PAPER: COMPUTER SCIENCE (200 MARKS)

Paper-I (100 Marks)

Section-A (50 Marks)
I. Introduction to Computing
Introduction to Information Technology and Computers, History of Computing,
Computer HW and SW Details, Computer System Components and
Communication System, Input & Output devices and their types, Storage Media
and their types, Types of Computer Hardware, Software, and Programming
languages, Information Representation & Number Systems, User interfaces,
Major Software Issues, Creation, formatting, and maintenance of Computer
documents, Usage of Word processors, Spread sheets, Power-Point, Email, Search
Engines, Browsers, Messengers, and Internet , Computers & Society, Information
Security/Privacy, Computer Crimes and Ethical Challenges, Viruses, Plagiarism,
Intellectual Property Rights, Difference between computer science, software
engineering, information technology, information systems, computer engineering
and bioinformatics; IEEE / ACM computing disciplines guidelines.

II. Programming Fundamentals

Basic programming elements and concepts, Problem Solving & Program Design,
Components of a programming language, Program development and execution,
Program structure, Data types and variable declarations, Standard I/O streams,
and statements, Control structures, Standard library functions, User defined
functions and parameter passing, Arrays, pointers, and strings, Structures, unions,
and bit manipulation operators.

III. Object Oriented Paradigm

Object Oriented Programming Concepts ( Object-oriented paradigm, data
abstraction, encapsulation, inheritance, Polymorphism), Introduction to Classes
and Objects ( classes, objects, data members, member functions), Classes
Advanced ( friends, static, composition, this, const), Operator overloading (stream
insertion, stream extraction, binary operator, unary operator), Inheritance (single
inheritance, multiple inheritances, protected members, method over-riding),
Polymorphism (virtual function, pure-virtual functions, abstract class, abstract
super class), Standard Template Library (STL), Files & streams (sequential access
files, random access files), File processing, Exception Handling

Section-B (50 Marks)

IV. Algorithms & Data Structures
Fundamental concepts, Properties of algorithms, Criteria for an Algorithm,
Parameters for selecting an algorithm, Algorithm Representations, Pseudo Code
and Flow Charts, Designing Algorithms, Algorithm Analysis and Asymptotic
Notations, Classification of Lists, Abstract Data Types, Implementation of Stacks
and Queues using ADTs, Searching and Sorting Algorithms (Linear Search, Binary
Search, Bubble Sort, Merge Sort, Quick Sort, Heap Sort), Stacks and Queues, Hash
Tables (Linear Probing, Bucketing, Chaining), Recursion, Trees (Binary Trees,
Binary Search trees, AVL Trees, Two-Three Trees), Graphs, Heuristic (Guided)
Search, Genetic Algorithms, Encryption Algorithms (DES, RSA) 57 Revised Scheme
and Syllabus for CSS Competitive Examination

V. Software Engineering
Software Processes, Software Process Models, Agile Software Development,
Analysis Modeling, Requirements Engineering, Design Concepts, Architectural
Design, Design & Implementation, Software Testing, System Delivery and
Maintenance, Software Evolution Formal Specification, Software Quality
Assurance, Introduction to Proofs of Correctness (LNO), Distributed Software
Engineering, Aspect-Oriented Software Engineering, Project Management,
Process Improvement

VI. Compiler Construction

Difference among various type of Translators, Phases of Compilers, Classification
of Compilers, Lexical Analysis (Input buffering, Specification & Recognition of
tokens, Regular expressions, Finite automata, Syntax Analysis (Context-free
grammars and their classification, LL(k) vs. LR(k) grammars, Top-down vs. Bottom-
Up parsers, Parsing Techniques, FIRST and FOLLOW sets, Predictive Parsing using
LL(1) grammars, Syntax error handling and recovery strategies), Syntax Directed
Translation (Synthesized attributes, Inherited attributes, Construction of syntax
trees, Top-down translation), Semantic analysis (Symbol tables, Type Expressions,
Type Checking of statements), Intermediate Code Generation, Code Generation
(Issues in the design of code generation, The target machine, Run-time storage
management, Register allocation), Code optimization (Elimination of Redundant
code, Folding of Constant, Loop optimization, Peephole optimization, Problems of
optimization)

Paper-II (100 Marks)

Section-A (50 Marks)
I. Computer Organization & Architecture
Fundamental concepts, Overview of a Computer System, Evolution &
Performance Languages, Architectural levels, Virtual machines, Processor types,
Metrics, Machine instructions, Instruction execution cycle, CISC vs. RISC,
Parallelism, Internal/External data representation, Computer Function and
Interconnections, Cache Memory, Internal Memory, External Memory, Input
/Output System, Computer Arithmetic Microprocessor and its Bus Structure, I/O
Types, Types of Buses, Memory Organization and Structure, information flow and
execution in Machine, Instruction Representation, Machine Instruction
Characteristics, Instruction Processing, Processor Structure & Function, Control
Unit Operation, Micro-programmed Control, Instruction-Level Parallelism And
Superscalar Processors, Parallel Processing, Multi-Processor and Multi-core
Systems

II. Computer Communications & Networks

Basic Concepts and Classification of Networks, Circuit switching, Packet switching,
Multiplexing (TDM, FDM), Layering: OSI and TCP/IP, Application Layer (Network
application architectures, HTTP, FTP, Email, DNS, P2P applications), Transport
Layer (Multiplexing in UDP and TCP, Connectionless Transport: UDP, Reliable data
transfer and TCP, Congestion avoidance and control), Network Layer (The Internet
Protocol, IPv4 Datagram, Internet Address Classes, Special IP Addresses ARP, IPv6,
ICMP, Network Address Translation (NAT), Internet Routing Protocols and
Algorithms, X.25, Frame relay and ATM, MPLS), Physical & Link Layer
Functionalities (Error Detection & Control, ARQ, Link layer addressing, LAN
Technologies, Bridges and Hubs, Multiple Access), Special 58 Revised Scheme and
Syllabus for CSS Competitive Examination topics (Security, Overlay networks,
naming, Content distribution networks, Peer to peer systems, DHTs, Network
Attacks)

III. Operating Systems Concepts

Roles of an Operating System, Operating-System Evolution, Structures, and
Operations, Classification of Operating Systems, Computing Environments, Design
and Components of OS, Process Management, Process Synchronization,
Deadlocks, Memory Management, Virtual Memory Management, File Systems
(UNIX and Windows Systems), I/O Management

Section-B (50 Marks)

IV. Database Systems
Introduction to Database Systems, Relational Data Model & Relational Database
Constraints, Relational Data Model, SQL, Relational Algebra & Calculus, ER Model,
ER to Relational Mapping, PL/SQL Stored Procedures & Triggers, Functional
Dependencies and Normalization, Storage & Indexing, Indexing Structure, XML
documents & Web Services, Query Processing & Evaluation, Query Optimization,
Transaction processing, ObjectOriented Databases, Distributed Databases,
Database Security & Access Control

V. Digital Image Processing

The relation between Image Processing, Computer Graphics, Computer Vision
and Artificial Intelligence; Image Sensing and Acquisition Techniques;
Representing Digital Image; Image Sampling and Quantization; Image Storage and
Operations; Image Transformations (Translation, Scaling, Rotation, Shear); Image
Histogram; Image Enhancement (Contrast, Smoothing, Sharpening); Gray-scale
and Color Images; Color Models (RGB, CMYK and HIS); Image Restoration; Noise
Models; Morphological Operators (Erosion, Dilation, Opening, Closing,
Skeletonization, Thinning); Image Segmentation; Point Detection, Line Detection,
Edge Detection and Boundary Detection; Image Compression

VI. Web Engineering & Technologies

Modeling techniques for web applications, Introduction to web engineering,
requirement engineering, requirement, types of requirements, functional
requirements, non functional requirements, Requirement engineering process
(Elicitation and negotiation, Documentation, Validation and verification,
Management), HTML(hypertext markup language), Software Architecture, Styles,
Patterns, and frameworks, Components of Web Architecture, Classifications of
web architecture , Web Application layered architecture ( client server, n- layered,
JSP model, struts, OOHDM ), Integration Architecture, Data Aspect architectures,
Cascading Style Sheet(CSS), CSS properties, JavaScript (Functionalities, Events,
Variables, Operators), DOM(Document Object Model), XML, RSS, API, Client-side
programming using (HTML, XHTML, XML, JavaScript, and CSS), Serverside
programming using PHP, Web development process, Web Application
Development Methodologies, Web site promotion and deployment, Web
applications Issues (Accessibility, testing, performance, operation, maintenance,
security)