AP Calculus AB Exam Free-Response Questions and Scoring Information Archive – AP Students

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

AP Exams are regularly updated to align with best practices in college-level learning. Not all free-response questions on this page reflect the current exam, but the question types and the topics are similar, making them a valuable resource for students.

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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	Scoring Distribution

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	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	Scoring Distributions

The Past Exam Questions page has free-response questions and scoring information from the 2016 exam and before. Please note that these resources do not reflect the 2016-17 updates to the course and exam.