AP Comp Sci: Java Fundamentals Exam Tentatively Scheduled for October 9, 2014

If you go on JupiterGrades.com, you will find a practice exam as well as a study guide for this upcoming exam.

We repeat the study guide, here, for your convenience:

Test 1: Study Guide - It is recommended that you print this study guide and place a copy in your notebook for reference.

The following topics will be covered on your first exam:

1. Data types - you must know how to create and use the following data types: int, boolean, double. Know the dangers of floating point operations and integer division. Understand that classes are capitalized whereas primitive data types are small letters.

2. Boolean Logic - you must know how to evaluate a boolean expression and tell if two boolean expressions are equal.

3. Compound operators - know how to use and evaluate all of these. Review a video on java compound operators if you are not sure.

4. If statements - evaluate them.

5. For loops - know how many times a for loop will run. Know how to create and use for loops.

6. Order of operations - I realize this can get nasty so I will only ask relatively simple questions on the test on this topic. At a minimum, you should know traditional PEMDAS and also the order of operations for java's conditional operators.

7. instanceof operator - know everything about this.

8. Inheritance - know how to define classes that inherit from other classes. Know what it means to inherit and override methods. Understand what you did on MonotoneBug to turn off the setColor() method.

9. Random - Know how to use Math.random(). What range of values does Math.random() return? Can it return 0.00? Can it return 1.00? Can it return something larger? Use Math.random() to pick an integer in a given range - for example, use it to pick an integer from 3 to 9 inclusive.

10. GridWorld - be familiar with how the various actors work and how to change their behavior. (Review what you did in the "Something Buggy" Lab);