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{{Advanced Placement}}

'''Advanced Placement''' ('''AP''') '''Computer Science Principles''' (also known as '''APCSP''') is an [[AP Computer Science]] course and examination offered by the [[College Board]] to [[high school]] students as an opportunity to earn college credit for a [[college]]-level [[computing]] course. AP Computer Science Principles<ref>[{{Cite web |url=https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-computer-science-principles |title=AP Computer Science Principles Home Page], The College Board|access-date=2023-11-10}}</ref> is meant to be the equivalent of a first-semester course in computing. Assessment for AP Computer Science Principles is divided into two parts, both an end of course exam as well as the creation of artifacts throughout the course.<ref name="apstudent.collegeboard.org">[{{Cite web|url=https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/ap-computer-science-principles/about-the-exam |title=AP Computer Science Principles About The Exam Page], The College Board|access-date=2023-11-10}}</ref>

AP Computer Science Principles examines a variety of [[computing]] topics on a largely conceptual level, and teaches [[procedural programming]]. In the Create "Through-Course Assessment", students must develop a program, demonstrated in a video and a written reflection. The course may be taught in any [[programming language]] with [[Subroutine|procedures]], [[Expression (mathematics)|mathematical expressions]], [[Variable (computer science)|variables]], [[List (abstract data type)|lists]], [[Conditional (computer programming)|conditionals]], and [[Loop (computing)|loops]].<ref name=":0" /> Coding portions of the AP exam are based in both text-based and [[Block-based programming language|block-based]] [[pseudocode]], as defined by the provided [[Cheat sheet|reference sheet]].

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== Exam ==

*The AP exam uses paper and pencil. (With the exception of year 2020, only Create and Explore were tested. In 2021, only Create and the multiple choice section were tested.)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://admissionsight.com/when-do-ap-scores-come-out/| title=AP Computer Science Principles| date= 2023-08-15| accessdate=2023-11-10}}</ref>

*It lasts 120 minutes and includes approximately 74 questions.

*The exam is composed of two sections: