AP Test Information
Click on the image to the left to go to the College Board's AP Students Login Page. Details on both the AP Psychology and AP United States History tests can be found below. There are also links to some past free response questions. Please note that free response questions and scoring guidelines are readily available online to the public.
2023 Ap Psych Test Information
AP Exam Date: Tuesday, May 2nd @ noon
Exam Time: 2 hours of total work time
Section 1: Multiple Choice
100 Questions / 70 Minutes
Worth 67% of your exam score
Section 2: Free Response Questions
2 Questions / 50 Minutes
Worth 33% of your exam score
2023 APUSH Test Information
Date: Friday, May 5th @ 8am
Time: 3 hours & 15 minutes of total work time
Sections: Sec 1 = 95 minutes (MC & SAQ)
Sec 2 = 100 minutes (DBQ & LEQ
Sec 1 = 95 min block to address sec 1a and 1b. Students are expected to pace themselves during this 95 min block.
Section 1a: Multiple Choice
55 Question / 55 Minutes
Worth 40% of your exam score
Questions generally appear in 3-4 question sets
Section 1b: Short Answer
3 Questions / 40 Minutes
Worth 20% of your exam score
Question 1 is required, includes 1–2 secondary sources, and focuses on historical developments or processes between the years 1754 and 1980.
Question 2 is required, includes 1 primary source, and focuses on historical developments or processes between the years 1754 and 1980.
Students choose between Question 3 (which focuses on historical developments or processes between the years 1491 and 1877) and Question 4 (which focuses on historical developments or processes between the years 1865 and 2001) for the last question. No sources are included for either Question 3 or Question 4.
Sec 2 = 100 min block to address 2a and 2b. Students are expected to pace themselves during this 100 min block.
Section 2a: Document-Based Question (DBQ)
1 Question / 1 Hour (15 min reading / 45 min writing period suggested
Worth 25% of your exam score
Students are presented with 7 documents offering various perspectives on a historical development or process.
Students assess these written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence.
Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
The document-based question focuses on topics from 1754–1980.
Section 2b: Long Essay Question (LEQ)
1 Question / 40 Minutes
Worth 15% of your exam score
Students explain and analyze significant issues in U.S. history.
Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.
The question choices focus on the same skills and the same reasoning process (e.g., comparison, causation, or continuity and change), but students choose from 3 options, each focusing on historical developments and processes from a different range of time periods—either 1491–1800 (option 1), 1800–1898 (option 2), or 1890–2001 (option 3).