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Superpual · 2003-05-19 7:16 pm

Let's see who here is smart enough to be in an AP computer science class. We took a test today, these are actual questions on this test. Remember it is an AP(Advanced placement) class.

How often should you save?
a. when your done.
b. After the computer crashes.(it truly said this(it was based on Windows)).
c. Every couple of minutes.
d. Don't save just print.

Which of the following is not an integer?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 10
d. 2.5

I wonder how some people get a B in this class....

ConnertheCat · 2003-05-19 7:35 pm

I imagine C,D right? (I'm not in Comp Sci period)

Tria · 2003-05-19 7:57 pm

Which CS is this? I know there's 2 tests, and one is significantly easier than the other.

Neut · 2003-05-19 9:03 pm

I know it'll probably change soon, but it must be said: nice post count Triana. smile Good ol' 666

rolocroz · 2003-05-19 9:08 pm

roll

This was on an AP exam? Ridiculous.

EvilRoyGato · 2003-05-19 10:08 pm

Wow.....my AP Comp Sci exam was a LOT harder. (I took A, not AB, they didn't offer AB mad )

joethebarber · 2003-05-19 10:30 pm

Jeez, my intro to programming class (small schools suck, wish we had AP comp sci..) was more advanced than that, on the first day, in a group where I was the only one who'd written anything other than html before...

iopossum · 2003-05-20 1:51 am

This was on an AP exam? Ridiculous.

I think he ment exam in an AP class, not the actual AP exam.

Superpual · 2003-05-20 6:29 am

actually this was part of the exam... sad i know.

There were harder questions yes, but not much.

And it was AP Computer Science A.

Of course if you look at my computer science teacher you would understand. Dumbest guy I know. He doesn't even know the answer to one of these questions!

Tria · 2003-05-20 10:19 am

I know it'll probably change soon, but it must be said: nice post count Triana. Good ol' 666

It's actually a rather stationary number... smile

Tria · 2003-05-20 10:30 am

The guy behind me insists that he can crash any OS if he's programming on it, so it isn't just the PCs that are gonna be vomiting.

...of course, I get the feeling that the "save" they want you to perform is on a word document, and not a C++ file...

That said, this test has been dumbed down a LOT since I've heard questions, even if it is the A test.

Echoboom · 2003-05-29 3:34 pm

My computer science class doesn't have anything like that. We simply have a sheet given to us with what a program has to do, then we are given 2.5 hours to program it. We get marked on whether or not it runs, quality of code, how well it met the required features, interface, etc.

(interface: It almost always ends up being a CL program, so "interface" basically means to not have "OK d00d, now +yp3 yr r3q\/3s+3d FILE NAME. OMG LOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOL"

softwiz · 2003-05-29 4:37 pm

... My AP CS exam that I took a few months ago involved writing lots of random code, quite a bit of it related to fish. I didn't take the actual class, though. =P

(Heh, I was the only freshman, and only person in the school, to take the test. ^_^ My school is sad.)

Steyr AUG · 2003-05-29 5:19 pm

this will remind me to laugh at the incoming freshmen who pimp AP CS as a "qualification"

totalcodex · 2003-05-29 5:39 pm

On a related (not really, I just need to vent) note, some Cal Poly student created a program called iSim (not Apple related, doesn't run on Macs) for their senior project. It's for designing and testing circuits, and I hate it passionately.

You have to create code for everything in the program, and much of this takes a long time and is not intuitive.

Over the summer, I'm planning on making a Cocoa-java program to create the circuit in a wysiwyg enviornment, with the option to translate the design into iSim code. It should save us Mac people some time and effort, should I succeed...

softwiz · 2003-05-29 6:02 pm

Hey, you at least have to know C++ to pass it. Unless you go to Superpaul's school. ^_^

Steyr AUG · 2003-05-29 6:44 pm

On a related (not really, I just need to vent) note, some Cal Poly student created a program called iSim (not Apple related, doesn't run on Macs) for their senior project. It's for designing and testing circuits, and I hate it passionately.

You have to create code for everything in the program, and much of this takes a long time and is not intuitive.

Over the summer, I'm planning on making a Cocoa-java program to create the circuit in a wysiwyg enviornment, with the option to translate the design into iSim code. It should save us Mac people some time and effort, should I succeed...

http://bach.ece.jhu.edu/~tim/programs/xcircuit/

works just fine on my mac under X11

samyo66 · 2003-05-29 7:47 pm

This is a little off the subject but isn't AP comp sci switching to Java next year? So we might be looking at some major reforms in the tests given.

totalcodex · 2003-05-29 8:00 pm

http://bach.ece.jhu.edu/~tim/programs/xcircuit/

works just fine on my mac under X11

Very nice, I'll take a look. However, the iSim program is different than just Sim (don't know how different, but I'll look into it). Not sure if this would meet my needs there.

If it didn't matter what program we used to create the chip design, I'd be all over this.

Mr. Thermistor · 2003-05-31 2:53 pm

a. when your done.

Apparently, it wasn't an English class.

softwiz · 2003-05-31 11:40 pm

Eh? I can read it clearly enough... When my done. He might be trying to say when my.done, or more specifically, if (my.done), so when my.done == 1, I should save my work.
It was a programming class, ne?

scott_jcp · 2003-06-02 3:06 pm

sadly enough, yes, the AP CS class is switching to java, much to my dismay as i'm taking it this year.

Steyr AUG · 2003-06-02 3:18 pm

sadly enough, yes, the AP CS class is switching to java, much to my dismay as i'm taking it this year.

Sun must have laid down a fat sack of cash on someones desk

disturbed_child · 2003-06-03 5:36 pm

yeh im taking it as well next yr, and when i heard that they were switching to java.. god i really wanna hurt someone for that switch... gar.. owell.. ill finally have a class that i can do really well in, with little work.. hehe

DH · 2003-06-03 7:00 pm

There's nothing wrong with Java any more than with C++.

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