The test
Sample Australian citizenship test questions
Eight questions from all four parts, corrected one by one. A quick way to see what the test asks before you study or sit a full run.
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| Practice set of 8 questions, target 75% |
| You can still miss 2 |
Practice questions adapted by Radif Partners from Our Common Bond. Not the official test questions.
Questions adapted from Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0, by Radif Partners.
The questions in the Australian citizenship test are short, factual and multiple choice: one line of question, three or four options, one right answer. They test the facts of the four parts of Our Common Bond and, through 5 of the 20 questions, whether you understand Australian values well enough to apply them to a situation. The sample above gives eight questions drawn from all four parts and shows the answer and its explanation as soon as you choose, so you can judge the style and the level in a few minutes. If you get six or more right without having studied, the booklet will feel familiar; if fewer, start with Part 1 and Part 3, which carry the most facts. Remember that the real test marks differently from a sample: 15 correct answers out of 20 and every values question right, with the result shown on screen when you finish.
Did I pass the Australian citizenship test?
Result
Pass
| Overall | 16 of 20 (80%), 15 needed |
| Values questions | 5 of 5, all 5 needed |
| Why | Both rules met |
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Three kinds of question
Looking across the four parts of Our Common Bond, the questions fall into three families, and each one rewards a different way of studying.
Plain facts. A date, a place, a name of an institution, a colour of a flag. These come mostly from Part 1 on Australia and its people and from the symbols. They are the easiest marks once the booklet has been read twice, and the hardest to guess without it.
How the system works. Which level of government runs a service, what the Senate does, how a referendum passes, what the Governor-General's role is. These come from Parts 2 and 3. They reward understanding over memory: once you see why there are three levels of government, the questions answer themselves.
Values in practice. A short situation and a choice: what freedom of speech allows and does not allow, what equality between men and women means at work, why everyone must obey the law. These are the values questions, drawn from Part 4, and the 5 of them in each test must all be right.
What the sample tells you
| Your sample score | What it suggests |
|---|---|
| 7 or 8 of 8 | You know the material; move on to full tests |
| 5 or 6 of 8 | Read the booklet once more, then practise by part |
| 4 or fewer | Start with a plan: read each part, then practise it |
Eight questions are a small sample: one lucky guess moves the score a lot. Use it to decide where to start, not whether you are ready. Readiness shows on full 20-question tests, taken several times on fresh questions.
Next steps after the sample
If the plain facts went wrong, read Part 1, Australia and its people, which covers the land, the first Australians, the early history, the states and territories, the symbols and the national days. If the system questions went wrong, Part 3 on government and the law is the chapter to read slowly. If a values question went wrong, go straight to the values questions, because that is the one area where the real test forgives nothing.
When you want to see every question with its answer before testing yourself, the full question list is sorted by part and by topic. The study planner turns the time you have each day into a number of weeks until the appointment.
A note on wording
Real questions are worded by the department and are not published, so do not expect to meet these exact sentences. What carries over is the fact. If you can explain why an answer is right, you will recognise the same fact in another wording on the day. Each explanation on this site is written to give you that reason, not just the letter of the answer.