Different questions at the same Citizenship Test
Sep 19th 2012, 5:17 pm
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Different questions at the same Citizenship Test
Hi,
We've just returned from our citizenship test in Hamilton, 20 multiple-choice questions, mostly straightforward, with a couple of trickier ones. I expected that everybody would have had the same 20 questions, but my wife and my son had a different set of questions than I did. Is this the norm? I'm a little worried in case we were all supposed to be doing the same test.
Cheers,
Sundin13.
We've just returned from our citizenship test in Hamilton, 20 multiple-choice questions, mostly straightforward, with a couple of trickier ones. I expected that everybody would have had the same 20 questions, but my wife and my son had a different set of questions than I did. Is this the norm? I'm a little worried in case we were all supposed to be doing the same test.
Cheers,
Sundin13.
Sep 19th 2012, 5:27 pm
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Re: Different questions at the same Citizenship Test
same at mine. I think it's to stop people cheating.
Sep 19th 2012, 5:33 pm
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Re: Different questions at the same Citizenship Test
Phew! That's a relief.
And thanks for the quick reply!
And thanks for the quick reply!
Sep 19th 2012, 5:33 pm
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Sep 19th 2012, 6:12 pm
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Sep 20th 2012, 12:26 pm
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Re: Different questions at the same Citizenship Test
I think they have a large bank of questions. Blocks of 20 are chosen for test papers and they use a variety of different papers in any one session.
Sep 25th 2012, 11:36 pm
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Re: Different questions at the same Citizenship Test
There was 6 of us took the test today in Halifax. We were told we all had different tests. We all passed 
Sep 26th 2012, 12:05 am
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Sep 26th 2012, 6:25 pm
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Re: Different questions at the same Citizenship Test
does anyone ever truly fail these things ?
ie the citizenship cards are already printed ; if you get below 16/20 or whatever do they make you come back - or are you asked a set of follow up questions - you have to satsify the head honcho you know your stuff , i seem to remember (the justice of the peace or similar...)
if you're over 50 you don't a command of the english language (from memory)
- is the test translated into your native tongue in that case
had around 100 at my test, and seemed to recall there were no 'fails'
although some of the punters seemed like they may stuggle
whole thing seems a bit of a sham ; just another level of paperwork to go through...
ie the citizenship cards are already printed ; if you get below 16/20 or whatever do they make you come back - or are you asked a set of follow up questions - you have to satsify the head honcho you know your stuff , i seem to remember (the justice of the peace or similar...)
if you're over 50 you don't a command of the english language (from memory)
- is the test translated into your native tongue in that case
had around 100 at my test, and seemed to recall there were no 'fails'
although some of the punters seemed like they may stuggle
whole thing seems a bit of a sham ; just another level of paperwork to go through...
Sep 26th 2012, 6:37 pm
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Re: Different questions at the same Citizenship Test
About 30%, according to the last news article I read. Though my questions seemed easier than the examples given on the web so they've probably tried to reduce that number.
If I remember correctly, they told us that if we failed we'd have to be interviewed by the citizenship judge or reapply and wait another two years.
The questions seemed to largely test whether you understood English or French, since you could pretty much eliminate 50% of the answers as clearly wrong if you did. Once you got to that point, basic knowledge of the information in the book should be enough to get the required fifteen right.
ie the citizenship cards are already printed ; if you get below 16/20 or whatever do they make you come back - or are you asked a set of follow up questions - you have to satsify the head honcho you know your stuff , i seem to remember (the justice of the peace or similar...)
The questions seemed to largely test whether you understood English or French, since you could pretty much eliminate 50% of the answers as clearly wrong if you did. Once you got to that point, basic knowledge of the information in the book should be enough to get the required fifteen right.
Sep 26th 2012, 7:45 pm
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Re: Different questions at the same Citizenship Test
Funny, but I almost did.
When I did mine (long time ago in a small town) you were interviewed by a judge. I did mine in winter with a french Canadian, hockey nut judge and we spend most of the time just BS'ing about hockey. Pretty sure I got most of the answers wrong but he passed me anyway.
When I did mine (long time ago in a small town) you were interviewed by a judge. I did mine in winter with a french Canadian, hockey nut judge and we spend most of the time just BS'ing about hockey. Pretty sure I got most of the answers wrong but he passed me anyway.
