Which test you take depends on one date. Filed Form N-400 before 20 October 2025 — the 2008 test: 10 questions asked from a list of 100, 6 correct to pass. Filed on or after — the 2025 test: 20 questions from a list of 128, 12 correct to pass. Both are drilled here free, no sign-up.
Free flashcard practice on all 100 official USCIS civics questions — the 2008 test still used for most applicants (10 asked at the interview, 6 correct to pass). Rehearse for your naturalization interview. No signup.
StartThe redesigned 2025 civics test asks 20 questions from a bank of 128, and you need 12 correct. Free flashcard drills on every official USCIS question and answer — no signup, ready for your interview.
StartIt is decided by your filing date, not your interview date. USCIS administers the 2008 civics test to applicants who filed Form N-400 before October 20, 2025, and the 2025 civics test to those who filed on or after that date. The change implements Executive Order 14161; the 2025 test is based on the 2020 test with some changes to how it is administered.
2008 test: the officer asks up to 10 questions from the list of 100, and you need 6 correct. You fail once you get 5 wrong. 2025 test: 20 questions from the list of 128, and you need 12 correct. You fail once you get 9 wrong. In both, the officer stops as soon as the result is decided — so the interview can end after 6 questions.
Because the recall is the hard part, not the format. A USCIS officer asks the question out loud and you answer out loud; there are no options to pick from. Our flashcard mode matches that: the question comes up, you answer in your head or aloud, then reveal the official answer and mark yourself. Use the multiple-choice mode early on to learn the material and flashcards once you are close to the interview.
Yes. If you are 65 or older and have been a lawful permanent resident for 20 or more years, USCIS asks 10 questions from a specially selected bank of 20, taken from either the 2008 or the 2025 test. Those 20 are marked with an asterisk in the official lists. You may also take the test in the language of your choice.
USCIS warns that answers about elected and appointed officials change, and that you must answer with whoever holds the office at the time of your interview — the Speaker of the House, your senators, your governor, the number of Supreme Court justices. We keep those questions as flashcards with the official placeholder wording rather than freezing a name that will go stale. Check the USCIS Civics Test Updates page before your interview.
No. There is also an English test. You read one of three sentences aloud, write one of three sentences, and your ability to speak and understand English is judged by the officer over the course of the N-400 interview itself. This site drills the civics portion only.
12 sample questions from a bank of 228.
1. What is the supreme law of the land?
Answer: the Constitution
Source: USCIS 2008 civics test Q1
2. What is the form of government of the United States?
Answer: Republic / Constitution-based federal republic / Representative democracy
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q1
3. What does the Constitution do?
Answer: sets up the government / defines the government / protects basic rights of Americans
Source: USCIS 2008 civics test Q2
4. What is the supreme law of the land?
Answer: (U.S.) Constitution
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q2
5. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
Answer: We the People
Source: USCIS 2008 civics test Q3
6. Name one thing the U.S. Constitution does.
Answer: Forms the government / Defines powers of government / Defines the parts of government / Protects the rights of the people
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q3
7. What is an amendment?
Answer: a change (to the Constitution) / an addition (to the Constitution)
Source: USCIS 2008 civics test Q4
8. The U.S. Constitution starts with the words “We the People.” What does “We the People” mean?
Answer: Self-government / Popular sovereignty / Consent of the governed / People should govern themselves / (Example of) social contract
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q4
9. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Answer: the Bill of Rights
Source: USCIS 2008 civics test Q5
10. How are changes made to the U.S. Constitution?
Answer: Amendments / The amendment process
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q5
11. What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
Answer: speech / religion / assembly / press / petition the government
Source: USCIS 2008 civics test Q6
12. What does the Bill of Rights protect?
Answer: (The basic) rights of Americans / (The basic) rights of people living in the United States
Source: USCIS 2025 civics test Q6
Questions and answers are the official civics lists published by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (100 questions for the 2008 test, 128 for the 2025 test). Works of the U.S. federal government are in the public domain. GoExam is an independent practice site and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, USCIS or any government agency. USCIS — Study for the Test
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