Civics test answers that change with elections
Most answers on the civics test were settled a long time ago. A few depend on who holds an office when you are asked, and those change with elections and appointments. The official list does not print them. Where the answer would be, it sends you to a USCIS web page instead.
Which questions
On the 128-question list there are four. For question 30, for example, the list says only this: "Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives."
| Question | Answer USCIS lists today |
|---|---|
| What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now? | Mike Johnson Also accepted: Johnson, James Michael Johnson |
| What is the name of the President of the United States now? | Donald J. Trump Also accepted: Donald Trump, Trump |
| What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? | JD Vance Also accepted: Vance |
| Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now? | John Roberts Also accepted: John G. Roberts, Jr., Roberts |
Where USCIS publishes the answers
USCIS keeps these answers on its Check for Test Updates page, which is the address the official list points to. The names on this site come from that page. When an office changes hands, that page changes and the list stays as it is.
Each of these questions has its own page here, with the current answer and an explanation.
Why they are not in the practice test
The practice test on this site gives you answers to choose from, and for these questions the wrong choices would have to be the names of real people. A set of names like that goes out of date with the next election or appointment, and a wrong option that happens to name someone who really holds a related office teaches the wrong thing. So these questions are left out of the practice test, in both of its modes, and you learn them from their pages.
In the 2008 version of the test
If you filed Form N-400 before October 20, 2025, you take the 2008 test instead. Its list has six questions of this kind: the same four as above, worded the same way, and two more whose answer also comes from the test updates page.
- How many justices are on the Supreme Court? USCIS lists: nine (9).
- What is the political party of the President now? USCIS lists: Republican (Party).
Keep reading
- The civics test in your naturalization interview
- N-400 vocabulary: the Part 9 questions explained
- A study plan for the 128 civics questions
- The 65/20 special consideration
- English test exemptions: 50/20, 55/15 and Form N-648
- How the naturalization test is scored
- The November election and your civics test answers
- 2008 vs 2025 civics test: which one you take