Multiple Choice Questions
MCQs
- Time: 90 minutes
- 50 multiple – choice questions (core)
- No marks deducted from incorrect answers
- A four-function, scientific, or graphing calculator is allowed
- 50% weight
- Questions are either discrete questions or question sets
- 5 individual multi-select questions (2 options are correct).
Free-Response Questions
- Time: 90 minutes
- 5 Questions
- Experimental Design (1 question)
- Qualitative/Quantitative Translation (1 question)
- Short Answer: Paragraph Argument (1 question)
- Short Answer (2 questions)
- No marks deducted from incorrect answers
- A four-function, scientific, or graphing calculator is allowed
- 50% weight
Unit 12: Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
Unit 13: Geometric and Physical Optics
Unit 14: Waves , Sound , and Physical Optics
Free-Response Questions(FRQs)
MCQs
- Time: 90 minutes
- 50 multiple – choice questions (core)
- No marks deducted from incorrect answers
- A four-function, scientific, or graphing calculator is allowed
- 50% weight
- Questions are either discrete questions or question sets
- 5 individual multi-select questions (2 options are correct).
Free-Response Questions
- Time: 90 minutes
- 5 Questions
- Experimental Design (1 question)
- Qualitative/Quantitative Translation (1 question)
- Short Answer: Paragraph Argument (1 question)
- Short Answer (2 questions)
- No marks deducted from incorrect answers
- A four-function, scientific, or graphing calculator is allowed
- 50% weight
Unit 12: Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
Unit 13: Geometric and Physical Optics
Unit 14: Waves , Sound , and Physical Optics
Course Content
AP Physics 2 is the equivalent of the second semester in the college-level introductory course, covering the topics of fluid mechanics; thermodynamics; electricity and magnetism; optics; and quantum, atomic, and nuclear physics.
Units Exam Weighting
Unit 1: Fluids 10–12%
Unit 2: Thermodynamics 12–18%
Unit 3: Electric Force, Field, and Potential 18–22%
Unit 4: Electric Circuits 10–14%
Unit 5: Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction 10–12%
Unit 6: Geometric and Physical Optics 12–14%
Unit 7: Quantum, Atomic, and Nuclear Physics 10–12%
About Advanced Placement(AP) Exams: Conducted annually in May, APs are college-level courses which enable you to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both while you are still in high school
About AP Physics exams
- AP Physics 1
- AP Physics 2
- AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
- AP Physics C: Mechanics