Sample AP test questions

Sample AP test questions
AP Calculus AB
AP Psychology
3. In psychological research, which of the following is most appropriate for identifying cause
and effect?
(a) Participant observation
(b) Survey methodology
(c) Case study
(d ) Experimentation
(e) Correlational techniques
4. The region of the brain most involved in the experience of emotions is the:
(a) cerebellum
(b) basal ganglia
(c) limbic system
(d ) reticular activating system
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AP Biology
Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested
answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case.
5. Which of the following best describes an intimate ecological association in which an
organism benefits from living on or within a host, but which generally has a negative effect on
that host?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Mutualism
Saprophytism
Lubyism
Parasitism
Predation
6. While studying a cell with the electron microscope, a scientist notes the following: numerous
ribosomes, a well-developed endoplasmic reticulum, chloroplasts, and a cell wall. Which of the
following could be the source of this cell?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
A fungus
An animal
A bacterium
A plant
A virus
AP English Language and Composition
Read the following passage carefully before you choose your answer. This passage is taken
from a nineteenth-century essay.
It is not easy to write a familiar style. Many people mistake a familiar for a vulgar style, and
suppose that to write without affectation is to write at random . On the contrary, there is nothing
that requires more precision, and, if I may so say, purity of ex -pression, than the style I am
speaking of. It utterly rejects not only all unmeaning pomp, but all low, cant phrases, and loose,
unconnected, slipshod allusions.
7. Which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the second sentence in the
passage?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
It makes an appeal to authority.
It restates the thesis of the passage .
It expresses the causal relationship between morality and writing style .
It provides a specific example for the preceding gener alization .
It presents a misconception that the author will correct.
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Answer Key
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A
B
D
C
D
D
E
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