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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 1 preview imageTHETRUSTEDNAMEINTESTPREPNe,RYe>ry|%oF°[=F74-@®solbAY,=AEolwetagiof»let)J)277=/5)ComputerScience4»||P°°“Ww\rinciples\J\pdllPREMIUMa<8hi.®6full-lengthpracticetestswithdetailedanswerexplanations|CAE@Onlinepracticewithatimedtestoptionandscoring5)'®Comprehensivereviewandpracticeforalltopicsontheexam\®)®ExperttipsplusBarron's“Essential5”thingsyouneedtoknow(_-[=]40SCANNOWTOLeACCESSPREPINCLUDEDWITHSethReichelsonOl!THISBOOKorgotoAP*isaregisteredtrademarkoftheCollegeBoard,whichisnotaffiliatedwithBarron's1anwasnctweveintheproductiono,anedoesntendorse,thisprocictfeW3)l
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 4 preview imageAP®isaregisteredtrademarkoftheCollegeBoard,whichisnotaffiliatedwithBarron’sandwasnotinvolvedintheproductionof,anddoesnotendorse,thisproduct.©Copyright2024,2023,2021,2020byKaplanNorthAmerica,LLCd/b/aBarron’sEducationalSeriesAllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions.Bypaymentoftherequiredfees,youhavebeengrantedthenon-exclusive,non-transferablerighttoaccessandreadthetextofthiseBookonscreen.Nopartofthistextmaybereproduced,transmitted,downloaded,decompiled,reverseengineered,orstoredinorintroducedintoanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,includingbutnotlimitedtogenerativeartificialintelligence(genAl)systemsandmachinelearningsystems,inanyformorbyanymeans,whetherelectronicormechanical,nowknownorhereinafterinvented,withouttheexpresswrittenpermissionofthepublisher.PublishedbyKaplanNorthAmerica,LLCd/b/aBarron’sEducationalSeries1515WestCypressCreekRoadFortLauderdale,Florida33309www.barronseduc.comISBN:978-1-5062-9200-7+StudyXY
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 5 preview imageAbouttheAuthorSethReichelsonisa2015WhiteHouseChampionofChange,CollegeBoardSummerInstituteTeacher,andIBMChampion.AsaComputerScienceteacheratLakeBrantleyHighSchoolandOcoeeHighSchool,hegrewhiscomputerprogramwithgrassrootsactivism.Throughhisunflappablelikabilityandout-of-the-boximplementationofideas,heenlivenedtheclasswithquirkybutaccessibleprojectsthatappealtoallstudents.Puttinghischarismaticlegitimacytopapertrulyhasbeenanepicadventureforallinvolved,includinghisLabradors.SethReichelsonisalongtimehighschoolteacherandLabradorretrieverenthusiast.
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 6 preview imageTableofContentsHowtoUseThisBookBarron’sEssential5PrefaceIntroductionGeneralInformationAbouttheExamHintsforTakingtheExamDIAGNOSTICTESTDiagnosticTestAnswersExplainedDiagnosticTableMatch1CreatePerformanceTaskGeneralRequirementsProgramRequirementsFullCreatePerformanceTask—SampleOneFullCreatePerformanceTask—SampleTwoFullCreatePerformanceTask—SampleThreeFullCreatePerformanceTask—SampleFourFullCreatePerformanceTask—SampleFiveFullCreatePerformanceTask—SampleSix
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 7 preview image2BigIdea1:CreativeDevelopmentComputingInnovationsCollaborationHowProgramsFunctionProgramInputDevelopmentProcessCreativeDevelopmentQuestionsAnswersExplained3BigIdea2:DataBitsRepresentDataNumberSystemsVariousErrorsLossyandLosslessDataCompressionInformationExtractedfromDataPrivacyConcernsDataQuestionsAnswersExplained4BigIdea3:AlgorithmsandProgrammingWhatIsanAbstraction?MathematicalOperatorsHowtoSolveModulusAssignmentOperatorsListsDisplayOperatorsInputOperatorsRelationalandBooleanOperatorsTheRobotTheSwap
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 8 preview imageSearchingAlgorithmsandProgrammingQuestionsAnswersExplainedBigIdea3:AlgorithmsandProgrammingPart2ProgrammingFlowchartsListsProceduresAlgorithmsandProgrammingQuestionsPart2AnswersExplained5BigIdea4:ComputerSystemsandNetworksComputingDevicesAutonomousSystemsoftheInternetFaultToleranceEfficiencyofSolutionsComputerSystemsandNetworksQuestionsAnswersExplained6BigIdea5:ImpactofComputingTheWorldWideWebDigitalDivideBeneficialandHarmfulEffectsHumanBiasCrowdsourcingLegalandEthicalConcernsSafeComputingImpactofComputingQuestionsAnswersExplainedPRACTICETESTS
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 9 preview imagePracticeTest1AnswersExplainedPracticeTest2AnswersExplainedAppendixVisitBarron’sOnlineLearningHubformorefull-lengthpracticetests.
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 10 preview imageHowtoUseThisBookThisbookisfocusedonlyonyougettingcorrectanswersontheAPexam.TopicsarecoveredinthesamedepthandscopeastheAPexam.ThisbookoffersacomprehensivereviewoftheEnduringUnderstandings,KeyConcepts,LearningObjectives,andEssentialKnowledgetaughtintheAPComputerSciencePrinciplescourse.Eachelementofthisbookisdesignedtoprepareyoufortheexam.DiagnosticTestFirst,taketheDiagnosticTesttogainanunderstandingofyourstrengthsandweaknesses.Itisaseventy-questioncompletetestwithdetailedanswerexplanations.CreatePerformanceTasksThisbookincludessixfullsampleCreatePerformanceTaskswithcompletewrittenreports.Allprogramscontaintherequirementstofullyscoreonthecreatetaskrubric.Programsarewritteninbothgraphicalandtext-basedlanguages.ReviewandPracticeChaptersarearrangedinorderofthebigideaswithtwochaptersdedicatedtoalgorithms.Sevenhundredandsixty-fivemultiple-choicequestionswritteninAPformatcoveralltopicsontheexam.Allmultiple-choicequestionsinthistextincludedetailedanswerexplanations.
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 11 preview imagePracticeTestsThefinalsectionofthebookofferstheopportunitytotaketwofull-lengthpracticeteststhatincludeallquestiontypesfoundontheactualexam.Acomprehensiveanswerexplanationisprovidedforeachmultiple-choicequestion.OnlinePracticeInadditiontothediagnostictestandtwopracticetestswithinthisbook,therearealsothreefull-lengthonlinepracticeexams.Youmaytaketheseexamsinpractice(untimed)modeorintimedmode.Allquestionsincludedetailedanswerexplanations.ForStudentsThisreviewbookhighlightsallconceptsineachchapterandexplainsthembygivingcontentexamples.Howyouusethebookdependsonhowyourschooloffersthecourse.Nevertheless,byansweringthereviewquestionsattheendofeachchapterandbytakingthepracticetests,youwillhaveanindicationofhowwellyouwilldoontheactualexam.ForTeachersThisbookcanbeusedasastand-alonetextbookorincombinationwithanyoftheCollegeBoardapprovedcurriculums.
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 12 preview imagebdBARRON’SESSENTIAL5Asyoureviewthecontentinthisbookandworktowardearningthat“5”onyourAPComputerSciencePrinciplesExam,herearefiveessentialsthatyouMUSTknowaboveeverythingelse:1ImplementallprogrammingrequirementsfortheCreatePerformanceTask.Yourprogramdoesnotneedtobeamasterpiece,butitdoesneedtocontaintherequirements.Makesureyoursubmittedprogramcontainsaprocedure,parameters,list,iteration,selection,andsequence.Useexamplesprovidedinthisbooktofamiliarizeyourselfwithhowthecodingrequirementscanbeimplementedinyourprogram.A5000-lineprogramthatdoesnotcontainalltherequirementswillscorelowerthana19-lineprogramthatdoes.2UnderstandwhatyouprogrammedandbeabletoanswerCollegeBoardquestionsinthewrittenreport.WhileCollegeBoardquestionsarevague,whattheyexpectforanswersisextremelyspecific.Nopartialcreditisgiven.UsetheexamplesandnonexamplesprovidedinthisbooktounderstandhowtheCollegeBoardwantsyoutoanswerthewrittenquestions.3Beawareoftherulesofsyntaxforthepseudocodeusedonthemultiple-choiceexam.TheprogramminglanguageusedontheexamisuniquetotheCollegeBoardandcanconflictwiththerulesfortheprogramminglanguageyouusedinclass.Forexample,theindexofalistbeginswith1
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 13 preview imageontheexambutinmanylanguagestheindexbeginswith0.4Becomefamiliarwiththetypeofquestionsaskedontheexam.Forexample,yourmultiple-choiceexamwillcontainrobotquestions,tracingproblems,findingerrorproblems,convertingnumberquestions,loopingquestions,andothers.Usethehundredsofexampleproblemsincludedinthisbooktoprepare.5Understandthescopeofquestionsusedontheexam.Manytopicsonthisexamarecomplexbutwhatistestedontheexamisnotcomplex.Forexample,theinternetisacomplextopicandcouldtakemonthstocovertofullyunderstandthetopic.However,thescopeanddepthofinternetquestionsincludedonthistestarelimited.Thisbookonlycoverswhatisonthetest.
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 14 preview imagePrefaceThisbookisaimedatstudentstakingtheAPComputerSciencePrinciplesexamandisdesignedtohelpstudentsprepareforexamtopics,regardlessofwhatcomputerlanguageormethodtheyweretaught.Thebookprovidesin-depthinstructionsonhowtocompletetheCreatePerformanceTaskwithsixcompletewrittenandcodedexamples.Wehaveincludedsampleresponsesthatearnhighscoresandsampleresponsesthatearnlowscores.Theprovidedsampleresponsesareintendedtoserveasguidingresourcesonly.DoNOTcopythesampleresponses!TheCollegeBoarddoesrigorouschecksforplagiarism.ThequestionsandexamplesallreflectthestyleofrecentexamquestionsandcovertheessentialknowledgetopicsoutlinedbytheCollegeBoard.Forthebenefitofstudentsandinstructors,wehaveincludedonediagnostictestandtwopracticeexamsinthisbook,withthreemorepracticeexamsavailableonline.
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 15 preview imageIntroductionGeneralInformationAbouttheExamTheAPComputerSciencePrinciplesexamisatwo-hourmultiple-choiceexamwith70questionscoveringfiveBigIdeasaccompaniedbyaperformancetaskcontainingthreesubmissions.TheCollegeBoardrecommendsyousubmityourperformancetaskonApril15,withaduedateofapproximatelyApril30.AfteryourteachersetsupyourCollegeBoardaccount,youwillbeabletosubmityourperformancetaskstartingDecember3.IrecommendyousubmityourperformancetaskwellbeforetheApril30deadline.BecausetheCollegeBoardisconstantlytweakingthedates,checkforcurrentdatesathttps://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-computer-science-principlesContentofClassPerformancetask:30%ofAPGradeGuaranteed12hoursofclassroomtimetofinishProgramCodeWrittenResponsesVideoofatleastonesignificantpartofyourprogramrunningEndofCourseexam:70%ofAPGrade2hours70multiple-choicequestions,paperandpencilexamCreativeDevelopment10-13%
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AP Computer Science Principles Premium, 2025: Prep Book with 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review (2025) - Page 16 preview imageData17-22%AlgorithmsandProgramming30-35%ComputerSystemsandNetworks11-15%ImpactofComputing21-26%Someexamquestionsmaybealignedtomorethanonelearningobjective.Forexample,aquestiononprogrammingmightimplementanalgorithmandcontainanabstraction.HintsforTakingtheExamTheMultiple-ChoiceSectionThemultiple-choicequestionsareworth70%ofyourscoreandareadministratedattheendoftheschoolyear.Thereisnopenaltyforwronganswers.Soanswereveryquestion,evenifyouhavetoguess.Youhavealittlemorethan1.7minutesperquestion.Youshouldhaveenoughtimetoanswerallquestionsonthistest,andyouwillmostlikelyhaveenoughtimeattheendtogobacktodifficultquestions.The70questionsarefatiguing.Youshouldpracticeatleastoneofthesampletestsgiveninonesitting.Robotandprogrammingquestionscanbesimplifiedbyhand-tracingthecode.Peoplescoretheperformancetask,whiletheEOCexamisscoredbymachine.Thetestisindependentofthecomputerlanguageused,buttherearebothtext-basedprogrammingquestionsandblock-basedprogrammingquestions.ThePerformanceTaskDetailsonhowtocreateaCollegeBoardaccountandhowtosubmityourperformancetaskcanbefoundathttps://apstudent.collegeboard.org/takingtheexam/about-digital-portfolioCreateTaskAllowyourownintereststodriveyourchoiceofcomputingprogram.
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