AP Seminar Exam Questions and Performance Tasks

Free-Response Questions and Performance Tasks

Download free-response questions from this year's exam and past exams along with scoring guidelines, sample responses from exam takers, and scoring distributions.

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2024: End-of-Course Exam and Performance Tasks

Free-Response Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions – Set 1 Free-Response Questions – Set 2

Free-Response Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions – Set 1

Free-Response Questions – Set 2

2023: End-of-Course Exam and Performance Tasks

Free-Response Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions – Set 1 Free-Response Questions – Set 2 Task 2 Directions and Stimulus Materials	Scoring Guidelines - End-of-Course Exam – Set 1 Scoring Guidelines - End-of-Course Exam – Set 2 Scoring Guidelines - Performance Task 1: Team Project and Presentation Scoring Guidelines - Performance Task 2: Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation Chief Reader Report – Set 1 Chief Reader Report – Set 2 Scoring Statistics – Set 1 Scoring Statistics – Set 2 Score Distributions	End-Of-Course Exam - Part A Set - 1 End-Of-Course Exam - Part A Set - 2 End-Of-Course Exam - Part B Set - 1 End-Of-Course Exam - Part B Set - 2 Task 1 - Individual Research Report Task 2 - Individual Written Argument

Free-Response Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions – Set 1

Free-Response Questions – Set 2

Task 2 Directions and Stimulus Materials

Scoring Guidelines - End-of-Course Exam – Set 1

Scoring Guidelines - End-of-Course Exam – Set 2

Scoring Guidelines - Performance Task 1: Team Project and Presentation

Scoring Guidelines - Performance Task 2: Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation

Chief Reader Report – Set 1

Chief Reader Report – Set 2

Scoring Statistics – Set 1

Scoring Statistics – Set 2

Score Distributions

End-Of-Course Exam - Part A Set - 1

End-Of-Course Exam - Part A Set - 2

End-Of-Course Exam - Part B Set - 1

End-Of-Course Exam - Part B Set - 2

Task 1 - Individual Research Report

Task 2 - Individual Written Argument

2022: End-of-Course Exam and Performance Tasks

Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions Task 2 Directions and Stimulus Materials	Scoring Guidelines - End-of-Course Exam Scoring Guidelines - Performance Task 1: Team Project and Presentation Scoring Guidelines - Performance Task 2: Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Score Distributions	End-Of-Course Exam - Part A End-Of-Course Exam - Part B Task 1 - Individual Research Report Task 2 - Individual Written Argument

Questions

Scoring

Samples and Commentary

Free-Response Questions

Task 2 Directions and Stimulus Materials

Scoring Guidelines - End-of-Course Exam

Scoring Guidelines - Performance Task 1: Team Project and Presentation

Scoring Guidelines - Performance Task 2: Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation

Chief Reader Report

Scoring Statistics

Score Distributions

End-Of-Course Exam - Part A

End-Of-Course Exam - Part B

Task 1 - Individual Research Report

Task 2 - Individual Written Argument

2021: End-of-Course Exam


Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines - End-of-Course Exam Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distribution	End-Of-Course Exam - Part A End-Of-Course Exam - Part B

2021: Performance Tasks


Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Task 2 Directions and Stimulus Materials	Scoring Guidelines - Performance Task 1: Team Project and Presentation Scoring Guidelines - Performance Task 2: Individual Research-Based Essay and Presentation Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distribution	Task 1 - Individual Research Report Task 2 - Individual Written Argument

2020: Performance Tasks


Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Task 2 Directions and Stimulus Materials	Scoring Guidelines - Task 1 Scoring Guidelines - Task 2 Chief Reader Report Scoring Distributions	Task 1 - Individual Research Report Task 2 - Individual Written Argument

2019: Free-Response Questions


Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distribution	End-Of-Course Exam - Part A End-Of-Course Exam - Part B

2019: Performance Tasks


Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Task 2 Directions and Stimulus Materials	Scoring Guidelines - Task 1 Scoring Guidelines - Task 2 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distribution	Task 1 - Individual Research Report Task 2 - Individual Written Argument

2018: Performance Tasks Scoring Information


Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Task 2 Directions and Stimulus Materials	Scoring Guidelines - PT 1 Scoring Guidelines - PT 2 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distributions	Task 1—Individual Research and Reflection Task 2—Individual Written Argument

2018: End-of-Course Exam Scoring Information


Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Free-Response Questions	Scoring Guidelines	Section I—Part A Section I—Part B

2017: Performance Tasks Scoring Information


Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Task 2 Directions and Stimulus Materials	Scoring Guidelines - PT 1 Scoring Guidelines - PT 2 Chief Reader Report Scoring Statistics Scoring Distributions	Task 1—Individual Research and Reflection Task 2—Individual Written Argument

2017: End-of-Course Exam Scoring Information


Questions	Scoring	Samples and Commentary
Exam Questions and Sources	Scoring Guidelines	Section I—Part A Section I—Part B