How to Approach
Each Question Type
IN THIS CHAPTER
Summary: Use these question-answering strategies to raise your AP score.Key Ideas
Multiple-Choice Questions
✪ Read the question carefully.
✪ Try to answer the question yourself before reading the answer choices.
✪ Drawing a picture can help.
✪ Don’t spend too much time on any one question.
✪ In-depth calculations are not necessary; approximate the answer by rounding.
Free-Response Questions
✪ Write clearly and legibly.
✪ Be consistent from one part of your answer to another.
✪ Draw a graph if one is required.
✪ If the question can be answered with one word or number, don’t write more.
✪ If a question asks “how,” tell “why” as well.Multiple-Choice Questions
Because you are a seasoned student accustomed to the educational testing machine, you
have surely participated in more standardized tests than you care to count. You probably
know some students who always seem to ace the multiple-choice questions, and someCHAPTER
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