81218-00003 AP 2009 Computer Science A Released Exam Minion, Serifa, Zaph Dingbats lDCS3 Draft01 10/16/09 Rl62814 Draft01a

ft01a 10/29/09 Rl62814 Draft02 11/16/09 Rl62814

Draft03 12/9/09 Rl62814 Draft03a 12/15/09 Rl62814 Draft05 1/7/10 Rl62814
89
Chapter III: Answers to the 2009
AP Computer Science A Exam
Item
No.
Correct
Answer
Percent Correct by Score Total
Percent
Correct 5 4 3 2 1
21 B 83 66 56 47 31 56
22 E 88 71 56 44 20 56
23 C 93 83 75 66 50 73
24 A 96 88 78 71 44 74
25 C 47 23 19 20 20 27
26 D 91 75 62 54 29 61
27 C 90 61 34 23 15 47
28 B 88 68 52 44 25 56
29 D 84 71 52 37 18 53
30 E 93 79 61 45 21 60
31 C 88 68 61 57 46 64
32 B 86 62 47 37 25 52
33 C 80 58 37 27 15 45
34 A 67 41 28 22 14 36
35 E 92 76 61 54 31 63
36 C 37 20 13 14 19 22
37 E 63 29 12 7 6 26
38 C 44 25 19 18 16 25
39 E 41 19 12 8 5 18
40 D 52 25 15 11 8 24
O Section I: Multiple Choice
O
Section I Answer Key and Percent Answering
Correctly
O
Analyzing Your Students Performance on the
Multiple-Choice Section
O
Diagnostic Guide for the 2009 AP Computer
Science A Exam
O Section II: Free Response
O
Comments from the Chief Reader
O
Scoring Guidelines, Sample Student Responses, and
Commentary
Section I: Multiple Choice
Listed below are the correct answers to the multiple-choice
questions, the percent of AP students who answered each
question correctly by AP score, and the total percent
answering correctly.
Item
No.
Correct
Answer
Percent Correct by Score Total
Percent
Correct 5 4 3 2 1
1 A 98 97 96 96 79 92
2 A 98 95 93 89 73 89
3 D 99 96 90 84 50 81
4 C 97 93 88 81 56 81
5 A 95 86 76 73 53 76
6 A 93 80 69 60 30 65
7 D 88 65 42 28 16 50
8 D 99 96 91 85 63 85
9 C 69 47 39 31 20 42
10 D 92 85 77 74 49 74
11 A 96 83 65 47 27 64
12 B 96 93 91 88 57 82
13 C 73 35 17 8 13 33
14 D 86 64 44 37 23 52
15 B 83 69 63 58 44 63
16 C 72 49 40 36 36 48
17 B 77 48 32 19 10 39
18 A 92 78 67 61 42 68
19 D 95 74 55 41 19 57
20 E 96 85 69 58 30 67
Section I Answer Key and Percent Answering Correctly
81218-00003 AP 2009 Computer Science A Released Exam Minion, Serifa, Zaph Dingbats lDCS3 Draft01 10/16/09 Rl62814 Draft01a 10/29/09 Rl62814 Draft02 11/16/09 Rl62814
Draft03 12/9/09 Rl62814 Draft03a 12/15/09 Rl62814 Draft05 1/7/10 Rl62814
90
Analyzing Your Students Performance on
the Multiple-Choice Section
If you give your students the 2009 exam for practice, you
may want to analyze the results to nd overall strengths and
weaknesses in their understanding of AP Computer Science
A. e following diagnostic worksheet will help you do this.
You are permitted to photocopy and distribute it to your
students for completion.
1. In each section, students should insert a check mark for
each correct answer.
2. Add together the total number of correct answers for
each section.
3. To compare the students number of correct answers for
each section with the average number correct for that
section, copy the number of correct answers to the
Number Correct table at the end of the Diagnostic
Guide.
In addition, under each item the percent of AP students
who answered correctly is shown, so students can analyze
their performance on individual items. is information
will be helpful in deciding how students should plan
their study time. Please note that one item may appear in
several dierent categories, as questions can cross over
dierent topics.
81218-00003 AP 2009 Computer Science A Released Exam Minion, Serifa, Zaph Dingbats lDCS3 Draft01 10/16/09 Rl62814 Draft01a 10/29/09 Rl62814 Draft02 11/16/09 Rl62814
Draft03 12/9/09 Rl62814 Draft03a 12/15/09 Rl62814 Draft05 1/7/10 Rl62814
91
Diagnostic Guide for the 2009 AP Computer Science A Exam
Programming Fundamentals (Average number correct = 17.43)
Question # 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 92 89 81 81 65 50 85 42 74 64 82 33 52 63 39
Question # 18 19 20 21 23 26 27 29 32 33 34 35 36 37 40
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 68 57 67 56 73 61 47 53 52 45 36 63 22 26 24
Data Structures (Average number correct = 3.97)
Question # 3 4 11 17 27 34 36 37
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 81 81 64 39 47 36 22 26
Logic (Average number correct = 2.54)
Question # 18 20 28 31
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 68 67 56 64
Algorithms/Problem Solving (Average number correct = 8.83)
Question # 1 2 3 6 7 8 12 14 15 17 22 25 27 28
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 92 89 81 65 50 85 82 52 63 39 56 27 47 56
Object-Oriented Programming (Average number correct = 4.14)
Question # 5 16 22 23 24 25 30
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 76 48 56 73 74 27 60
81218-00003 AP 2009 Computer Science A Released Exam Minion, Serifa, Zaph Dingbats lDCS3 Draft01 10/16/09 Rl62814 Draft01a 10/29/09 Rl62814 Draft02 11/16/09 Rl62814
Draft03 12/9/09 Rl62814 Draft03a 12/15/09 Rl62814 Draft05 1/7/10 Rl62814
92
Recursion (Average number correct = 0.74)
Question # 13 39 40
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 33 18 24
Soware Engineering (Average number correct = 0.25)
Question # 38
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 25
Case Study (Average number correct = 2.86)
Question # 21 22 23 24 25
Correct/Incorrect
Percent of Students
Answering Correctly 56 56 73 74 27
Number Correct
Programming
Fundamentals
Data
Structures
Logic
Algorithms/
Problem
Solving
Object-Oriented
Programming
Recursion
Soware
Engineering
Case Study
Number of
Questions
30 8 4 14 7
3 1 5
Average
Number
Correct
17.43
(58.1%)
3.97
(49.6%)
2.54
(63.5%)
8.83
(63.1%)
4.14
(59.1%)
0.74
(24.7%)
0.25
(25.0%)
2.86
(57.2%)
My Number
Correct

Diagnostic Guide for the 2009 AP Computer Science A Exam (continued)