Multiple Choice Section Rules

During the multiple choice section, you will answer around 52- 55 questions in 1 hour which will
count as 45% of final grade.
Remember:
o Taking your AP Exam at the scheduled date and time.
o Do not opening your exam materials until your proctor tells you to do so.
o Do not take exam materials from the testing room.
Violating these, could cause your score to be canceled. Under some circumstances you could
even be barred from future AP testing.
Will wrong answers count against me?
Total scores are based on the number of questions answers correctly in the multiple-choice
section. No points are deducted for incorrect answers or unanswered questions. Because points
are not deducted for incorrect answers, it is encouraged to answer all multiple-choice questions.
Will I be allowed to use colored pencils or highlighters on the exam?
Neither colored pencils nor highlighters are allowed. You must use a number two pencil to
complete the answer sheet for the multiple choice section.
Discussing Exam Questions
The College Board will automatically cancel your exam score if you are discovered disclosing
Multiple-choice questions. This means that something you may not have intended as a violation,
like casually talking about a multiple-choice question with your friends or your teacher during
the exam break, can actually result in having your score canceled.
Misconduct
You are also agreeing not to engage in misconduct during the AP Exam, this includes:
o Obtaining improper access to the exam, or a part of the exam, or information about the
exam
o Removing a page or pages from the exam book
o Leaving the testing room without permission
o Copying from another student's work or a published work
o Attempting to take the exam for someone else
o Creating a disturbance

If found doing these, or any of the examples of misconduct listed in the Bulletin for AP Students
and Parents, you may be asked to turn in your exam materials and leave the exam room. You
may not return to the exam room, and your score will not be reported.
What to Bring to the Exam Room
o No. 2 pencils for your multiple-choice answer sheet
o Your school-issued photo I.D.
What Not to Bring to the Exam Room
o Electronic equipment or communication devices, like cell phones, smart phones, tablets
or anything else that can access the Internet, any cameras or other photographic
equipment, or even any watches that beep or have an alarm.
o Any food or drinks, including bottled water.
During the break
During any breaks, you are not allowed to consult textbooks, notes, teachers or other students;
and you may not use any electronic or communication devices, like your cell phone, for any
reason.
Also, you may not leave the building at any time during the exam administration, including
during a scheduled break.
Remember, whether it is during breaks or after the exam, you must not communicate anything to
anyone, including your classmates and your teachers, about the multiple choice questions that
appeared on your AP Exam.
Discussing Exam Questions
Do not email, text, post or in any other way circulate AP Exam information through any kind of
social media, or your AP Exam score may be canceled and you could also be banned from taking
future AP Exams.
The AP Exam is intended to be a fair assessment of your academic ability. Sharing exam
information in any unauthorized way compromises the integrity of the exam for all AP students,
and for the colleges and universities that grant credit or advanced placement for qualifying AP
scores.