AZ CIVICS TEST PAPERS EXAMS 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔In what month do we vote for President? - ✔✔November
✔✔What is the name of the President of the United States now? - ✔✔▪ Barack Obama
▪ Obama
✔✔What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? - ✔✔▪ Joseph R.
Biden, Jr.
▪ Joe Biden
▪ Biden
✔✔If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - ✔✔the Vice
President
✔✔If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes
President? - ✔✔the Speaker of the House
✔✔Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - ✔✔the President
✔✔Who signs bills to become laws? - ✔✔the President
✔✔Who vetoes bills? - ✔✔the President
✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do? - ✔✔advises the President
✔✔What are two Cabinet-level positions? - ✔✔▪ Secretary of Agriculture
▪ Secretary of Commerce
▪ Secretary of Defense
▪ Secretary of Education
▪ Secretary of Energy
▪ Secretary of Health and Human Services
▪ Secretary of Homeland Security
▪ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
▪ Secretary of the Interior
▪ Secretary of Labor
▪ Secretary of State
▪ Secretary of Transportation
▪ Secretary of the Treasury
▪ Secretary of Veterans Affairs
▪ Attorney General
▪ Vice President
, ✔✔What does the judicial branch do? - ✔✔▪ reviews laws
▪ explains laws
▪ resolves disputes (disagreements)
▪ decides if a law goes against the Constitution
✔✔What is the highest court in the United States? - ✔✔the Supreme Court
✔✔How many justices are on the Supreme Court? - ✔✔nine (9)
✔✔Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now? - ✔✔John Roberts (John G.
Roberts, Jr.)
✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one
power of the federal
government? - ✔✔▪ to print money
▪ to declare war
▪ to create an army
▪ to make treaties
✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the
states? - ✔✔▪ provide schooling and education
▪ provide protection (police)
▪ provide safety (fire departments)
▪ give a driver's license
▪ approve zoning and land use
✔✔Who is the Governor of your state now? - ✔✔Answers will vary. [District of Columbia
residents should answer that D.C. does not have a Governor.]
✔✔What is the capital of your state? - ✔✔Phoenix
✔✔What are the two major political parties in the United States? - ✔✔Democrat and
Republican
✔✔What is the political party of the President now? - ✔✔Democratic (Party)
✔✔What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now? - ✔✔▪ Paul
D. Ryan
▪ (Paul) Ryan
✔✔There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of
them. - ✔✔▪ Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
▪ You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
▪ Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔In what month do we vote for President? - ✔✔November
✔✔What is the name of the President of the United States now? - ✔✔▪ Barack Obama
▪ Obama
✔✔What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now? - ✔✔▪ Joseph R.
Biden, Jr.
▪ Joe Biden
▪ Biden
✔✔If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President? - ✔✔the Vice
President
✔✔If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes
President? - ✔✔the Speaker of the House
✔✔Who is the Commander in Chief of the military? - ✔✔the President
✔✔Who signs bills to become laws? - ✔✔the President
✔✔Who vetoes bills? - ✔✔the President
✔✔What does the President's Cabinet do? - ✔✔advises the President
✔✔What are two Cabinet-level positions? - ✔✔▪ Secretary of Agriculture
▪ Secretary of Commerce
▪ Secretary of Defense
▪ Secretary of Education
▪ Secretary of Energy
▪ Secretary of Health and Human Services
▪ Secretary of Homeland Security
▪ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
▪ Secretary of the Interior
▪ Secretary of Labor
▪ Secretary of State
▪ Secretary of Transportation
▪ Secretary of the Treasury
▪ Secretary of Veterans Affairs
▪ Attorney General
▪ Vice President
, ✔✔What does the judicial branch do? - ✔✔▪ reviews laws
▪ explains laws
▪ resolves disputes (disagreements)
▪ decides if a law goes against the Constitution
✔✔What is the highest court in the United States? - ✔✔the Supreme Court
✔✔How many justices are on the Supreme Court? - ✔✔nine (9)
✔✔Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now? - ✔✔John Roberts (John G.
Roberts, Jr.)
✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one
power of the federal
government? - ✔✔▪ to print money
▪ to declare war
▪ to create an army
▪ to make treaties
✔✔Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the
states? - ✔✔▪ provide schooling and education
▪ provide protection (police)
▪ provide safety (fire departments)
▪ give a driver's license
▪ approve zoning and land use
✔✔Who is the Governor of your state now? - ✔✔Answers will vary. [District of Columbia
residents should answer that D.C. does not have a Governor.]
✔✔What is the capital of your state? - ✔✔Phoenix
✔✔What are the two major political parties in the United States? - ✔✔Democrat and
Republican
✔✔What is the political party of the President now? - ✔✔Democratic (Party)
✔✔What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now? - ✔✔▪ Paul
D. Ryan
▪ (Paul) Ryan
✔✔There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Describe one of
them. - ✔✔▪ Citizens eighteen (18) and older (can vote).
▪ You don't have to pay (a poll tax) to vote.
▪ Any citizen can vote. (Women and men can vote.)
