Past AP exams and released questions

What’s released, and for which years

Each subject’s past exam questions page on AP Central covers the most recent three years, and the newest exam is added once it’s been scored. For AP Chemistry, for example, the page has 2023 to 2025 in full and the 2026 questions and scoring guidelines so far. A full year includes:

• The free-response questions
• Scoring guidelines, the rules the readers used
• Sample student responses at different score points
• Scoring statistics and the score distribution
• The Chief Reader Report

Where to find them

Open your course on AP Central, go to the exam section and pick Past Exam Questions. Here are a few to start with:

Can you get past AP exams with the multiple choice?

Not on your own. Multiple-choice questions from real exams aren’t posted publicly. Teachers can see older and secure practice questions in AP Classroom, and they can assign real past questions to you through the AP Question Bank, so ask your teacher.

Stick with what College Board posts, plus Bluebook test previews to see the digital exam screens. Since real multiple-choice questions are never posted publicly, a “full past exam” you find elsewhere isn’t an official one.

How to use past free-response questions

1. Pick a recent year, so the questions match the current course.
2. Answer under the real time limit. The exam format page lists the time for your subject.
3. Grade yourself with the scoring guidelines, point by point.
4. Compare your answer with the sample responses near your score.
5. Read the Chief Reader Report for that year too.