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The Questions from The Naturalisation Test
Filip Miletic
September 9, 2008
Abstract
A description of the questions from the Short Naturalisation Waiver Test (korte vri-
jstellingstoets)1 .
1. Note
I described own experiences. Do not draw conclusions about your exam based on these. Your
test is your own responsibility. If you want to know what the answers to the questions are, you
have to do your own homework. All I could share about the exam was put into this text.
2. Test Description
It consists of about 30 questions. When I did the test, there were 28 of them. At the beginning
of the test, 2 test questions are offered in the same format as they are in the test, for trying out.
Each question has exactly 3 answers offered, of which exactly one is correct. No instructions are
given. No info about how many correct answers mean a passed test are given. They don’t tell
you whether incorrect answers mean negative points.
The test is done on the computer. The computer is equipped with headphones. A question is
answered by clicking the mouse button while the arrow is pointing to the selected answer, and
then by clicking a button that signifies going to the next question. You can skip any question
you wish. You can then come back to the skipped question at any time, by going through the
question list. Everyone must mark the end of the testing explicitly, by pressing a button with
the label eind toets at the last question. The test lasts for 45 minutes. Fifteen minutes prior to
the deadline, a pop-up window comes up saying that 15 minutes are left.
You will receive the results by mail after 4 weeks, to the mail address that you provided
when applying for the test.
The questions in the test are roughly divided into several topics. The topics treated in my
test were: starting a company, looking for work, life in a house, life in a condominium, buying
and renting a house or flat, school, children, European Union.
Every topic starts with a short video that explains the scenario for which the questions will
be asked. Then the questions follow, where each has either a text, or a video relating to the
specific question. Most of the time, the text or video contain the answer to the question that is
asked. The text is sometimes followed by a voice, sometimes it is not. Almost all the recordings
follow an immigrant family and their friends, be they immigrants or domestic. Every recording
and every video can be re-played at any time and as many times as required. At some questions,
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from the Serbian original
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the computer does not play the recording by itself, and the person undergoing test must click
the loudspeaker icon that is shown on the screen.
The language level used in the test is rather high. Excerpts from newspaper articles are
used (somewhat complicated), excerpts from legal documents (rather hairy), but also the job ads
(relatively simple).
I took the test on November 29, 2007. The results came in somewhere around New Year’s
Day. I passed the test. The outcome was expresed by: passed (geslaagd) and a certificate.
3. Questions
The questions that were on the test are described below. I remembered 26 of a total of 28. I
don’t recall how they exactly went, and how the answers are exactly formulated, so I can only
describe them. In most of the cases teh answers are not as short as I give them, but rather
contain the answer together with a reasoning leading to this answer. Of course, the explanation
makes sense only for one of the three.
3.1. Starting a Company
A man (named Mo) is starting a company.
1) The Chamber of Commerce asks him to submit a few items. One of them is a description
of the target group of the customers. What should he write about the target group? Three
answers are offered, of which one is along the lines of “I don’t know what my target group
is”, the second is approximately “what do you care what my target group is”, and the
third is approximately “The target group are people using computers at home. The third
possibility seemed the most logical to me, so I chose that one.
2) Who does he talk to in order to start a company? Just as it is with us, to the Chamber
of Commerce (kamer van koophandel, KvK).
3) The man must offer his house as a guarantee in order to get a loan from the bank for the
new company. What happens if the loan is not paid on time? Offered answers: the bank
becomes the owner of the house, the bank insists that the house be sold, and some third
option I forgot.
3.2. Looking for Work
Mo’s friend Jan is without a job.
1) Where does he look for job ads? The newspapers, in the “job ads” section.
2) Jan is reading an ad. You can see the ad on the screen. Where does it say that the
position is goal-oriented? The answer can be found in the text.
3) Where does it say that the job involves working with clients? The answer can be found in
the text.
4) The ad reads that they are looking for someone who can speak English. Jan does not
speak English, and was advised to contact the company via email. What should he
write in this email? Three example mails are given. Two of them show really extreme
standpoints and I do not believe that they are the right answers (e.g: I refuse to speak
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English). In the third option, which I chose, Jan writes an email in which he is asking
whether it is sensible that he applies to the job, despite his lack of English skills.
3.3. Life in a House
Mo is sitting at home and reads the papers. He hears noise coming from outside.
1) Two neighbours got into a fight. What should Mo do? Three answers are offered: contact
the Police; run out and try separating the neighbours; find two other large neighbours and
try separating the neighbours together.
2) A newspaper article is presented, which describes family violence and reporting of such
cases. Who reports the most cases of family violence? The answer can be found in the
offered text.
3.4. Buying and Renting a House
A boyfriend and girlfriend are looking for a new appartment.
1) How do they go about looking for a new appartment? They read the ads in the papers.
Other possibilitis offered: asking the neighbours; wandering the city and looking.
2) A girl wants to fill an online form for either renting or buying a house. The web site
has several user categories, and the girl must choose which one of the categories applies.
The answer is shown in the text about the website that is shown on the screen.
3) A girl fills an online form. The data in the form have to be entered in the right format.
Among other things, the phone number has to be entered without dashes, and the birth
date is requested in the DD-MM-YYYY format. Three examples of filled-in forms are
given, and you are requested to point to the one filled out correctly. Look closely at the
filled in forms, two of them contain the data in an incorrect format with respect to what is
asked for.
3.5. Living in a Condominium
A boyfriend and a girlfriend live in a condominium.
1) They agreed to visit the neighbors for dinner, but the girls falls ill on that day. What
should they do? The offered answers are: not to go, without saying anything; to go,
regardless of the illness; to call in and explain that the girls is ill, to offer their excuses
and pass on the visit.
2) A neighbour invites someone on April 29 to come with her the next day into town for a
party. Which holiday does she mean? Three offered possibilities: Queen’s Day, Easter,
Christmas.
3) A neighbour died. What should they do? Three possibilities: to keep away; to send a
condolence card; to visit the widow and offer her the help with the funeral arrangements.
4) Your child is celebrating its 12th birthday and is throwing a party. What should be done?
Three possibilities: nothing; send a letter to all the neighbors requesting written permission
to organize the party; or to put up a note saying that a party will be organized, that it will
last until this-or-that hour, and that the neighbors are asked to be patient during the time.
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3.6. School
Sundry questions about getting into various schools.
1) A mother enlists the child for HAVO. The forms require us to fill in which education level
HAVO belongs to (basic, middle, higher, special) HAVO is a middle school.
2) A mother is looking for financial aid for the child’s tuition. A web site shows instructions
how to fill a form. How should she send the filled-in form? The answer is contained in
the excerpt from the web site.
3) How much do the university / higher school studies cost? We are only asked to name the
more expensive school, or to determine that there is no difference.
4) The parents are asking for a subsidy for the child’s tuition. Are they required to repay
the subsidy? Three possible answers: yes; no; partially.
3.7. Children
Questions about children.
1) A text is shown about schools in The Hague. At what age is school compulsory? The
answer is given in the text.
2) Husband and wife are talking about a new appartment for themselves, and for the daugh-
ter. Which appartment do they need? Three offered answers: two room; three room; many
bedroom Note: in the Netherlands, all rooms are counted, and not only the bedrooms,
as opposed to some other countries. I suppose that the correct answer is a three-room
appartment, because it provides a room for the daughter, a room for the parents, and a
common room.
3.8. European Union
Friends are sitting in front of the TV set and are watching the news. The camera shows them
sitting on the couch in front of the TV, so that we see the TV’s back panel and them on the
couch. Various news pieces are heard.
1) There is a piece about the introduction of the Euro in the Europian Union. Since what
year can you use the Euro to pay for the goods in a supermarket? The answer is
contained in the news piece. Incidentally, I was present in the Netherlands when the Euro
was introduced. This was on January 1, 2002.
2) There is a piece about the fate of the Jews during the 2nd World War. Were the Jews
persecuted in the Netherlands during that time? The answer can be heard in the piece.
3) There is a piece about the European Union. Why was the European Union founded? The
answer can be heard in the piece.
4) There is a piece about the USA-Dutch relationship. What is the relationship between
USA and the Netherlands? The answer can be heard in the piece.
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Contributor: craigsamsterdam
- Decolonisation of the netherlands empire. What were the reasons the colonies became independant. Answers were in the recorded text. 2 questions. this is one of the topics I did not encounter in my study.
- Deltawerken. what happened to the nature and environment. Better, worse, or people disagree. answer in the recorded text. I had a bit of a battle here as I know personally that the nett result was definately that nature has suffered but the text was suggesting that there was discussion. went with that people disagreed
- Death of someone. What do you do. Just have to know. Send a card.
- friends on a balcony say "wij gaan eten". what does this mean? Are you invited or not? what is your reply. Sure we will come, sorry we cant come but next time, or have a good time.
- you are invited to dinner tonight, your girlfriend is sick, what do you say. Sorry tonight is not good. go anyway. or say she is sick and excuse yourself.
- CAO rules, who is covered? why is premies and taxes taken out of your wages? 2 quetions, answers in the recorded text.
- new baby. immunisations. what is a good reply to the recorded text? listen to the recorded text.
- VOC. What did they do? make war, build ships or trade?
- friend of yours emails you that her baby cries a lot. Who should she call? you need to know that she calls the consultatie bureau. (I guess your friend did not do the inburgering, otherwise she would know this stuff and would not have to ask her friends or look something up! Unfortunantly, this is something which we are not allowed or expected to be able to do. We have to know all this shit by heart)
- Buying a house. Where to look - in the paper/magazine (yeah right! who looks in the paper anymore) where to get more information (internet- oh there you go) answers in the recorded coversation, and where do you sign the papers (notaris) need to know
- Renting a house. Social housing is too long a wait list (or in our case, not applicable because we are not EU) so then what? vrijsector housing. How? inscrijven bij en wonen corporaties, look in the paper. answers in the recorded coversation. about 5-6 questions on housing in total.
- what does kraamhulp do when they visit in the first week of having a new baby (surely this is something they should know?) take blood and check hearing. answers in the recorded coversation.
- 2-3 questions on 4-5 may. whay do we celebrate (to show freedom is still important to us.) Is interest in 4 may growing or shriking? answers in the recorded text.
- Extending your shed and getting a permit. recorded text, and written text- 5 paragraphs. 3 question. Which box do you fill in? making shed larger box. What happens if you leave something out of your form? you will hear from them in 4 weeks. and somthing about what sort of permit you need and I think the answer was that you do not know and it depends on the specific conditions and site.
- if you have a mortgage, you can use that to pay less tax. How does that work. deduct from your brutto salary, deduct from your netto salary or deduct from your tax. I think it was about the interest you payed on the loan. You just had to know, and I think I got it wrong. SURELY If I had a mortgage, I would know this. And if I did not, surely my tax advisor would!! and if he by some feat of gross incompetence did not, surely the bloody tax form would have a little box where I would put in these figures and and instructions for filling the bloody thing out!!!
that is about 24-25 questions out of the 29 I had. I hope this helps you all pass the stupid test and get your visa and be gone with the IND .
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Contributor: Ev3nt
6) Questions you “may” get in your exam:
a. Mortgages, loans, mortgage write off, and how to pay your taxes.
b. Reporting a crime, how to describe what happened, forms you need to fill in, and how to work with the police.
c. Having a party at your house and how to interact with your neighbors.
d. Questions about gay marriage and what that is. If you are not gay, have no gay friends, or come from a country where this kind of thing just simply does not happen, then you will get this one wrong.
e. Educational system in the Netherlands, what levels they are, and how to get financing for school. This relates to yourself and potentially your children.
f. Woman’s menstrual cycles, pregnancy, birth, and immunizations of newly born children.
g. How to register a newly born child, what papers are needed, and what last name the child can take.
h. How to interact with your neighbors, if there is an issue and how best to resolve it.
i. Public displays of affection (PDA) and how a person should respond to it.
j. Going for a job, interview, what to say in an interview, and what to ask/say when leaving the interview or job.
k. CAO, for employees, and what your rights are if you want to screw over your employer. Here is a helpful link: http://www.caoweb.nl/
l. Questions about Dutch holidays. I would suggest reading and memorizing the dates and meaning of these dates
m. How to handle power outages or issues with your house. You will find numerous ads for NUON/KPN, etc. You can guess who helped pay for the making of the software for this exam.
n. How to fill in an acceptgiro when paying bills. They want to make sure you can pay your bills.
o. Some Dutch history, as it relates to the glory years of the 16th and 17th century of the Dutch colonial empire, basically, trading and slavery.
p. Political questions with regards to trading with other countries, the position of the Dutch government as a financial powerhouse in world finance.
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Er waren 10 mensen aanwezig. Iedereen krijgt andere vragen.
Mijn vragen gingen over
antisemitisme in de tweede wereld oorlog
Vakbonden
CWI
Huis kopen
Bevrijdingsdag
Koninginnedag
School
Ouderschapsverlof
CAO
Herrie maken met je muziek en klagende buren
Je kunt er niet echt voor gaan leren. Het zijn dingen die je weet of niet weet. Het gaat vooral over of je de Nederlandse taal goed genoeg beheerst. Dus de tekst lezen of geluidsfragment beluisteren en begrijpen wat er gezegd wordt.
Als je alles in een keer goed doorleest en kan je nu in alledaagse dingen verstaanbaar maken dan zul je geen probleem hebben.
Je zou met de volgende voorbeeld kunnen oefenen. De vragen in deze voorbeeld zijn een stuk makkelijker dan in de KVT maar het zal je een beetje laten zien hoe het werkt. Ik had bij deze oefentoets 95% goed en was in 20 minuten laar. Het heeft mij wel geholpen met de werking van de programma zelf. Als je dat door hebt hoef je maar alleen te concentreren op de dingen die belangrijk zijn, de teksten en geluidsfragmenten.
http://www.inburgeren.nl/inburgeraar/klantenservice/oefenen_met_examens/voorbeeldexamen_kennis_nederlandse_samenleving.asp
Veel succes met het maken van de toets!
Mvg
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Hallo mensen, KVT is een kort exam op computer en u moet 28 vragen in 45 minuten antwoorden. Vragen zijn op B1 niveau, u moet goed begrijpen de videos en teksten, meeste antwoorden zijn al in de videos of tekst, videos gaan snel en ook teksten zijn lang maar als u heeft heel veel oefening gedaan, dan is het geen probleem. Bijvoorbeeld, vragen zoals:
Een buitenlandse vrouw en haar man zijn op bezoek naar vrienden en op het TV is iets over Bevrijdingsdag, De vrouw vraagt de ander, waarom doen Nederlanders twee minute stillte?
Als antwoord zijn de volgende keuzes:
Nederlanders hebeen nooit de Duitsers vergeven voor de tweede orloog
of
Nederlanders geven veel waarde van hun vrijheid
of
Nederlanders hebeen zin in een vrije dag
In een andere video is ook hetzelfde familie naar de Gemeente en vragen informatie over naturalisatie. Ook er is een groot stukje tekst voor naturalisatie op het IND website. De antwoord is in het tekst zelf.
Ook zijn meer vragen zoals het Optie procedure voor naturalisatie, het antwoord is ook in het tekst.
Er zijn een paar listig vragen, zoals Wat soort studie doen mensen op AOC (niet ROC huh)
AOC is Agrarische Opleidings Centra voor MBO Opleidingen volgen in de 'groene' sectoren: milieu, landbouw, voeding en natuur.
Mensen meten verstaan de verschillende opleiding niveaus bijvoorbeeld VMBO,HBO,MBO,VWO,WO
Vragen over CWI (CV en werk) zijn ook belangrijk
Mensen moeten ook weten over bankzaken zoals pinnen, overschrijfen, machtiging geven
Ook een paar vragen over het Europese Unie en landen, ook een paar vragen over Nederlandse overheid.
U moet snel zijn voor deze toets, meeste antwoorden zijn in de videos/teksten
Succes
