AP CENTRAL FRQ's  2023    2022-1999      2020 Exam questions available in AP Classroom question bank

ANIMALS BODY SYSTEMS CELLS CELL DIVISION CELL SIGNALING
DNA RNA PROTEINS ECOLOGY  ENZYMES  EVOLUTION EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
GENETICS GRAPHS/Math LABS METABOLISM MOLECULES
PLANTS PHOTOSYNTHESIS REGULATION RESPIRATION STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
TRANSPORT WATER Chi-Square    

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
Location of pathway
Predict effect of genetic mutation

Calculate genetic probability

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
Gene mutation/pesticide resistance

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 # 2014 All questions            Scoring Guidelines          Sample Responses Q8
Mutations in genetically engineered flies
Mechanisms leading to genetic variation
Role of genetic variation in evolution

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2013 #5 
2013 All questions       Scoring Guidelines       Sample Responses Q5
Mutations
Compare codon data from table
Explain genetic change in organisms
Predict/explain structure/function changes in protein

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 #1    2003 All Questions   Scoring guidelines        Sample Responses Q1   
 Fruit fly lab
 Determine genotypes from data
Chi square
Mutations

2003 B #4  2003B  Questions             Scoring Guidelines               Sample Responses Q4
Explain/discuss impact on biodiversity of:
~ Mutations
~ adaptive radiation
~ polyploidy
~ population bottlenecks
~ growth of human population