Exam guides
Study structures for the exams Arcade Academy covers.
Every guide is built from the exam's own published structure: sections and their weights, the topics inside each one, and study strategies that follow from both. 49 guides map 251 sections across 5 exam families.
What every guide contains.
Structured the way the exam is
Each guide follows the published sections, units, or content areas of the exam it covers, so a study plan can mirror the real blueprint.
Weighting before scheduling
Where a governing body publishes weights, the guide records them exactly, and where it does not, the guide says so instead of estimating.
Written for planning, not cramming
Topic lists and study strategies describe what to practice and in what order. They are study support, not a substitute for official materials.
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Medical exams
Medical Licensing and Admissions Exams
Preparation guides for the high-stakes exams of medical training, from medical-school admission through professional certification.
PANCE
Study the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination by organ system, task area, and official blueprint weight.
15 content areas
MCAT
Study the Medical College Admission Test section by section, with official question counts, section timing, and the foundational concepts behind each set of passages.
4 sections
NCLEX-RN
Study the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses by Client Needs category, test plan weight, and clinical judgment.
8 client needs categories
Arcade Academy is an independent educational resource. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NCCPA, the AAMC, the NCSBN, or any medical certifying body, and it does not provide medical advice.
College admissions
College Admissions Exams
Section-by-section guides to the standardized tests colleges use in admissions, with study plans built on official test structures.
SAT
Study the digital, adaptive SAT module by module, with the College Board's published content domains and their share of every section.
2 sections
ACT
Study the enhanced ACT section by section, from the three core tests behind the composite to the optional science and writing components.
5 sections
Arcade Academy is an independent educational resource. SAT® is a trademark registered by the College Board, and ACT® is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc.; neither organization was involved in the production of, nor endorses, this site.
Graduate admissions
Graduate and Professional School Admissions Exams
Guides to the admissions tests used by law and other graduate programs, built on each test's current official structure and scoring.
Arcade Academy is an independent educational resource. LSAT® is a registered trademark of the Law School Admission Council, Inc., which does not endorse and is not affiliated with this site.
AP exams
Advanced Placement Exams
Unit-by-unit guides to every AP course, aligned to the current course frameworks, with weightings, key topics, and study strategies.
STEM and Math
AP Biology
Study all eight AP Biology units against the College Board framework, from the chemistry of life through ecology.
8 units
AP Chemistry
Work through all nine AP Chemistry units with published exam weightings, from atomic structure to electrochemistry.
9 units
AP Environmental Science
Cover all nine AP Environmental Science units with published exam weightings, from ecosystems through global change.
9 units
AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based
Work through all eight units of the revised AP Physics 1 framework, kinematics through fluids, with published exam weightings.
8 units
AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based
Cover the seven units of the revised AP Physics 2 framework, thermodynamics through modern physics, with published weightings.
7 units
AP Physics C: Mechanics
Calculus-based mechanics across the seven units of the revised framework, from kinematics to oscillations.
7 units
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Calculus-based electricity and magnetism across the six units of the revised framework, from Gauss's law to induction.
6 units
AP Calculus AB
All eight AP Calculus AB units with published exam weightings, from limits through applications of integration.
8 units
AP Calculus BC
All ten AP Calculus BC units with published exam weightings, including parametric and polar functions and infinite series.
10 units
AP Precalculus
Three assessed units plus a fourth studied but not tested, covering polynomial, exponential, trigonometric, and polar functions.
4 units
AP Statistics
The revised five-unit AP Statistics framework, from exploring data and collecting it through inference and regression.
5 units
AP Computer Science Principles
All five AP Computer Science Principles big ideas with published exam weightings, plus the Create performance task.
5 units
AP Computer Science A
Java programming across the four units of the revised AP Computer Science A framework, with published exam weightings.
4 units
History and Social Science
AP United States History
Work through all nine APUSH periods, from 1491 to the present, with the thematic reasoning and essay moves the exam actually scores.
9 units
AP World History: Modern
Nine units from 1200 to the present, organized around the comparisons, causation chains, and global processes the exam rewards.
9 units
AP European History
Nine units from the Renaissance to contemporary Europe, built around the themes and essay skills that decide AP Euro scores.
9 units
AP United States Government and Politics
Five units, nine foundational documents, and fifteen required Supreme Court cases, organized the way the exam asks about them.
5 units
AP Comparative Government and Politics
Five units and six course countries, studied the way the exam asks about them: side by side, with evidence.
5 units
AP Human Geography
Seven units of spatial thinking, from population and culture to cities and development, with the models the exam expects you to name.
7 units
AP Psychology
The revised five-unit framework, from biological bases to mental and physical health, with research methods running through all of it.
5 units
AP Macroeconomics
Six units of models and graphs, from the production possibilities curve to the foreign exchange market, drilled the way the free-response section asks for them.
6 units
AP Microeconomics
Six units of firm and market analysis, from elasticity through market failure, with the cost curves and market-structure graphs the exam demands.
6 units
AP African American Studies
Four units spanning early African kingdoms to contemporary debates, taught as an interdisciplinary, source-driven course.
4 units
English, Arts, and Languages
AP English Language and Composition
Build the rhetorical reading and argument-writing skills the AP English Language and Composition exam rewards.
2 exam sections
AP English Literature and Composition
Read fiction, poetry, and drama closely and argue about them in writing, the way the AP English Literature exam asks.
2 exam sections
AP Seminar
The first AP Capstone course: research, argue, present, and defend across two performance tasks and one written exam.
3 assessment components
AP Research
Design a year-long inquiry, write a 4,000 to 5,000 word academic paper, and defend it — with no end-of-course exam.
3 assessment components
AP Art History
Learn the 250-work image set and the ten content areas that structure the AP Art History exam.
10 content areas
AP Music Theory
Train the aural, written, and sight-singing skills the AP Music Theory exam scores in three separate parts.
3 exam sections
AP 2-D Art and Design
A portfolio course with no timed exam: build a sustained investigation and five selected works in two dimensions.
2 portfolio components
AP 3-D Art and Design
Build a three-dimensional portfolio — sustained investigation plus five works shown from multiple views.
2 portfolio components
AP Drawing
A drawing-focused portfolio course scored on sustained investigation and five selected works, with no exam.
2 portfolio components
AP Spanish Language and Culture
Communicate in Spanish across the revised exam's project presentation, written task, and listening and reading sets.
2 exam sections
AP Spanish Literature and Culture
Read and analyze the required list of 38 works spanning medieval Spain to contemporary Latin America — in Spanish.
2 exam sections
AP French Language and Culture
Speak, write, and interpret French across the revised exam's course project and listening and reading sets.
2 exam sections
AP German Language and Culture
Work in German across the revised exam's project presentation, written argument, and listening and reading sets.
2 exam sections
AP Italian Language and Culture
Use Italian for real purposes across the revised exam's course project, written argument, and comprehension sets.
2 exam sections
AP Chinese Language and Culture
A computer-delivered exam: type Chinese, record spoken responses, and present research from the course project.
2 exam sections
AP Japanese Language and Culture
Type Japanese, record spoken responses, and present course-project research on a computer-delivered exam.
2 exam sections
AP Latin
Read Vergil and Pliny closely, read unseen Latin at sight, and argue about a Latin text with evidence.
2 exam sections
Career Kickstart
AP Business with Personal Finance
The four tested units of AP Business with Personal Finance, with their multiple-choice weightings, the exam-day pitch, and the free-response tasks.
4 units
AP Cybersecurity
The five AP Cybersecurity units, the three tested skill categories with their exam weightings, and the device security free-response question.
5 units
AP® is a registered trademark of College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this site. Arcade Academy is an independent educational resource.
IT certifications
IT Certification Exams
Domain-by-domain guides to vendor IT certification exams, built on each exam's published topic list and weights.
Arcade Academy is an independent educational resource. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cisco or any other certification vendor. Cisco® and CCNA® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries.
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