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The AP Computer Science Principles Exam has two parts as detailed below:
Create Performance Task, which you’ll complete over the course of the year and submit online for scoring through the AP Digital Portfolio
End-of-Course Multiple-Choice Exam.
Both measure your proficiency in and grasp of the course practices and content, and both contribute to your final AP score on a scale of 1–5.
End-of-Course Multiple-Choice Exam - 70%
End-of-Course Multiple-Choice Exam - 70%
Exam Time:
2021 - May 13th - Thursday - 8:00 am (all exam times)
Arrive 15 minutes before test start time
2 hours long
No Calculator
The end-of-course multiple-choice exam is a paper-and-pencil written exam consisting of 70 questions. It contains three types of multiple-choice questions:
57 single-select multiple-choice: You select 1 answer from 4 options
5 single-select with reading passage about a computing innovation: You select 1 answer from 4 options.
8 multiple-select multiple-choice: You select 2 answers from 4 options.
Create Performance Task - 30%
Create Performance Task - 30%
Submissions due to Digital Portfolio by:
2021 - April 30th - Friday - 10:59 pm Central Time
12+ hours of in-class time
May work on it at home
For this part of the exam, you'll develop a computer program of your choice: one that solves a problem, enables an innovation, or helps you express personal interests. You may use any programming language you like.
You'll submit these items through the AP Digital Portfolio application for scoring:
Program code
A video of your program running
Individual written responses about your program and development process
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