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According to the College Board: "The exam is 2 hours and 40 minutes long and includes 80 multiple-choice questions and 3 free-response questions. A four-function, scientific, or graphing calculator is allowed on both sections of the exam." [2] The new exam contains two sections with slight changes: [5]
The AP World History exam was first administered in 2002. The test underwent a major overhaul for the 2017 exam; however, due to the prodigious number of students that struggled with the free response section, the College Board decided to initiate yet another round of sweeping reform, to be put in effect in May 2018.
On April 3, 2020, College Board announced more details in regards to specific AP tests. [5] The updates includes more information on the format and structure of the exam. [6] College Board also put out new testing dates for the AP exams. [7] One major change to the AP exam is that the tests will be completely open-note. [8]
The AP exam for European History is divided into two sections, comprising 55 multiple-choice questions (with four answer choices), three short-answer questions, and two essay responses (one thematic Long Essay Question (LEQ) and one Document Based Question (DBQ)). [3]
In 1973, this exam was discontinued, and two new exams were created, which each covered Newtonian mechanics and electromagnetism. Before 2006, test-takers paid only once and were given the choice of taking either one or two parts of the Physics C test. This was changed, so now test-takers have to pay twice to take both parts of the AP Physics C ...
The 2014 AP Chemistry exam was the first administration of a redesigned test as a result of a redesigning of the AP Chemistry course. The exam format is now different from the previous years, with 60 multiple choice questions (now with only four answer choices per question), 3 long free response questions, and 4 short free response questions.
(Changed for the 2020 exam) [1] 55 multiple choice questions in 60 minutes 50% of score Each question will have 4 options. There will be 2 text-based sources, each one accompanied by 2–2 questions. There will be 3 quantitative sources, each one accompanied by 2–2 questions. 4 free response questions in 90 minutes 50% of score
Multiple choice questions lend themselves to the development of objective assessment items, but without author training, questions can be subjective in nature. Because this style of test does not require a teacher to interpret answers, test-takers are graded purely on their selections, creating a lower likelihood of teacher bias in the results. [8]