Sample Questions & Scoring Guidelines
Physics C has two exams: Physics C (Electricity and Magnetism) and Physics C (Mechanics). Both are 90 minutes long and cover one semester of an introductory college course with calculus intended for students planning to major in a physical science or engineering. You can take just the Mechanics exam, just the Electricity and Magnetism exam, or both. If you do take both, you'll receive a separate grade for each exam.
You can find additional free-response questions and scoring guidelines on AP Central for AP Physics C: E & M and Physics C: Mechanics, along with grade distributions and examples of actual students' responses and commentary that explains why the responses received the scores they did.
Multiple-Choice Questions
For sample multiple-choice questions, refer to the Course Description.
AP Physics Course Description (.pdf/578K)
Errata Notice for the 2006, 2007 AP Physics Course Description (.pdf/34K)
Free-Response Questions
2009 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (.pdf/715K)
2009 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/700K)
2008 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (.pdf/238K)
2008 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/228K)
2007 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (.pdf/491K)
2007 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/516K)
2006 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (.pdf/164K)
2006 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/168K)
2005 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (.pdf/436K)
2005 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/440K)
2004 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (.pdf/257K)
2004 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/306K)
2003 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (.pdf/311K)
2003 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/235K)
2002 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism (.pdf/280K)
2002 Free-Response Questions - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/222K)
Scoring Guidelines
2009 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (.pdf/101K)
2009 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/120K)
2008 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (.pdf/334K)
2008 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/384K)
2007 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (.pdf/367K)
2007 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/364K)
2006 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (.pdf/229K)
2006 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/280K)
2005 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (.pdf/279K)
2005 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/286K)
2004 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (.pdf/642K)
2004 Scoring Guidelines - Physics C: Mechanics (.pdf/652K)
