Question 62 of 300 · Living in a Democracy

Question 62: When the parliament of a German federal state is elected, it is called …

Official question from the BAMF catalog used for the Einbürgerungstest (German citizenship test) and the Leben in Deutschland test. Topic: Living in a Democracy.

The question as it appears on the exam

Wenn das Parlament eines deutschen Bundeslandes gewählt wird, nennt man das …

The Einbürgerungstest is written and sat in German only, with no dictionary allowed. Use the English below to understand the question, but learn to recognise the German wording above — that is what you will see on the day.

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Answer options

AKommunalwahlmunicipal election
BLandtagswahlstate parliament electionCorrect
CEuropawahlEuropean election
DBundestagswahlfederal election

Correct answer

B — Landtagswahl

state parliament election

Why this is the answer

The election of a federal state’s parliament is called a Landtagswahl. A Bundestagswahl, by contrast, elects the parliament for all of Germany.

Key exam terms in this question

These exam terms appear in the question or in the answer options. Once you know them, you can still spot the right answer when the wording changes.

der Bundestag — federal parliament (lower house)
Der Bundestag macht die Bundesgesetze.
der Landtag — state parliament
Der Landtag beschließt Landesgesetze.
das Bundesland — federal state (Land)
Deutschland hat 16 Bundesländer.

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How this question fits into the exam

On exam day you answer 33 questions in 60 minutes: 30 from the general catalog of 300 questions — this question is one of them — and 3 about your federal state. You pass with 17 correct answers. Aiming for exactly 17 leaves no margin for nerves, so take timed mock exams until 33 out of 33 feels routine.

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