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-The first semester exam will be in two parts on December 16 and 17, 2024 In Room 405. The average of the two quarter exams is worth 20% of your grade. The first semester exam is a cumulative exam that covers the summer assignment, Turtle graphics, chapters 3 through 10 of the textbook, and the related topics of these chapters that are part of coding bat and the [[https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org|apclassroom]] practice problems. +====== Sem 1 Study Guide ======
  
-There will be multiple choice and short answer questions on Friday Dec 16, and 2 free response questions on Tuesday Dec 17.   (On the actual AP Exam, the multiple choice question pace is 2 minutes, 15 seconds each, and the free response questions pace is about 22 minutes each). The AP Exam will be at noon, Wednesday May , 2025.  
  
-It is a good idea to review your code from homework and the labs, the [[http://www.skylit.com/javamethods/ppt/index.html|powerpoint slides]], as well as  [[https://runestone.academy/runestone/default/user/login|SFHS Java]] (runestone).+The first semester exam will be on December 17, 2025 In Room 204. The average of the two quarter exams is worth 20% of your grade. The first semester exam is a cumulative exam that covers Unit 1 through Unit 4.13.  
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 +On the actual AP Exam in May, the multiple choice question pace is 2 minutes each, and the free response questions pace is about 22 minutes each). The AP Exam will be at noon, Friday May 15, 2026.  
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 +It is a good idea to review your code from homework ([[https://runestone.academy/runestone/default/user/login|Runestone]]) and the labs.
 Don't forget that you don't need a computer to practice writing code at [[https://codingbat.com/java|https://codingbat.com/java]].  [[https://codingbat.com/java/Warmup-1|"Warm up"]] , [[https://codingbat.com/java/Logic-1|"logic"]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/String-1| String-1]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/String-2| String-2]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/String-3| String-3]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/Array-1|Array-1]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/Array-2|Array-2]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/Array-3|Array-3]], and [[https://codingbat.com/java/AP-1|AP-1]] are good categories to practice.   Don't forget that you don't need a computer to practice writing code at [[https://codingbat.com/java|https://codingbat.com/java]].  [[https://codingbat.com/java/Warmup-1|"Warm up"]] , [[https://codingbat.com/java/Logic-1|"logic"]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/String-1| String-1]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/String-2| String-2]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/String-3| String-3]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/Array-1|Array-1]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/Array-2|Array-2]], [[https://codingbat.com/java/Array-3|Array-3]], and [[https://codingbat.com/java/AP-1|AP-1]] are good categories to practice.  
  
 To practice free response questions try  To practice free response questions try 
  
-  * [[https://myap.collegeboard.org/|Daily Videos from Units 1-6 ]] @AP Classroom +  * [[https://albert.io/|AP CSA FRQ Practice]] @ albert.io 
 +  * [[https://myap.collegeboard.org/|2024 Practice Sessions 5, 7, and 8 ]] See ''2024 Review'' in class ''Topics'' (or go to AP Classroom and select ''AP Computer Sci A'', then ''Course Guide'', then ''Review'', then look for ''2024 AP-Exam On-Demand Review'')
   * [[https://myap.collegeboard.org/|Sem 1 FRQ Practice ]] @AP Classroom    * [[https://myap.collegeboard.org/|Sem 1 FRQ Practice ]] @AP Classroom 
   * [[https://runestone.academy/runestone/default/user/login|SFHS Java (runestone)]] 1.10, 2.13, 3.11, 4.9, 5.13, 5,16, 6.7 (But anything from units 1-6 will help)   * [[https://runestone.academy/runestone/default/user/login|SFHS Java (runestone)]] 1.10, 2.13, 3.11, 4.9, 5.13, 5,16, 6.7 (But anything from units 1-6 will help)
-  * [[https://mathorama.com/wiki/doku.php?id=clock_frame_app|Making Clock subclasses]]+  
   * [[http://apcs.mathorama.com/index.php?n=Main.APQuestionScrambleWord|ScrambleWord AP Test Question]]   * [[http://apcs.mathorama.com/index.php?n=Main.APQuestionScrambleWord|ScrambleWord AP Test Question]]
   * [[https://mathorama.com/apcs/pmwiki.php?n=Main.2013SkyView|SkyView]]   * [[https://mathorama.com/apcs/pmwiki.php?n=Main.2013SkyView|SkyView]]
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 To Practice multiple choice questions try To Practice multiple choice questions try
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-  * [[https://myap.collegeboard.org/|Sem 1 MC Practice]] @APClassroom (For the MC, you will need to us the [[https://apclassroom.collegeboard.org/lockdown|lock-down browser]]) +  * [[https://albert.io/|ArrayList Practice]] @ albert.io  
-  * [[https://runestone.academy/runestone/default/user/login|SFHS Java]] 1.11, 2.15, 3.12, 4.10, 5.16, 6.8 +  * [[https://albert.io/|AP CSA MCQ Practice]] @ albert.io 
 +  * [[https://myap.collegeboard.org/|2024 Practice Sessions 1, 2, 3 and 4]] @AP Classroom (Just skip Question 2 in seesion 3 since it is about Arraylists, our next chapter in the book) 
 +  * [[https://myap.collegeboard.org/|Sem 1 MC Practice]] @APClassroom  
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 Things to watch out for: Things to watch out for:
   - Constructors should initialize the class's  fields  (fields are ''private'', to encapsulate)    - Constructors should initialize the class's  fields  (fields are ''private'', to encapsulate) 
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