Try it for yourself
110Applying exam knowledge

Learn “four years”, not the answer letter.

This question uses the same wording as question 107 but different numerical options. The fact stays the same while the correct position changes.

About 4 min readReviewed: 20 October 2026
AI-generated hourglass beside a closed navy book and a plant.
Basic LawArticle 39
Symbol of duration; the hourglass does not literally measure four years.
The short answer

The Bundestag is normally elected for four years.

Article 39 specifies four years. In this original question that answer is third; in question 107 it is second. The number matters, not a memorised letter.

Try it for yourselfExam question · No. 110
For how many years is the Bundestag elected in Germany?

Choose one answer. Your result stays on this page only.

Recognition should follow the fact.

While practising, it is easy to remember where you clicked last time. Questions 107 and 110 show why that is unreliable. Both ask for the length of the Bundestag’s electoral term, but the answer lists differ.

First state the factual answer: the Bundestag is elected for four years. Then find that number among the options. Your knowledge remains useful if an exercise presents a different order or uses no answer letters at all.

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AI-generated study scene about recognising a factual answer.

The other three answers

Check each number against the same rule: the normal duration in Article 39.

2 years

Two years is shorter than the normal four-year term. Being listed first tells you nothing about whether it is correct.

3 years

Three years is second here. Someone who memorised only “B” from question 107 would therefore choose incorrectly. The number sought remains four.

5 years

Five years is not the normal Bundestag term. Decide from the named parliament and its legal duration, not a vaguely familiar number.

The learning technique does not replace the constitutional context.

Four years describes the normal electoral term, not the length of a sitting or a guaranteed tenure for every individual. Elections renew parliament’s composition; different political offices should not be lumped into the same timing rule.

Article 39 also contains rules for early dissolution and the new Bundestag convening. Those details are compatible with the simple exam answer. A repeated question does not require a different number merely because its question ID has changed.

Article 39 · Basic Law ↗
Your memory cue

Know the fact first, then choose the matching option.

The stable connection is “Bundestag – four years”. Position B or C belongs only to the particular answer list.

Three words for this question

für wie viele Jahrefor how many years
A question about the duration of a period.
die Antwortmöglichkeitanswer option
One of the supplied answers in a multiple-choice question.
die Regeldauernormal duration
The ordinarily prescribed period, which may have defined exceptions.
Grundgesetz · Artikel 39 ↗
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Sources & context

An independently written study guide, not an official BAMF publication or advice for an individual case. The sources below were reviewed on 20 October 2026 for the claims explained here; the test question comes from the existing question bank.

The two editorial pictures are AI-generated illustrations. They do not document real events or official proceedings.