US Citizenship-samfundsprøve
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Det her er en gratis smagsprøve på 15 spørgsmål til den amerikanske samfundsprøve ved naturalisationssamtalen, hentet fra de officielle USCIS civics-spørgsmål, som er et værk af den amerikanske stat og dermed offentligt tilgængelige. Den dækker principperne bag det amerikanske demokrati, forfatningen og Bill of Rights, de tre statsmagter, føderalisme, borgernes rettigheder og pligter, amerikansk historie, geografi, symboler og helligdage. Den blander multiple choice, vælg alle der passer og udfyld det tomme felt. Svar på alle 15 spørgsmål, se så din score og læs forklaringen til hvert spørgsmål.
What is the supreme law of the land?
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1. What is the supreme law of the land?
- A. The Declaration of Independence
- B. The Constitution
- C. The Bill of Rights
- D. The Articles of Confederation
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Svar: B. The Constitution
The Constitution sets up the government and sits above every other law, so a state law or an act of Congress that conflicts with it can be struck down. The Declaration of Independence came first, in 1776, but it announced independence rather than creating a government. The Articles of Confederation were the first attempt at one and were replaced by the Constitution because they left the national government too weak.
2. What does the judicial branch do?
- A. It writes and passes new laws
- B. It commands the armed forces
- C. It decides whether laws follow the Constitution
- D. It collects federal taxes
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Svar: C. It decides whether laws follow the Constitution
The judicial branch reviews laws, explains what they mean, settles disputes and decides whether a law goes against the Constitution. The Supreme Court is the highest court in the country and the last word on those questions. Writing laws is the job of the legislative branch, and enforcing them is the job of the executive branch.
3. What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
- A. The Electoral College
- B. The federal income tax
- C. The President's Cabinet
- D. Checks and balances
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Svar: D. Checks and balances
Checks and balances, also called the separation of powers, give each branch a way to limit the other two. Congress passes a bill, the President can veto it, and Congress can override the veto. The President appoints federal judges, but the Senate has to confirm them, and the courts can rule that a law violates the Constitution.
4. How many United States Senators are there?
- A. 50
- B. 100
- C. 435
- D. 538
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Svar: B. 100
Every state gets two Senators no matter how many people live there, and 50 states times two is 100. That is the deliberate counterweight to the House of Representatives, where 435 voting seats are handed out by population, so a large state has far more of them than a small one. The number 538 is the size of the Electoral College, which is a different thing entirely.
5. What does the President's Cabinet do?
- A. It writes the federal budget into law
- B. It decides whether laws are constitutional
- C. It advises the President
- D. It chooses the President
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Svar: C. It advises the President
The Cabinet is made up of the Vice President and the heads of the executive departments, such as the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, and its job is to advise the President. Cabinet members are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Passing a budget belongs to Congress, and ruling on whether a law is constitutional belongs to the courts.
6. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
- A. The Mississippi River
- B. The Colorado River
- C. The Hudson River
- D. The Rio Grande
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Svar: A. The Mississippi River
The two longest rivers in the United States are the Missouri and the Mississippi, and either one is accepted as a correct answer. They join near St. Louis and drain most of the middle of the country. The Rio Grande is long as well, but it is best known as part of the border between the United States and Mexico rather than as one of the two longest.
7. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
- A. It created the three branches of government
- B. It ended slavery throughout the United States
- C. It gave women the right to vote
- D. It announced that the colonies were free from Great Britain
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Svar: D. It announced that the colonies were free from Great Britain
The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, announced that the thirteen colonies were no longer under British rule and explained why. Thomas Jefferson wrote it. It did not set up a government, which is what the Constitution did eleven years later, and it did not end slavery or extend the vote to women, which took the 13th and 19th Amendments.
8. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
- A. World War I
- B. The Revolutionary War
- C. The Civil War
- D. The Korean War
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Svar: C. The Civil War
The accepted answers for the 1800s are the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. The Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865 over slavery and the survival of the Union, is the one most often asked about. The Revolutionary War belongs to the 1700s, and World War I and the Korean War belong to the 1900s.
9. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
- A. He worked for civil rights and equality for all Americans
- B. He wrote the Constitution
- C. He was the first President of the United States
- D. He led the United States during World War II
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Svar: A. He worked for civil rights and equality for all Americans
Martin Luther King, Jr. led the nonviolent civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s and pushed for equal treatment for all Americans regardless of race. His work helped bring about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The federal holiday in January is named for him, which is a useful hook if you are also studying the holidays section of the bank.
10. Which of the following are responsibilities that belong only to United States citizens?
Vælg alle, der passer.
- A. Serve on a jury
- B. Vote in a federal election
- C. Pay federal income taxes
- D. Obey the laws of the United States
- E. Hold a job
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Svar: A. Serve on a jury, B. Vote in a federal election
Serving on a jury and voting in a federal election are reserved for citizens, and they are the two answers the official bank accepts. Paying taxes and obeying the law apply to everyone living in the country, citizen or not, so they are duties rather than citizen-only responsibilities. The bank draws the same line for rights: some belong to everyone in the United States, while voting in federal elections and running for federal office belong to citizens.
11. Under the Constitution, which of the following powers belong to the federal government?
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- A. To print or coin money
- B. To declare war
- C. To issue driver's licenses
- D. To create an army
- E. To approve local zoning and land use
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Svar: A. To print or coin money, B. To declare war, D. To create an army
Printing money, declaring war, creating an army and making treaties are federal powers, because they only work if the whole country does them one way. Driver's licenses, zoning, policing, fire protection and public schooling are handled by the states. That split is federalism, and the civics bank tests it from both directions, so learn a couple of examples on each side rather than trying to memorize a full list.
12. Which rights does the First Amendment protect?
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- A. Freedom of speech
- B. Freedom of religion
- C. The right to a speedy trial
- D. Freedom of assembly
- E. The right to bear arms
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Svar: A. Freedom of speech, B. Freedom of religion, D. Freedom of assembly
The First Amendment protects five things: speech, religion, the press, assembly and the right to petition the government. The right to bear arms is the Second Amendment, and the right to a speedy trial is the Sixth. All of these sit in the first ten amendments, which are called the Bill of Rights, so it helps to learn the First Amendment as a set of five rather than as a list of separate facts.
13. Complete the sentence.
The Constitution begins with the words _____, and it has been amended _____ times.
Muligheder for felt 1: We the People, In Congress assembled, Life and liberty, One nation, indivisible
Muligheder for felt 2: 21, 25, 27, 33
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Svar: We the People, 27
The first three words of the Constitution are We the People, and they carry the idea of self-government: authority comes from the citizens, not from a king. There are 27 amendments in total. The first ten were ratified together in 1791 as the Bill of Rights, and the most recent one, on congressional pay, was ratified in 1992 after being proposed more than two centuries earlier.
14. Complete the sentence.
A United States Senator is elected for a term of _____ years, and the President is elected for a term of _____ years.
Muligheder for felt 1: two, four, six, eight
Muligheder for felt 2: two, four, six, eight
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Svar: six, four
Senators serve six-year terms and about a third of the Senate is up for election every two years, which is meant to keep the chamber steady. Members of the House serve two years, so the whole House faces voters at once. The President serves four years, and the 22nd Amendment limits any one person to two elected terms.
15. Complete the sentence.
The flag has _____ stripes because that was the number of original colonies, and Independence Day is celebrated on _____.
Muligheder for felt 1: 11, 13, 20, 50
Muligheder for felt 2: June 14, July 4, September 17, November 11
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Svar: 13, July 4
The thirteen stripes stand for the thirteen original colonies, and the fifty stars stand for the fifty states today, so the flag records both the beginning and the present. Independence Day is July 4, the date the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776. The other dates belong to Flag Day, Constitution Day and Veterans Day, which are worth knowing since the bank also asks about holidays.
Hvad samfundsprøven ved naturalisationen faktisk spørger om
Samfundsprøven er en del af naturalisationssamtalen, og den er mundtlig frem for skriftlig. En USCIS-sagsbehandler stiller spørgsmål højt fra en offentliggjort liste, og du svarer højt. Der er to lister i omløb lige nu. Ansøgere, der har indsendt Form N-400 før den 20. oktober 2025, tager 2008-prøven, som trækker fra en liste på 100 spørgsmål. Ansøgere, der har indsendt på eller efter den dato, tager 2025-prøven, som trækker fra en liste på 128 spørgsmål. Det er din indsendelsesdato, der afgør det, så bekræft på uscis.gov, hvilken udgave der gælder i din egen sag, frem for at gå ud fra noget.
De to udgaver bedømmes forskelligt. På 2008-prøven stiller sagsbehandleren op til 10 spørgsmål, og du består ved at svare rigtigt på 6. På 2025-prøven stiller sagsbehandleren op til 20 spørgsmål, og du består ved at svare rigtigt på 12. I begge tilfælde stopper sagsbehandleren, så snart udfaldet er afgjort, så en stribe rigtige svar kan afslutte samfundsdelen tidligt. Der er også en engelskprøve med en læse-, en skrive- og en taledel, og taledelen bedømmes ud fra, hvordan du svarer under selve samtalen, frem for ud fra en særskilt øvelse.
Nogle ansøgere behandles anderledes. Ansøgere, der er 65 år eller derover, og som har haft status som lawful permanent resident, altså green card, i mindst 20 år på indsendelsestidspunktet, får særlig hensyntagen: de får 10 spørgsmål fra et mindre, særligt markeret sæt på 20, og 6 rigtige svar er bestået. Der findes også en undtagelse for handicap, som søges med Form N-648 og attesteres af en autoriseret sundhedsperson, plus tilpasninger for ansøgere med funktionsnedsættelse. Betingelserne for hver af de ordninger er specifikke, og de ændrer sig, så læs dem på uscis.gov eller spørg en akkrediteret rådgiver frem for at stole på et sammendrag som det her.
Sådan bruger du smagsprøven og læser den officielle liste
De her 15 spørgsmål kommer fra de officielle USCIS civics-spørgsmål. De spørgsmål er et værk af den amerikanske stat og dermed offentligt tilgængelige, og derfor kan denne side bruge den rigtige ordlyd og henvise dig til kildelisten på uscis.gov. Forklaringerne er skrevet af StudyPDF-teamet. De findes for at lære dig faktummet bag svaret, for en sagsbehandler kan godtage et rigtigt svar formuleret med dine egne ord, og det er forståelsen af idéen, der gør dig i stand til at levere et under pres.
En gruppe af de officielle spørgsmål mangler her med vilje. Listen spørger også, hvem præsidenten er, hvem dine to senatorer er, hvem din repræsentant er, hvem guvernøren i din delstat er, og andre spørgsmål om personer, der sidder i embedet lige nu. De svar ændrer sig med valg og udnævnelser, og en statisk øveside ville stille og roligt blive forældet og lære dig noget forkert. Slå dem op på den aktuelle officielle liste på uscis.gov, og tjek svarene for din egen delstat og dit eget distrikt, mens du er der, for flere af dem er forskellige fra ansøger til ansøger.
Resten tager du i ét stræk uden noter, og bagefter læser du hver eneste forklaring, også på de spørgsmål du svarede rigtigt på. Derefter arbejder du dig gennem hele den officielle liste i små bidder frem for i én lang omgang, og du siger dine svar højt. Den rigtige prøve er mundtlig, så at genkende et svar i stilhed er ikke den samme færdighed. Grupper spørgsmålene efter tema: forfatningen, de tre statsmagter, 1800-tallet, symboler og helligdage. Vend så tilbage til det tema, du bliver ved med at tabe.
Sådan gør StudyPDF civics-listen til rigtig træning
Femten spørgsmål kan vise dig, hvor du står. De kan ikke bære dig gennem en liste på 100 eller 128, og den officielle PDF er præcis det, en lang liste, uden mulighed for at træne den, uden score og uden noget register over, hvad du bliver ved med at ramme forkert.
StudyPDF arbejder ud fra dit eget materiale i stedet. Du uploader USCIS' studievejledning, PDF'en med de officielle spørgsmål og svar, eller papirerne fra dit statsborgerskabskursus, og Bo, studieagenten, laver de sider om til øveprøver og flashcard-sæt. Hvert spørgsmål bygger på det, du har uploadet, og hver forklaring peger tilbage på den side, det kom fra, så du kan tjekke kilden, når et svar overrasker dig. Du kan lave en ny prøve, når du vil, holde den på ét område som statsmagterne eller amerikansk historie, og følge med i hvilke spørgsmål der bliver ved med at drille.
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