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Acing the AP Macroeconomics Exam: Strategies, Timing, and Scoring Breakdown

Prepare effectively for the AP Macroeconomics exam with detailed insights on multiple-choice and free-response sections, scoring breakdown, essential graphs, and sample questions.

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Acing the AP Macroeconomics Exam: Strategies, Timing, and Scoring Breakdown

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  1. AP Macroeconomics MR. Graham Preparing for the AP Exam

  2. Module 44½: What to Expect on the AP Exam 2

  3. Multiple-Choice Section (2/3 of final score) 60 questions, 70 minutes Plan on answering 15 questions per 15 minutes—write timing on your test TIPS: Select the best answer Answer easy questions first Skip questions that are completely unfamiliar No “guessing penalty,” so don’t leave any blank The Exam

  4. Multiple-Choice Section (2/3 of final score) Basic Economic Concepts 8-12% Measurement of Economic Performance 12-16% National Income and Price Determination 10-15% Financial Sector 15-20% Stabilization Policies 20-30% Economic Growth 5-10% International Trade and Finance 10-15% The Exam

  5. Free-Response Section (1/3 of score) 3 questions, 60 minutes (including 10-minute reading period) Plan on spending 25 minutes answering question 1 and 12.5 minutes answering questions 2 and 3— write timing on your test TIPS: Models can provide or enhance an explanation (need to be correctly labeled) Number your responses (e.g. “2 (c) ii”) Answer need to be definite and consistent The Exam

  6. 2009 AP MACROECONOMICS FREE-RESPONSE QUESTION

  7. 2009 AP Macroeconomics Free-Response Question What are students asked to do? (a) Using model, show… (b) Calculate. (c) What OMO? (d) Using model, show… (e) How will…? Explain. (f) What will happen to: i) and ii)? Explain. The Exam

  8. 2009 AP Macroeconomics Free-Response Question Guess how many points for each part? The Exam • (a) Using model, show… • (b) Calculate. • (c) What OMO? • (d) Using model, show… • (e) How will…? Explain. • (f) What will happen to: i) and ii)? Explain. • (a) 2 points • (b) 1 point • (c) 1 point • (d) 2 points • (e) 2 points • (f) 3 points

  9. Multiple-Choice Section 60 points (1 point per question) Free-Response Section 30 points (15 points for 1, 7.5 points for 2 and 3) Scoring Breakdown

  10. Module 44¾: All the Graphs You Need to Know 12

  11. The Circular-Flow Diagram

  12. The Production Possibilities Curve

  13. Long-Run Macroeconomic Equilibrium

  14. The Money Market

  15. The Loanable Funds Market

  16. The Foreign Exchange Market

  17. Module 45: Putting It All Together 19

  18. A Starting Point • To analyze any situation, you have to know where to start…

  19. The Pivotal Event • This might be a change in the economy or a policy response to the “starting point”.

  20. The Initial Effect of the Event • The “pivotal event” will generally have some initial, short-run effects.

  21. We know that in the long run, monetary policy affects only the aggregate price level, not real GDP. Because money is neutral, changes in the money supply have no effect on the real economy. The aggregate price level and nominal values will be affected by the same proportion, leaving real values (including the real interest rate as mentioned in our scenario) unchanged. The Long-Run Effects of the Event

  22. Sample Question—“A Structure for Macroeconomic Analysis” What are students asked to do? Using model, show… What OMO? Using model, show… Using model, show…Explain. Using model, show… What will…? How will…? Explain. Analyzing our Scenario

  23. “Draw a correctly labeled graph showing aggregate demand, short-run aggregate supply, long-run aggregate supply, equilibrium output, and the aggregate price level” Analyzing Our Scenario • “Identify the open-market operation the Fed would conduct” • The Fed would sell U.S. Treasury securities

  24. “Draw a correctly labeled graph of the money market to show the effect of the monetary policy on the nominal interest rate.” Analyzing Our Scenario

  25. Analyzing Our Scenario • “Show and explain how the Fed’s actions will affect equilibrium in the aggregate demand and supply graph you drew previously. Indicate the new aggregate price level on your graph.” • A higher interest rate will lead to decreased investment and consumer spending, decreasing aggregate demand. The equilibrium price level and real GDP will fall

  26. “Draw a correctly labeled graph of the foreign exchange market for the U.S. dollar showing how the change in the aggregate price level you indicate on your graph above will affect the foreign exchange market.” Analyzing Our Scenario • The decrease in the U.S. price level will make U.S. exports relatively inexpensive for Canadians to purchase and lead to an increase in demand for U.S. dollars with which to purchase those exports

  27. “What will happen to the U.S. dollar relative to the Canadian dollar?” The U.S. dollar will appreciate. “How will the Federal Reserve’s contractionary monetary policy affect the real interest rate in the United States? Explain.” There will be no effect on the real interest rate in the long run because, due to the neutrality of money, changes in the money supply do not affect real values in the long run. Analyzing Our Scenario

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