Citizenship Interview civic test

[alien2006 2]

During  citizenship interview 

1. Do I have to answer the civic questions as is in the study guide.

If I forget not an important "word"  would my answer treated as incorrect.

for example for the following question can I answer "zoning and land use"

       42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
             • provide schooling and education
             • provide protection (police)
             • provide safety (fire departments)
             • give a driver’s license
            • approve zoning and land use

 

2. Do I have to tell all the answers to a question when there are multiple answers in the study guide

for example 

         16. Who makes federal laws?
                 • Congress
                 • Senate and House (of Representatives)
                 • (U.S. or national) legislature

 

 

Edited July 24, 2019 by alien2006

[Lemon23 400]

52 minutes ago, alien2006 said:

for example for the following question can I answer "zoning and land use"

incomplete answer is wrong so you need to say the whole sentence

53 minutes ago, alien2006 said:

2. Do I have to tell all the answers to a question when there are multiple answers in the study guide

Just one of them is fine.

[afrocraft 314]

26 minutes ago, Lemon23 said:

incomplete answer is wrong so you need to say the whole sentence

I seriously doubt that. If it's within the ballpark, most officers will accept the answer as valid. At least mine did.

 

And hey, you only need 6/10 correct.

[xyz12345 260]

3 hours ago, alien2006 said:

During  citizenship interview 

1. Do I have to answer the civic questions as is in the study guide.

If I forget not an important "word"  would my answer treated as incorrect.

for example for the following question can I answer "zoning and land use"

if the question is: 'who can vote?' It has to be '18 years old AND older'. I remember someone here in VJ aswered '18 yrs old' and the IO said wrong.

 

 

3 hours ago, alien2006 said:

       42. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
             • provide schooling and education
             • provide protection (police)
             • provide safety (fire departments)
             • give a driver’s license
            • approve zoning and land use

 

2. Do I have to tell all the answers to a question when there are multiple answers in the study guide

for example 

         16. Who makes federal laws?
                 • Congress
                 • Senate and House (of Representatives)
                 • (U.S. or national) legislature

 

 

 

[Lemon23 400]

16 hours ago, afrocraft said:

I seriously doubt that. If it's within the ballpark, most officers will accept the answer as valid. At least mine did.

 

And hey, you only need 6/10 correct.

I would rather answer in complete sentence than incomplete because you don't know what kind of officer you will deal with. Also, answering of questions on the civic test is also the way of the officer to asses your communication skills orally.

And yes I know that you only need 6 correct answer out of 10 because I'm done with this process. LOL!

Edited July 25, 2019 by Lemon23

[alien2006 2]

I appreciate for answering my question.

After my interview on Monday I will post my interview experience.

[Wasa22 5]

How was your experience?

[alien2006 2]

My oath is scheduled on Aug14th at Des Moine.

Here are the questions I was asked and my answers below. 
My experience has been answers have to be correct and complete but it doesn't has be be word to word as given in study guide.

88. Name one of the two longest rivers in the United
States.
• Missouri (River)
• Mississippi (River)
My Answer: Mississippi river and Missouri river

29. What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
My Answer: Mike Pence

34. Who vetoes bills?
• the president
My Answer:  The president of united states

75. What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
• freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
• saved (or preserved) the Union
• led the United States during the Civil War
My Answer: freed slaves

72. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
•  War of 1812
• Mexican-American War
• Civil War
• Spanish-American War
My Answer:  civil war

I don't recall the 6th question

Edited August 1, 2019 by alien2006

[alien2006 2]

On 7/25/2019 at 10:58 PM, love_my_wife said:

Some officers will not even accept the answer exactly from the official USCIS guide.

 

I was asked "What did the declaration of independence do"... I answered "Declared our independence from Great Britain" exactly as per the study material

 

The office didn't like this answer and asked "Whose independence?"

 

I clarified Americans' independence (Then she added American people's independence is what she wanted to hear)! 

 

My answer was however, not marked as wrong in the end so all good.

Technically American people before Independence were Native Americans and  "American people" did not exist before independence

I think the correct answer is the the people of the 13 British colonies in North America.

[alien2006 2]