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Free AP® Physics 2: Algebra-Based Practice Test (2026)

This is a set of 25 original practice questions that follow the official AP® Physics 2 course outline and its unit weights, each with a short explanation. The units are mixed the way the real multiple-choice section mixes them, and any constants you need are given in the question.

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Question 1 of 25A 6.0 Ω resistor is connected in series with a parallel pair of resistors, 6.0 Ω and 3.0 Ω, across an ideal 12 V battery. What current flows through the battery?
Question 2 of 25A rigid, sealed container of ideal gas is heated from 27 °C to 327 °C. By what factor does the gas pressure change?
Question 3 of 25A proton moves due east through a uniform magnetic field that points due north. In which direction is the magnetic force on the proton?
Question 4 of 25An object stands 30 cm in front of a converging lens with a focal length of 10 cm. Which describes the image?
Question 5 of 25Two small charged spheres are a distance r apart and repel each other with a force F. Both charges are doubled, and the distance between the spheres is also doubled. What is the new force?
Question 6 of 25A metal has a work function of 2.3 eV. Light with a photon energy of 4.0 eV shines on it. What is the maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons?
Question 7 of 25A gas absorbs 500 J of heat while it does 200 J of work on its surroundings. What is the change in the gas’s internal energy?
Question 8 of 25Two identical bulbs are connected in parallel to an ideal battery. A third identical bulb is then connected in parallel with them. What happens?
Question 9 of 25In a double-slit experiment, light of wavelength 500 nm passes through slits 0.10 mm apart and falls on a screen 2.0 m away. About how far apart are neighboring bright fringes near the center of the screen?
Question 10 of 25Two parallel metal plates 0.020 m apart are connected to a 120 V battery. What is the magnitude of the nearly uniform electric field between them?
Question 11 of 25A straight wire 0.50 m long carries a current of 2.0 A at right angles to a uniform 0.40 T magnetic field. What is the magnitude of the magnetic force on the wire?
Question 12 of 25In the Bohr model, the energy levels of hydrogen are Eₙ = −13.6 eV/n². What is the energy of the photon emitted when the electron drops from n = 3 to n = 2?
Question 13 of 25One kilogram of water at 80 °C is mixed with 3.0 kg of water at 20 °C in an insulated container. What is the final temperature?
Question 14 of 25Light travels inside a glass block (n = 1.50) toward the glass–air boundary. Above roughly what angle of incidence is the light totally reflected back into the glass?
Question 15 of 25A copper wire has a resistance of 2.0 Ω. A second copper wire is twice as long and has half the diameter. What is its resistance?
Question 16 of 25A parallel-plate capacitor stays connected to a battery while its plates are pulled apart to twice their original separation. What happens to its capacitance and to the charge on each plate?
Question 17 of 25An ambulance siren emits sound at 800 Hz. As the ambulance drives toward a listener standing still at a constant speed, what does the listener hear?
Question 18 of 25A square wire loop with sides of 0.10 m lies flat in a magnetic field perpendicular to the loop. The field increases steadily from 0 to 0.50 T in 0.10 s. What is the magnitude of the induced emf?
Question 19 of 25A nucleus with 92 protons and a mass number of 238 undergoes alpha decay. What does the daughter nucleus have?
Question 20 of 25An uncharged capacitor, a resistor and a battery are connected in series, and a switch is closed. A long time later, what are the current in the resistor and the voltage across the capacitor?
Question 21 of 25A person holds an object between a concave mirror and its focal point, closer to the mirror than the focal point. What kind of image does the mirror form?
Question 22 of 25An electron starts from rest and is accelerated through a potential difference of 100 V. How much kinetic energy does it gain? (e = 1.6 × 10⁻¹⁹ C)
Question 23 of 25A string fixed at both ends is 0.60 m long, and waves travel along it at 120 m/s. What is the frequency of its third harmonic?
Question 24 of 25The north pole of a bar magnet is pushed toward a closed wire loop. What does the induced current in the loop do?
Question 25 of 25An ideal gas is compressed slowly while its temperature is held constant. Which statement is true?

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