Game free response answer 2022

Game is #1 from the from the 2022 AP Computer Science A Free Response problems.

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap22-frq-computer-science-a.pdf?course=ap-computer-science-a

Part (a) getScore method

public int getScore()
{
    int score = 0;

    if(levelOne.goalReached())
    {
        score += levelOne.getPoints();

        if(levelTwo.goalReached())
        {
            score += levelTwo.getPoints();

            if(levelThree.goalReached())
            {
                score += levelThree.getPoints();
            }
        }
    }

    if(isBonus())
        score *= 3;

    return score;
}

Part (b) playManyTimes method

public int playManyTimes(int num)
{
    play();
    int bestScore = getScore();

    for(int g = 2; g <= num; g++)
    {
        play();
        int score = getScore();
        if(score > bestScore)
            bestScore = score;
    }

    return bestScore;
}

This is a standard find the max problem. The code above follows the advice at finding the minimum or maximum and starts bestScore at the first value that could be the maximum. The loop runs num - 1 times, since the first game has been played before the loop.

2022 AP CS Exam Free Response Solutions

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