Sorry i am confused myself now about excemption. May be it is enlglish test exemption which is actually easier than civic test. But civic test is pretty easy if u understand little bit of spoken english and i dont think it will be probrlem. I had applied at he end of march, called for interview in oct 16, naturalization on dec 6 and now i got my passport on jan 6 2024 so roughly 10 months.