You are not permitted to bring food or drink, including bottled water, into the exam room (unless approved as an accommodation by College Board’s Services for Students with Disabilities office). During the 10-minute break between Sections 1 and 2 of the exam, with the proctor’s permission, you can leave the exam room to get a drink of water or a snack. 

If you would like to have a watch to keep track of time you are allowed to wear one as long as:

• The watch is not a smart watch.

• The watch does not beep, make noise or have any alarms,

• All other electronics will be checked in to your test proctor during registration!

During the break between Sections 1 and 2 of your AP Exam, or during any other unscheduled breaks, you are not allowed to consult textbooks, notes, teachers, or other students; and you may not use any electronic or communication devices, like your cell phone, for any reason.

You may not leave the building at any time during the exam administration, including during a scheduled break.

Remember, whether it’s during breaks or after the exam, you must not communicate anything about the exam content to anyone, including your classmates and your teachers.

On exam day, your proctor will give you directions about how to fill in your responses on your answer sheet and in your free-response booklet. Not following these directions could affect your score.

• All your answers for the multiple-choice section must be indicated on your answer sheet by filling in the appropriate circles. Do not write your answers for the multiple-choice section in the exam booklets. If you do, your answers will not be scored.

• Answers for the free-response section must be written in the Section II free-response booklet. Section II also has an additional orange booklet containing exam questions or reference information—do not write answers in these orange questions/reference booklets.

• All answers for the free-response section must be in English, with the exception of the Chinese Language and Culture, French Language and Culture, German Language and Culture, Italian Language and Culture, Japanese Language and Culture, Spanish Language and Culture, and Spanish Literature and Culture Exams. Any responses not adhering to this policy will not be scored.

After you enter the exam room and get your exam materials, you have an important step to take.

You must place an AP ID label on each of the exam materials where it is indicated to do so. If you don’t have an available AP ID label, make sure to write your AP ID on the materials so we can match your answer sheet and materials; failure to do so could delay your AP score.

• After you enroll in your first class section in My AP, you are assigned a unique, alphanumeric code known as an AP ID.

• On exam day, your proctor will give you a sheet of bar-coded labels with your AP ID listed.

• Your proctor will tell you where to place your AP ID labels.

• Your AP ID label sheet is personalized. You must never use anyone else’s AP ID or labels.

• For the AP Chinese Language and Culture and Japanese Language and Culture Exams, your AP ID must be keyed accurately into the exam computer.

If something unexpected happens that prevents you from taking the AP Exam on the date you were scheduled for or you want to take exams that are scheduled for the same time slot, you can talk to your AP coordinator about taking an exam on a later date.