2025 civics recall cards: the executive, the courts and the states

This deck covers questions 40 to 62 of the 2025 civics list, the section on System of Government: the executive, the courts and the states: 23 cards in total. It covers the powers of the president, the Cabinet and the twenty-two Cabinet-level positions, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court, and the powers of the federal government and of the states.

How the cards work. The front of each card is the question exactly as it appears in the USCIS list. The back gives every answer USCIS lists for it. Where the list accepts any one of several answers, the back says so; where the officer asks for two, three or five answers, the back says how many. Words in parentheses are optional: "(U.S.) Constitution" means that "Constitution" alone is accepted.

Why recall and not multiple choice. The six practice tests in this category are multiple choice, which is good for telling similar facts apart. The real civics test is spoken, and the officer gives you no options. These cards train the harder skill: producing an answer from memory. Read the question, say your answer aloud, then turn the card and compare. You do not need to use the exact words on the back, but your answer must mean the same thing.

About this section. Many of these questions have the same answer, the President, so the challenge is the others: nine seats but five justices to decide a case, and the long list of Cabinet-level positions, where the officer asks for two. Three questions have no fixed answer (the Chief Justice, your governor and your state capital); their cards tell you where to check, and the Chief Justice card gives the name the USCIS test-updates page listed in September 2026.

How to use the deck. Go through it once to see which cards you already know, then repeat the ones you missed until you can answer them without hesitation. For questions with a long list of accepted answers, choose one or two you find easy to say and always use those. Together, the eight decks in this series cover all 128 questions of the 2025 list, section by section.

On test day nothing is multiple choice and nothing is on a card: the officer reads the question aloud and you answer in your own words. Say each answer out loud while you study, because that is what you will do in the interview. This is independent practice; it is not produced or endorsed by USCIS, and no practice material can promise a result.

• Recall the accepted answers for questions 40 to 62 of the 2025 list
• Name two Cabinet-level positions without prompting
• Keep the number of Supreme Court seats and the number of justices needed for a decision apart
• Tell powers of the federal government from powers of the states
• Say each answer aloud from memory, as on the spoken test

Practice material written by Zestly, based on the USCIS 2025 civics question list "128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version)", M-1778 (09/25); current office holders as listed on uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates, checked September 2026.