2008 civics test — the ten answers to look up

Ten of the 100 questions in the 2008 civics bank have no answer you can memorize once and forget. Six ask who holds an office now or how many justices sit on the Supreme Court: the President, the Vice President, the Chief Justice, the Speaker of the House, the President's political party and the number of justices. For these, the 2008 question list prints no answer at all. It sends you to uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates. The other four depend on where you live: one of your state's U.S. Senators, your U.S. Representative, your state's Governor and your state's capital.

This flashcard deck is a checklist for those ten questions. Each card shows the question in the wording of the 2008 list. The back tells you where to find the answer, and for the six national questions it gives the answer the test updates page listed in September 2026, with a reminder to check again before your interview. The deck also covers the special answers for people who live in Washington, D.C. or in a U.S. territory. D.C. has no U.S. Senators and no Governor, and it is not a state with a capital. A territory resident names the territory's capital and may name the territory's Delegate or Resident Commissioner as their Representative.

Why a checklist and not a quiz with fixed answers? The 2008 list tells applicants to answer with the name of the official serving on the day of the interview, and the officer will not accept an out-of-date name. The November 2026 elections can change senators, representatives and governors, and the House chooses a Speaker when each new Congress meets in January 2027. A key written today could be wrong on your interview day. So use the deck to know exactly what to look up, then write your own answers for your state and district on the back of a card you keep.

Three of these ten questions, Q20, Q28 and Q44, are also among the 20 questions for applicants who are 65 or older and have been permanent residents for 20 years. The last cards say which ones.

This deck is for applicants who filed Form N-400 before October 20, 2025 and so take the 2008 test. On test day the officer asks the questions aloud and you answer aloud; a card deck helps you recall the answers, but it cannot rehearse the conversation. The spoken practice in this track does that.

• Recognize the ten 2008 civics questions whose answers change or depend on where you live
• Know where to check each answer: uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates, senate.gov, house.gov and your state government's website
• Give the correct special answers if you live in Washington, D.C. or a U.S. territory
• Know that only the official serving on your interview day is accepted, and recheck after elections

Practice material written by Zestly, based on the USCIS 2008 civics question list (rev. 01/19) and the uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates page as checked in September 2026.