What is the name of the President of the United States now?

Explanation

This answer changes with each administration and is kept current from the officials file.

Why it matters

Naming the sitting President shows the test-taker follows current national leadership.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 28 is one of the 20 questions in the 65/20 set. An applicant who is 65 or older and has been a lawful permanent resident for 20 years or more studies only those 20 questions instead of all 100, and this is one of them.

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Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different question, which is what makes it tempting.

• provide schooling and educationanswers Question 42: Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?
• a change (to the Constitution)answers Question 4: What is an amendment?
• capitalist economyanswers Question 11: What is the economic system in the United States?

Kept up to date

This answer changes when officeholders change. HundredCivics updates it from a single verified source, so what you study here matches the current government (verified 2026-07-26).

More System of Government questions

Questions the officer draws from the same part of the test. Studying them together is what keeps their answers apart.

• Question 13: Name one branch or part of the government.Congress · legislative · President · executive · the courts · judicial
• Question 14: What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?checks and balances · separation of powers
• Question 15: Who is in charge of the executive branch?the President
• Question 16: Who makes federal laws?Congress · Senate and House (of Representatives) · (U.S. or national) legislature
• Question 17: What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?the Senate and House (of Representatives)