16 questions with the correct answer and an explanation for each. Topic: 65/20 Special Consideration. Free, no account needed.
This bank covers 120 of the 128 official questions. The other eight have no fixed answer, so a practice test cannot mark them. Four ask who currently holds an office — President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, Chief Justice — which USCIS answers with whoever is serving on the day of your interview. Four depend on where you live: your senators, your representative, your governor, your state capital. Look those up before your interview; the officeholders are at uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates.
Answer: A — Constitution
The key identifies the "(U.S.) Constitution" as the supreme law of the land. The Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Bill of Rights are other founding-era documents, but none holds that supreme status per the key.
Answer: C — Twenty-seven
The key states the Constitution has "Twenty-seven (27)" amendments. Ten, twenty-six, and thirty-three are not the number the key gives.
Answer: D — Capitalism
The key names "Capitalism," also described as a free market economy, as the U.S. economic system. Socialism, communism, and a command economy are not named in the key.
Answer: D — Writes laws
The key lists "Writes laws" as one power of Congress, along with declaring war and making the federal budget. Vetoing bills, interpreting laws, and commanding the armed forces are not among the powers the key gives to Congress.
Answer: D — Four years
The key answers "Four (4) years." Six years is the key's Senate term (question 22) and two years its House term (question 25); eight years appears nowhere in the key.
Answer: C — The President
The key answers "The President (of the United States)," and lists vetoing bills among the president's powers (question 41). The key gives the veto to no one else.
Answer: C — Supreme Court
The document's only accepted answer is the Supreme Court. The Courts of Appeals, District Courts and the Court of International Trade are not named as the highest court anywhere in the document.
Answer: D — The United States
The document's accepted answers are the United States and the flag. The President, the Constitution and state governments are not on that list — the document attaches defending the Constitution to the Oath of Allegiance (#67), not to the Pledge.
Answer: B — American Indians
The key's answer is American Indians, also stated as Native Americans. No other group appears in the key.
Answer: C — Thomas Jefferson
The key's only answer is (Thomas) Jefferson. The key ties Hamilton to the Federalist Papers and Madison to the Constitution, and never names Adams.
Answer: B — “Father of Our Country”
The key credits Washington with the title “Father of Our Country,” the first presidency, command of the Continental Army, and presiding over the Constitutional Convention. The key gives “Father of the Constitution” to Madison and the third presidency to Jefferson, and never names a first Chief Justice.
Answer: C — Freed the slaves
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves — one of the achievements the key credits to him. Writing the Declaration of Independence, serving as first president, and purchasing the Louisiana Territory are achievements of Jefferson or Washington, not Lincoln.
Answer: B — Fought for civil rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered for fighting for civil rights. The other options describe real contributions of other historical figures - Lincoln, Rosa Parks, and Barack Obama - not King.
Answer: A — Terrorists attacked the United States
On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States. Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination, and the start of the Persian Gulf War were separate, earlier events.
Answer: B — 13 original colonies
The flag has 13 stripes to represent the 13 original colonies. The 50 states, the three branches of government, and the Declaration's signers are other real parts of U.S. history, but none explains the stripes.
Answer: C — New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, and Thanksgiving Day
New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, and Thanksgiving Day are all on the list of national U.S. holidays in the key. Every other option mixes in observances that are not on that list - Flag Day, Easter, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Election Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Mother's Day.