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AP Test Strategies

AP Test Strategies. Multiple Choice Hints:. Often times there is more than one correct answer…but there is a BEST answer! Some people think the test gets easier as you go. Some students like to go backwards. (First 20 questions tend to be the hardest). FRQ Hints:.

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AP Test Strategies

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  1. AP Test Strategies

  2. Multiple Choice Hints: • Often times there is more than one correct answer…but there is a BEST answer! • Some people think the test gets easier as you go. Some students like to go backwards. (First 20 questions tend to be the hardest)

  3. FRQ Hints: • The maximum number of points you can get on each FRQ is 10 points. After you have answered all the FRQs go back and see if you can “find” where the points come from. If you only get to 8 or 9 points, chances are you forgot to respond to some part of some question. See if you can find what you forgot! • I recommend answering the FRQs in this order… 4, 1, 3, 2. 3. Question 1 will most likely be a DBQ. Question 2 will probably be the math question and question 3 and 4 are usually “typical” FRQs that are looking to see what you know about some environmental issue. 4. Make sure you show all your work on any math questions…even if that work could be done in your head! No work= no credit! 5. Make sure all your answers are on the answer document and not the test booklet. The test booklet does not go to Cincinnati..it comes back to me. 6. Use the test booklet to brainstorm, then answer on the answer document! 7. All answers must be in complete sentences! No credit for incomplete sentences!

  4. FRQ Hints: When the question asks you to “identify”… this can be done in one sentence. When the question asks you to “describe”, “discuss” or “explain” you need about 3 sentences for each answer. When the question asks you to “identify and describe”, etc. you need about 4 sentences!

  5. FRQ Hints: • When the question asks for an “Environmental” benefit or cost… you talk about animals, plants, soil, air, etc. Do not talk about humans! • When the question asks for a “societal” benefit or cost… you talk about people, cities, crops, etc. • When the question asks “human health” effects… you talk about asthma, emphysema, nervous systems issues like birth defects, brain damage, or cancer. These cover most environmental health hazards. Obviously, if you know the effect, then write the correct effect…otherwise guess! • When the question asks for “economic” benefits or costs… you talk about money and jobs. • When the question asks “what could the government do?”… you answer with something about writing a law, taxes, subsidies, incentives, or educating the public.

  6. FRQ Hints: • Do not skip any parts of the FRQ…. Put something down that you think might be right! • If the question says to give “TWO” reasons… only the first two things you write down are graded. Same if it says “ONE” reason…only the first is graded. • If the question says “Identify and describe TWO reasons…” that means that you need 4 sentences for the first reason and another 4 sentences for the second reason… 8 sentences all together! • Do not restate the question or give an opening paragraph and conclusion. This is NOT an English essay… it is a “free response”… brief, but complete answers in complete sentences.

  7. Pace yourself… you have approximately 22 minutes for each FRQ. • Don’t spend too much time on one, you will run out of time on the other. Most students spend a lot of time answering the math question – so do it last. • There will be some parts of the math question that are not math. Answer those first, then go back and try to answer the math. • Show all your work!

  8. FRQ Hints: Do not answer a question with “it is bad for the environment”, it causes air pollution, or it will “harm biodiversity”. These are too vague. You need to explain HOW it is bad for the environment or HOW it will harm biodiversity. Also, don’t say it will cause “pollution”… any third grader can say that.. Be specific, name a particular chemical, etc. Show the grader that you know some science facts… you do! Do not answer the FRQs with one giant “super paragraph”. Label your answers with 1a. 2c. Etc. That way the grader knows exactly what you are trying to say! Remember that there are environmentalists grading your response…always go with the answer that is best for the environment unless it asks you to do otherwise. Sometimes they want you to show “both sides of an argument”. An example of this is “describe one incentive that the government of a country could offer its citizens that would favor a reduction in the growth rate of its population. Explain how this incentive would work, and describe one possible drawback.” They are looking for you to play “Devil’s advocate”. Go with the most obvious answer. The grader doesn’t give you “extra” points because you know some obscure fact or law that you learned about on Discovery Channel. Try to give the answer that MOST of the nation will give. If you don’t know a law… always fall back on the Endangered Species Act, The Clean Air Act or the Clean Water Act. These usually work if you can support you answer!

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