AP Biology Archived Free-Response Questions and Scoring Guidelines – AP Students

Download free-response questions from past exams along with scoring guidelines, sample responses from exam takers, and scoring distributions.

Because of updates to the AP Biology course and exam design after the 2019 exam, FRQs from 2019 and earlier may not directly reflect the format of questions which will appear on the 2021 and future exams. Please see the course and exam description for the most up-to-date exam format and sample questions.

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2019: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8	Scoring Distributions

2018: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8	Scoring Distributions

2017: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8	Scoring Distributions

2016: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8	Score Distributions

2015: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8	Score Distributions

2014: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8	Score Distributions

2013: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary	Score Distributions
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Sample Responses Q4 Sample Responses Q5 Sample Responses Q6 Sample Responses Q7 Sample Responses Q8	Score Distributions