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AP Computer Science Principles  ·  2026–2027

AP CSP Exam Prep

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About the AP CSP Exam

The AP Computer Science Principles exam tests your understanding of computing concepts across 5 Big Ideas and your ability to create a program. Here's exactly what's on it.

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AP Exam: Multiple Choice

70 questions  ·  2 hours  ·  70% of your score

Single-select and multiple-select questions covering all 5 Big Ideas. Tests conceptual understanding, pseudocode tracing, and data analysis.

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Create Performance Task

Submitted before exam day  ·  30% of your score

You develop a program, write a procedure with an algorithm, and submit a written response explaining your code. The rubric is deceptively specific.

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Topics Tested: 5 Big Ideas

Creative Development Data Algorithms & Programming Systems & Networks Impact of Computing
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Why Students Struggle

The breadth of topics, from binary to cybersecurity to programming, catches students off guard. The Create Task rubric is deceptively specific. Targeted prep makes all the difference.

The AP CSP exam covers 5 Big Ideas. Breadth, not depth, is the challenge.

The Create Performance Task

The Create Task is due before exam day and worth 30% of your AP score. Most students underestimate how specific the rubric is.

What the Rubric Actually Requires

  • A working program in any language: Python, JavaScript, Scratch, or others
  • A procedure with a parameter that affects the program's behavior
  • An algorithm with sequencing, selection, and iteration
  • A written response explaining your code against the exact rubric
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Sessions focus on exactly what you're struggling with. Namrata adapts to your level in real time, whether it's pseudocode, the Create Task, or a specific Big Idea.

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Namrata grades real AP CS exams for College Board. She knows exactly which Create Task responses earn points and which common mistakes cost students rows on the rubric.

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Meet Namrata Poladia

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Computer Science educator, programmer, and AP CS A and AP CS Principles specialist based in Kirkland, WA.

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    7 years as Computer Programming Instructor at Washington Preparatory School
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    10+ years of experience as a high school CS instructor in Seattle area schools
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    Specialized in AP CS Principles and AP Computer Science A (Java)
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    College Board AP Reader, selected to score official AP CS exam submissions, giving her direct insight into exactly how answers are graded
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Frequently Asked Questions

The exam covers 5 Big Ideas: Creative Development, Data, Algorithms and Programming, Computer Systems and Networks, and Impact of Computing. The multiple choice section uses AP pseudocode, not a specific programming language.
The exam has two components. The Create Performance Task (submitted before exam day) counts for 30% of your score. The AP Exam itself is 70 multiple choice questions in 2 hours, worth 70% of your score. Final scores range from 1 to 5.
The Create Performance Task is a programming project you develop before exam day. You write a program in any language (Python, JavaScript, Scratch, etc.), create a procedure with a parameter that uses an algorithm with sequencing, selection, and iteration, and submit a written response explaining your code against a specific rubric. It counts for 30% of your AP score.
The AP CSP multiple choice exam uses pseudocode, not a specific language. For the Create Performance Task, you can use any language your school uses: Python, JavaScript, Scratch, or others.
Yes. Namrata offers tutoring online via Zoom from anywhere, as well as in-person sessions in Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond, Bothell, and Sammamish. Visit the Tutoring page for session formats and availability.
AP CSP covers computing concepts broadly (data, networks, impact of computing) and uses pseudocode. AP CS A is a Java programming course focused on algorithms and data structures. They are different exams with different content. See the AP CS A page here.

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