Civics question 48 of 128

What are two Cabinet-level positions?

Source: official USCIS question list for the 2025 version of the civics test. This site is independent and not affiliated with USCIS.

Background

Naming any two of the listed positions answers the question, for example the Secretary of State and the Attorney General. Fifteen officials head executive departments, and the Senate confirms each one. The Attorney General is the odd title in the group, leading the Department of Justice rather than a department bearing the same name. Beyond the department heads, the official list includes the vice president and several officials given cabinet rank by custom, among them the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Office of Management and Budget, along with the Trade Representative and the Director of National Intelligence. Department heads also sit in the line of presidential succession, ordered by when their departments were created, beginning with the Secretary of State.

This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice to explain the civics fact. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and the official answer above is the one to give at the interview.

Where this question sits

It is part of System of Government, inside the American Government section of the test.

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