AP COMPUTER SCIENCE LEVELS A AND AB 2008 4TH EDITION

The new fourth edition of Barron’s Advanced Placement Computer Science test preparation manual has been updated with a new case study. This new GridWorld Case Study will be tested on the AP exam starting in May 2008. Also new with this edition is an optional CD-ROM, offering two additional practice exams. The manual presents four full-length AP practice exams, two each for Levels A and AB. Two of these exams are presented as diagnostic tests, with charts detailing the topics for each question. All four model tests have questions answered and explained. Prospective test takers will also find an extensive subject review, starting with a review of Java 5.0 and going on to cover all topics questioned in both the Level A and Level AB exams. There are new sections on storage of numbers and random numbers. The manual can be purchased alone, or with the above-mentioned optional CD-ROM, with its two additional full-length model AP exams, one Level A and the other Level AB. These tests are presented on the CD-ROM with answers, explanations, automatic scoring for the multiple-choice questions, and a scoring chart.

Preface
Introduction
General Information About the Exam
Hints for Taking the Exam
The Multiple-Choice Section
The Free-Response Section
How to Use This Book

• Practice Exam One / Level A Diagnostic Test
• Practice Exam Two / Level AB Diagnostic Test
• Introductory Java Language Features
• Classes and Objects
• Inheritance and Polymorphism
• Some Standard Classes
• Program Design and Analysis
• Arrays and Array Lists
• Recursion
• Linked Lists
• Stacks and Queues
• Trees
• Collections
• Sorting and Searching
• The GridWorld Case Study
• Practice Exam Three
• Practice Exam Four
  Appendix A. Glossary of Useful Computer Terms
  Appendix B. Supplementary Code for Evaluating a Binary Expression Tree
  Index