AP Computer Science - Test 1 - Review

General Notes

The test will include topics from: 1. material covered in class 2. material covered in Unit 1 and Unit 2 (available online) 3. material covered in the worksheets distributed in class

Things to review in particular

This doesn't necessarily cover everything that will be on the test, but these are topics that were especially important, as we spent significant time in class on them.

  1. 5 components of a computer (hardware)
  2. Encapsulation
  3. Converting from decimal to binary, from binary to decimal
  4. text editor vs. IDE
  5. Terminal commands: how to use pwd, ls, cd...
  6. What do each of these symbols mean?
    1. /
    2. ~
    3. .
    4. ..
  7. Five different types of errors, and examples of each
  8. Three common data types in Java that we'll be using, and examples of each
  9. How to log on to our server
  10. How to upload to our server
  11. How to write, compile, and run a HelloWorld.java program