You think you got what it takes to be an American citizen?

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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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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Does anyone know what one has to score to pass?
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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

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

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.

 

Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I scored 91%.

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

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

"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."
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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? :grin:

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

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.

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

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.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Texas, reply 5
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.
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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

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

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 :D

So I suppose a 60% would get you citizenship.
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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?).

Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top

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.

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

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%.

 

Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top

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

Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top

Still managed to get 84% though Not bad for a Euro-punk like me
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I am impressed!  SO when can we get you as a citizen? :grin:

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

Got 92%.
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The cops are still there too! ;)

Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top

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

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

Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top

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

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

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.
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Yeah, what the hell was up with that?

X(  

~Zoo

Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top

jesseledesma, the illegal blogger from JU,
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Why is he an illegal blogger?

Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

Well, according to LW he is an illegal alien and he bloggs here so he is an illegal blogger. :digichet:

Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top

I got 92%.  I did the George Washington oops, too, and some of them I just didn't read all the way through.  Figures.  Bad teacher.

The only reason I know this stuff is because I had to teach it.  If I hadn't taught it a couple of years ago I'd probably have a much poorer score.

Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top

73% - Never set foot in the USA, and have no particular interest in so doing, yet I qualified.

Incidentally, did anybody else notice that when there was an 'All of the above' option, it was almost invariably the right answer? Surely that's not particularly intelligent questionnaire design.

Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top

73% - Never set foot in the USA, and have no particular interest in so doing, yet I qualified.

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What is the qualifying percentage?

 

Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top

Incidentally, did anybody else notice that when there was an 'All of the above' option, it was almost invariably the right answer?
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Yea, pretty much like the Trivia game that Rose set up for Joeuser about 2 years ago.  But another thing the "applicants" for citizenship have that you do not - they get all the questions and all the answers!  They just have to remember 10 of them.  Edumacashun in UhMerika!

What is the qualifying percentage?
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6 out of 10 (they only get 10 of them) or 60%.  SO far, all you "fur-en-ers" qualify.

Reply #22 from Stardock Forums Top

97% here.. though one of em was cause the screwed up washington one.  Hey, ya dont have to have a fancy degree to be educated!

I could have gotten all of the ones I did without the muliple guess as well.

Reply #23 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Furry, reply 19
Incidentally, did anybody else notice that when there was an 'All of the above' option, it was almost invariably the right answer? Surely that's not particularly intelligent questionnaire design.
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Multiple guess is pretty much never a good way to test anything.  I think of them as watered down open book tests.  Open book tests to me should be long and ment to test research ablities.

Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top

 

do you know the name of the current speaker of the House? Or why the United States flag has 13 stripes? Or the role of the president's cabinet?

These are some of the 100 questions in a new citizenship test that went into effect today.

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- that is funny, all three of those questions were among the required knowledge when i took my citizenship test months ago.

Reply #25 from JoeUser Forums Top

95%  Of the 5 wrong answers, 3 were due to not reading through to the "all of the above" , one was the George Washington is incorrect, the answer is George Washington. and one ligetimate wrong answer.  I said NATO was created to keep the peace instead of the UN.  Personally, I like my answer better.