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According to article on palmbeachpost.com Revamped U.S. citizenship test goes into effect, a new citizenship test goes into effect today where " the new questions are designed to be more profound and test knowledge of basic civic concepts essential to being an American." Another articles give you a chace to try out you American education to see if you could pass the test yourself. Keep in mind this is a sample test, not the real deal.

Test article

Here was my score:

69 correct
31 incorrect

I could have done better, you'll see what I mean.

Please post you "honest" results (LOL). The only thing I saw was it doesn't tell you if you qualify or not. Does anyone know what one has to score to pass? Also, keep in mind the test is 100 questions long so it could take a few minutes.

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on Oct 01, 2008

Does anyone know what one has to score to pass?

That article says this:

"These 100 questions represent those asked in the new test. They were created based on the official sample test. They are not the actual questions. Applicants must correctly answer six out of 10 questions similar to those presented here. They also have to a read a sentence in English and write a sentence given to them."

So I suppose a 60% would get you citizenship.

 

I scored:

90/100

90% A-

Not bad, I guess.

~Zoo

on Oct 01, 2008

I got 84%.  One question had George Washington listed twice (correct answer) and when I chose it, it marked it wrong and told me the answer was George Washington. 

I also confused about Senate terms v. Congress terms.  Ugh.

 

on Oct 01, 2008

I scored 91%.

Whaddya mean George W. Bush is the President of the United States? Darn...I missed that one!

on Oct 01, 2008

"These 100 questions represent those asked in the new test. They were created based on the official sample test. They are not the actual questions. Applicants must correctly answer six out of 10 questions similar to those presented here. They also have to a read a sentence in English and write a sentence given to them."

Thanks, I missed that part. Lucky them only 6 out of 10. I got 31 wrong because at least 10 of them were all of the above which I chose a single answer when I considered all of the above. Oh well.I got a D, right?

on Oct 01, 2008

Charles, if it makes you feel any better, I did the same thing.  I was thinking when it said, "pick one" it actually meant to pick ONE.  I guess I'm a bad test-taker.

on Oct 01, 2008

98% - I did not read all the answers and so a couple that were "all of the above" I got wrong.

I will say that it seems to be dumbed down.

on Oct 01, 2008

Texas Wahine
Charles, if it makes you feel any better, I did the same thing.  I was thinking when it said, "pick one" it actually meant to pick ONE.  I guess I'm a bad test-taker.

Yup...that accounted for most of my incorrect answers. They say "Name One etc..." and then they expect you to answer "all of the above"???

Still managed to get 84% though Not bad for a Euro-punk like me

Morten

on Oct 01, 2008

85%, with a few 'All of the above' missed (I kept answering too fast, damn)

Now I only have to wait a few more years

So I suppose a 60% would get you citizenship.

I thought the nice people at the INS were looking for something like 80% or more. It would be fun to see results from an array of native citizens (who said train wreck?).

on Oct 01, 2008

Heh, native citizen here, and I only got 84%.  I think if I had something riding on it, I would have been more careful and could have scored at least a few points higher, but still...it's not a hard test...I should have scored 100% or close to it.

on Oct 01, 2008

Fell over the George Washington thing and some of the "name one" questions where I named _one_ and should have checked "all of the above".

Also, I believe the "Korean War" was not a war but a "police action".

Got 92%.

 

on Oct 01, 2008

LOL, and I can't help but think this is the part where dharma swoops in and claims to have gotten 312%. 

on Oct 01, 2008

Still managed to get 84% though Not bad for a Euro-punk like me

I am impressed!  SO when can we get you as a citizen?

Also, I believe the "Korean War" was not a war but a "police action".

Got 92%.

The cops are still there too!

on Oct 01, 2008

Charles, if it makes you feel any better, I did the same thing. I was thinking when it said, "pick one" it actually meant to pick ONE. I guess I'm a bad test-taker.

Hehe, keep in mind I never liked History. C average by luck lets say. But I have learned a lot from here so I guess that helped.

Not bad for a Euro-punk like me

The irony is I know nothing about Europe. I can't even tell when it ends and where it begins without a map. 

LOL, and I can't help but think this is the part where dharma swoops in and claims to have gotten 312%.

LOL, I'll be watching to see. LOL.

on Oct 01, 2008

I wonder how LW's favorite writer, jesseledesma, the illegal blogger from JU, would do on this test?

on Oct 01, 2008

One question had George Washington listed twice (correct answer) and when I chose it, it marked it wrong and told me the answer was George Washington.

Yeah, what the hell was up with that?

 

~Zoo

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