AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam review

the Multiple Choice sections represents _____ of your overall grade on the test.

• 70%
• 50%
• 30%
• 40%

The questions on the Multiple Choice section are based on:

• interpretation, communication, recollection 
• print texts, print and audio texts, and audio texts
• a letter, a short story, and a political text
• the Bloom taxonomy

Which of the following is NOT a recommended strategy to complete the Multiple Choice part of the exam?

• Preview the questions
• Look for key words
• Never change an answer
• Eliminate illogical answers

Which of the following is NOT a recommended strategy to complete the Multiple Choice part of the exam?

• Understand the format of the test
• Anticipate the response
• Compare answer choices
• only answer the questions of which you are completely sure

You will find 4 sets of activities in the print texts (readings); these are:

• article & chart, literary text, advertisement, and letter
• short story, commercial, chart, and e-mail
• letter, literary text, charts & tables, and poetry
• advertisement, literary text, article, and chart

Effective strategies to "Preview" the section are ___

• reading the entire text very quickly, then reading slowly
• reading the first and last paragraphs
• looking for contexts clues
• reading the title and introduction, looking at graphics and visuals, finding clues to anticipate what the text is about

Which of the following questions is NOT helpful when trying to identify the author's message?

• What is the author trying to say and why?
• What is the author's point of view?
• When did the autor write the text?
• How is the author communicating his message?

Which of the following is an EFFECTIVE strategy when answering the questions in PART A of the Multiple Choice section (Print Text)?

• Make connections between what you know and the new information you read.
• Do not evaluate (make judgments) about the information in the text.
• Focus on the literal meaning of the readings, not on inferences made by the author
• Be aware of anglicisms.

In part B of the Multiple Choice section, you will ___.

• compare and contrast different articles
• analyze a print text and listen to a lecture
• interprete and evaluate
• analyze and interprete print and audio material

PART B of the Multiple Choice section has two formats:

• 1) audio report /article format and 2) conversation/chart format
• 1) audio format and 2) print format
• 1) formal and 2) informal communication
• 1) interpreting and 2) evaluating