Content Overview
The college board has two sites: a course site and an exam site. The former gives an overview of the course, the latter contains detailed information about the contents of the exam.
I will highlight what I think is the most useful information.
Past Exams
College Board useful practice exam site has the most recent exam and scoring rubric, as well as links to earlier exams.
- Free Response questions from 2019, and from 2018 and earlier.
Official Units of Study for AP CS A
This chart taken in 2020 from the official college board AP CS A site. These should match the AP Classroom units.
| Unit | Exam Weighting (Multiple-Choice Section) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Primitive Types | 2.5%-5% |
| Unit 2: Using Objects | 5%-7.5% |
| Unit 3: Boolean Expressions and if Statements | 15%-17.5% |
| Unit 4: Iteration | 17.5%-22.5% |
| Unit 5: Writing Classes | 5%-7.5% |
| Unit 6: Array | 10%-15% |
| Unit 7: ArrayList | 2.5%-7.5% |
| Unit 8: 2D Array | 7.5%-10% |
| Unit 9: Inheritance | 5%-10% |
| Unit 10: Recursion | 5%-7.5% |