FIRST YEAR : CERTIFICATE COURSE

ICT 101:

I. IT Tools and Application: 3 Marks

1. Profile of Computer: Types, Classification, Characteristics and Generation of Computer.

2. Data Representation: 6 Marks

2.1. Number System: Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal; Arithmetic operation like Addition,
Subtraction; Conversion between System; Positive and Negative number
representation.
2.2. Character code: ASCII, BCD, EBCDIC, ISCII, UNICODE etc.
2.3. Generation: Programming language Generation, Concept of Interpreter and
Compiler.

3. Computer Organization: 8 Marks

3.1. Boolean Algebra: Boolean Functions; Minimization Boolean Functions: Truth
Tables.
3.2. Logic Gates: AND, OR, NAND, NOR, XOR and NOT implementation of Boolean
function using gates.
3.3. Computer System : Input Unit (and devices): Keyboard, Mouse, Scanner, Camera,
OMR and MICR etc. ; CPU: CU, ALU, MU; RAM, ROM; Secondary Storage: Floppy Disk,
Hard Disk, CD-ROM; Disk Organization: sector, track, cluster, access technique and
size; Output Unit (and devices) : CRT; Printer; Dot Matrix, Inkjet, Ledger, Plotter.

4. Software and Hardware: 8 Marks

4.1. Concept of hardware and software:
4.2. Operating System (OS) : DOS (Disk Operating System): Booting of Computer; File
and Directory, DOS shell, Types of Commands; Disk Management in DOS: Disk
Organization, FAT, Configuration, batch file etc. WINDOWS 98/ME/XP/2000/NT :
GUI, Anatomy of window, Manipulation working with multiple windows and
working with essential Accessories; Linux, Some basic commands of Linux.

Books:

1. P.K. Sinha and P. Sinha, “Foundation of Computing”, First Edition, 2002, BPB publication.
2. DOS and WINDOWS operating system reference manual.
3. Unix Concepts and Application – By Sumitabha Das

II. PC Software Applications

1. Word Processing: 8 Marks
1.1 Word processing concept: Saving, Closing, Opening an existing document, Selecting Text,
Editing Text, Finding and Replacing Text
1.2 Printing: Printing document, Creating and Printing, Merged document, Character and
Paragraph formatting, Page Design and layout
1.3 Editing and Proofing tools.
 2. Spreadsheet package: 10 Marks
2.1 Spreadsheet Concept: Creating, Saving, Editing a Workbook, Inserting, Deleting
Worksheets, Entering data in Cell/formula, Copying and Moving data from selected cells,
Handling operators in formulae, Functions: Mathematical, Statistical, Text, Financial,
Date and time function, Using Function wizards.
2.2 Formatting a worksheet: Formatting cells, changing data alignment, changing date,
number, character or currency format, changing fonts, adding borders and colors;
Printing Worksheet, Charts and Graphics-Creating, modifying, previewing charts.
2.3 Integration: Integrating word processor, Spreadsheet, web pages.

3. Presentation Packages: 7 Marks

3.1 Presentation concept: Creating, Opening and Saving Presentations, Creating the Look of
your Presentation, Working in different views, Working with slides.
3.2 Formatting Presentation: Adding and Formatting text, Formatting Paragraph, Checking
spelling and correcting typing mistakes, making Notes, Pages and Handouts.
3.3 Drawing: Drawing and working with objects, Adding Clip Art and other pictures,
Designing Slide Shows, Running and controlling a Slide Show, Printing Presentation.

Books:

1. S. Sagman, “Microsoft Office 2000 for windows”, Second Indian Print, 2001, Pearson
Education.
2. Moseley Boodey: “Mastering MS Office 97” Professional edition, BPB Publication.

III. Programming in C
1. Introduction to ‘C’ Language 5 Marks
1.1. Basic Components: Character Sets, Variable and Identifier, Data types, Built-in Data types,
Variable Definition, Constants and Literals.
1.2. Operators: Arithmetic, Relational, Logical Operators and Expressions.
1.3. Statements: Simple assignment statement, Basic input/output statement

2. Conditional Statement and Loops: 5 Marks

2.1. Decision making within a program: if statement, if-else statement, switch statement
2.2. Loops: while, do-while loop, for loop, Nested loops, Infinite loops.

3. Functions: 5 Marks
3.1 Top Down approach of problem solving: Modular programming and functions standard
library of C functions, prototype of a function, Recursive Function
3.2 Parameter: Formal parameter list, Return type, Function call, Block Structure, passing
parameter argument to a function: call by reference, call by value, arrays as function
argument.

4. Data Structure: 12 Marks

4.1. One Dimensional Array: Array manipulation; Searching, Insertion, Deletion of an array;
Finding the largest/smallest element in an array; Two dimensional array;
 Addition/Multiplication of two matrices, transpose of an square matrix; Null terminated
string as an array of characters, representation of square matrices.
4.2. Structure and Union: Structure variable, Initialization, structure assignment, Nested
Structure, structural and functions, Structures and array: Array of structures, structure
containing array, Unions
4.3. Pointers: Address operators, Pointer type declaration, pointer assignment, Pointer
initialization, pointer arithmetic, functions and pointers, arrays and pointers, pointer array.
4.4. Self referential structures and linked list: creation of a singly connected link list, Traversing
a link list, insertion into a link list, deletion from a link list, stack operation; queue operation;
binary search tree, creation, insertion, traversal.

5. File Processing: 5 Marks

Concept of file, file opening in various modes and closing a file, reading from a file, writing
on to a file.

6. Algorithm for Problem Solving: 18 Marks

6.1. The basic model for computation: Algorithm, flow chart, programming languages,
compilation, linking and loading, testing and debugging documentation.
6.2. Problems: Exchanging values of two variables, summation of a set of number decimal base
to binary base conversion, Reversing digit of an integer GCD (Greater Common Division) of
two numbers. Test whether a number is prime, organize number in ascending order, finding
square root of a number, factorial computation, Fibonacci sequence, evaluate sign X as sum
of series, reverse order of elements in an array, find the largest number in an array, sorting
of an element, print elements of upper triangular matrix, multiplication of two matrices,
evaluate a polynomial, stack and queue operation, link list problems, binary search trees
problems.

BOOKS:

1. Byron Gottfried, “Programming in C”, 2nd Ed, Tata McGraw Hill, 2000
2. RG Dromey, “How to solve it by computer”, 7th Ed 2001 Prentice Hall of India
3. E. Balagurusami, “Programming with ANSI C”, 1st Ed, 1996 Tata McGraw Hill
4. A. Kamthane, “Programming with ANSI and Turbo C”, 1st Ed, 2002 Pearson Education.

ICT 102: (Practical)

1. IT Tools and Application 25 Marks

2. PC Software Applications 25 Marks
3. Programming in C 50 Marks

ICT 103: Project Work/Field based on ICT 101/102 100 Marks