Sample Questions & Scoring Guidelines
The AP Psychology Exam is two hours long. In Section I, students are given one hour and 10 minutes to answer 100 multiple-choice questions; in Section II, they must answer two free-response questions in 50 minutes.
You can find additional free-response questions and scoring guidelines on AP Central, 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 Psychology Course Description (.pdf/667K)
Free-Response Questions
- 2009 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/450K)
- 2008 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/122K)
- 2007 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/139K)
- 2006 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/63K)
- 2005 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/143K)
- 2004 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/72K)
- 2003 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/90K)
- 2002 Free-Response Questions (.pdf/105K)
Scoring Guidelines
2009 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/80K)
2008 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/104K)
2007 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/186K)
2006 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/143K)
2005 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/124K)
2004 Scoring Guidelines (.pdf/103K)
