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The 8 citizenship test answers that change — and how to keep yours current
Most of the 128 answers are settled history and never change. Eight are different. If you study them from a printed list, a PDF, or a video, there is a real chance you are memorizing an answer that is already wrong.
The four that change nationally
- Q38 — The President of the United States now
- Q39 — The Vice President now
- Q30 — The Speaker of the House of Representatives now
- Q57 — The Chief Justice of the United States now
These change with elections, resignations, and appointments.
The four that depend on where you live
- Q23 — One of your state’s U.S. senators now
- Q29 — Your U.S. representative
- Q61 — The governor of your state now
- Q62 — The capital of your state
Two people with the same study guide have different correct answers here. If you move states while your application is pending, some of your answers change with you.
Why we don’t print the answers on this page
Because a page that lists them is wrong the moment something changes — and you would have no way to know. That is exactly how thousands of study PDFs became misleading. Instead, here is where to check:
- The official source for all of them: uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates — USCIS keeps the changing answers there and tells applicants to verify before the interview.
- Your senators: senate.gov · Your representative: house.gov (search by your ZIP code)
- Your governor and state capital: your state government’s official website
What the officer expects
You answer with the person holding the office at the time of your interview — not when you filed, and not when you started studying. For your representative, the answer is the representative for the district where you live. If your state has no voting representative, USCIS accepts the accepted alternatives for that situation.
How Naturalizer handles these
This is the one place where a study app genuinely beats a printed list. Naturalizer resolves these eight from official sources, refreshed daily, and shows each one with the date it was last updated — and for the four that depend on your state, it uses the state on your profile. You still verify at USCIS before your interview; you just don’t start from a stale answer.