Scoring Worksheet for

2020 AP Biology
Practice Exam 1

Section I: Multiple Choice

When an AP Exam is administered,
psychometric analysis determines the
NUMBER score ranges corresponding with each
CORRECT
x 1.0000 =
AP Exam score (5, 4, 3, 2, and 1)
(out of 60) WEIGHTED based on a composite score scale that
SECTION I SCORE combines and weights the exam parts.
(do not round) Due to minor variations in exam
difficulty, the number of points
Section II: Free Response corresponding with each AP Exam
score can vary on different exams.
Because this practice exam was never
QUESTION 1 x 1.7647 = administered, AP has developed these
estimated score ranges that teachers
(out of 9) (do not round)
can use to approximate AP Exam
scores. We caution that these ranges,
QUESTION 2 x 1.7647 = and the resulting AP Exam scores, are
only estimates, and student
(out of 9) (do not round) performance on this practice exam
does not necessarily predict
performance on a different exam.
QUESTION 3 x 1.7647 =
Please note that the composite score
(out of 4) (do not round) scale for this Biology Exam has been
updated to match the 2020 AP Exam.

QUESTION 4 x 1.7647 = AP Score Conversion Chart

(out of 4) (do not round) Biology
QUESTION 5 x 1.7647 =
COMPOSITE AP EXAM
(out of 4) (do not round)
SCORE RANGE SCORE

QUESTION 6 x 1.7647 = 94–120 5

(out of 4) (do not round)
76–93 4
Sum =
54–75 3
WEIGHTED
SECTION II SCORE
30–53 2
(do not round)

Composite Score 0–29 1

+ =
WEIGHTED WEIGHTED COMPOSITE SCORE
SECTION I SCORE SECTION II SCORE (round to nearest
(do not round) (do not round) whole number)

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