<p>I just did the AP Biology sample questions on the Curriculum: Effective Fall 2012 packet.
Most of the questions don’t even require you to know anything about Biology, and I found the test extremely difficult :(</p>
<p>Unfortunately, collegeboard does not even give answer explanations.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how to get the answers for questions such as 32, 34, 37? Can anyone explain those to me? Here’s the link:<a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
<p>How is everyone else doing on these questions? Are they extremely hard for you guys too?</p>
<p>I’m not sure about 32. I remember going over that one in class but the way my teacher explained it confused me. 34 is basically reading the chart. If the two curves shifted to the right no matter how much the partial pressure of O2 would be greater, no? Since it’d have to be something greater than 0 on the graph. For 37 I remember choosing B because it said “prior to the Permian Period” which is when the Devonian Period was…</p>
<p>Actually tbh I kind of just realized that most of the answers to the questions are pretty simple, it’s just that we are thinking too much. My biology teacher told me that the answer is usually in the question now (I’m not sure if that makes sense…).</p>
<p>That makes sense, with these new questions, we’re thinking too much, and if you just read the question, the answer is obvious. I looked at 32 again, and realized that I was overthinking it. If it’s giving you F1 and F2 it must be inherited, and its a common flower, nothing weird, so it must be another gene.</p>
<p>that link is broken now, is there any way you could re-post a working link?</p>
<p>Is there an answer key to this test?</p>
<p>@jonhs123 but the only bad thing is that even though the questions are really quite simple, I still think about how this is the new exam so my natural thoight is that they’ll probably make it harder which leads to over thinking on my part. 
hopefully I can stop looking too deep onto questions.</p>
<p>sure @jsjung; Here it is <a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
<p>Thanks for the help everyone. However, I’m still dubious as to these questions being easy.
For example for number 37, it can be answer B. However, without an answer key, how would you know while you’re taking the test that the answer is not like E? The question says most reasonable. How do you know E is not the most reasonable?</p>
<p>And can anyone explain number 15 and 16? Are there even any biology concepts you had to know? After looking at the answers, many of us find that sometimes the answer becomes apparent/you realize you are overthinking. However, if you haven’t already, do the questions without looking at the answers. If you get them right, let us know how you did it!</p>
<p>@WritingonStars Exactly, this is why one makes “silly” mistakes, it can’t be avoided.
For number 15
Which of the following best supports the hypothesis that the
difference in leaf color is genetically controlled?
First of all, to show that they’re genetically controlled, you need to show that the exist in both varieties, and the numbers are not changing. All the other options besides D strongly disprove that by showing that the color develops over time (A), or has nothing to do with anything (B/C)</p>
<p>Actually D is probably the answer choice you would cross out first. (also when I was explaining B I did not look at the answer key first. I had taken this test before 
I rechecked it though just in case what I remembered was wrong).
D isn’t relevant to the question. Actually in my review book, it said to watch out for answer choices like these: true, but irrelevant. The question was how would the students find these fossils forms the Devonian period, but D specifically says at the end that this will be used to “calculate the rate of speciation of early organisms” which is not their goal.</p>
<p>For number 16 I remember thinking that the yellow plants did better without light. So I half-guessed on the C where the seedlings wouldn’t convert the light energy that was now available. I thought A was a bit impossible. B didn’t make sense since the height of the seedlings were basically the same. I just thought respiration shouldn’t be happening with available CO2 so I crossed out D as well.</p>
<p>I was explaining 15,
For number 37, yes, A and D are irrevelent/vague/dumb answer choices and would be crossed out first, I would still have gone with C as it says to look in marine habitats and bivavles, which are stated specifically in the table, B, collecting from sedimentary rock on top of it, is a bit too obvious, I wouldn’t have thought to put that. I would have counted that as one of the vague answer choices.</p>
<p>^^Oh sorry I was explaining number 37 to Michelle. I should’ve mentioned that.
Just a thought: wouldn’t the looking near bodies of water be kind of irrelevant since it’s fossils from millions of years ago? I don’t know if it’s right, it was what I thought when I took the test.</p>
<p>For number 16, I think they are all sort of valid answers. I don’t like these new questions, which in many cases, unless you actually KNOW the answer, ie, done the experiment, happened to have read about it, they could all be plausible. In some cases, the vague one is the right answer, C seems a bit obvious. B could have been a possibility, but I would have crossed it out. You have to keep in mind respiration is ALWAYS happening. I’m sure that will be in a few questions to trick people, but the answer choice just doesn’t make sense. This is exactly what happens when you over think it just a little bit.
I didn’t think of that with the bodies of water, it’s a plausible explanation, but now we’re just trying to justify the answer that’s given.</p>
<p>If anyone has a link to the official practice exam released by CB this year that would be great</p>
<p>hi! i’m extremely nervous for this ap bio test because my teacher has not taught our class a single thing so i’ve been trying to study by myself but so far it’s been futile. do any of yall have suggestions for ways to study for it by myself? i also don’t know what the new format exactly looks like because my teacher hasn’t even shown us that either and i don’t know where to find the new format’s practice tests. i really need a 5 on this since the colleges i’m looking at don’t accept anything below a 5…</p>
<p>^^hey there I’m in the same situation DW. It seems like some bio teachers are slacking this year haha. I’ll tell you my plan but I won’t guarantee anything really: I’m reading through Barron’s taking the small quizzes at the end of each chapter to make sure I know the information (those Qs however are not the format that will be on the exam). If you want to get a feel make sure you think you’re kind of prepared since there’s only one official practice test. I suggest taking the sample test at the end of the curriculum guide for 2012 released by college board. That is just a shortened version of the actual released exam for bio teachers (I’ve already taken that exam). I think the most important thing is to familiarize with the format. After taking the mock exam, I realized that it’s better to read the question and then the paragraph before it (most Qs include a huge paragraph before it it’s so annoying). Usually if you skim the paragraph for key words you’ll find a clue to the answer in the information. I think studying right now (like four days before the exam lol) is just going to be brute forcing it. At least that’s how I’m going at it. GL</p>
<p>does anyone have the practice test link/pdf that their teacher gave them for ap bio? its the official college board 2013 test</p>
<p>Thank you SO much everyone. Your explanations have been extremely helpful.</p>
<p>I went through all the questions I wasn’t sure of again and approached them differently and found some to be easier after taking a second look at it. Indeed, I was overthinking some of the answers.</p>
<p>After going through all the sample questions. There is one question, though, that I cannot seem to figure out: #28. Does anyone know how to figure it out?</p>
<p>And @hypebeast, sorry, I personally only have the sample questions</p>