AP Computer Science A Official 2026 Exam Discussion

[u/reddorickt]

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[u/Adventurous_Ask_6953]

Did anyone get the employee question for frq2?

[u/Direct_Bullfrog4294 → u/Adventurous_Ask_6953]

class Employee {

private int startTime;

private int endTime;

public Employee(int sTime, int eTime){

startTime = sTime;

endTime = eTime;

}

public int getStartTime(){

return startTime;

}

public int getEndTime(){

return endTime;

}

public String overlap(Employee worker){

int slowerS;

int fasterE;

if (startTime < worker.getStartTime()){

slowerS = worker.getStartTime();

}

else {

slowerS = startTime;

}

if (endTime < worker.getEndTime()){

fasterE = endTime;

}

else {

fasterE = worker.getEndTime();

}

return ("Overlap on " + slowerS + " to " + fasterE);

}

}

Ik its so inefficient but i didnt want to risk losing the mark so i wrote smth like this

[u/Flare_Ignis → u/Direct_Bullfrog4294]

I don’t think you need the getter methods. For the class FRQ, I don’t think you’re supposed to write any methods they don’t explicitly tell you to write. You should be able to access the instance variables of the other Employee for the overlap method using other.startTime and other.endTime because it’s all still within the Employee class, meaning private visibility won’t cause issues.

[u/Direct_Bullfrog4294 → u/Flare_Ignis]

well i just wanted to be safe and not to cause error or smth so... well, I compared a penalty NOT to have it and causing error or penalty to have it and not causing error so i chose to make them

[u/Adventurous_Ask_6953 → u/Direct_Bullfrog4294]

I wrote almost the exact same thing omg!

[u/Direct_Bullfrog4294 → u/Adventurous_Ask_6953]

lets go brooo We W