Chapter III: Answersto the

2009AP United States

Governmentand PoliticsExam
SectionI: Multiple Choice Section I: Multiple Choice
r SectionI Answer Key and PercentAnswering Listedbelowarethe correctanswers to the multiple-choice
Correctly thepercentof AP studentswho answered
questions, each
. Analyzing Your Students'Performanceon the questioncorrectlyby AP score,andthetotalpercent
Multiple-ChoiceSection answeringcorrectly.
. DiagnosticGuide for the 2009 AP United States
Governmentand PoliticsExam
SectionII: FreeResponse
. Commentsfrom the Chief Reader
r ScoringGuidelines,SampleStudentResponses,
and Commentary

Section I Answer Key and Percent Answering Correctly

Percent Correct by Score Total Percent Correct by Score Total
Correst Correct Percont
Item No. Percent Item No.
Answer 5 4 3 2 1 Answer 5 4 3 2 1 Correct
Correct
1 99 9B 95 90 72 90 24 A 95 87 74 55 34 66
2 t- BO 75 :.ffi,. 67 50 6B 25 E 87 74 57 3B 23 52
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15 E 87 77 67 54 33 ol 3B E B1 6B 56 45 33 54
16 93 82 65 41 IY 57 39 93 B5 54 29 64
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18 99 97 91 47 B1 41 D 94 BB B1 69 4 74
19 BO OJ 46 29 15 43 42 D 71 56 40 22 10 36
20 A 95 90 83 72 50 76 .iJ A 78 70 64 59 43 62
27 B 92 86 78 oq 70 44 96 92 88 81 62 B3
22 97 91 79 55 28 67 .{c B 82 71 61 48 30 56
69 54 43 36 32 45 46 B 100 99 95 85 5B 87
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Section I Answer Key and Percent Answering Correctly (continued)

Percent Correc-t,by Score Total Percent Correct by Score Total
Correct Correst Percent
Item No. Percent Item No.
Answsr 5 4 3 2 I Angwer 5 4 3 2 1 Correct
Correct
47 D B5 72 59 41, 21 53 54 A B5 69 52 37 26 50
48 l) 94 82 63 38 22 56 55 E 100 99 97 92 6B 91
49 A 91 BO 65 41 14 55 56 C 92 B6 78 63 38 70
50 l) 89 81 74 64 44 69 57 D 99 97 93 84 56 B5
51 B 99 97 94 86 54 85 58 97 94 88 /6 49 BO

52 E 99 96 91 79 49 82 59 B 97 94 90 B3 63 B4
53 E 97 93 B3 65 32 72 60 E 98 92 BO 57 26 6B

Analyzing Your Students' Performance on 3. To comparethe student'snumber of correct answers

the Multiple-Choice Section
Ifyou give your studentsthe 2009 exam for practice,you
may want to analyzethe resultsto find overall strengthsand
in their understandingof AP United States
weaknesses
Government and Politics.The following diagnostic work-
sheetswill help you do this. You are permitted to photocopy
them and distributethem to your studentsfor completion.
L In eachsection,studentsshould insert a checkmark for
eachcorrect answer.
2. Add togetherthe total number of correct answersfor
eachsection.
for eachsectionwith the averagenumber correct for
that section,copy the number of correct answersto the
"Number Correct" table at the end of the Diagnostic
Guide.
In addition, under eachitem, the percentof AP students
who answeredcorrectly is shown, so students can analyze
their performanceon individual items.This information will
be helpful in decidinghow studentsshould plan their study
time. Pleasenote that one item may appearin severaldiffer-
ent categories,asquestionscan crossover differenttopics.

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