The document provides tips on what not to study for the AP Computer Science exam, including unnecessary data types like long and float, and classes like Scanner, File, and Random that should be avoided. It outlines the textbook chapters and topics to focus on, as well as what is expected in the free response and multiple choice sections of the exam, emphasizing code writing over essays or comments. The reader is directed to additional exam preparation resources and told not to worry about optional textbook topics or labs.

1. Red = do not study this

2. What NOT to Study for
the APCS Exam, and
Other Exam Tips

3. Textbook Scope
● Chapters 1-13
○ Not including 6 and 11
● Nothing from 14 onwards

4. Unnecessary Data Types
● long
● short
● float
● byte
● enum
● Set
● Map
● Stack
● Queue
● PrintStream

5. Classes You Should Avoid
● Scanner
○ Instead use: String,
substring()
● File
● Random
○ Instead use:
● java.util.*
● java.io.*
● java.awt.*

6. Free Response
● No printing out
● No printf at all
● Write methods that return or modify
values
● Full classes with private variables

8. Free Response (cont'd.)
● Only write code
● No essays
● Do not write comments

9. Multiple Choice
● Basics of software engineering and code
design
● Following through control structures (if
statements, for loops, while loops)
● Figuring out what pattern gets printed out

10. (All links provided in the description)
● Content overview
● Skills needed to succeed
● Multiple-choice sample questions
● A bit of free response
● Appendices:
○ Commands, keywords, and symbols you
need to know
○ Other topics not tested
○ Exact code for searching and sorting

11. Get this book!
● Don't worry about
the "optional" topics
in there
● Don't worry about
the labs

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13. Scanner