🇺🇸 United States citizenship test: format, topics and practice
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Test version covered: 2025 civics test (N-400 filed on or after October 20, 2025)
Test format
- Questions
- 20
- Time limit
- None: the test is oral and untimed (questions are asked out loud by an officer)
- Pass mark
- 12 correct out of 20
- When it stops
- The officer stops asking once you reach 12 correct answers, or after 9 wrong answers.
This is the format the app's exam simulation models, taken from the official material. Always confirm the current format with the official source.
Topics covered
- Principles of American Government (Official questions 1-15)
- System of Government (Official questions 16-62)
- Rights and Responsibilities (Official questions 63-72)
- Colonial Period and Independence (Official questions 73-89)
- The 1800s (Official questions 90-99)
- Recent American History (Official questions 100-118)
- Symbols (Official questions 119-124)
- Holidays (Official questions 125-128)
Official study material
- 128 Civics Questions and Answers — 2025 test (official USCIS)
- 100 Civics Questions — 2008 test, for N-400 filed before Oct 2025 (official USCIS)
- 100 Civics Questions in Spanish — 2008 test (official USCIS)
How to practise
- Free: 8 vetted practice questions per topic, plus the chapter summaries.
- Subscription: the full question bank for every topic, used in practice mode and in the full exam simulation.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the United States citizenship test?
The format modelled in AI Citizenship is 20 questions asked out loud, untimed, with 12 correct answers needed to pass. The officer stops once you reach 12 correct answers, or after 9 wrong answers. Always confirm the current format with the official source.
Can I practise for free?
Free: 8 vetted practice questions per topic, plus the chapter summaries. Subscription: the full question bank for every topic, used in practice mode and in the full exam simulation.
Is AI Citizenship official?
Unofficial study tool based on the official USCIS civics questions (100-question 2008 test / 128-question 2025 test). Not affiliated with USCIS or the U.S. government. Always confirm at uscis.gov.
Disclaimer
Unofficial study tool based on the official USCIS civics questions (100-question 2008 test / 128-question 2025 test). Not affiliated with USCIS or the U.S. government. Always confirm at uscis.gov.