US Citizenship Test Questions 2022 with Answers

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Question 1. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years? Choose one: 

(A) Six

(B) Two

(C) Four

(D) Ten

Question 2. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? Choose one:

(A) Thomas Jefferson

(B) George Washington

(C) James Madison

(D) Abraham Lincoln

Question 3. How many US senators does Utah have? 

(A) 4

(B) 3

(C) 2

(D) 1

Question 4. What is the title of the highest political official in a US state? 

(A) Chief of Police

(B) Senate President

(C) Lieutenant Governor

(D) Governor

Question 5. What does the President’s Cabinet do? 

(A) Negotiates treaties with foreign nations

(B) Runs the government when the President travels

(C) Selects the Vice President

(D) Advises the president

Question 6. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful? Choose one: 

(A) Freedom of speech

(B) The people

(C) Checks and balances

(D) The President

Question 7. What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy? Choose one:

(A) Vote and join a civic group

(B) Give an elected official your opinion on an issue and join a community group

(C) Write to a newspaper and call Senators and Representatives

(D) All of these answers

Question 8. How many U. S. Representatives does Utah have?

(A) 6

(B) 5

(C) 4

(D) 3

Question 9. Name one American Indian Tribe in the United States? Choose one:

(A) Tuareg

(B) Igbo

(C) Guarani

(D) Cherokee

Question 10. Who vetoes bills? Choose one:

(A) The House of Representatives

(B) The Senate

(C) The Vice President

(D) The President

Question 11. We elect a President for how many years? Choose one

(A) Ten

(B) Four

(C) Two

(D) Eight

Question 12. There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of them. Choose one :

(A) Citizens eighteen (18) and older can vote

(B) Citizens by birth only can vote

(C) Citizens seventeen (17) and older can vote

(D) Only citizens with a job can vote

Question 13. What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? Choose one: 

(A) The Senate and the courts

(B) The Senate and House of Representatives

(C) The House of Lords and the House of Commons

(D) The House of Representatives and the courts

Question 14. What does the judicial branch do? Choose one:

(A) Decides if a law goes against the Constitution

(B) Resolves disputes

(C) Reviews laws

(D) All of the above

Question 15. If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President? Choose one:

(A) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

(B) Governor of the most populous state

(C) Speaker of the House

(D) President of the Senate

Question 16. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words? Choose one:

(A) We the Colonists

(B) We the British

(C) Congress shall make

(D) We the People

Question 17. Who signs bills to become laws? Choose one: 

(A) The President

(B) The Secretary of State

(C) The Vice President

(D) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Question 18. What is the supreme law of the land? Choose one:

(A) The Articles of Confederation

(B) The Constitution

(C) The Emancipation Proclamation

(D) The Declaration of Independence

Question 19. Name one U.S. Territory. Choose one:

(A) Okinawa

(B) Puerto Rico

(C) Cuba

(D) Hawaii

Question 20. Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? Choose one:

(A) The Attorney General

(B) The Secretary of Defense

(C) The Vice-President

(D) The President

Question 21. Who makes federal laws? Choose one:

(A) The Supreme Court

(B) The President

(C) The states

(D) Congress

Question 22. The House of Representatives has how many voting members? Choose one: 

(A) One hundred (100)

(B) Two hundred (200)

(C) Four hundred thirty-five (435)

(D) Four hundred forty-one (441)

Question 23. We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years? Choose one: 

(A) Eight

(B) Four

(C) Two

(D) Six

Question 24. How many amendments does the Constitution have? Choose one: 

(A) 27

(B) 25

(C) 18

(D) 19

Question 25. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states? Choose one:

(A) Coin or print money

(B) Create an army

(C) Provide schooling and education

(D) Make treaties

Question 26. What is the highest court in the United States? Choose one: 

(A) International Court of Justice

(B) Circuit Court

(C) Supreme Court

(D) Federal Appeals Court

Question 27. Why do some states have more Representatives than other states? Choose one:

(A) Because of the state’s location

(B) Because of the geographical size of the state

(C) Because of the state’s population

(D) Because the state’s Representatives have seniority in the House of Representatives

Question 28. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? Choose one: 

(A) Life and the right to own a home

(B) Liberty and justice

(C) Life and pursuit of happiness

(D) Life and death

Question 29. What happened at the Constitutional Convention? Choose one: 

(A) The Virginia Declaration of Rights was written

(B) The Constitution was written

(C) The Emancipation Proclamation was written

(D) The Declaration of Independence was written

Question 30. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? Choose one: 

(A) The Bill of Rights

(B) The Declaration of Independence

(C) The inalienable rights

(D) The Articles of Confederation

Question 31. What is the “rule of law”? Choose one:

(A) Everyone must follow the law

(B) All laws must be the same in every state

(C) Government does not have to follow the law

(D) Everyone but the President must follow the law

Question 32. What is an amendment? Choose one:

(A) The beginning of the Declaration of Independence

(B) An introduction

(C) The Preamble to the Constitution

(D) An addition (to the Constitution)

Question 33. What did the Declaration of Independence do? Choose one:

(A) Freed the slaves

(B) Gave women the right to vote

(C) Declared our independence from France

(D) Declared our independence from Great Britain

Question 34. How old do citizens have to be to vote for President? Choose one: 

(A) Eighteen (18) or older

(B) Twenty-one (21) or older

(C) Sixteen (16) or older

(D) Thirty-five (35) or older

Question 35. Name one branch or part of the government. Choose one:

(A) United Nations

(B) Parliament

(C) Legislative

(D) State government

Question 36. What does the Constitution do? Choose one: 

(A) Protects basic rights of Americans

(B) Sets up the government

(C) Defines the government

(D) All of these answers

Question 37. What is the capital of the United States? Choose one: 

(A) Washington, DC

(B) New York, NY

(C) Olympia, WA

(D) St. Louis, MO

Question 38. What is one right or freedom granted by the First Amendment? Choose one:

(A) Speech

(B) To bear arms

(C) To vote

(D) Trial by jury

Question 39. Who does a U.S. Senator represent? Choose one:

(A) Only the people in the state who voted for the Senator

(B) The state legislatures

(C) All people of the state who belong to the Senator’s political party

(D) All people of the state in which (s)he was elected

Question 40. Who is in charge of the executive branch? Choose one:

(A) The Chief Justice

(B) The President

(C) The Prime Minister

(D) The Speaker of the House

Question 41. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

(A) 3

(B) 12

(C) 5

(D) 9

Question 42. What are two Cabinet-level positions? Choose one: 

(A) President of the Senate and Speaker of the House

(B) First Lady and White House Spokesperson

(C) Governor of New York and Governor of California

(D) Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State

Question 43. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Choose one:

(A) Freed slaves in most Southern states

(B) Gave women the right to vote

(C) Ended World War I

(D) Gave the United States independence from Great Britain

Question 44. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government? Choose one:

(A) To provide schooling

(B) To make treaties

(C) To issue driver’s licenses

(D) To provide police departments

Question 45. What is freedom of religion? Choose one:

(A) No one can practice a religion

(B) You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion

(C) You must choose a religion

(D) You can’t choose the time you practice your religion

Question 46. When is the last day you can send in your federal income tax forms?

(A) April 15

(B) June 1

(C) February 1

(D) December 31

Question 47. What is the economic system in the United States? Choose one:

(A) Communist economy

(B) Socialist economy

(C) Capitalist economy

(D) None of these answers

Question 48. How many U.S. senators are there?

(A) Fifty

(B) One hundred

(C) Four hundred thirty-five

(D) Fifty-two

Question 49. What are the two major political parties in the United States today? Choose one:

(A) Democrat and Republican

(B) Democratic-Republican and Whig

(C) American and Bull-Moose

(D) Reform and Green

Question 50. What are two rights of everyone living in the United States? Choose one:

(A) Freedom of speech and freedom of worship

(B) Freedom of speech and freedom to run for president

(C) Freedom of worship and freedom to make treaties with other countries

(D) Freedom to petition the government and freedom to disobey traffic laws

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