SEM1-FINAL-REVIEW-APCSA-17-18

The table below summarizes Java language features and other testable topics that may appear on the AP Computer Science A exam and have been covered during the first semester of the 2017-2018 AP Computer Science A course taught by Mr. Spurgeon at Valley Catholic High School. Questions about this material may appear on the semester 1 final exam. Page numbers in the References column refer to pages in Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne's textbook Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach (ISBN-13: 978-0-13-407642-3).

Language Feature / Topic	References
Comments /* */, //, and /** */ Javadoc @param and @return comment tags	p. 9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javadoc
Primitive Types int, double, boolean	pp. 22-27
Operators Arithmetic: +, -, *, /, % Increment/Decrement: ++, -- Assignment: =, +=, -=, *=, /=, %= Relational: ==, !=, <, <=, >, >= Logical: !, &&, || Numeric casts: (int), (double) String concatenation: +	Arithmetic operators: pp. 22, 24 Increment/decrement operators: p. 60 Assignment and compound assignment operators: pp. 17, 60 Relational operators: pp. 27-29 Logical operators: pp. 26 Numeric casts: pp. 32-35 String concatenation: pp. 19-21 Operator precedence: p. 17 Short-circuit evaluation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-circuit_evaluation
Object Comparison object identity (==, !=) vs. object equality (equals), String compareTo	identity vs. equality comparison: pp. 331-333, 364 String.compareTo method: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html#compareTo(java.lang.String)
Input / Output System.out.print, System.out.println	pp. 7-8
Exceptions ArithmeticException, NullPointerException, IndexOutOfBoundsException, ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, IllegalArgumentException	pp. 465-466
Arrays 1-dimensional arrays, 2-dimensional arrays, initializer list: { ... }, row-major order of 2D array elements	1-dimensional arrays: pp. 90-100 2-dimensional arrays: pp. 106-111
Control Statements if, if/else, while, for, enhanced for (for-each), return	pp. 50-64 https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/for.html
Variables parameter variables, local variables, static (class) variables: visibility, (public, private), final	pp. 15-16 public vs. private: p. 433 final: pp. 384, 404 (constant variables: p. 16)
Methods visibility, (public, private), static, method signatures, parameters, arguments	pp. 191-210 public vs. private: pp. 228, 433 static: p. 340 method signatures: pp. 30, 196
Standard Java Library String, Math	Java Libraries: p. 1094 Math: p. 1139 String: p. 1140 https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Math.html

For more information about how these topics are related to the AP Computer Science A exam administered by the College Board, see Appendix A (which begins on page 61) of the .pdf document posted at:

http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-computer-science-a-course-description.pdf