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Some recent words from the AP A exam writers. At the 2016 AP A reading, representatives of the college board and some of the exam question writers themselves like Robert Glen Martin were asked about the topics for upcoming/future exams. They strongly implied that Strings and 2-D arrays  will continue to be a consistent part of upcoming exams! Which, of course, shouldn’t  be a surprise since these two topics have been mainstays for several years.

Inheritance

• 2004 Question 2 (Pet),  also has  an Arraylist for part C
• 2005 Question 2 (Ticket)
• 2006 Question 1 (Item  See part B )
• 2016 Question 1 (Part B –2 of 7 points)

Strings

• 2006   Question 3 (a)   (  –compareTo)
• 2008 Question 2 (StringPart and StringCoder)
• 2011 Question 4 (Route Cipher) –considered challenging. Also includes a 2-D array
• 2014 Question 1 (Scrambled words) * challenging
• 2015 Question 2 (HiddenWord – guessing game) Must also write a complete class
• 2016 Question 2. LogMessage
• 2016 Question. StringFormatter

Arrays (1-D)

• 2004 Question 4 (Robot)
• 2004 Question 1 (StudentRecord)
• 2005 Question 1 (Reservation, Hotel)  –also has an ArrayList
• 2005 Question 4 (StudentRecord ) * easy, manges an array of ints
• 2008 Question 1 (Flight, Trip,  Time)
• 2009 Question 1 ( Number Cube–also static)
• 2009 Question 3 ( BatteryCharger )
• 2010 Question 3  ( HikingTrail)
• 2011 Question 1 (Sound)
• 2015 Question 4 (Diverse Array) Also 2-D arrays

Interface

• 2006 Question 1 (Item)
• 2007 Question 4 (GameState)
• 2008 Question 4  (Checker and AndChecker)
• 2011 , Question 3 ( FuelTank)
• 2012, Question 3 ( Horse)
• 2014 Question 4 (Trio) Write a class that implements an inteface
• 2015, Question 4 . Write an interface

2-D Arrays

• 2011 Question 4 (Route Cipher) –considered challenging. Also includes a 2-D array. **challenging
• 2012 Question 4 ( GrayImage)
• 2013 Question 4 ( Sky View) **challenging
• 2014 Question 3 (Student, SeatingChart) * also ArrayList
• 2015 Question 1 (Diverse Array) Also 1 D arrays
• 2015 Question 3 (Sparse Array)
• 2016 Question 3 (Crossword Puzzle)

 

Arraylist

• 2004 Question 2 (c)  (Pet–also inheritence )
• 2004 Question 1 (WordList) *easy, just manages an ArrayList of Strings
• 2005 Question 1 ( Hotel, Reservation)–also has an array
• 2006 Question 1 (AppointMent, DailySchedule )
• 2007 Question 3 (StudentAnswer Sheet) *easy
• 2009 Question  4 ( NumberTile , TileGame)
• 2010 Question 1 (CookieOrder ) * easy
• 2012 Question 1 (ClimbInfo)
• 2013 Question 3 ( Grid World)
• 2014 Question 3 (Student, SeatingChart) * also 2-d Array
• 2016 Question 1. Random Letter Chooser (read an in depth analysis of student responses here )

Class Declaration

ie :When  student must write an entire clas

• 2010, Question 2 ( APLine)
• 2015 , Question 2 (HiddenWord , guessing game) Also involves Strings.
• 2014 Question 3 (Trio) must implement an interface
• 2015, Question 4 . Write an interface
• 2016 Question 1 .  Random Letter Chooser (read an in depth analysis of student responses here )

Interrelated Classes

Questions that involve multiple classes  (There are definitely, many more examples involving interrelated classes)

• 2005 Question 1 (Reservation, Hotel)  –also has an ArrayList
• 2008 Question 1 (Flight, Trip,  Time)

Random

Quesitons that, somehow , involve the generating random numbers.

• 2009 Question 1 ( Number Cube–also static)
• 2016 Question 1 .  Random Letter Chooser (read an in depth analysis of student responses here )

Miscellaneous

• 2007 Question 1 (isSelfDivisor -modulo, algorithm)
• 2006  Question 3 (b) prefixMerge **challenging

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