College Board AP Physics · 2026–27 course year · May 2027 exam format
AP Physics practice papers
One compact practice set for each of the four AP Physics courses, updated for the May 2027 structure: single-select multiple choice plus free-response questions built on the four named task types — mathematical routines, translation between representations, experimental design, and qualitative/quantitative translation.
Written by GioPhysics from the published course frameworks. These are practice exams in the style of AP Physics; they are not College Board materials, contain no released exam questions, and the official course and exam descriptions remain the authority. AP is a trademark of the College Board, which is not affiliated with and does not endorse GioPhysics. College Board AP Physics course and exam descriptions
- Papers
- 4
- Questions
- 40
- Marks
- 224
- Figures
- 21
How AP examines
Beginning with the May 2027 exams, every AP Physics course uses a 42-question, 85-minute multiple-choice section and a four-question, 95-minute free-response section, each worth half of the score. The hybrid digital exam shows questions in Bluebook and students handwrite free-response answers. These GioPhysics sets are intentionally shorter practice, not full-length replicas; they preserve the four published free-response task types and scoring habits.
Written to the standard the free-response rubrics actually apply. A numerical answer that appears without the symbolic expression behind it earns partial credit at best; a claim without reasoning earns nothing at all, however correct the claim is. The C courses are set at calculus level throughout — moments of inertia by integration, drag and RC problems as differential equations — because that is what separates them from Physics 1 and 2.
The papers
Kinematics, translational dynamics, work and energy, linear momentum, torque and rotational dynamics, rotational energy and momentum, oscillations, and fluids.
- Multiple choice
- Free response
10 questions · 53 marks · 70 minutes
→AP 2AP Physics 2: Algebra-BasedThermodynamics, electric force, field and potential, circuits, magnetism and electromagnetism, geometric optics, waves and physical optics, and modern physics.
- Multiple choice
- Free response
10 questions · 54 marks · 70 minutes
→AP C:MAP Physics C: MechanicsCalculus-based mechanics: kinematics, translational dynamics including velocity-dependent forces, work and energy, momentum, torque and rotational dynamics, rotational energy and momentum, and oscillations.
- Multiple choice
- Free response
10 questions · 55 marks · 70 minutes
→AP C:E&MAP Physics C: Electricity and MagnetismCalculus-based electromagnetism: charge and Gauss's law, electric potential, conductors and capacitors, circuits including RC transients, magnetic fields and Ampère's law, and electromagnetic induction.
- Multiple choice
- Free response
10 questions · 62 marks · 70 minutes
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