Faculty Guidance Notes on Computer Knowledge for Bank and Other related exams

(Ref: FGN2001801)

Class – I (Computer Fundamentals -1)

 Computer – Abbrevation and Advantages (Storage, Speed, Access, Reliability)

 History of computers: Explain the following points.

1) Abacus
2) Napier’s bones
3) First mechanical calculator
4) Difference engines
5) Analytical engines
6) First mechanical computer – MARK 1
7) First electronic digital computer - ENIAC
8) First stored program computer - EDSAC
9) First commercial computer - UNIVAC
10) First personal computer (Kenbak)

 Generations of computers:
1) First generation
2) Second generation
3) Third generation
4) Fourth generation
5) Fifth generation (Generation Technology)
 Under generation of computers in each generation explain about Component,
Computer hardware, Computer software, I/O Devices and Programming
Languages

 Types of computers:
Computers are classified based on (1) technology and (2) size.
(1) Based on technology, computers can be classified into three types: (a) Analog
computers (b) Digital computers (c) Hybrid computers. The faculty should explain the
main features and purpose of usage with examples.
(2) Based on size, computers can be classified into (a) Palmtop(PDA) (b) Laptop (c)
Desktop (d) Micro Computers (e) Mini Computers (f) Mainframe Computers(work
stations) (g) Super Computers (First Indian Super Computer – Param. First Super
Computer in the World - Paragon)
(Provide the measurement units of speed for Super Computer) (fastest and latest
Super Computer names)

 Components of a computer system:

(1) Hardware (2) Software
(a) Explain block diagram of computer.
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 (b) Explain different types of programming languages (High Level, Low Level (MLL,
ALL), & 4gl's (html)
(c) Under HLL, explain about classification (procedure, problem, interactive oriented)
(d) Explain different types of software (system and application) with examples and
explain the parts of mother Board video cards etc)
(e) Define assemblers, interpreters, compilers, linker, loaders, Error (types of errors),
Bug, DEFECT, oops concept. (f) Ports (serial, parallel, USB, SCSI) (g) Bus
(Internal and External)

Class – II (Computer Fundamentals –II, Memory and Operating system)

 Types of Memory:
(1) Memory is of two types (A) Primary Memory (B) Secondary Memory
Primary Memory: Explain (a) RAM (Static, Dynamic, SD) (b) ROM (PROM,
EPROM, EEPROM) (c) Cache Memory (d) Virtual Memory
Secondary Memory: External Storages - Floppy, CD, DVD, Hard disk USB and their
capacities
(2) Explain Bit, Byte, KB, MB, GB TB., with the configuration of the computers
including the Hard Disk capacity, RAM capacity, and speed of the computer. Disk
access time (seek time, latency time)
(3) Explain the conversion of number systems (Binary, Octal, Decimal, Duo Decimal,
Hexa decimal) [explain one example for converting decimal to binary and vice versa].
(4) Character Representation (ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode etc.)
(5) Flip flops (R-S, J-K, T, D) and Registers (AC, MAR, MBR, PC, IR) – Only the
definitions should be explained.

 Types of Operating Systems(OS):

(1) Explain about Single User Single Task, Single User Multi Task, and Multi User Multi
Task, Time Sharing.
(2) Functions of OS. Explain CUI and GUI.
(3) Explain the DOS, Componentes of DOS, file systems, Booting, Formatting.
(Tracks, sectors), Partitioning.
(4) Explain basic concepts of WINDOWS (Versions, Programs of Windows OS – My
Documents, My Computer, Recycle Bin)
MAC (First and latent versions)
Supportive type of various file extension in windows operating system (.bat etc)
Input and Output Devices: Faculty should list down the I/O devices.
Multiple Types of Key Boards. (QWERTY, AZERTY, DVORAK).
Explain all the keys along with number of keys on Keyboard.
Key Board Keys (Function Key, Modifier Key, Toggle Key).
{Mouse, Track Ball, Light Pen, Joy Sick, Scanner, Micro Phone, Bar Code Reader,
Optical Character Reader(OCR), Optical Mark Reader(OMR), Magnetic Ink Character
Recognition Code (MICR Code) etc.}
Outputs : Monitor (CRT, LCD, TFT, LED).
Printer :(Impact, Non-Impact, Examples), Measurement units of printers (DPI,PPM etc),
Plotter.
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 Class – III (Networking and Internet)

 Networking :
(1) Explain Networking and types of Networks LAN, WAN, MAN, Intranet, Extranet,
Network of Networks (Internet), VPN’s
(2) Explain types of topologies (star, ring, bus, tree, mesh etc)
(3) Categories of n/w (Peer –to-peer, server-based)
(4) Explain in short OSI, TCP/IP refernce models.
(5) Explain cables (co-axial, twisted pair, UTP, STP, OFC) and usage. (Areas of
application)
(6) Explain Ethernet (Token ring, FDDI)
(7) Define protocol, Expand - PPP, FTP, NFS, SMTP, HTTP, IPX/SPX, NIC, WAP,
TELNET
(8) Explain hubs, repeaters, switch, bridges, routers, modem, address classes,
ip addressing

Internet:
(1) Explain chat rooms, instant message, blogs, faq, ISP, news group, URL, web
browsers, web sites, ISP, Modem, Social Networking.
(2) Explain IE and terminology of latest related technology (Wi -fi., Bluetooth )
(3) Explain about DNS, WWW.
(4) Explain virus (and its full form, types of virus), worms, anti-virus, firewalls, spam,
spam preventions, junk mails, encryption, authentication, compression (used
software).

Class – IV (Internet, DBMS, E – Commerce)

Class – IV (Internet, DBMS, E – Commerce)

Internet :
(1) Basics of Internet Connection Types - dial-up, broad band, PSTN, leased circuits, T1
Lines, ISDN, DSL, Hot Spots, Mobile, Wireless etc.
(2) Explain Virus, Worms, anti-virus, Search Engines, Web Browsers. (Give 4
to 5 examples of each of the above terms)
(3) e-Mail and its description(e-Mail Formats ), folders on E-mail Page[Inbox, sent
items, trash etc]
(4) Email spoofing, phishing etc

 DBMS :
(1) Definitions of - data, information, fields, record, table, file, schema, attributes, E-R
model, DBMS features, various keep used in DBMS.
(2) Types of DBMS (Hierarchial, Network, Relational, Object Oriented)
(3) Features of RDBMS, file structures (sequential, random, indexed), normalization,
query
(4) Types of SQL commands (DDL, DML, DCL, TML)
(5) Give definition of data ware house and data mining

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  E - Commerce :
(1) Definitions of E-business, e-banking, i-banking, wireless banking,
(2) B2B, B2C, C2B, C2C, Transaction, types of markets places (vertical & horizontal),
m-commerce
(3) Explain e-procurement, click through rate etc.
Class -V (MS Word, MS Excel and MS Powerpoint)

Class -V (Ms Office :- MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint)

MS Office :Package elements (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook etc)
And all the file type extensions. (doc, docx, xls, xlsx etc)
MS Office
(1) Explain in detail MS-office versions.
(2)General Window layout of Ms Office (Title bar, Menu, Tool etc) [Draw on Board with all
possible headers of Ms Office Window]
(1) MS- word:
(1) Explain features of word.
(2) Briefly explain important menu options (file, edit, view, insert, format, tools, table,
window, help)
(3) Explain important tool bars like standard, formatting, auto text, mail merge, drawing,
tables & borders etc.
(4) MS word Graphic options (Word Art etc)
(5) Shortcuts of Ms Word
(2) MS- Excel :
(1) Explain the features of MS-Excel.
(2) Explain important menu options (file, edit, view, insert, format, tools, table, data, window,
help) [Here cover only Menu Options of Excel specific]
(3) Explain important tool bars like standard, formatting, chart, auto text, word art etc.
(4) Explain the types of charts like column, bar, line, pie, XY (scatter)
(5) Explain important functions (Mathematical/Statistical) in excel.
(6) Auto sum and formula differentiation.
(7) Referencing in Excel. [Absolute, Relative, Mixed]. Explain with an example formula for
each type.
(8) Shortcuts of Excel.
(3) MS- Power Point:
(1) Explain slide layout, templates, wizard, auto content, adding styles to presentation,
inserting word art, picture.
(2) Shortcuts of Power Point

(4) Explain briefly the Features of Outlook, One Note, InfoPath, Publisher, Front Page
etc.
Note : Cover this entire class/All the above mentioned topics with Ms Office 2003 and Ms
office 2007 specification features.

Note : Please start any of the above Computer Classes with basics for a Time interval of 1 hr
to 1 hr 10 Minutes and after that, go for handout explanation.

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