HS Student -- AP Exams

This page contains information about AP exams to be taken in May 2009.

AP English Literature
AP Chemistry
AP Statistics
AP Computer Science A
AP US History

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AP Englsih Literature

3 hours
60 minutes multiple-choice questions
120 minutes for essay questions.

For details on the course objective and representative authors, please read pages from 51 through 55 of the following:

CollegeBoard AP
EnglishEnglish Language and Composition
English Liter ature and Composition
Course Description
May 2009, May 2010
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap08_english_coursedesc.pdf

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AP Chemistry

Section I:
75 multiplechoice questions with broad scope 90 minutes

Section II:
6 freeresponse questions:
* 3 multipart quantitative questions,
* 1 question on writing balanced chemical equations
and answering a short question for three
different sets of reactants,
* 2 multipart questions that are essentially nonquanititative.

Part A (55 minutes): calculator allowed
Part B (40 minutes): no calculator allowed

1 quantitative question based on chemical equilibrium
1 question based on lab, which may be in Part A and be quantitative,
or it may appear in Part B and require little or no calculation.

For course topic outline and chemical calculations, please go to

CollegeBoard AP
CHEMISTRY
Course Description
M a y 2 0 0 9 , M a y 2 0 1 0

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap08_chemistry_coursedesc.pdf
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AP US History
http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/ushistory/ap-cd-ushist-0708.pdf
3 hours and 5 minutes
2 sections:
55-minute multiple choice section
130-minute free-response section
15-minute reading 45-minute DBQ in part A
Part B, C 70-minute: 2x(5-minute planning, 30-minute writing)
2 standard essay questions

For details on exam format and content covered, read pages 11, 12,and 13 of the following:

CollegeBoard
AP United States History
Course Description
May 2008, May 2009
http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/ushistory/ap-cd-ushist-0708.pdf

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AP Statistics
3 hours
90-minute multiple-choice section: proficiency in variety of topics
90-minute free-response section open-ended investigative taks involving extended reasoning

The topical outline is on page 8, 9 and 10 of

CollegeBoard AP
Statistics Course Description
May 2008, May 2009
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap08_statistics_coursedesc.pdf
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AP Computer Science A
3 hours

Section I:
40 Multiple-choice questions in 75 minutes, which tests proficiency in a wide variety of topics,

Section II:
4 freeresponse questions in 105 minutes) ability to solve problems involving more extended reasoning.

Exams require students to demonstrate their ability to design, write, analyze, anddocument programs and subprograms.

Minor points of syntax are not tested on the exams. All code given is consistent withthe AP Java subset. All student responses involving code must be written in Java.

The topic outline is on pages from page 9 through 21 of
CollegeBoard APComputer ScicenceMay 2009
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap08_compsci_coursedesc.pdf
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