The New Australian Citizen Test sample questions revealed
If you live in Australia you may have noticed quite a lot of advertising talking up the new "Australian Citizenship Test". From the 1 October 2007, applicants for Australian citizenship need to pass an Australian Citizenship Test, with a mark of 60% or more, before they can submit their citizenship application.
Here's a summary from the oracle of truth and fountain of factual information, Wikipedia:
The computer based test will consist of 20 multiple choice questions drawn randomly from a pool of 200 confidential questions. The test will only be available in English. Applicants will have 45 minutes to complete the test. The material is drawn from the official guide "Becoming an Australian Citizen" published by the Australian Government department of Immigration and Citizenship.
I was curious. What are the questions like? How hard are they? Luckily, Queen of the Nerds forwarded me 20 sample questions so that I could find out for myself. Now I'm sharing them with the world. Welcome to...
The New Australian Citizen Test
1. Do you understand the meaning, but are unable to explain the origin of, the term 'died in the arse'?
2. What is a "bloody little beauty"?
3. Are these terms related: chuck a sickie; chuck a spaz; chuck a U-ey?
4. Explain the following passage: 'In the arvo last Chrissy the relos rocked up for a barbie, some bevvies and a few snags. After a bit of a Bex and a lie down we opened the pressies, scoffed all the chockies, bickies and lollies. Then we drained a few tinnies and Mum did her block after Dad and Steve had a barney and a bit of biffo.'
5. Macca, Chooka and Wanger are driving from Broady to Surfers in their Torana. If they are travelling at 100 km/h while listening to Barnsey, Farnsey and Acca Dacca, how many slabs will each person on average consume between flashing a brown eye and having a slash?
6. Complete the following sentences:
a) 'If the van's rockin' don't bother ?
b) You're going home in the back of a ?
c) Fair crack of the ?
7. If someone says, "I've had a gutful and I can't be fagged", what do they mean?
8. Is there someone you are only mates with because they own a trailer or have a pool?
9. Do you have a friend or relative who has a car in their front yard 'up on blocks'? Is his name Bruce and does he have a wife called Cheryl?
10. What does "sinkin at a mate's joint and gettin para" mean?
11. What are the ingredients in a rissole?
12. Demonstrate the correct procedure for eating a Tim Tam.
13. Do you have an Aunty Irene who smokes 60 cigarettes a day and sounds like a bloke?
14. In any two-hour period have you ever eaten three-bean salad, a chop and two serves of pav washed down with someone else's beer that has been flogged from a bath full of ice?
15. When you go to a bring- your-own-meat barbie can you eat other people's meat or are you only allowed to eat your own?
16. What purple root vegetable beginning with the letter 'b' is required by law to be included in a hamburger with the lot?
17. Do you own or have you ever owned a lawn mower, a pair of thongs, an Esky or Ugg boots?
18. Is it possible to 'prang a car' while doing 'circle work'?
19. Who would you like to crack on to?
20. Who is the most Australian: Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson, John 'True Blue' Williamson, Kylie Minogue or Warnie?
So, how many would you answer correctly?
(4 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
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Good luck to all the new Australian wanna-be citizens. I could barely make any of that out! Of course, I don’t have the official Guide! =)
Classic – If you’re interested in some of the real questions then you might like to visit http://www.aussietest.com
I am assuming they are not the real questions, they are great though!!! I coulnd’t make head nor tail of most of them lol!!
If you guys need a hand with the answers to those questions, just let me know!
you are so bogan!
OMG! I almost got conned into thinking they were real!
You mean they aren’t real???
Blankshooting – you better start studying bud or they might not let you back in!
Here’s another test question for you:
Name two stickers that ute owners are required to stick on their back window…
Crikey Bloke – that means that we will be over-run with chocolate frogs in no time if those whinging polly’s use these questions – I thought this was going to be hard to pass!
Where are the questions about Auzzie formalwear? (stubbies, torn singlet and thongs for the wowzers)
What about real important stuff like what day is melbourne cup? When is the grand final? Has pulling a root got anything to do with farming? (T/F), How many slabs can you fit in a ute? If you had a pox-box who would you see to sort it out? (doctor or car salesman), If your mate has red har you should call him?, When should you wear thongs? a) mowing the lawn b) welding c) at a barbie d) when you are the best man at your mates weddin’ e) all of the above.
Now -on another note, from the “real 20″ sample they would have to give me No 11 kick in the kyber for getting most of ‘em wrong – I was probably bumm’n school the day that taught that rubbish
That’s gold Bluey!
The whole way through Im thinking “I cant even answer half of these questions”
Then I realised it was a mock one :S
Got em right but ey im real aussie i spend 50 bucks on aussie stuff then i found out its made in china then had a pooey @ da company