Practice Test

Prepare for the U.S. naturalization interview with our free citizenship practice test. Choose the 100-question (2008) or 128-question (2025) version and get instant scoring — the same civics questions USCIS uses in the official exam.

Practice test

10 questions

  1. 01 What does the Bill of Rights protect?
    • (The basic) rights of foreign governments
    • (The basic) authority of state legislatures
    • (The basic) privileges of elected officials
    • (The basic) rights of Americans ✓
  2. 02 Name one power that is only for the federal government.
    • Conduct elections
    • Create an army
    • Run public schools
    • Print paper money ✓
  3. 03 What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the United States?*
    • Terrorists attacked the United States ✓
    • The Oklahoma City bombing
    • Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans
    • Terrorists took over two planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center in New York City
  4. 04 What founding document said the American colonies were free from Britain?
    • U.S. Constitution
    • Declaration of Independence ✓
    • Articles of Confederation
    • Emancipation Proclamation
  5. 05 What does the President's Cabinet do?
    • Advises the President (of the United States) ✓
    • Runs state governments
    • Ratifies treaties
    • Elects the Speaker of the House
  6. 06 Who vetoes bills?*
    • The Supreme Court
    • The Speaker of the House
    • The Vice President
    • The President (of the United States) ✓
  7. 07 What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
    • Freed the slaves ✓
    • Created the Supreme Court
    • Guaranteed freedom of religion
    • Freed slaves in the Confederacy
  8. 08 The words "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" are in what founding document?
    • Articles of Confederation
    • Bill of Rights
    • Federalist Papers
    • Declaration of Independence ✓
  9. 09 What is the supreme law of the land?*
    • Bill of Rights
    • (U.S.) Constitution ✓
    • Supreme Court decisions
    • Declaration of Independence
  10. 10 Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.
    • Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase)
    • Third president of the United States
    • Writer of the Declaration of Independence ✓
    • Fifth president of the United States

Which civics test should I take?

It depends on when you filed your application.

  • Take the 100-Question (2008 version) if you filed before October 20, 2025. In the interview, the USCIS officer asks up to 10 civics questions and you must answer 6 correctly to pass.
  • Take the 128-Question (2025 version) if you filed on or after October 20, 2025. In the interview, the USCIS officer asks up to 20 civics questions and you must answer 12 correctly to pass.

Not sure which applies to you? Check your USCIS receipt notice or call your local USCIS office, then practice with the version that matches your interview.

How our USCIS civics practice test works

Each round pulls 10 random questions from the official USCIS pool for the version you chose. You answer, get instant scoring, and see the correct answer right away — the same format and wording USCIS uses in the real interview, so practice feels like the actual exam.

Listen to each question and answer with built-in audio, which helps if English isn’t your first language. Repeat as many times as you want; questions reshuffle every round.

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Questions are based on the official USCIS civics test — both the 100-question (2008) and 128-question (2025) versions. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

What 1 Million Citizen Now Users Tell Us About the Test

Anonymized data from 1M+ downloads of the Citizen Now app.

88%
pass on their first attempt
3–4 wks
average prep time (~20 min/day)
+12%
higher pass rate using audio

The 5 questions our users fail most often

  1. “How many amendments does the Constitution have?” — 64% miss it first try
  2. “Name one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for” — 57% miss it
  3. “What is the supreme law of the land?” — 41% miss it
  4. “We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?” — 38% miss it
  5. “Name one war fought by the U.S. in the 1900s” — 33% miss it

Data based on 1M+ anonymous Citizen Now users. National pass-rate benchmark: ~91% (USCIS).

Built by the Citizen Now team — the citizenship study app with 1M+ downloads and 70K+ reviews on the App Store and Google Play. Trusted since 2019.

Last updated: June 2026

This practice test is for educational purposes only. Citizen Now is not a law firm or immigration consultancy. For legal advice, consult a licensed immigration attorney. Official source: USCIS.gov.

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