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CHAPTER 9
The AP Computer Science A Labs
I don’t like museums, I like labs. —Amit Kalantri
• The Magpie Lab • The Elevens Lab • The Picture Lab
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The AP Computer Science A labs were developed as a replacement for the Grid-World case study. Starting in May 2015, there will be no exam questions on GridWorld. And there will be no specific questions that require knowledge of the content of the labs. Instead, new test questions will focus on concepts from the AP Java subset that are emphasized in the labs.
What follows below is a brief summary of the labs, the concepts they illustrate, the concepts they particularly emphasize, and some sample multiple-choice questions based on these concepts.
THE MAGPIE LAB
In this lab, students modify a chatbot, which is a computer program designed to simulate an intelligent conversation between a
