AP CENTRAL FRQ's
2023 2022-1999 2020 Exam questions available in AP Classroom question bank
GENETICS
2021#2
2021
All Questions Scoring
Guidelines
Sample Responses Q2
Pedigrees
Mutations
Glucose structure/metabolism
Mitochondrial inheritance
Construct a graph from data
Make a prediction/Justify with data
2019 #1
2019 Free -Response Questions
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Responses Q1
Central Dogma
Effect of genetic mutation on pathway
Make a prediction/Justify
Feedback mechanisms
Mutualism
Evolutionary advantage
2019 #3 2019 Free -Response Questions
Scoring Guidelines Sample Responses Q3
2019 #6
2019
Free Response Questions
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Responses Q6
Genetic mutations
Experimental design
Provide reasoning to explain results
Make a prediction/complete chart
2019 #8
2019 Free -Response Questions
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Responses Q8
Transport/cell membranes
Cell structure/function
Tonicity
Environmental impact on gene expression
2018 #1 2018 All Free-Response Questions
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Responses Q1
Create a cladogram based on data
Estimate chronological time
Mitochondrial DNA analysis
Predict relatedness
Proteins vs DNA accuracy
Explain frequency of allele in population
Predict/Justify phenotypes
2018 #4 2018 Free-Response Questions SCORING GUIDELINES Sample Responses Q4
Identify experimental control
Explain graph/SEM
2018
#6
2018 Free-Response Questions
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Responses Q6
Location of cellular processes
Cell Structure/Function
Transport/Tonicity
Affect of mutation (CFTR) on cell processes
2018 #7
2018 All Free-Response Questions
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Responses Q7
Sex determination
Predict frequency of genetic
cross
Fitness cost
2017 #3
2017 All Free-Response Questions
Scoring
Guidelines
Sample Responses Q3
Use codon chart to predict mutation
Impact of amino acid substitution
Mutations
Phenotype/genotype
2016
#1
2016 ALL Free-Response Questions Scoring
Guidelines
Sample Responses Q1
Construct a bar graph from data
Effect of salinity on allele frequency
Make a prediction from data
Osmoregulation
Make a prediction/Justify
2016 #7
2016 ALL Questions
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Responses Q7
Meiosis
Gamete formation
Predict phenotypes
Linked genes
2014 #8 2014 All questions Scoring Guidelines Sample Responses Q8
2012 #3
2012 All questions
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Responses Q3
Role of following in regulation of
protein synthesis
~ RNA Splicing
~ repressor proteins
~mtehylation
~ siRNA
Types of mutations/effect on protein synthesis
Environmental causes of mutations/effect on genome
Epigenetics
2010 #3
2010 All Questions
RUBRIC
Sample Responses Q3
Fruit Fly Genetics lab
Use data provided to predict method of inheritance
Hardy Weinberg
2010B #2
All Questions
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Responses Q2
Base-pair mutations
Alter protein structure/function
Give specific example
How can allele frequency increase in population
2004 #1
2004 All Questions
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Responses Q1
Meiotic processes
Reduction division
Chromosomal abnormality
Parthenogenesis
Cloning
2003 B
#4
2003B Questions
Scoring Guidelines
Sample Responses Q4
~ Mutations
~ adaptive radiation
~ polyploidy
~ population bottlenecks