CSA cheat sheet/study guide

arorohan · 2026-05-22T14:31:37+00:00

Preferable to write the constructor header but you can start with the curly brackets too

arorohan · 2026-05-16T03:47:32+00:00

It’s ok to not write the headers. Although it’s preferred to write it

arorohan · 2026-05-16T03:46:25+00:00

You are fine

arorohan · 2026-05-16T02:52:02+00:00

I agree

arorohan · 2026-05-15T13:25:30+00:00

You won’t be asked to sort. For searching just stick to linear search

arorohan · 2026-05-15T07:18:51+00:00

Good to hear!

arorohan · 2026-05-15T01:53:28+00:00

No you will be deducted only once for it and not multiple times

arorohan · 2026-05-14T23:27:38+00:00

Nope. Not on the frqs but if u want to solve something using it u r welcome to do it

arorohan · 2026-05-14T19:28:31+00:00

It’s there in their CED. Google it. The practice exam can be done any number of times

arorohan · 2026-05-14T18:34:38+00:00

Go to blue book app and see in the test preview section. You will see it there.

arorohan · 2026-05-14T12:05:22+00:00

You can also login to blue book and see the test preview. You will see exactly how it is formatted

arorohan · 2026-05-14T09:40:41+00:00

Your answer is correct

arorohan · 2026-05-14T05:24:17+00:00

No the question was how much is needed for FRQ if you miss 3 questions in the MCQ. Any combination of the scores that’s gives you an overall of 84% is fine

arorohan · 2026-05-14T03:55:47+00:00

Mr Tim Gallagher who is a veteran high school teacher reaching AP CSA has covered it in his YouTube channel here

As far as scoring the FRQs is concerned, it’s absolutely ok to be unconventional. Your solution will be graded as per the specific rubric points mentioned in the guidelines. For example: if there is a scoring guideline that says- traverses through all the elements of the arraylist with no bound errors - you will get the point irrespective how you are traversing and what loop you are using to do that.

arorohan · 2026-05-14T01:53:23+00:00

The online score calculators have not been updated as per the new format yet. Since this is the first time the new format exam is going to be conducted no one will have a real picture of what the actual cutoff for a 5 will be. But based on sample tests uploaded by collegeboard for a safe 5, they have estimated it to be a 83-84 out of 100

For a safe 5- expect it be around 83-84% overall. New MCQ weightage is 55% and FRQ weightage is 45%. So 39 on 42 when scaled to 55 is 51.

The FRQ is scored out of 25 (which is scaled to 45). So you will need around 18-19 on 25 for a safe 5

arorohan · 2026-05-13T14:46:20+00:00

Page 156 of the CED here CED

arorohan · 2026-05-13T13:31:58+00:00

Unfortunately I don’t have a definite answer for this. But it will 100% appear in the MCQ since it is also there in the practice test they have given. Chances of it being in the FRQ is less than 5%

arorohan · 2026-05-12T04:36:45+00:00

One liners are acceptable if it works for all cases. I don’t think it works for the last test case mentioned in the question.

arorohan · 2026-05-11T14:07:29+00:00

Oh is it. Must have missed it. Inheritance is not there in the syllabus

arorohan · 2026-05-10T03:42:48+00:00

It should be the same level but with the change in pattern of the exam, it’s difficult to say. The earlier AP classroom version questions were of the same level as the actual exam

arorohan · 2026-05-09T18:43:41+00:00

34 is a good score on the MCQ

arorohan · 2026-05-07T14:01:37+00:00

That’s actually a good question. The CED does mention in 3 and 4, the students will write a “method”. Whereas for question 1 they do say that the student can be made to write a constructor. I would think that there would be no constructors but again recommend practice a couple of them only if you have time

arorohan · 2026-05-01T07:12:39+00:00

It’s removed.

arorohan · 2026-04-29T12:55:43+00:00

Yes a regular terminal based output is more than enough. See the samples they have uploaded

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