Cal: Australian Citizenship

Learn Our Common Bond with Cal, practise the 20-question citizenship test with its values rule, and see the guide page behind every answer. Start with 5 free questions and a free practice test with all 20 answers explained.

Our Common Bond and the Home Affairs practice test are free. Cal's Full plan adds short lessons, targeted review and more practice tests. One payment. No subscription, nothing renews, nothing to cancel.

Why Cal
• Practise the real format. 20 questions, 45 minutes, any order, a 1 to 20 navigator and a "Review later" flag. To pass you need at least 15 of 20 and all 5 values questions right, so Cal shows your values result on its own.
• Understand the values questions. The values coach teaches each rule with its page in the guide, shows the detail that decides the answer, then gives you a changed situation with no hints. Legal duties, freedoms with limits and encouraged behaviour are kept apart.
• See why every answer is right. Each explanation names its part and page in Our Common Bond.
• Practise in your conditions. Standard timing (45 minutes), Assisted Test timing (90 minutes) or flexible practice with pauses. Read-aloud reads the question and every option in all modes. Home Affairs decides who gets the Assisted Test.
• Remember it on test day. Short lessons of 3, 5 or 10 minutes. Questions you missed come back on a later day in a new form.

What is free
• 5 questions to start, no sign-up
• Practice test 1 in every timing mode, with your values and Part results and all 20 answers explained, retakes included
• The first lesson of each Part
• Eligibility and booking guides, sources, corrections and the glossary
• Read-aloud everywhere

Full plan, one payment
All 24 lessons, the values coach with new situations, targeted review of your mistakes, Practice tests 2 and 3 and more fresh practice tests, and our training target for when your preparation is solid. A purchase never expires and still covers you if you need to sit the test again. Restore your purchase on any device with the same store account.

The test in brief
• 20 multiple choice questions in English, from Our Common Bond
• 5 of them are about Australian values
• You pass with at least 15 of 20 and all 5 values questions right
• 45 minutes, or 90 minutes for people Home Affairs offers the Assisted Test

Checked against the guide
Every question is written in our own words from Our Common Bond and checked by several independent reviewers before it enters the app. Checked against Our Common Bond, edition naming King Charles III, on 6 October 2026. When the guide changes, Cal shows what changed and updates the questions.

Help in your language
The test and the app are in English. Explanations and the glossary are also available in Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic and Nepali.

No account, no ads
No account to create and no ads. Your progress stays on your phone. Analytics are anonymous and you can turn them off.

Independent app
Independent app, not affiliated with the Department of Home Affairs or the Australian Government. Home Affairs does not endorse paid preparation apps, including this one. To book your test and for the government's own information, use the Department of Home Affairs website.

Refunds go through Apple or Google, and your rights under Australian Consumer Law apply.

Based on Australian Citizenship: Our Common Bond (testable section), © Commonwealth of Australia 2020, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Changes made: our own questions and summaries.
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Recent changes:
Faster start: just your test date and your pace, then you're learning.
Practice test 1 is read aloud straight away, no download needed.
Match-the-pairs cards are clearer, and the lesson bar counts every question.
Smoother on older Android phones.
Fixes, including an error screen that could appear on first open.