Question 58 of 128 · 2025 test

Name one power that is only for the federal government.

2025 test

2025 test · also on the 2008 test as #41

This question is from the 2025 test, which applies if you filed Form N-400 on or after Oct 20, 2025: the officer asks up to 20 of the 128 questions and 12 correct answers pass. Earlier filers take the 2008 test - check your version on the official USCIS test-updates page.

6 accepted answers

Print paper money
Mint coins
Declare war
Create an army
Make treaties
Set foreign policy

On the 2008 test

The 2008 test asks this as Question 41: “Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. What is one power of the federal government?”

Answers listed for the 2008 question (4), next to the 6 above. Compare them before you study from an older list.

to print money
to declare war
to create an army
to make treaties

Background

Federal powers include printing money, declaring war, creating an army, and making treaties. These are national responsibilities that no single state can carry out on its own.

From this site's page for 2008 Question 41.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 58 is not one of the 20 asterisked questions, so an applicant who qualifies for the 65/20 special consideration would not be asked it. Everyone else studies all 128.

Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the 2025 practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different 2025 question.

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