Question 36 of 128 · 2025 test
The President of the United States is elected for how many years?
2025 test · also on the 2008 test as #26
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.
Accepted answer
- Four (4) years
On the 2008 test
The 2008 test asks this as Question 26: “We elect a President for how many years?”
Answers listed for the 2008 question (1), next to the 1 above. Compare them before you study from an older list.
- four (4)
Background
The President is elected for a four-year term. The 22nd Amendment limits a President to two elected terms, or a maximum of ten years in some cases.
From this site's page for 2008 Question 26.
The 65/20 special consideration
Question 36 is one of the 20 questions USCIS marks with an asterisk. An applicant who is 65 or older and has been a lawful permanent resident for 20 years or more may study only those 20; the officer asks 10 of them and 6 correct answers pass.
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.
- Nine (9)answers Question 53: How many seats are on the Supreme Court?
- (It states that the) powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people.answers Question 60: What is the purpose of the 10th Amendment?
- Twenty-seven (27)answers Question 7: How many amendments does the U.S. Constitution have?
More System of Government questions
Question and answers from the USCIS document 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25), U.S. government public domain.