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title: "Choose the right printable resource"
description: "Match the Print center resource to your class task without hunting through every option."
canonical: "https://fiveable.me/help/teachers/print-center/choose-printable"
type: "teacher-help"
lastUpdated: "2026-09-03"
---

# Choose the right printable resource

## Quick answer

Choose Subject, then open What to print. Use a study guide or cheatsheet for review, MCQs or SAQs for practice, an FRQ type for free response, AMSCO Guided Notes for a supported chapter, or Full Practice Exam for a course-wide simulation. Only resources available for that subject appear.

## What to do

1. **Choose Subject first**: Open Subject and select the AP® course you teach. Wait for What to print to refresh before choosing the resource. Your choice determines every option that appears next.

   ![Print center selectors showing Subject, What to print, Unit, and the matching FRQ controls.](/img/teachers/print-center-picker.jpg)

   *Choose the subject first. Print center then shows only the resource and follow-up choices available for that course.*

2. **For reading and review**: Open What to print. Choose Topic Study Guide for one topic, Official Fiveable Cheatsheet for a compact summary, or Glossary or Unit Overview when either appears for the selected course.

3. **For question practice**: Choose MCQs (no stimulus) for standalone questions, Stimulus-based MCQs for grouped questions, Short Answer Questions - Stimulus-Based for SAQs, or the named FRQ type students should practice.

4. **For a larger assessment**: Choose Full Practice Exam when the subject supports it. World-language courses may instead show Practice Exam (Written Companion).

5. **For a textbook companion**: Choose AMSCO Guided Notes when the selected subject has supported chapters. AP Government may also offer Weekly Vocab Quiz.

6. **Complete the new fields that appear**: Choose the Unit, Topic, Chapter, question count, or other field shown below What to print. The fields change to match the resource you selected.

7. **Check the preview before using an action**: Read the preview title and first page. Then use the action above it, such as Print, Export to Google Docs, Export to Google Forms, or Assign it online.

   ![Print center preview showing the selected FRQ title, unit, and prompt.](/img/teachers/print-frq-preview.jpg)

   *Verify the title, unit, and first page in the preview before printing or exporting.*

## If something is not working

### The resource I expected is not listed.

Confirm Subject first. Print center only shows resource types supported for the selected course.

### The resource changed when I switched subjects.

That is expected when the new subject does not support the previous type. Choose from the updated What to print list.

## Related guides

- [Print an FRQ with scoring guidelines](/help/teachers/print-center/print-frq): Choose a subject, FRQ type, unit, and whether the scoring guidelines should appear.
- [Print MCQs with an answer key](/help/teachers/print-center/print-mcq): Build a printable question set by subject, topic, stimulus style, and question count.

## About This Document

Canonical Fiveable pages are available as Markdown at the same path plus `.md`.

- [llms.txt](https://fiveable.me/llms.txt): index of Fiveable's sections and URL patterns
- [llms-full.txt](https://fiveable.me/llms-full.txt): complete subject and unit listing
- [MCP server](https://fiveable.me/mcp): call Fiveable as tools instead of fetching pages (`https://fiveable.me/api/mcp`)