Planning on taking the AP Computer Science test? Below are some excellent test review preparation books for the Computer Science subject exam. A good AP computer science book provides practice and review questions, study tips, answers and explanations, etc.
Book Description
This best-selling review manual has been thoroughly updated to reflect the College Board's elimination of the Level AB course and the updated Level A syllabus. The new edition presents three full-length AP practice exams for the Level A course. The first exam is a diagnostic test and contains charts detailing the topics for each question. All three model tests have questions answered and explained. Test takers will also find an extensive subject review including new sections on static variables, the List interface, Integer.MAX_VALUE, and Integer.MIN_VALUE. A section on two-dimensional arrays is included for the Level A exam. The enclosed CD-ROM contains two additional full-length model AP exams for Level A. These tests are presented with answers, explanations, automatic scoring for the multiple-choice questions, and a scoring chart.
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New edition thoroughly updated to reflect the College Board's elimination of the Level AB course and its replacement with the current Level A syllabus
Three full-length AP practice exams, including a diagnostic test, with all questions answered and explained
An extensive subject review that includes new sections on static variables, the List interface, Integer.MAX_VALUE, and Integer.MIN_VALUE
An enclosed CD-ROM presenting two additional full-length practice exams with answers, explanations, automatic scoring for the multiple-choice questions, and a scoring chart.
5 Steps to a 5 AP Computer Sciencee
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (June 7, 2005)
Book Description
Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors
Sample tests that closely simulate real exams
Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests
Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, and frequently asked questions
Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses so you can ask them follow-up questions
Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
Cracking the AP Computer Science A & AB Exams 2006-2007 Edition.
Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Princeton Review (January 10, 2006)
Book Description
The Princeton Review realizes that scoring high on the AP Computer Science A & AB Exams is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about computer science–only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In Cracking the AP Computer Science A & AB Exams, we’ll teach you how to
·Use our preparation strategies to raise your score
·Master the program design, testing, and performance issues found on the exam
·Test your knowledge with review questions for each topic covered
This book includes 2 full-length practice tests, one each for Computer Science A and Computer Science AB. All of our practice questions simulate those you’ll see on the actual exam, and we explain how to answer every question.
Be Prepared for the AP Computer Science Exam in Java
This is the fourth edition of the best-selling AP Computer Science exam prep book. Thorough review chapters cover all of the AP CS material and the GridWorld case study. Includes four complete practice exams.