NationStates Jolt Archive

[quote]When immigrants want to become Americans, they must take a civics test as part of their naturalization interview before a Citizenship and Immigration Services officer. The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 sample questions that prospective citizens can look at ahead of the interview (though the examiner is not limited to those questions). Some are easy, some are not. We have picked some of the more difficult ones. [/uote]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/

Go ahead and take it! Post your scores! Will you be staying or will you be picking vegetables?

I scored 90% W00T!!! I get to stay! Mmmmm - I'm hungry for broccoli!

100% but to be fair, I have taken it before and missed a question and I learned from that mistake and got it right this time.

Prior score was 95%

I got 70%... not bad for a Canadian.

I got 100%, although I did guess on one of them.

I've been an american my whole life, so my only getting 95% is highly embarrassing.

95%

I got a question about voting rights wrong: specifically, what amendments cover it.

100

[quote]When immigrants want to become Americans, they must take a civics test as part of their naturalization interview before a Citizenship and Immigration Services officer. The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 sample questions that prospective citizens can look at ahead of the interview (though the examiner is not limited to those questions). Some are easy, some are not. We have picked some of the more difficult ones. [/uote]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/

Go ahead and take it! Post your scores! Will you be staying or will you be picking vegetables?

I scored 90% W00T!!! I get to stay! Mmmmm - I'm hungry for broccoli!

IIRC, this was posted about a month ago, and I scored a 100% when I took it then.

I've been an american my whole life, so my only getting 95% is highly embarrassing.

which one did you miss?

The one about selecting supreme court justices -- the word "selects" felt a bit vague, as they need two of the answers to have a new justice be chosen and confirmed.

80% (I'm British)

100% but to be fair, I have taken it before and missed a question and I learned from that mistake and got it right this time.

Prior score was 95%

Same here. :)

now remember, i am 50 years old. i havent been in school of anykind in 25 years. i took civics in high school in 1970.





i got 95%. i had no reason to know what the form applying for naturalization is called. i guessed wrong.

75%

Although I'll argue that recently, the president did actually declare war first and kinda force it on congress to accept :p

I also couldn't really be bothered about the original states.

The one about selecting supreme court justices -- the word "selects" felt a bit vague, as they need two of the answers to have a new justice be chosen and confirmed.

ah, that question bugs me so I guessed both times, but guessed correctly.

I missed the first time the question about the INS forms, but now I know the answer.

now remember, i am 50 years old. i havent been in school of anykind in 25 years. i took civics in high school in 1970.





i got 95%. i had no reason to know what the form applying for naturalization is called. i guessed wrong.

They ehm, tell you in the "Application for Naturalization"

just like they tell you that there must be 27th amendments, as a previous answer mentions the 23rd.

[quote]When immigrants want to become Americans, they must take a civics test as part of their naturalization interview before a Citizenship and Immigration Services officer. The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 sample questions that prospective citizens can look at ahead of the interview (though the examiner is not limited to those questions). Some are easy, some are not. We have picked some of the more difficult ones. [/uote]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/

Go ahead and take it! Post your scores! Will you be staying or will you be picking vegetables?

I scored 90% W00T!!! I get to stay! Mmmmm - I'm hungry for broccoli!

I took this test once in History class. I did really well, I think about 90%.

They ehm, tell you in the "Application for Naturalization"

just like they tell you that there must be 27th amendments, as a previous answer mentions the 23rd.

uhuh

unless it a trick and the answer was petition. seemed possible to me.

guessing is guessing. its the only one i had to guess on.

uhuh

unless it a trick and the answer was petition. seemed possible to me.

guessing is guessing. its the only one i had to guess on.

Fair enough.

I took the safe answer I suppose :p and it worked out for me!

75%

Although I'll argue that recently, the president did actually declare war first and kinda force it on congress to accept :p

I also couldn't really be bothered about the original states.

ya but did you laugh when the first set had new zealand in it?

[quote]When immigrants want to become Americans, they must take a civics test as part of their naturalization interview before a Citizenship and Immigration Services officer. The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 sample questions that prospective citizens can look at ahead of the interview (though the examiner is not limited to those questions). Some are easy, some are not. We have picked some of the more difficult ones. [/uote]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/

Go ahead and take it! Post your scores! Will you be staying or will you be picking vegetables?

I scored 90% W00T!!! I get to stay! Mmmmm - I'm hungry for broccoli!

As a kid I lived in a hyper-conservative city, where the average person on the streets was generally against immigrants, legal or not, and especially against them gaining the same rights as them. It annoyed me. It apparantly annoyed my little brothers American Government teacher as well. (My brother is a bright kid, this was a hand picked group of students in an honors class). The teacher administered the test to the class, all native born citizens. Out of 27 kids, two would have passed if applying for citizenship. Sad.

My score coming as soon as I can be assed to take the test. Busy with other online junk currently.

70%. I feel like crap now.

These kinds of threads give the wrong impression that all you have to do is score high enough on this test and blam, you can be a citizen. You also need to fork over cash and there's a hefty waiting period. There are also "quotas" for immigrants from various nations and if they happen to have already met their quota for Mexicans, well, too bad for you!

i got 100% correct


though I must admit, thanks to the multiple answer format, some questions I figured out not because I necessarily knew the answer but because of deductive reasoning


still though, don't steal my thunder :)

These kinds of threads give the wrong impression that all you have to do is score high enough on this test and blam, you can be a citizen. You also need to fork over cash and there's a hefty waiting period. There are also "quotas" for immigrants from various nations and if they happen to have already met their quota for Mexicans, well, too bad for you!

i think that for the most part, it just makes people feel better if they do well

I missed the form for naturalization. 95%.

Not bad.

These kinds of threads give the wrong impression that all you have to do is score high enough on this test and blam, you can be a citizen. You also need to fork over cash and there's a hefty waiting period. There are also "quotas" for immigrants from various nations and if they happen to have already met their quota for Mexicans, well, too bad for you!

this test is for those who are already in the country. you have to have lived here legally for 5 years then you can take the test. passing the test doesnt guarantee citizenship

the fee is under $400 and there is no quota for naturalization.

[quote]When immigrants want to become Americans, they must take a civics test as part of their naturalization interview before a Citizenship and Immigration Services officer. The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 sample questions that prospective citizens can look at ahead of the interview (though the examiner is not limited to those questions). Some are easy, some are not. We have picked some of the more difficult ones. [/uote]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/

Go ahead and take it! Post your scores! Will you be staying or will you be picking vegetables?

I scored 90% W00T!!! I get to stay! Mmmmm - I'm hungry for broccoli!

Well, I took the test and became a citizen. So I guess I have what it takes. Seriously, anyone who can't pass that test doesn't deserve to qualify as human, much less American.

That's funny. The only one I got wrong was the one asking what form you use to apply for citizenship.

I got 100%!
*mounts high horse and surveys those "less-American" than himself with quiet disdain*

100%. It's good to know I get to stay here.

I got 100%!
*mounts high horse and surveys those "less-American" than himself with quiet disdain*

that's the American Spirit! :p

I'm too lazy to take an abridged version of a test I already took.

I'm too lazy to take an abridged version of a test I already took.

No, THAT's the American Spirit!

Why would I ever even need to know what the form number was to become a US Citizen?

Why would I ever even need to know what the form number was to become a US Citizen?

im thinking that its a trick question for those who send someone else to take their interview in their place.

These kinds of threads give the wrong impression that all you have to do is score high enough on this test and blam, you can be a citizen. You also need to fork over cash and there's a hefty waiting period. There are also "quotas" for immigrants from various nations and if they happen to have already met their quota for Mexicans, well, too bad for you!

Nah. They're more to shame Americans into realizing that having strong opinions about immigrants while not knowing anything about their own nation is kinda hypocritical. Or so it would seem.

100%, by the way. I figured the "Application for Naturallization" was what you used to "apply for naturalization" because a "petition" is more a form for a judge/court to see (example "petition for name change" approved by a judge then alows you to complete the "order changing name" which the judge signs and which goes into public record). I looked it up later, and it turns out that the "N-200" isn't an INS form at all, it's something to do with nutrition.

These kinds of threads give the wrong impression that all you have to do is score high enough on this test and blam, you can be a citizen. You also need to fork over cash and there's a hefty waiting period. There are also "quotas" for immigrants from various nations and if they happen to have already met their quota for Mexicans, well, too bad for you!

Nah. They're more to shame Americans into realizing that having strong opinions about immigrants while not knowing anything about their own nation is kinda hypocritical. Or so it would seem.

100%, by the way. I figured the "Application for Naturallization" was what you used to "apply for naturalization" because a "petition" is more a form for a judge/court to see (example "petition for name change" approved by a judge then alows you to complete the "order changing name" which the judge signs and which goes into public record). I looked it up later, and it turns out that the "N-200" isn't an INS form at all, it's something to do with nutrition.

100% but had to guess on the form.

These kinds of threads give the wrong impression that all you have to do is score high enough on this test and blam, you can be a citizen. You also need to fork over cash and there's a hefty waiting period. There are also "quotas" for immigrants from various nations and if they happen to have already met their quota for Mexicans, well, too bad for you!
It's also an abridged version in multi-choice where the real one is not (And much longer).

this test is for those who are already in the country. you have to have lived here legally for 5 years then you can take the test. passing the test doesnt guarantee citizenship

True enough, but I understand that a lot of illegal immigrants have in fact lived her for such lengths of time. (That is many if not most illegal immigrants were illegal not in crossing the border, but in overstaying visas etc). And how thoroughly do they check the legal status of test-takers?

I got 80%.

I did not know which year the constitution was written
I did not what what form is used
I did not know who said 'Give me liberty or give me death'

I'll be honest and say I gambled on a couple of others as well - I'm fairly certain I would have got the original 13 states if I'd gone through them all but I kind of glanced and gambled.

I'm not American so I'm not too concerned about it.

What would be the pass rate anyway - would I have to get 100%?

75%

Quite pleased with that. I imagine if I ever did want to become a naturalised American, I'd know what form I needed to fill in, though. And I know who said "Give me convenience or give me death", but not the liberty version...

95%.


Form N-200 "Petition for Naturalization" is not correct.

[quote]When immigrants want to become Americans, they must take a civics test as part of their naturalization interview before a Citizenship and Immigration Services officer. The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 sample questions that prospective citizens can look at ahead of the interview (though the examiner is not limited to those questions). Some are easy, some are not. We have picked some of the more difficult ones. [/uote]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/

Go ahead and take it! Post your scores! Will you be staying or will you be picking vegetables?

I scored 90% W00T!!! I get to stay! Mmmmm - I'm hungry for broccoli!

Looks like you need to study silly trivia; Why would anyone want to know that?:)

ya but did you laugh when the first set had new zealand in it?

I didn't even read them.

And I could probably use a bit of logical deduction to get it right. Best guess would be: all eastern states bordering the ocean.

I'll have to look it up sometime if I can be bothered.

90% (German living in Ireland)

Apparently I do. All correct.

Err, 50%.

100%. Not bad for a Brit.

i got 95%. i had no reason to know what the form applying for naturalization is called. i guessed wrong.

Same score, same answer missed...

I'm not even in high school and I got 90%.

Originally Posted by Ashmoria
ya but did you laugh when the first set had new zealand in it?

Heck ya!

95% Because I didn't know what the form was called :P