What's on the AP Calculus AB Unit 5 practice test
The standard version takes about 78 minutes and follows the timing and directions of the AP exam, sized to one unit:
- 20 Multiple Choice Questions (48 minutes)
- 1 FRQ – FRQs – Graphing calculator required (15 minutes)
- 1 FRQ – FRQs – No graphing calculator (15 minutes)
Questions are drawn from 2161 multiple-choice questions and 4 FRQs written for Unit 5, Analytical Applications of Differentiation.
Review Unit 5 before you start
- 5.1 Using the Mean Value Theorem
- 5.2 Extreme Value Theorem, Global vs Local Extrema, and Critical Points
- 5.3 Determining Intervals on Which a Function is Increasing or Decreasing
- 5.4 Using the First Derivative Test to Determine Relative (Local) Extrema
- 5.5 Using the Candidates Test to Determine Absolute (Global) Extrema
- 5.6 Determining Concavity
- 5.7 Using the Second Derivative Test to Determine Extrema
- 5.8 Sketching Graphs of Functions and Their Derivatives
- 5.9 Connecting a Function, Its First Derivative, and its Second Derivative
- 5.10 Introduction to Optimization Problems
- 5.11 Solving Optimization Problems
- 5.12 Exploring Behaviors of Implicit Relations