AP® Physics 2 FRQs

These are the free-response questions (FRQs) from past AP® Physics 2 exams from this College Board page. Scoring guidelines and example student responses are included for each question, and the points for each response are mentioned at the end of the examples (note that not all responses received perfect scores).

Note: The following changes were made to AP® Physics 2 for the 2025 exam:

Added: mechanical waves and sound, blackbody radiation, qualitative treatment of capacitors vs time.
Removed: relativity, wave functions, fluids.
FRQ section changed from 90 minutes to 100 minutes.

2024 Free-Response Questions Answers & scoring guidelines