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

Part (C): 1 point

An appropriate policy for this kind of negative externality would be to levy a tax on pork

production to shift the MPC upward and closer to the MSC. Note that you might also

receive this final point if you advocated a tax on consumers of pork as this would also serve

to reduce the quantity of pork produced in the market.

Remember, too much pork is being produced at a price that is too low, so you do not

want to advocate a policy that would increase pork production or lower the price of pork.

Scoring and Interpretation

AP Microeconomics Practice Exam 1

Multiple-Choice Questions:

Number of correct answers: _____

Number of incorrect answers: _____

Number of blank answers: _____

Did you complete this part of the test in the allotted time? Yes/No

Free-Response Questions:

1. _____/12


2. _____/7


3. _____/5

Did you complete this part of the test in the allotted time? Yes/No

Calculate Your Score:

Multiple-Choice Questions:

_______________ = _______________

(# right) MC raw score

Free-Response Questions:

Free-Response Raw Score =(1.25 ¥Score 1) +(1.0714 ¥Score 2)

+(1.50 ¥Score 3) =__________

Add the raw scores from the multiple-choice and free-response sections to obtain your total

raw score for the practice exam. Use the table below to determine your grade, remembering

these are rough estimates using questions that are not actually from AP exams, so do not read

too much into this conversion from raw score to AP score.

AP Microeconomics Practice Exam 1 ‹ 185

MICROECONOMICS #1

RAW SCORE APPROXIMATE AP GRADE

73–90 5

58–72 4

45–57 3

33–44 2

0–32 1