AP Macroeconomics Past Exam Questions

Free Response Questions

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2023: Free-Response Questions

2023: Free-Response Questions

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Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions - Set 1

Free-Response Questions - Set 2

Scoring Guidelines - Set 1

Scoring Guidelines - Set 2

Chief Reader Report – Set 1

Chief Reader Report – Set 2

Scoring Statistics – Set 1

Scoring Statistics – Set 2

Score Distributions

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2

2022: Free-Response Questions

2022: Free-Response Questions

Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions - Set 1

Free-Response Questions - Set 2

Scoring Guidelines - Set 1

Scoring Guidelines - Set 2

Chief Reader Report - Set 1

Chief Reader Report - Set 2

Scoring Statistics - Set 1

Scoring Statistics - Set 2

Score Distributions

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2

2021: Free-Response Questions

2021: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions - Set 1 Free-Response Questions - Set 2	Scoring Guidelines - Set 1 Scoring Guidelines - Set 2 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics - Set 1 Scoring Statistics - Set 2 Scoring Distribution	Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1 Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2

2020: Free-Response Questions

The 2020 free-response questions are available in the AP Classroom question bank.

2019: Free-Response Questions

Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions - Set 1

Free-Response Questions - Set 2

Scoring Guidelines - Set 1

Scoring Guidelines - Set 2

Chief Reader Report - Set 1

Chief Reader Report - Set 2

Scoring Statistics - Set 1

Scoring Statistics - Set 2

Scoring Distribution

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1

Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2

2018: Free-Response Questions

2018: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2017: Free-Response Questions

2017: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2016: Free-Response Questions

2016: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2015: Free-Response Questions

2015: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2014: Free-Response Questions

2014: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2013: Free-Response Questions

2013: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2012: Free-Response Questions

2012: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2011: Free-Response Questions

2011: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2011: Form B

2011: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2010: Free-Response Questions

2010: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2010: Form B

2010: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2009: Free-Response Questions

2009: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2009: Form B

2009: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2008: Free-Response Questions

2008: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2008: Form B

2008: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2007: Free-Response Questions

2007: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2007: Form B

2007: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2006: Free-Response Questions

2006: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2006: Form B

2006: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3

2005: Free-Response Questions

2005: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Responses

2005 Form B

2005: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Responses

2004: Free-Response Questions

2004: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2004: Form B

2004: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2003: Free-Response Questions

2003: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Grade Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2003: Form B

2003: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2002: Free-Response Questions

2002: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Grade Distributions	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2002: Form B

2002: Form B
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2001: Free-Response Questions

2001: Free-Response Questions
Questions	Scoring	Samples
All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

2000: Free-Response Questions

2000: Free-Response Questions
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All Questions	Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary	Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3

1999: Free-Response Questions

1999: Free-Response Questions
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