AP COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMESTER 1
FINAL COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ A programmer is writing a program that is intended to be able to process
large amounts of data. Which of the following considerations is LEAST
likely to affect the ability of the program to process larger data sets?.
Answer: How many programming statements the program contains
◍ The customer receives a code via a text message on their smartphone to
approve an attempt to access their email on their computer..
Answer: A local coffee shop offers free public wifi for its customers. Which
of the following is NOT a possible way that unauthorized access to a
customer's email might be gained while using the coffee shop's wifi?
◍ I and III only.
Answer: A model or simulation is an abstraction of a real-world
phenomenon. Which of the following are models?I. A slot machine that
plays a dice gameII. A computer program that sends and receives text
messagesIII. A computer program that is used to forecast the weather
◍ Looking up a word in a dictionary.
Answer: For which of the following problems would the binary search
algorithm be useful?
◍ EFWXVEGX.
Answer: If you encrypt the word "ABSTRACT" using the Caesar Cipher
with a shift of 4, what secret message would you get?For reference: A B C
DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
,◍ tactile : text.
Answer: Identify the input and output types for Program A described
below.While Program A is running, a user enters data by pressing the
desired buttons on the user interface. After clicking submit, the count of
how many times each button was pressed is displayed.
◍ Send the same text message to each of the three members.
Answer: An app is designed to send text messages to members who are a
part of a members list using their phone number. This app calls the
sendMessage method which sends a set text message to the current phone
number.If there are three members' phone numbers in the memberList, what
would the above block of code do when executed?
◍ Executing which of the following sequences of steps will enable the
algorithm to work as intended?
I. First shorten, then keep palindromes, then sortI
I. First keep palindromes, then shorten, then sortII
I. First sort, then keep palindromes, then shorten.
Answer: II and III
◍ A digital photo file contains data representing the level of red, green, and
blue for each pixel in the photo. The file also contains metadata that
describes the date and geographic location where the photo was taken. For
which of the following goals would analyzing the metadata be more
appropriate than analyzing the data?.
Answer: Determining the likelihood that the photo was taken at a particular
public event
◍ Comments are statements that are executed when the program is run..
Answer: Comments are documentation that can be added to a program.
Which of the following is NOT true about comments in programs
◍ 10.
Answer: What is displayed after the following code is executed?X ← 100Y
← 5X ← YX ← X + YDisplay(X)
, ◍ 8.
Answer: Given this list, procedure, and the procedure call what is the value
returned?
◍ I, II or III.
Answer: What possible values would be assigned to X if the code above was
executed?I. 8 II. 9 III. 10
◍ A group of students take hundreds of digital photos for a science project
about weather patterns. Each photo file contains data representing the level
of red, green, and blue for each pixel in the photo. The file also contains
metadata that describes the date, time, and geographic location where the
photo was taken. For which of the following goals would analyzing the
metadata be more appropriate than analyzing the data?.
Answer: Determining the chronological order of the photos AND
Determining whether two photos were taken at the same location on
different days
◍ The word Tails will always be displayed in Label.
Answer: Random fraction selects a random number between 0 and 1, not
including 1.Which of the following best describes the result of running the
code above?
◍ ASCII characters can also be represented by hexadecimal numbers.
According to ASCII character encoding, which of the following letters is
represented by the hexadecimal (base 16) number 56?.
Answer: V
◍ 0.
Answer: What value would answer hold after execution of this segment of
code?answer ← 0x ← 5IF (x >= 0 AND x < 5){answer ← x mod 2}
◍ A pentagon with sides of length 100 pixels will be drawn.
Answer: Which of the following best describes the result of running the
above code?
FINAL COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ A programmer is writing a program that is intended to be able to process
large amounts of data. Which of the following considerations is LEAST
likely to affect the ability of the program to process larger data sets?.
Answer: How many programming statements the program contains
◍ The customer receives a code via a text message on their smartphone to
approve an attempt to access their email on their computer..
Answer: A local coffee shop offers free public wifi for its customers. Which
of the following is NOT a possible way that unauthorized access to a
customer's email might be gained while using the coffee shop's wifi?
◍ I and III only.
Answer: A model or simulation is an abstraction of a real-world
phenomenon. Which of the following are models?I. A slot machine that
plays a dice gameII. A computer program that sends and receives text
messagesIII. A computer program that is used to forecast the weather
◍ Looking up a word in a dictionary.
Answer: For which of the following problems would the binary search
algorithm be useful?
◍ EFWXVEGX.
Answer: If you encrypt the word "ABSTRACT" using the Caesar Cipher
with a shift of 4, what secret message would you get?For reference: A B C
DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
,◍ tactile : text.
Answer: Identify the input and output types for Program A described
below.While Program A is running, a user enters data by pressing the
desired buttons on the user interface. After clicking submit, the count of
how many times each button was pressed is displayed.
◍ Send the same text message to each of the three members.
Answer: An app is designed to send text messages to members who are a
part of a members list using their phone number. This app calls the
sendMessage method which sends a set text message to the current phone
number.If there are three members' phone numbers in the memberList, what
would the above block of code do when executed?
◍ Executing which of the following sequences of steps will enable the
algorithm to work as intended?
I. First shorten, then keep palindromes, then sortI
I. First keep palindromes, then shorten, then sortII
I. First sort, then keep palindromes, then shorten.
Answer: II and III
◍ A digital photo file contains data representing the level of red, green, and
blue for each pixel in the photo. The file also contains metadata that
describes the date and geographic location where the photo was taken. For
which of the following goals would analyzing the metadata be more
appropriate than analyzing the data?.
Answer: Determining the likelihood that the photo was taken at a particular
public event
◍ Comments are statements that are executed when the program is run..
Answer: Comments are documentation that can be added to a program.
Which of the following is NOT true about comments in programs
◍ 10.
Answer: What is displayed after the following code is executed?X ← 100Y
← 5X ← YX ← X + YDisplay(X)
, ◍ 8.
Answer: Given this list, procedure, and the procedure call what is the value
returned?
◍ I, II or III.
Answer: What possible values would be assigned to X if the code above was
executed?I. 8 II. 9 III. 10
◍ A group of students take hundreds of digital photos for a science project
about weather patterns. Each photo file contains data representing the level
of red, green, and blue for each pixel in the photo. The file also contains
metadata that describes the date, time, and geographic location where the
photo was taken. For which of the following goals would analyzing the
metadata be more appropriate than analyzing the data?.
Answer: Determining the chronological order of the photos AND
Determining whether two photos were taken at the same location on
different days
◍ The word Tails will always be displayed in Label.
Answer: Random fraction selects a random number between 0 and 1, not
including 1.Which of the following best describes the result of running the
code above?
◍ ASCII characters can also be represented by hexadecimal numbers.
According to ASCII character encoding, which of the following letters is
represented by the hexadecimal (base 16) number 56?.
Answer: V
◍ 0.
Answer: What value would answer hold after execution of this segment of
code?answer ← 0x ← 5IF (x >= 0 AND x < 5){answer ← x mod 2}
◍ A pentagon with sides of length 100 pixels will be drawn.
Answer: Which of the following best describes the result of running the
above code?
