IDAHO CITIZENSHIP CIVICS FINAL EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔four hundred thirty-five (435) - ✔✔The House of Representatives has how many
voting members?
✔✔two (2) - ✔✔We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
✔✔Mike Simpson - ✔✔Name your U.S. Representative.
✔✔the people of the state - ✔✔Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
✔✔because some states have more people - ✔✔Why do some states have more
Representatives than other states?
✔✔four (4) - ✔✔We elect a President for how many years?
✔✔November - ✔✔In what month do we vote for President?
✔✔Barack Obama - ✔✔What is the name of the President of the United States now?
✔✔Joe Biden - ✔✔What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
✔✔the Vice President - ✔✔If the President can no longer serve, who becomes
President?
✔✔the Speaker of the House - ✔✔If both the President and the Vice President can no
longer serve, who becomes President?
✔✔the President - ✔✔Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
✔✔the President - ✔✔Who signs bills to become laws?
✔✔the President - ✔✔Who vetoes bills?
✔✔advises the President - ✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do?
✔✔Secretary of: Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and
Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior,
Labor, State, Transportation, the Treasury, Veterans Affairs; Attorney General, Vice
President - ✔✔What are TWO Cabinet-level positions?
✔✔review laws
explains laws
, resolves disputes
decides if a law goes against the Constitution - ✔✔What does the judicial branch do?
✔✔the Supreme Court - ✔✔What is the highest court in the United States?
✔✔nine (9) - ✔✔How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
✔✔John Roberts - ✔✔Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
✔✔to print money
to declare war
to create an army
to make treaties - ✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal
government. What is ONE power of the federal government?
✔✔provide schooling and education
provide protection (police)
provide safety (fire departments)
give a driver's license
approve zoning and land use - ✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the
states. What is ONE power of the States?
✔✔Butch Otter - ✔✔Who is the Governor of your state now?
✔✔Boise - ✔✔What is the capital of your state?
✔✔Democratic and Republican - ✔✔What are the TWO major political parties in the
United States?
✔✔Democratic (party) - ✔✔What is the political party of the President now?
✔✔John Boehner - ✔✔What is the name of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives now?
✔✔Citizens eighteen and older can vote.
You don't have to pay a poll tax to vote.
Any citizen can vote.
A male citizen of any race can vote. - ✔✔There are four amendments to the
Constitution about who can vote. Describe ONE of the them.
✔✔serve on a jury
vote in a federal election - ✔✔What is ONE responsibility that is only for United States
citizens?
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔four hundred thirty-five (435) - ✔✔The House of Representatives has how many
voting members?
✔✔two (2) - ✔✔We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
✔✔Mike Simpson - ✔✔Name your U.S. Representative.
✔✔the people of the state - ✔✔Who does a U.S. Senator represent?
✔✔because some states have more people - ✔✔Why do some states have more
Representatives than other states?
✔✔four (4) - ✔✔We elect a President for how many years?
✔✔November - ✔✔In what month do we vote for President?
✔✔Barack Obama - ✔✔What is the name of the President of the United States now?
✔✔Joe Biden - ✔✔What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
✔✔the Vice President - ✔✔If the President can no longer serve, who becomes
President?
✔✔the Speaker of the House - ✔✔If both the President and the Vice President can no
longer serve, who becomes President?
✔✔the President - ✔✔Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
✔✔the President - ✔✔Who signs bills to become laws?
✔✔the President - ✔✔Who vetoes bills?
✔✔advises the President - ✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do?
✔✔Secretary of: Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and
Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior,
Labor, State, Transportation, the Treasury, Veterans Affairs; Attorney General, Vice
President - ✔✔What are TWO Cabinet-level positions?
✔✔review laws
explains laws
, resolves disputes
decides if a law goes against the Constitution - ✔✔What does the judicial branch do?
✔✔the Supreme Court - ✔✔What is the highest court in the United States?
✔✔nine (9) - ✔✔How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
✔✔John Roberts - ✔✔Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
✔✔to print money
to declare war
to create an army
to make treaties - ✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal
government. What is ONE power of the federal government?
✔✔provide schooling and education
provide protection (police)
provide safety (fire departments)
give a driver's license
approve zoning and land use - ✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the
states. What is ONE power of the States?
✔✔Butch Otter - ✔✔Who is the Governor of your state now?
✔✔Boise - ✔✔What is the capital of your state?
✔✔Democratic and Republican - ✔✔What are the TWO major political parties in the
United States?
✔✔Democratic (party) - ✔✔What is the political party of the President now?
✔✔John Boehner - ✔✔What is the name of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives now?
✔✔Citizens eighteen and older can vote.
You don't have to pay a poll tax to vote.
Any citizen can vote.
A male citizen of any race can vote. - ✔✔There are four amendments to the
Constitution about who can vote. Describe ONE of the them.
✔✔serve on a jury
vote in a federal election - ✔✔What is ONE responsibility that is only for United States
citizens?
