<p>glucose was the other choice… I 'm not sure what I put but I remember that question was hard.
I know amino acids, potassium ions, Urea and glucose are part of the filtrate, so the only answer would have to be plasma proteins!</p>
<p>I looked it up, and plasma proteins is the correct answer. One question I got wrong.</p>
<p>Me too. And I agree with what you said, I feel like the test didn’t cover a few whole units of biology and was focused on only a few topics. There was barely ANYTHING about plant and taxonomy, and barely anything about plant structure… I guess that is why they are goingn to change it up next year. I heard 55 MC, 3 FRQ’S and I forgot the amount but a few short paragraph answers.</p>
<p>^That’s crazy. My bio teacher said the students are going to do a lot more experimental design and application - he picked me to TA for it next year cause I have lab experience. I’m sort of excited to see what transpires, as nerdy as that is.</p>
<p>And yeah, I was annoyed by the lack of cell parts and photosynthesis/respiration. I didn’t feel like it really tested my knowledge of biology, especially with all the graphs.</p>
<p>They are removing the lab FRQ, drastically decreasing the amount of multiple choice, and removing whole units from the test.</p>
<p>It’s so crazy. The AP definitely does not reflect biology knowledge as a whole. I am more ready for IB Bio HL on Thursday.</p>
<p>^ wow, that sounds terrible. assuming that they’re adding a bunch of FR to make up for the MC, definitely glad I’m not taking that test next year… </p>
<p>meh, got the question about the filtration wrong. second guessed myself.</p>
<p>I am taking Late AP Biology Exam…hope it also focuses on Molecular Biology like regular one.</p>
<p>By the way, I still cannot decide which prep book to buy, Cliffs or Barron’s (I have </p>
<p>Princeton Review)? Can anybody tell me the weaknesses and strongnesses of Cliffs and </p>
<p>Barron’s, along with which one matches with Princeton Review?</p>
<p>^ That’s exactly what my biology teacher said. She said that this years test might be a transitional test(more field/test questions for next year, and a shift in focus) and might have an slightly different scoring breakdown. She was suprised(and a little angry) that the CollegeBoard used epigenetics(said it was too new, evidence hasn’t been analyzed enough) and siRNA(more related to biotech, rna interference than normal AP bo). I think the curve will be more lenient than most people anticipate though. I’m pretty sure 70-80% of most test takers didn’t get more than 2-3 points on FRQ 1. And although I thought FRQ 3 was easy, from what I have heard, I would expect most test takers to get 3-4 on that one. I think the raw score will probably be 92 or so for a 5, although the MC was fairly easy.</p>
<p>^The epigenetics question didn’t really ask for an explanation of the underlying process of it; the question just asked for an example, which I thought was fair. The siRNA choice seemed to come out of the blue; I don’t think most AP Bio classes touch any RNA outside of mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA.</p>
<p>The quantity of lab-based questions (I counted roughly about 30) was a little surprising, too. It makes sense that this year’s test was transitional (field testing for next year and such). Personally, I do a lot better at interpreting graphs and charts than I do at plant structure/function/reproduction, so I’m happy with the the way the MC was structured this year.</p>
<p>Really? My class went into siRNA, not in-depth but we certainly covered enough for an essay. Besides, if you didn’t know that one you could choose a separate option. The Epigenetics question was tough, I knew the term, but we never learned an example and much less could’ve explained one.</p>
<p>Does nondisjunction relate to epigenetics?</p>
<p>It was like that last year when I took the AP Biology test - a lot of the multiple choice was devoted to labs/graph interpretation.</p>
<p>^Nondisjunction doesn’t relate to epigenetics. Epigenetics deals with heritable phenotypes not involved with DNA or genetic code. I put some random BS about Courtship behaviors and how they are inherited (turns out I was right haha). I don’t think the average biology student would get the question though.</p>
<p>As for siRNA, I had heard of it through my research for an independent biotech project, but knew nothing specifically about it. I agree though, the siRNA was a choice question so I guess it was fair game. That essay was easy IMO, gene expression(protein syntheis) is a strong suit of mine.</p>
<p>^ Dang it, so I got it wrong. 
This may be the only test I don’t get a 5 on. I’m honestly depressed about that.</p>
<p>Plasma proteins was the answer because it was the only thing that was a large molecule. Found that in McGraw Hill’s 500 questions to know by test day!</p>
<p>Agree that the test didn’t cover a lot of important biological concepts. Oh well.</p>
<p>siRNA - Nobel prize in 2006.
Surely the concept is worthy of a question on the exam.</p>
<p>form I , btw, was like this </p>
<p>Mc: ok so I’ve taken every released exam and this was nothing like that too much labs and too much graphs and charts! I’d say it was similar to the 2008 mc section. When i took that test for practice I remember I guessed in about 20, this was also the case with this one, I usually just guess in less than 7 haha, but for it’s difficulty , I think I did well </p>
<p>FRQ 1 - loved It all the way ! Sure I got all 10 points, but I’m assuming worst case 8 points
FRQ 2 - the he’ll was that. It was math from chemistry (finding M from a bunch of data they didn’t give you any formulas or clear info) , I’m pretty sure I have at least 3 points
FRQ 3 - liked it a lot, also think I pulled a 10, considering that I had everything they asked for and they tend to give you one point per thing they ask so
FRQ 4 - good but not sure if 10, worst case a 7
I really hope it ends up being a 5 man have I worked so hard this year</p>
<p>Um juanita not sure how to say this but courtship is not epigenetic…
The MC was incredibly easy
and the FRQs were tough but easy enough to get at least a 6ish for each (maybe 5 for #1 lol)</p>
<p>Days before the exam a Bio substitute teacher predicted epigenetics would be on the exam in 5 years because it is so new.</p>
<p>Development FRQ: Eh, I’m thinking 7.
Graph FRQ: BAHAHA. Uh. Didn’t answer first in paragraph form (would we get docked down if we just said Variety A: #)? , and didn’t know part c. BS’d something for the answer. Hopefully I’ll get points for calculations. 5 points, max.
Protein FRQ: Missed epigenetics. Didn’t really do too well w/ part a. 7 points max.
Carbon FRQ: 8 or 9. I felt good on this one.</p>