Sample Australian Citizenship Tests
On February 5th I will be sitting for my Australian Citizenship Test (your prayers would be appreciated). I've been reading the preparation booklet that they sent me "Becoming an Australian Citizen" and thought that I would be ready to sit some sample Australian Citizenship Tests.
There are quite a few different sample citizenship tests available on-line, so I sat the ones below. Next to the link to the test I have put my score:
- Official Australian Government Sample Test (100%)
- Australian Citizenship Test Practice Questions (90%)
- Citizenship test - Australian Test Practice Questions (60%)
- Herald Sun Citizenship Sample Questions (95%)
- Sydney Morning Herald - Take the Test (100%)
The third test on the list really threw me. If you only have time to do one test, it is definitely the hardest and deals with the most detailed questions.
Update...
I passed my Australian citizenship test today ... check it out.
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- Do you think Aussie Leaders would even pass these tests??
Anonymous on Saturday, January 26, 2008Does Australia feel proud to make the Citizenship Test so hard for people to pass? Just curious, because given that I am an Aussie I was confused as to why I failed several of the practice tests. There was a report on the TV a few weeks back which mentioned how many people who were sitting the tests were in fact failing them. I had just figured they must have been people who perhaps didn't have good English proficinecy. Doesn't say much if native Aussies can't even pass them. Does it really matter if one doesn't know who trained a famous sports person? For goodness sakes!! Understandably laws and rights and responsibilites need to be understood by those applying. Would love to make some of our Aussie leaders sit the test. Maybe they should have been audited when the tests were first made compulsory.
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dutchboy on Saturday, January 26, 2008It's indeed the sports personality questions that I got wrong. I too wonder what the point of those questions is. You can't expect everyone to just be a die hard gung ho sports fanatic. Still, the rest of the questions are quite obvious, if you don't have a twisted world view.
We actually had a good number of politicians sit the official test in the Netherlands (mostly opposition, sadly). Needless to say, they failed gloriously. Just too bad it was for TV, and they didn't get their citizenship revoked. I would be interested to see how Aussie politicians would fare on the Australian test.
Edited by dutchboy on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 10:30 AM
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- does that mean?
sam on Monday, January 28, 2008Does that mean you'll stop parading all your Canadian paraphernalia like 100% of Canadians do? I'm guessing not. I can't imagine a Canadian to ever abandoned their zeal for a red maple leaf.
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- Citizenship tests
Faye on Monday, January 28, 2008I did the tests last night and did almost as well as you, except the test you scored 60% for, I only got 55%. Many of the names I had never heard of and felt they were quite irrelevant for this type of test.The test you scored 90%........ I got 80%.
I reckon you'll do just fine.
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- I've seen you somewhere before...
Missionary Blog Watch on Tuesday, January 29, 2008Hey Bill -
Guess who's a winner today? :)
Check it out!
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- Not Saying Goodbye to Canada
billhutchison on Wednesday, January 30, 2008I'm going for the dual-citizenship thing for Canada and Australia. First by birth, second by choice.
Currently I'm flying a Canadian flag on our car, and Tamara doesn't seem to mind that at all. It helps her find the car in the car parks...
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- Did the Tests
Brad on Tuesday, February 5, 2008I did them all and got
100
90
50
95
100 (mind you I probably would have scored around 80on this one if I had not done the others first)
The 3rd one was radically more difficult than the others. So I wonder what the real test is most like. If it is like the 3rd one then "ouch." If it is like the others then it is not such a big deal.
I think a country has the right to do whatever it wants to allow people to become citizens. If you want all the benifits of living in this great country then you should be willing to pay the price to get it. A few hours of study is not to much to ask.
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dutchboy on Tuesday, February 5, 2008After this last comment I did the third one again, and failed miserably this time around: 35%. Although I've read up on Australia (except the cricket) quite recently -mostly to impress newly acquired Australian friends- it was more of a gamble than I thought.
Still, this is not too difficult for an immigration test. I suppose if I lived in Australia, and did my homework, there would be no excuse for failing it.
I still say the Dutch test is far more difficult, as it isn't all multiple choice. You have to be able to tell stuff from pictograms, for one.
It would make the Aussie test more challenging, though. Show a pictogram, and let the applicant tell something about it using real Australian slang.
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dutchboy on Saturday, January 26, 2008Tried two of those and on both cases got 80% of my answers right. Too simple. Try and become a Dutch citizen! They'll show you a pictogram with a sun partially obscured by a cloud, and you have too tell in good Dutch what the weather is going to be like. Another question on the official test is what you have to do when the neighbor has given birth. 90 percent of us native born Dutchies would fail it.
Despite this being my first comment on this blog, and the fact that I hardly ever visit this blog: good luck on the test.
Edited by dutchboy on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 10:34 AM
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