AP Central CollegeBaord Summary

      The AP Computer Science Principles Exam is an exam that consists of two parts, the performance tasks and the end-of-course AP Exam. The Performance tasks are due on April 30th,2017 and the exam day is on Friday, May 5th at 12 noon. Students are given two hours on the exam day. The performance task is composed of 2 tasks,t he first task requires students to identify a computing innovation, explore its impact, and create a related computational artifact and the second task focuses specifically on the creation of a computer program through the collaborative and iterative process of programming. Within these tasks students will create digital artifacts such as programs, digital art, or a video, accompanied by a written response. Once finished students must submit their final tasks through their AP Digital Portfolio. This will be the only way in where the test can be graded by teachers. Unlike the performance task, the end of course exam is a paper and pencil written exam. his test will include will include 74 multiple-choice questions, presented as either discrete questions or in sets. The exam has two types of multiple-choice questions. One type is called Ssngle-select multiple choice, where students select 1 answer from among 4 options. The other type is called multiple-select multiple choice, where students select 2 answers from among 4 option. As a result students will receive a final exam score of 1-5, based on their performance on both the course assessment and the end-of-course exam.The two performance tasks have an impact of 40% on the overall AP score in which the explore section is 16% (8 hours are given for this exam) and the create section is 24% (12 hours are given). On the other hand, the end of course exam, has a impact of 60percent on the overall AP score and only two hours are given.