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AP Computer Science A Syllabus
🖥️ Unit 1: Primitive Types (2.5%–5% of exam score)
Basics Covered:
- ✅ Primitive data types:
int
,double
, andBoolean
. - ✅ Arithmetic expressions: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division.
- ✅ Assignment operators for storing values.
- ✅ Operator sequencing in expressions for results.
🤖 Unit 2: Using Objects (5%–7.5% of exam score)
Key Concepts:
- ✅ Objects & classes: instances, attributes, behaviors.
- ✅ Constructors: with/without parameters.
- ✅ Class libraries:
Integer
,Double
. - ✅ Object methods: static,
Math
class, and String manipulation. - ✅ APIs and libraries for complex operations.
✅ Unit 3: Boolean Expressions and if Statements (15%–17.5% of exam score)
Logic Building:
- ✅ Boolean values with relational operators:
==
,!=
,<
,>
,<=
,>=
. - ✅ Conditional statements:
if
,else
,else if
for multiple outcomes. - ✅ Equivalent Boolean expressions using logical operators:
&&
,||
,!
.
🔁 Unit 4: Iteration (17.5%–22.5% of exam score)
Looping Techniques:
- ✅ Creating loops:
for
,while
for repeated execution. - ✅ Standard algorithms: arithmetic-based and String.
- ✅ Nested loops for complex operations.
📝 Unit 5: Writing Classes (5%–7.5% of exam score)
Class Design:
- ✅ Class structure: public/private attributes.
- ✅ Constructors for object attributes.
- ✅ Method definitions: non-void, void, static.
- ✅ Problem-solving by breaking into smaller parts with methods.
- ✅ Ethical programming: intellectual property concerns.
📦 Unit 6: Array (10%–15% of exam score)
Array Manipulation:
- ✅ Creating and using arrays for related items.
- ✅ Array traversal with iteration.
- ✅ Algorithms: searching, sorting, filtering.
📝 Unit 7: ArrayList (2.5%–7.5% of exam score)
Dynamic Collections:
- ✅
ArrayList
for object reference data. - ✅ Traversing
ArrayList
with loops. - ✅ Algorithms with
ArrayList
: search, sort, filter. - ✅ Ethical data collection issues.
🌐 Unit 8: 2D Array (7.5%–10% of exam score)
Advanced Data Structures:
- ✅ Using 2D arrays for collections of data.
- ✅ Nested loops for traversing 2D arrays.
🧬 Unit 9: Inheritance (5%–10% of exam score)
Object-Oriented Principles:
- ✅ Superclasses and subclasses for grouping objects.
- ✅ Method overriding in inheritance hierarchies.
- ✅ Polymorphism with superclass and subclass objects.
➰ Unit 10: Recursion (5%–7.5% of exam score)
Recursive Programming:
- ✅ Writing recursive methods.
- ✅ Algorithms: binary search, merge sort.
AP Computer Science A Exam Structure
Section 1: Multiple Choice
- Content: This section includes individual questions and occasional sets of two questions.
- Tasks:
- Determine the required code segments to produce a given output.
- Identify the output value or result of given program code based on initial values.
- Analyze program code for correctness, equivalence, and errors.
- Describe the behavior and conditions that lead to results in a program.
- Format: Consists of 40 questions.
- Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes.
- Weight: Accounts for 50% of the total exam score.
Section 2: Free Response
- Content: This section requires written responses to four questions, covering:
- Methods and Control Structures: Writing program code to create objects of a class, call methods, and satisfy method specifications using expressions, conditional statements, and iterative statements.
- Classes: Writing program code to define a new type by creating a class and satisfy method specifications using expressions, conditional statements, and iterative statements.
- Array/ArrayList: Writing program code to satisfy method specifications and create, traverse, and manipulate elements in 1D array or ArrayList objects.
- 2D Array: Writing program code to satisfy method specifications and create, traverse, and manipulate elements in 2D array objects.
- Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes.
- Weight: Accounts for 50% of the total exam score.