Free practice test
Free AP U.S. Government and Politics practice test
15 questions across all five units, weighted like the exam: individual questions and questions on a founding document, a Supreme Court opinion or data, in 22 minutes. Then your score by unit and by skill, a short lesson on the unit to fix first and a plan to May.
- Four-option multiple choice, at the exam's pace of about a minute and a half a question.
- The four skills the multiple choice tests: applying concepts, applying Supreme Court cases, reading data and reading sources. No account.
- Move back and forth and flag questions.
The real exam
| Unit | Share of the multiple choice |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Foundations of American Democracy | 15–22% |
| Unit 2: Interactions Among Branches of Government | 25–36% |
| Unit 3: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights | 13–18% |
| Unit 4: American Political Ideologies and Beliefs | 10–15% |
| Unit 5: Political Participation | 20–27% |
Section I: 55 multiple-choice questions in 1 hour 20 minutes (50% of the score), about 30 of them individual questions and the rest in sets on data, a text or a visual. Section II: four free-response questions in 1 hour 40 minutes (50%): Concept Application, Quantitative Analysis, SCOTUS Comparison and the Argument Essay. The whole exam is taken in College Board's digital testing app on Tuesday, May 4, 2027.
What your result means
You get questions right in each unit and in each skill category, so you can see where to start. AP scores from 1 to 5 come from College Board's own conversion of both sections.
Teaching AP U.S. Government and Politics?
Set this as a 22-minute check across the course. Each student sees a score in every unit and skill category, and nobody needs an account.
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