-09-19. The President (question 28) and the lookup pointer for question 20: USCIS, Check for Test Updates, https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/check-for-test-updates (page last reviewed 09/18/2025), checked 2026-09-19. Amendment numbers and ratification years used in our notes: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27 , checked 2026-09-19. The official study materials for both test versions are on the USCIS page Study for the Test, https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/study-for-the-test , and the official USCIS practice test (2008 version) is at https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/civics-practice-test-2008 , both checked 2026-09-19. Licence: Own work built on a public-domain U.S. government text. The question wording and the accepted answers quoted in each explanation are the USCIS list, a work of the U.S. government, copied word for word. The answer choices, the short notes that open each explanation and the multiple-choice format were written for this site; the real test is oral and has no answer choices.