Scoring Guidelines
Explore how AP Computer Science exam scoring works, including the application of scoring criteria, penalty rules, and typical coding mistakes that influence your test score. Understand how points are awarded and deducted to better prepare for exam success.
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Scoring criteria
Apply the question scoring criteria first, which always takes precedence. Penalty points can only be deducted in a part of the question that has earned credit via the question rubric. No part of a question (a, b, c) may have a negative point total. A given penalty can be assessed only once for a question, even if it occurs multiple times or in multiple parts of that question. A maximum of ...