5 Steps to a 5 AP Biology, 2014-2015 Edition

286 ❯ STEP 5. Build Your Test-Taking Confidence

Scoring and Interpretation

AP BIOLOGY PRACTICE EXAM 1

Multiple-Choice Questions: Grid-In Questions:

number of correct answers: ______ number of correct answers: ______

number of incorrect answers: ______ number of incorrect answers: ______

number of blank answers: ______ number of blank answers: ______

__________________+ ___________________= _________________

multiple-choice grid-in Section I

number correct number correct raw score

Free-Response Questions:

1. / 10 3. / 4 6. ____ / 4


2. / 10 4. / 4 7. / 4
   5. / 4 8. ____ / 4

Add up the total points accumulated in the eight questions and multiply the sum by 1.57 to obtain the free-
response raw score: ×1.57 =
free-response points Section II raw score

CALCULATE YOUR SCORE

Now combine the raw scores from the multiple-choice and free-response sections to obtain your new raw
score for the entire practice exam. Use the ranges listed below to determine your grade for this exam. Don’t
worry about how we arrived at the following ranges, and remember that they are rough estimates on ques-
tions that are not actual AP exam questions... do not read too much into them.

Raw Score Approximate AP Score

83–138 5

63–82 4

48–62 3

26–47 2

0–25 1