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Academic Course Management

Develop an academic course management system using inheritance. Create an abstract Course class with

Easy

Agricultural Field Monitor

Implement the applyVegetationFilter method in the AgriculturalFieldMonitor class to classify crop he

Medium

Agricultural Land Analysis

Implement a method to identify the 2x2 submatrix with the highest total crop yield in an agricultura

Hard

Airline Reservations System

This question involves designing an AirlineReservations class to manage seat reservations on an airp

Extreme

Airline Ticket Price Calculator

This question involves calculating airline ticket prices. You will implement methods to compute the

Easy

Animal Sounds Hierarchy

Design an animal sounds system using inheritance and polymorphism. Create an abstract Animal class w

Easy

Apartment Class Design

Implement the Apartment class as described above.

Easy

Appliance Efficiency Analyzer

Design an appliance efficiency analyzer using inheritance. Create an abstract Appliance class with a

Medium

Art Exhibit

This question asks you to design an ArtExhibit class to represent an art exhibition show.

Extreme

Bank Transaction Analyzer

Analyze bank transactions by summing deposits and withdrawals from an array of transaction amounts.

Medium

Bank Transaction Processor

This question simulates processing transactions within a bank. The TransactionProcessor class manage

Hard

Bank Transaction Summarizer

Design a Bank Transaction Summarizer to sum deposits and filter withdrawals.

Medium

Battlefield Troop Counter

The Battlefield class contains a 2D array of integers representing troop counts in different segment

Hard

BattleGrid Analysis

In this question, you will analyze a battleship board represented as a 2D array. Implement methods i

Hard

Battleship Board Analysis

This question involves a simplified Battleship game board represented by a 2D char array. In this bo

Easy

Battleship Navigation

This problem involves simulating the navigation of a battleship through an ocean grid with obstacles

Hard

Beverage Preparation Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy for beverage preparation.

Easy

Bike Sharing System

This question simulates a bike-sharing system. The BikeShare class maintains a HashMap to track the

Medium

Book Catalog Manager

Design a Book Catalog Manager to search for books by author and compute the average publication year

Easy

Book Collection Organizer

This question involves managing a book collection using an ArrayList. You will implement methods to

Medium

Book Inventory Manager

This question asks you to design a Book class to manage book details in an inventory system.

Easy

Bookstore Inventory Organizer

This FRQ focuses on organizing bookstore inventory data. You will implement methods to sort book tit

Extreme

Bookstore Item Discount Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy for bookstore items with discount calculations.

Medium

Bus Route Scheduler

This question simulates managing a bus route schedule. You will implement methods to search for a bu

Medium

CalendarEvent

Design a CalendarEvent class that manages events scheduled by date and time.

Easy

Car Rental Reservation Checker

Implement the sortReservationsByConfirmation and searchReservationByConfirmation methods in the Rese

Medium

Car Rental Service

This question asks you to design a CarRental class to model a car available for rent.

Medium

Chat Message Thread Organizer

This question involves processing chat messages recorded in a forum thread. You will implement metho

Medium

City Public Library Reservation System

Implement the sortReservationsByUserId and searchReservationByUserId methods in the LibraryReservati

Easy

Classroom Seating Analyzer

This question requires scanning a 2D array representing classroom seating to determine the size of t

Easy

CoffeeOrder Class Design

Implement the CoffeeOrder class as described above.

Easy

Converter Class

This question involves designing a Converter utility class for converting between various units usin

Easy

Course Enrollment Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy for course enrollments.

Medium

Course Enrollment Sorter

Develop methods to sort courses by enrollment numbers using selection sort and merge sort.

Medium

Cuisine Dish Preparation Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy for cuisine dish preparation.

Medium

Data Compression Implementation

This question involves implementing simple data compression and decompression methods using run-leng

Hard

DataFormatter Utility Class

Implement the DataFormatter class as described below.

Medium

DateCalculator Utility Class

Implement the DateCalculator class as described below.

Hard

Digital Art Transformer

This question involves transforming a digital art image represented as a 2D array of grayscale pixel

Hard

Digital Elevation Map Analyzer

This question involves analyzing a digital elevation map represented by a 2D array of integers. You

Extreme

Digital Library Borrowing Data

This FRQ involves analyzing borrowing data from a digital library. You will implement methods to sor

Medium

Digital Mosaic Generator

Develop methods in the DigitalMosaicGenerator class to create a mosaic effect by computing block ave

Extreme

Digital Photo Editor

Implement a brightness adjustment method in the DigitalPhotoEditor class to uniformly increase the b

Medium

Digital Poster Editor

Enhance the digital poster editing experience by implementing brightness adjustment and horizontal m

Medium

DigitalArt: Invert Colors

This question involves designing the DigitalArt class to invert the colors of a grayscale image. Imp

Easy

Drone Delivery System

This problem simulates a drone delivery system that navigates through a city grid with obstacles.

Extreme

Drone Flight Grid

This question simulates a drone flying over a 2D airspace grid. You will implement methods to naviga

Hard

Dynamic Shopping Cart Simulator

This question simulates an online shopping cart scenario in which you must implement methods to dyna

Medium

Dynamic Temperature Monitor

This question involves developing methods for a TemperatureMonitor class to manage and analyze tempe

Medium

E-commerce Order Management

Develop an e-commerce order management system using inheritance. Create an abstract Order class with

Hard

E-commerce Order System

This question simulates processing customer orders in an e-commerce environment. The OrderProcessor

Medium

E-commerce Order Tracker

Manage e-commerce orders by identifying high-value orders and applying discounts to applicable order

Hard

E-Commerce Price Analyzer

This FRQ involves processing product prices for an e-commerce platform. You will implement methods t

Medium

E-commerce Review Sorter

Implement methods to sort product reviews by rating and search for a review with a specific rating.

Medium

E-commerce Transaction Validator

This question revolves around the validation of e-commerce transactions using credit card verificati

Hard

ECommerceOrderTracker

Design an ECommerceOrderTracker class that manages orders and tracks their statuses.

Medium

Election Vote Tally

This question involves tallying votes from multiple precincts stored in a 2D array. Implement method

Medium

Elevator Simulation

This question simulates an elevator system. The ElevatorSystem class tracks the current floor of an

Hard

Email Management System

This question involves sorting emails by date and searching for an email by its subject. You will im

Medium

Emergency Alerts Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy for an emergency alert system.

Hard

Emergency Response Routing

This problem simulates the planning of an emergency response route on a city grid.

Extreme

Employee Record Finder

Sort employee records by salary and implement a binary search method to locate an employee by salary

Hard

Employee Salary Calculation Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy to compute employee salaries.

Hard

Employee Timesheet Processor

This question involves implementing a TimesheetProcessor class to compute total work hours and ident

Medium

EncryptionHelper Class

This question involves designing an EncryptionHelper utility class that performs simple Caesar ciphe

Medium

Energy Consumption Tracker

Design an Energy Consumption Tracker to filter erroneous readings and compute peak consumption.

Extreme

Environmental Pollution Monitor

This question involves developing a PollutionMonitor class that analyzes environmental pollution dat

Extreme

Environmental Sensor Data Analyzer

Implement the sortReadings and findFirstOutlier methods in the SensorDataAnalyzer class.

Medium

Event Scheduling Simulator

Manage event schedules by detecting conflicts and removing conflicting events.

Hard

Event Scheduling System

This question involves creating an EventScheduler class that manages event times stored in a sorted

Medium

Event Seating Analyzer

Implement a method to count horizontal contiguous sequences of empty seats in an event seating chart

Easy

Factory Production Line Monitor

The ProductionMonitor class records machine outputs on a factory floor using a 2D integer array. Imp

Hard

Farm Field Irrigation

This question involves managing a farm field's moisture levels represented as a 2D array. Implement

Hard

FileStatistics Class

This question involves designing a FileStatistics utility class for computing statistical informatio

Medium

Financial Stock Analyzer

This question simulates analysis of stock price data. The StockAnalyzer class processes an array of

Hard

Fire Evacuation Simulator

This problem simulates an evacuation scenario within a building during a fire, represented by a grid

Hard

Fitness Activity Calories Calculation Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy to calculate calories burned during fitness activities.

Medium

Fitness Tracker

This question involves designing a FitnessTracker class to record and analyze workout sessions.

Medium

FitnessTracker

Design a FitnessTracker class that logs workout sessions and provides summary statistics.

Easy

Flood Fill Algorithm

This problem involves implementing a flood fill algorithm on a 2D grid representing an image.

Hard

Forest Fire Simulator

Implement methods to analyze forest fire spread using a grid. Identify contiguous fire clusters and

Medium

Game Level Map Editor

Implement the rotateLevel method in the LevelEditor class to rotate a game level map 90 degrees.

Medium

Game of Life Pattern Detector

This question requires scanning a 2D array representing a Game of Life board to count the live neigh

Easy

Game Score Tracker

This question involves implementing a ScoreTracker class to update game scores and retrieve the high

Easy

Gaming Leaderboard Management

This FRQ involves managing a gaming leaderboard. You will implement methods to sort player scores in

Extreme

Garden Layout Analyzer

This question requires scanning a 2D array representing a garden to analyze plant distribution patte

Hard

GeometryHelper Utility Class

Implement the GeometryHelper class as described below.

Medium

GradeBook

Design a GradeBook class that maintains student scores and computes averages and letter grades.

Hard

Grayscale Image Edge Finder

This question requires scanning a 2D array representing a grayscale image to detect edge pixels base

Hard

Healthcare Appointment System

This question involves managing healthcare appointments. You will implement methods to schedule appo

Hard

HeatMap: Smoothing and Normalization

This question involves designing the HeatMap class to process a 2D array of temperature readings. Im

Hard

Hospital Patient Tracker

Track hospital patients by filtering critical cases and computing the average stay duration.

Extreme

Hospital Patient Wait Times

Develop a Hospital Patient Wait Times analyzer to filter critical waits and compute the average wait

Medium

HospitalPatient Class Design

Implement the HospitalPatient class as described above.

Extreme

HTTPStatusHelper Class

This question involves designing an HTTPStatusHelper utility class that maps HTTP status codes to th

Easy

Ice Cream Flavor Finder

This question involves analyzing an ice cream parlor’s flavor distribution grid. Implement methods t

Medium

Image Edge Enhancer

Implement a method in the ImageEditor class that enhances the edges in an image by applying an edge

Hard

Image Filter Application

In this question, you will work with a grayscale image represented as a 2D array of pixel values. Im

Medium

Image Rotator

Develop methods in the ImageEditor class to rotate an image by 90 degrees and 180 degrees.

Hard

Image Smoothing Filter

Enhance the ImageEditor class by developing a smoothing filter that reduces noise in an image throug

Hard

ImageFilter: Edge Detection Filter

This question involves designing an ImageFilter class to perform edge detection on a 2D array repres

Hard

ImageFlipper: Vertical Flip

This question involves extending the ImageFlipper class to include a vertical flip method. Implement

Medium

ImageRotator: 90-Degree Clockwise Rotation

This question involves designing an ImageRotator class that rotates a 2D array representing an image

Medium

Inventory Management System

This question involves managing an inventory system. You need to implement methods that update inven

Medium

Inventory Management System

This question involves creating an inventory management system that uses ArrayLists to maintain a dy

Hard

Inventory Manager

This question involves designing an InventoryManager class for managing stock levels in a retail set

Medium

Inventory Manager

This question simulates inventory management in a warehouse. The Inventory class tracks items and th

Medium

Leaderboard Manager

Design a Leaderboard class that dynamically manages player scores and rankings.

Medium

Leaderboard System Simulation

This question involves designing a Leaderboard class to dynamically track players' scores and update

Medium

Library Book Management

This FRQ focuses on managing a collection of library books. You will implement methods to sort books

Medium

Library Book Manager

This question simulates a library book manager that handles book search functionality. You will comp

Medium

Library Book Search

This question focuses on designing a Library class that stores Book objects. You will implement a me

Easy

Library Catalog Advisor

Implement methods to sort a library catalog by publication year using selection sort and merge sort.

Medium

Library Loan Duration Analyzer

Create a Library Loan Duration Analyzer to remove overdue loans and compute the average loan duratio

Hard

Library Management System

This question simulates a library catalog management system. The LibraryCatalog class uses parallel

Medium

LibraryCard Class Design

Implement the LibraryCard class as described above.

Medium

Logistics Delivery Routing

This question involves optimizing logistics delivery routes. You will implement methods to sort deli

Hard

MathUtil Class

This question involves designing a MathUtil utility class that provides several mathematical computa

Medium

MatrixOperations Utility Class

Implement the MatrixOperations class as described below.

Extreme

Maze Navigator

The MazeNavigator class manages a maze represented as a 2D char array, where '#' represents a wall a

Extreme

Medical Imaging Tumor Scanner

This question requires scanning a 2D array representing an image to detect tumor regions based on pi

Extreme

Mining Sensor Data Processor

This question involves designing a SensorData class that processes quantitative readings from mining

Hard

Mobile App Notification System

Design a mobile app notification system using inheritance. Create an abstract Notification class wit

Easy

Mobile Phone

This question asks you to design a MobilePhone class to model a smartphone.

Hard

MosaicMaker: Pixelation Effect

This question involves designing the MosaicMaker class to create a pixelated version of an image. Im

Medium

Movie Class Design

Implement the Movie class as described above.

Easy

Movie Rating Aggregator

This question involves writing a MovieRatingAggregator class that collects and processes movie ratin

Easy

Movie Showtime

This question asks you to design a MovieShowtime class to represent movie screening details.

Medium

Movie Theater Seat Reservation

This question examines seating arrangements in a movie theater using a 2D array. Implement methods i

Easy

Movie Ticket Sorter

Develop methods to sort movie showings by start time using selection sort and merge sort.

Medium

Museum Exhibit Organizer

This question involves organizing museum exhibits by their estimated age. You will implement the mer

Medium

Music Playlist Manager

This question involves managing a music playlist that is maintained in a sorted order based on song

Medium

Music Playlist Organizer

This question focuses on managing a music playlist stored in an ArrayList. You will implement a meth

Easy

Music Playlist Organizer

Implement sorting methods to organize songs in a playlist by duration using bubble sort and merge so

Easy

MusicTrack Class Design

Implement the MusicTrack class as described above.

Medium

Network Packet Analyzer

This question involves analyzing network packet latencies using array processing techniques. You wil

Extreme

Ocean Floor Depth Mapping

The DepthMapper class records ocean floor depths in a 2D double array. Implement methods to determin

Hard

OceanSimulator: Wave Distortion

This question involves designing the OceanSimulator class to simulate wave distortions on a water su

Medium

Office Temperature Monitor

Implement a method to detect potential hot zones in an office by scanning for 2x2 submatrices where

Hard

Online Course Enrollment

This question involves managing course enrollments in an online learning system. You will implement

Hard

Online Course Feedback Analyzer

Implement the sortFeedbackScores and searchFeedbackScore methods in the FeedbackAnalyzer class.

Hard

Online Quiz System

This question involves implementing a QuizManager class to manage quiz questions, add new questions,

Hard

Online Shopping Cart

This question involves managing an online shopping cart. You will implement methods to compute the t

Medium

Pac-Man Maze Simulation

This problem involves simulating Pac-Man's movement in a maze to collect pellets.

Medium

PacMan Maze Simulation

This question involves simulating a PacMan maze where both PacMan and ghosts move through a 2D grid.

Extreme

Parcel Delivery Optimization

This FRQ involves the management of parcel weights in a delivery system. You will implement methods

Easy

Park Ranger Monitoring Layout

This question involves calculating the number of trees visible from a given point in a park layout r

Easy

Park Ranger's Patrol

This problem simulates a park ranger patrolling a park grid to monitor potential hazards.

Hard

Parking Garage Levels Analysis

The ParkingGarage class models a multi-level parking structure using a 2D array, where each row repr

Extreme

Parking Lot Grid Management

The ParkingLot class models a parking lot using a 2D boolean array where true indicates an occupied

Easy

Parking Lot Manager

This question simulates a parking lot management system. The ParkingLot class manages a grid of park

Medium

Parking Lot Occupancy Detector

This question requires scanning a 2D array representing a parking lot to count empty parking spaces.

Easy

Parking Lot Occupancy Tracker

This question involves determining occupancy information for a parking lot represented as a 2D array

Easy

ParkingLotManager

Design a ParkingLotManager class that tracks parked cars and available parking spots.

Easy

Payment Processing Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy for processing payments.

Easy

Payment Processing System

Design a payment processing system using inheritance and polymorphism. Create an abstract Payment cl

Medium

Personal Finance Calculator

This question involves implementing a FinanceCalculator class to compute monthly interest and cumula

Hard

Pixel Art Transformer

Implement a method that performs a transformation on pixel art by rotating it and applying a scaling

Hard

PixelArt: Color Quantization

This question involves designing the PixelArt class to perform color quantization on an image. Imple

Hard

Planet Surface Rover Simulator

This question involves simulating a rover navigating the surface of a planet represented as a 2D gri

Extreme

Plant Growth Analysis

Design a plant growth analysis system using inheritance. Create an abstract Plant class with an abst

Medium

PolynomialEvaluator Utility Class

Implement the PolynomialEvaluator class as described below.

Extreme

PolynomialUtils Class

This question involves designing a PolynomialUtils utility class to evaluate polynomials using stati

Easy

PrimeUtils Class

This question involves designing a PrimeUtils utility class that offers methods for prime number ope

Medium

Product Pricing Sorter

This question involves sorting product objects by price using two distinct sorting algorithms: selec

Medium

Production Quality Control

Assess production quality by counting defective items and identifying their indices.

Hard

QR Code Processor

Implement methods for processing QR code images by reducing noise and flipping the code vertically.

Medium

Race Times Analysis

This FRQ involves analyzing race times stored in an ArrayList. You will implement methods to sort ra

Medium

Rainfall Data Processing

This question deals with processing a 2D array of rainfall data. The RainfallAnalyzer class stores r

Medium

Real Estate Listing Analyzer

Implement the sortListingsByPrice and searchListingByPrice methods in the ListingAnalyzer class.

Medium

Recipe Ingredient Calculator

This question simulates scaling recipe ingredients for different serving sizes. The RecipeCalculator

Easy

Restaurant Order Processing

This question involves managing a restaurant's order queue using an ArrayList. You will implement me

Medium

Restaurant Order Processor

This question involves processing restaurant orders by computing the total cost of items in an order

Easy

Retail Inventory Empty Shelf Detector

Implement a method to check which rows in a retail inventory grid are completely empty.

Easy

Retail Inventory Manager

Implement methods to manage retail inventory by sorting items by stock quantity and searching for an

Easy

Retail Product Pricing

Design a retail product pricing system using inheritance. Create an abstract Product class with an a

Hard

Ride Sharing App Matching System

This question involves designing a RideShareMatcher class that matches riders with nearby drivers us

Hard

Road Trip Planner

This question involves creating a RoadTripPlanner class that manages an ArrayList of stops (location

Easy

Robot Maze Navigation

This problem simulates navigating a robot through a maze with obstacles.

Hard

Robot Navigation Simulator

This question involves designing a RobotNavigator class that simulates movement in a grid and determ

Hard

Robot Vacuum Floor Scanner

This question requires scanning a 2D array representing a home floor plan to simulate a robot vacuum

Medium

Room Temperature Monitor

This question involves analyzing room temperature data stored in a 2D array. Implement methods in th

Easy

Sales Performance Analysis

This FRQ involves analyzing sales figures. You will implement methods to sort sales figures in desce

Hard

Seating Arrangement Checker

This question involves checking seating arrangements represented as a 2D array. Implement methods in

Medium

SecurityCam: Blur Filter

This question involves designing the SecurityCam class to apply a blur filter on a grayscale securit

Medium

Sensor Data Filter

Filter sensor readings by removing values below a specified threshold.

Medium

Sensor Data Processor

This question involves designing a SensorDataProcessor class to handle and analyze data from multipl

Extreme

Shape Area Calculator

Develop a shape hierarchy using inheritance. Create an abstract Shape class with an abstract method

Medium

Smart City Parking Assistant

This question involves managing parking spot assignments in a smart city environment. You are to imp

Easy

Smart Device Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy for smart devices.

Hard

Smart Home Energy Monitor

This question involves designing an EnergyMonitor class that processes smart home energy usage data

Medium

Smart Home Energy Monitor

This question simulates a smart home energy monitoring system. The EnergyMonitor class analyzes hour

Medium

Social Distancing Layout Checker

Implement a method to count pairs of people seated too close in a 2D seating grid.

Easy

Social Media Post

This question asks you to design a SocialMediaPost class to represent posts on a social media platfo

Extreme

Social Media Post Summaries

Design a social media content system using inheritance. Create an abstract Post class with an abstra

Easy

Social Network Analyzer

This question involves designing a SocialNetworkAnalyzer class to analyze friendship networks and su

Extreme

SocialNetwork

Design a SocialNetwork class that manages user registrations and friend relationships.

Extreme

Space Explorer Grid

This problem simulates a space explorer navigating a sector grid of space filled with obstacles and

Medium

Sports Equipment Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy for modeling sports equipment usage.

Easy

Sports Team Player Evaluation

Develop a sports team player evaluation system using inheritance. Create an abstract Player class wi

Hard

Sports Team Ranking

This question involves ranking sports teams by their number of wins. You will implement the selectio

Easy

Sports Tournament Scoreboard

The Scoreboard class tracks game scores in a sports tournament using a 2D array, where each row repr

Medium

StockTracker

Design a StockTracker class that records stock prices and computes moving averages.

Hard

StockTracker Simulation

This question involves designing a StockTracker class to monitor the stock prices of various compani

Hard

Student Grade Processor

Develop a Student Grade Processor to filter passing grades and compute the median grade.

Hard

Student Grades Analyzer

Analyze student grades using an ArrayList by computing the average and filtering failing grades.

Medium

Student Records Processor

This question simulates processing student records using two different search methods: linear search

Hard

Student Scores Analyzer

Implement the methods in the StudentScoreAnalyzer class.

Hard

Student Search Database

Implement linear and binary search methods to locate a student record by ID in a database.

Medium

Student Test Score Analyzer

This question involves analyzing student test scores by sorting and searching them. You will complet

Extreme

TaskManager

Design a TaskManager class that tracks tasks and their completion status for project management.

Medium

TemperatureConverter Utility Class

Implement the TemperatureConverter class as described below.

Easy

Terrain Map Editor

Implement methods to process a terrain map represented as a 2D array by flipping it vertically and s

Hard

Thermal Image Converter

Implement a method in the ThermalImageConverter class to normalize thermal data to a 0-255 scale usi

Hard

TimeConversion Class

This question involves designing a TimeConversion utility class that converts between seconds and HH

Medium

TimeConverter Utility Class

Implement the TimeConverter class as described below.

Easy

Traffic Accident Analyzer

This question involves implementing an AccidentAnalyzer class to process accident reports and comput

Hard

Traffic Congestion Zone Detector

This question requires scanning a 2D array representing traffic densities to count contiguous zones

Easy

Traffic Light Simulator

Adjust traffic light timings by adding bonus seconds to those below a given threshold.

Medium

Traffic Light Timing

This question involves implementing a TrafficLightController class to manage traffic light state cha

Medium

Traffic Signal Controller

This question simulates a traffic signal controller. The TrafficSignal class cycles through signal s

Easy

TrafficMonitor

Design a TrafficMonitor class that tracks vehicle counts on various roads and identifies peak traffi

Hard

TrainTicket Class Design

Implement the TrainTicket class as described above.

Medium

Transportation Ticketing System

Design a ticketing system using inheritance. Create an abstract Ticket class with an abstract method

Easy

Travel Itinerary

This question asks you to design a TravelItinerary class to represent a planned travel schedule.

Extreme

Underwater Drone Explorer

This question involves simulating an underwater drone exploring a 2D grid representing the ocean flo

Extreme

UnitConverter Utility Class

Implement the UnitConverter class as described below.

Easy

University Course

This question asks you to design a UniversityCourse class to represent a course offered at a univers

Medium

UrbanPlanner: Map Rotation and Reflection

This multi-part question involves designing the UrbanPlanner class to manipulate a city map represen

Extreme

Vaccine Distribution Center Analyzer

This question requires scanning a 2D array representing vaccine storage bins to detect clusters of e

Hard

Vehicle Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy for vehicles.

Medium

Virtual Garden Layout Analyzer

Implement a method to count the number of contiguous plant regions in a garden layout grid.

Medium

Virtual Garden Planner

This question involves developing a method for a Virtual Garden Planner to select plants based on th

Easy

Virtual Zoo Habitat Enclosure

This question involves analyzing animal species within a virtual zoo's habitat, represented as a 2D

Medium

Virus Spread Simulation

This question simulates the spread of a virus over a series of days. You will implement methods to p

Extreme

Warehouse Inventory Manager

Develop a Warehouse Inventory Manager to remove out-of-stock items and compute the average stock lev

Medium

Warehouse Inventory Tracker

The Warehouse class manages a 2D array representing the count of boxes in different warehouse sectio

Medium

Warehouse Path Planning

This problem involves planning and verifying a route for a warehouse robot navigating through a grid

Extreme

Weather Data Analyzer

This question involves analyzing weather temperature data. You are to implement methods to compute t

Hard

Weather Data Analyzer

This question involves analyzing weather data represented as a 2D array of temperature readings. You

Medium

Weather Data Analyzer

This question simulates analyzing daily weather data. The WeatherAnalyzer class processes an array o

Medium

Weather Data Processing

This question involves implementing a WeatherAnalyzer class to process daily temperature readings an

Easy

Weather Forecast Hierarchy

Design a class hierarchy for weather forecasts.

Hard

Weather Pattern Recognition

Analyze a grid representing meteorological data to detect storm patterns. Implement methods that ide

Hard

Weather Station Data Analyzer

This question involves analyzing weather station data records. You will implement methods to sort te

Medium

Weather Station Data Processor

This question requires you to process temperature data from a weather station using arrays. You will

Medium

WeatherReport Class Design

Implement the WeatherReport class as described above.

Medium

Wildlife Herd Counter

Implement a method to count the number of distinct animal herds in a wildlife tracking grid.

Medium

Wildlife Tracking System

Create a Wildlife Tracking System to manage animal species and their sighting counts.

Medium

Word Search Puzzle Analyzer

This question requires scanning a word search puzzle represented by a 2D character array to locate a

Easy

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Before you start writing out your response, take a few minutes to outline the key points you want to make sure to touch on. This may seem like a waste of time, but it’s very helpful in making sure your response effectively addresses all the parts of the question. Once you do your practice free response questions, compare them to scoring guidelines and sample responses to identify areas for improvement. When you do the free response practice on the AP Computer Science A Free Response Room, there’s an option to let it grade your response against the rubric and tell you exactly what you need to study more.
How do I answer AP Computer Science A free-response questions?
Answering AP Computer Science A free response questions the right way is all about practice! As you go through the AP AP Computer Science A Free Response Room, treat it like a real exam and approach it this way so you stay calm during the actual exam. When you first see the question, take some time to process exactly what it’s asking. Make sure to also read through all the sub-parts in the question and re-read the main prompt, making sure to circle and underline any key information. This will help you allocate your time properly and also make sure you are hitting all the parts of the question. Before you answer each question, note down the key points you want to hit and evidence you want to use (where applicable). Once you have the skeleton of your response, writing it out will be quick, plus you won’t make any silly mistake in a rush and forget something important.