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Take a free AP Computer Science Principles practice test with 70 MCQs matching the real exam. AP CSP is MCQ-only on the end-of-year exam (the Create Performance Task is submitted separately before the exam). This practice test covers all five big ideas: Creative Development, Data, Algorithms and Programming, Computing Systems and Networks, and Impact of Computing.
What's Included
- 70 Multiple-Choice Questions — 120 minutes; includes single-select and multi-select questions
- Algorithm tracing with pseudocode (College Board's AP CSP pseudocode notation)
- Binary/data representation questions
- Internet protocols and cybersecurity scenarios
- Computing impact analysis questions (bias, privacy, intellectual property)
AP Computer Science Principles Exam Format
- End-of-Year Exam (70%): 70 MCQ in 120 minutes
- Create Performance Task (30%): Submitted before the exam; scored by College Board
- Score distribution: ~18% score a 5 — algorithm tracing and the impact of computing questions are the most frequently missed
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