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Home > AP Courses and Exams > AP Exam Questions > The AP Chemistry Exam The AP Chemistry Exam More About Chemistry... 2008-2009 AP Exam Formats AP Chemistry Course Home Page Standard Reduction Potentials (.pdf/168KB) Calculator Policies (2007-08) (.pdf/44KB) Exam Content The AP Chemistry Exam covers a full-year introductory college course in chemistry with laboratory. The multiple-choice questions in Section I cover the breadth of the curriculum. Section II, the free-response part of the exam, includes three quantitative problems, one question on writing chemical reactions and predicting products, and two essays. One of the questions in Section II is based on laboratory; this question can either be a quantitative problem in Part A or an essay in Part B. There is no choice among the questions; all students must answer all six questions. Multiple-Choice Questions For sample multiple-choice questions, refer to the Course Description.   AP Chemistry Course Description (.pdf/2.3MB) New! Free-Response Questions Below are free-response questions from past AP Chemistry Exams. Included with the questions are scoring guidelines, sample student responses, and commentary on those responses as well as exam statistics and the Chief Reader's Student Performance Q&A for past administrations. Important Note About the "Form B" Exams Because of the worldwide growth of the AP Program and the administration of exams in multiple time zones, another version of the AP Chemistry Exam, called "Form B," may be administered in order to maintain security. Calculators are allowed on the free-response section for the first 55 minutes. During that time, students will work on three required problems. For the last 40 minutes, calculators must be put away as students work on the remaining free-response questions. For the first 55 minutes, any programmable or graphing calculator may be used, with a few exceptions, and students are not required to erase their calculator memories before and after the exam. Although most calculators are permitted on the free-response section, calculators may not be shared with other students and those with typewriter-style (qwerty) keyboards will not be permitted on any part of the exam. The free-response section emphasizes solving in-depth problems and writing essays where knowledge of which principles to apply and how to apply them is the most important aspect of the solution to these problems. Sample Questions & Scoring Guidelines The AP Chemistry Exam covers a full-year introductory college course in chemistry with laboratory. The multiple-choice questions in Section I cover the breadth of the curriculum. Section II, the free-response part of the exam, includes three quantitative problems, one question on writing chemical reactions and predicting products, and two essays. Free-Response Questions 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999-2002 2009: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples and Commentary Grade Distributions All Questions   Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Grade Distributions 2009: Form B Questions Scoring Samples and Commentary Grade Distributions All Questions   Scoring Guidelines Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 2008: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples and Commentary Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Grade Distributions 2008: Form B Questions Scoring Samples and Commentary Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 2007: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples and Commentary Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Grade Distributions 2007: Form B Questions Scoring Samples and Commentary Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 2006: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples and Commentary Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8 Grade Distributions 2006: Form B Questions Scoring Samples and Commentary Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8 2005: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Grade Distributions 2005: Form B Questions Scoring Samples Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Sample Responses 2004: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8 Grade Distributions 2004: Form B Questions Scoring Samples All Questions Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8 2003: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8 Grade Distributions 2003: Form B Questions Scoring Samples All Questions Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8 Important Note: PDF Files The links to exam questions for this course are in Adobe® PDF format, and you will need to use the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® to view them. If you don't have Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher installed on your computer, choose the link for the Adobe Web site below for installation instructions. For help downloading and printing PDF files, choose the link "PDF Troubleshooting" below in "See also." *AP is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this sponsor's product(s). More information about our sponsorship program is available. See also... Exam Questions Index PDF Troubleshooting Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®

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