The structure of the ap chemistry exam

The ap chemistry exam is a 3 hour long, two section test that attempts to cover the
mat-terial you would learn in a college first year chemistry course. The first
section is 90 minute 60 question multiple- choice section. The second section is
105 minutes and consist of three long-form free response questions and four short-
form free-response-questions.

The multiple-choice section is scored by a computer, and the free-response

questions are scored by a computer of high school and college teachers. The free-
response questions are graded according to a standard set at the beginning of the
grading period by the chief faculty consul-tants Inevitably, the grading of section
ll is never consisten or accurate as the grading of section 1.

Take a look at the following data on how students scored on May 19 2019 test:
Score meaning
5 extremely qualified +
4 well qualified
3 qualified

From
2 possibly qualified
1 no recommendation
Overview of the content topics
For the 2019-2020 academic year, the college board released a new course and exam
description-tion (CED) that reorganized the content on the exam into nine units
moving away from their previous organization; however, there were some adjustment
that occurred. Additionally, the college board released an estimation of what
percentage of the exam is contained within each unit.
This edition of the book is fully aligned with the updated CED, which is organized
as follows.
1. Atomic Structure and properties
2. Molecular and ionic compound structure and properties
3. Intermolecular forces and properties
4. Chemical reactions
5. Kinetic
6. Thermodynamics
7. Equilibrium
8. Acid and bases
9. Applications and thermodynamics

How AP Exam ar wayse used

Different colleges use AP Exam scores in different ways, so it is important that
you go to par-ticular colleges website to determine how to use AP exam scores. The
three items below represent-sent the main ways in which AP Exam scores can be used.
. College credits. Some colleges will give you college credit if you score well on
the AP Exam. These credits count toward your graduation requirements, meaning that
you can take fewer courses while in college. Given the cost of college, This could
be quite a benefit, Indeed.

. Satsify requirement some colleges will allow you to “ place out” of certain
requirement if you do well on an AP Exam, even if they do not give you actual
college credits. For example, you might not need to take an introductory-level
course, or perhaps you might not take a class in a certain discipline at all.
. Addmission plus. Even if your AP Exam will not result in college credit or even
allow you to place out of certain courses, most colleges will respect your
decision to push yourself by taking an AP course or even an AP Exam shows mastery
of more difficult content than is taught in many high school courses, and colleges
may take that into account during the addmission process.
Other Resources
There are many resources available to help you improve your score on the AP
chemistry Exam, not the least which are your teachers. If you are taking the ap
class, you may be able to get extra attention from your teacher, such as obtaining
feedback on your free-response questions. If you are not in the ap course, reach
out to a teacher who teaches chemistry, and ask if the teacher will review your
free-response questions or otherwise help you with content.

Another wonderful resource is ap students, the official site for the AP Exams. The
scope of the information at this site is quite broad and includes:
. Course description, which includes details on what content is covered and sample
multiple-choice and free-response questions
. Exam tips
. Free-response question prompts and scoring guidelines from previous AP Exams
. Up-to-date information about changes to the format of the AP Chemistry course and
exam?
. Designing your study plan
As part of the introduction you identified some areas of potential improvement.
Let’s now delve further into your performance on test 1, with the goal of
developing a study plan appro-priate to your needs and time commitment.

Read the answers and explanations associated with the multiple-choice questions
(starting at page 36). After you have done so, respond to the following:
. Review the overview of content topics on page 46. Next to each topic, indicate
your rank of the topic as follows: “ 1” means I need a lot of work this, “ “2”
means I need a to breef up my knowledge, “ and “3” means I know the topic well?
. How many days/weeks/months away is your exam?
. What time of day is your best, most focused study time?
. How much time per day/week/month will you devote to preparing for your exam?
. When will you this preparation? (Be as specific as possible: Mondays and
Wednesdays from 3:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M., for example.)
. Based on the answers above, will you focus on strategy (part IV) or content (part
V) or both
. What are the overall goals in using this book?