Examen de práctica de ciudadanía 2008 (educación cívica)

Q: ¿A quién le toca el examen de 2008?

A quien presentó el Formulario N-400 antes del 20 de octubre de 2025.

Q: ¿Cuántas preguntas le hacen y con cuántas aprueba?

El oficial le hace hasta 10 preguntas de la lista de 100, de forma oral. Aprueba con 6 respuestas correctas y reprueba con 5 incorrectas.

Question 1

What is the supreme law of the land?

Accepted Answer

the Constitution

Question 2

What does the Constitution do?

Accepted Answer

sets up the government; defines the government; protects basic rights of Americans

Question 3

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

Accepted Answer

We the People

Question 4

What is an amendment?

Accepted Answer

a change (to the Constitution); an addition (to the Constitution)

Question 5

What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

the Bill of Rights

Question 6

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

Accepted Answer

speech; religion; assembly; press; petition the government

Question 7

How many amendments does the Constitution have?

Accepted Answer

twenty-seven (27)

Question 8

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

Accepted Answer

announced our independence (from Great Britain); declared our independence (from Great Britain); said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)

Question 9

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

life; liberty; pursuit of happiness

Question 10

What is freedom of religion?

Accepted Answer

You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion.

Question 11

What is the economic system in the United States?

Accepted Answer

capitalist economy; market economy

Question 12

What is the “rule of law”?

Accepted Answer

Everyone must follow the law.; Leaders must obey the law.; Government must obey the law.; No one is above the law.

Question 13

Name one branch or part of the government.

Accepted Answer

Congress; legislative; President; executive; the courts; judicial

Question 14

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

Accepted Answer

checks and balances; separation of powers

Question 15

Who is in charge of the executive branch?

Accepted Answer

the President

Question 16

Who makes federal laws?

Accepted Answer

Congress; Senate and House (of Representatives); (U.S. or national) legislature

Question 17

What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?

Accepted Answer

the Senate and House (of Representatives)

Question 18

How many U.S. Senators are there?

Accepted Answer

one hundred (100)

Question 19

We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?

Accepted Answer

six (6)

Question 20

Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories should answer that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.]

Question 21

The House of Representatives has how many voting members?

Accepted Answer

four hundred thirty-five (435)

Question 22

We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?

Accepted Answer

two (2)

Question 23

Name your U.S. Representative.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. [Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) Representatives in Congress.]

Question 24

Who does a U.S. Senator represent?

Accepted Answer

all people of the state

Question 25

Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?

Accepted Answer

(because of) the state’ s population; (because) they have more people; (because) some states have more people

Question 26

We elect a President for how many years?

Accepted Answer

four (4)

Question 27

In what month do we vote for President?

Accepted Answer

November

Question 28

What is the name of the President of the United States now?

Accepted Answer

Donald J. Trump; Donald Trump; Trump

Question 29

What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?

Accepted Answer

JD Vance; Vance

Question 30

If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

Accepted Answer

the Vice President

Question 31

If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

Accepted Answer

the Speaker of the House

Question 32

Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?

Accepted Answer

the President

Question 33

Who signs bills to become laws?

Accepted Answer

the President

Question 34

Who vetoes bills?

Accepted Answer

the President

Question 35

What does the President’s Cabinet do?

Accepted Answer

advises the President

Question 36

What are two Cabinet-level positions?

Accepted Answer

Secretary of Agriculture; Secretary of Commerce; Secretary of Defense; Secretary of Education; Secretary of Energy; Secretary of Health and Human Services; Secretary of Homeland Security; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Secretary of the Interior; Secretary of Labor; Secretary of State; Secretary of Transportation; Secretary of the Treasury; Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Attorney General; Vice President

Question 37

What does the judicial branch do?

Accepted Answer

reviews laws; explains laws; resolves disputes (disagreements); decides if a law goes against the Constitution

Question 38

What is the highest court in the United States?

Accepted Answer

the Supreme Court

Question 39

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the number of justices on the Supreme Court.

Question 40

Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

Accepted Answer

John Roberts; John G. Roberts, Jr.; Roberts

Question 41

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?

Accepted Answer

to print money; to declare war; to create an army; to make treaties

Question 42

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

Accepted Answer

provide schooling and education; provide protection (police); provide safety (fire departments); give a driver’s license; approve zoning and land use

Question 43

Who is the Governor of your state now?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. does not have a Governor.]

Question 44

What is the capital of your state?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. [District of Columbia residents should answer that D.C. is not a state and does not have a capital. Residents of U.S. territories should name the capital of the territory.]

Question 45

What are the two major political parties in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Democratic and Republican

Question 46

What is the political party of the President now?

Accepted Answer

Republican (Party)

Question 47

What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?

Accepted Answer

Mike Johnson; Johnson; James Michael Johnson (birth name)

Question 48

There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them.

Accepted Answer

Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).; You don’t have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.; Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.); A male citizen of any race (can vote).

Question 49

What is one responsibility that is only for United States citizens?

Accepted Answer

serve on a jury; vote in a federal election

Question 50

Name one right only for United States citizens.

Accepted Answer

vote in a federal election; run for federal office

Question 51

What are two rights of everyone living in the United States?

Accepted Answer

freedom of expression; freedom of speech; freedom of assembly; freedom to petition the government; freedom of religion; the right to bear arms

Question 52

What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?

Accepted Answer

the United States; the flag

Question 53

What is one promise you make when you become a United States citizen?

Accepted Answer

give up loyalty to other countries; defend the Constitution and laws of the United States; obey the laws of the United States; serve in the U.S. military (if needed); serve (do important work for) the nation (if needed); be loyal to the United States

Question 54

How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?

Accepted Answer

eighteen (18) and older

Question 55

What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?

Accepted Answer

vote; join a political party; help with a campaign; join a civic group; join a community group; give an elected official your opinion on an issue; call Senators and Representatives; publicly support or oppose an issue or policy; run for office; write to a newspaper

Question 56

When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

Accepted Answer

April 15

Question 57

When must all men register for the Selective Service?

Accepted Answer

at age eighteen (18); between eighteen (18) and twenty-six (26)

Question 58

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Accepted Answer

freedom; political liberty; religious freedom; economic opportunity; practice their religion; escape persecution

Question 59

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Accepted Answer

American Indians; Native Americans

Question 60

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

Accepted Answer

Africans; people from Africa

Question 61

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Accepted Answer

because of high taxes (taxation without representation); because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering); because they didn’t have self-government

Question 62

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

(Thomas) Jefferson

Question 63

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Accepted Answer

July 4, 1776

Question 64

There were 13 original states. Name three.

Accepted Answer

New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut; New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Georgia

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