Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University
Syllabus for Session 2006-07 and onwards
BCA Second Year
Computer Architecture
Unit – I
Digital Logic Circuits, Digital Computers, Logic Gates, Boolean Algebra, Complement of a Function, Map Simplification, Product-of-Sum Simplification, Don't-Care Conditions, Combinational Circuits, Half-Adder, Full-Adder, Flip-Flops, SR Flip-Flop, D Flip-Flop, JK Flip-Flop, T Flip-Flop, Edge-Triggered Flip-Flops, Excitation Tables, Sequential Circuits, Flip-Flop Input Equations, State Table, State Diagram, Design Example, Design Procedure.
Unit – II
Digital Component, Integrated Circuits, Decoders, NAND Gate Decoder, Decoder, Expansion, Encoders, Multiplexers, Registers, Register with Parallel Load, Shift Registers, Bidirectional Shift Register with Parallel Load, Binary Counters, Binary Counter with Parallel Load, Memory Unit, Random-Access Memory, Read-Only Memory, Types of ROMs.
Unit – III
Data Representation, Data Types, Number Systems, Octal and Hexadecimal, Numbers, Decimal Representation, Alphanumeric Representation, Complements, (r-1)'s Complement, (r's) Complement, Subtraction of Unsigned Numbers, Fixed-Point Representation, Integer Representation, Arithmetic-Addition, Arithmetic Subtraction, Overflow, Decimal Fixed-Point Representation, Floating- Point Representation, Other Binary Codes, Gray Code, Other Decimal Codes, Other Alphanumeric Codes, Error Detection Codes.
Unit – IV
Basic Computer Organization and Design, Instruction Codes, Stored Program, Organization, Indirect Address, Computer Registers, Common Bus System, Computer Instructions, Instruction Set Completeness, Timing and Control, Instruction Cycle.
Input-Output and Interrupt, Input-Output Configuration, Input-Output Instructions, Program
Unit – V
Interrupt, Interrupt Cycle, Complete Computer Description, Design of Basic Computer, Control Logic Gates, Control of Registers and Memory, Control of Single Flip-Flops, Control of Common Bus, Design of Accumulator Logic, Control of AC Register, Adder and Logic Circuit, Programming the Basic Computer, Introduction, Machine Language, Assembly Language, Rules of the Language, An Example, Translation to Binary, The Assembler, Representation of Symbolic Program in Memory, First Pass, Second Pass.
Multimedia Systems
Unit – I
Introduction to multimedia, Definitions, CD-ROM and the Multimedia Highway, CD-ROM, DVD, and Multimedia, the Multimedia Highway, Where to use Multimedia, Multimedia in Business, Multimedia in Schools, Multimedia at Home, Multimedia in Public Places, Virtual Reality. Text, The Power of Meaning, About Fonts and Faces, Cases, Serif Versus Sans Serif, Using Text in Multimedia, Designing with Text, Choosing Text Fonts, Menus for Navigation, Buttons for Interaction, Fields for Reading, TML Documents, Symbols and Icons, Animating Text, Computers and Text, The Font Wars, Font Foundries, Managing Your Fonts, Character Sets and Alphabets, Mapping Text Across Platforms, Font Editing and Design Tools, Fontographer, Making Pretty Text, Hypermedia and Hypertext, The Power of Hypertext, Using Hypertext, Searching for Words, Hypermedia Structures, Hypertext Tools, Sound, The Power of Sound, Multimedia System Sounds, Digital Audio, Preparing Digital Audio Files, Making MIDI Audio, Audio File Formats, MIDI Versus Digital Audio, Choosing Between MIDI and Digital Audio, Sound for the World Wide Web, Adding Sound to Your Multimedia Project, Toward Professional Sound: The Red Book Standard, Space Considerations, Production Tips, Audio Recording, Keeping Track of Your Sounds, Testing and Evaluation, Copyright Issues,
Unit - II
Images Before You Start to Create, Plan Your Approach, Organize Your Tools, Multiple Monitors, Making Still Images, Bitmaps, Vector Drawing, 3-D Drawing and Rendering, Color, Understanding Natural Light and Color, Computerized Color, Color Palettes, Image File Formats, Macintosh Formats, Windows Formats, Cross-Platform Formats, Animation, The Power of Motion, Principles of Animation, Animation by Computer, Animation Techniques, Animation File Formats, Making Animations That Work, A Rolling Ball, A Bouncing Ball, Creating an Animated Scene.
Unit – III
Video, Using Video, Obtaining Video Clips, How Video Works, Broadcast Video Standards, NTSC, PAL, SECAM, A TSC DTV, Analog Video, Overscan and the Safe Title Area, 183 Video Color, Interlacing Effects, Text and Titles for Television, Taking Care of Your Analog Tapes, Digital Video, Digital Video Architectures, Digital Video Compression, Video Recording and Tape Formats, Composite Analog Video, Component Analog Video, Composite Digital, Component Digital, ATSC Digital TV, Comparing the Formats, Shooting and Editing Video, Shooting Platform, Lighting, Chroma Keys, Composition, Optimizing Video Files for CD-ROM..
Unit – IV
Hardware, Macintosh Versus Windows, The Macintosh Platform, The Windows Platform, Networking Macintosh and Windows Computers, Connections, SCSI, IDE, EIDE, Ultra-IDE, ATA, Ultra-ATA, USE, Fire Wire (IEEE 1394), Memory and Storage Devices, Random Access Memory (RAM), Read-Only Memory (ROM), Floppy and Hard Disks, Zip, jaz, Syquest, and Optical Storage Devices, Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), CD-ROM Players, CD Recorders, Input Devices, Keyboards, Mice, Trackballs, Touchscreens, Magnetic Card Encoders and Readers, Graphics Tablets, Scanners, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Devices, Infrared Remotes, Voice Recognition Systems, Digital Cameras, Output Hardware, Audio Devices, Amplifiers and Speakers, Monitors, Video Devices, Projectors, Printers, Communications Devices, Modems, ISDN and DSL, Cable Modems.
Unit - V
Basic Software Tools, Text Editing and Word Processing Tools, OCR Software, Painting and Drawing Tools, 3-D Modeling and Animation Tools, Image-Editing Tools, Plug-Ins, Sound Editing Tools, Animation, Video, and Digital Movie Tools, Video Formats, QuickTime for Windows and Macintosh, Microsoft Video for Windows, Movie Editors, Compressing Movie Files, Helpful Accessories.
Communication Skills
Unit – I
MEANING AND PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION : An Introduction to Communication, Communication through Arbitrary Symbols, Human Interactions through Communication, Communication Technology and Media, Communication in Managerial Activities, Definitions, Some Definitions of Communication, Appraisal, Definition of Communication, The Process of Communication, Some Models of Communication, Communication Situation, The Model of Communication, Components of Communication Cycle, The Process of Communication, The Significance of Communication in Business Organization, Healthy Organisational Environment, Management-Employee Relations, The External and Internal Communication Network, Functionalisation, Complexity of Business Activities, Trade Unions: Labour Problems, Multinationals and the Language Problem, Competition, Participation and Delegation.
Unit - II
OBJECTIVES OF COMMUNICATION : Information, Significance of Inforo1ation, Types of Information, (a) The Internal Information (b) External Information How to Obtain Inforo1ation? Order : What is an Order?, Types of Orders, (a) Written Orders, (b) Oral Orders, How to Issue the Orders? Advice, Meaning and Importance ,Counselling, Advice and Communication, Channels, Advice in Managerial Activities, Advice and Professionalism, Essentials of Effective Advice, Suggestions, Importance of Constructive Suggestions, Suggestion and Other Forms of Communication, Suggestion Schemes, Motivation, Meaning and Importance of Motivation, Essentials of' Effective Motivation, Clarity of Purpose, Objectives and Procedures, (b) Participation, (c) Employer-Employee Relations, (d) Primary and Secondary Needs, Persuasion, Meaning and Importance of Persuasion, Essentials of Effective Persuasion, Understanding the Needs and Interests of the Receiver , (b) Using Gentle Touch at Subtle Suggestions, (c) Preparing the Receiver to be Open-minded, (d) Selecting the Appealing Arguments, (e) Presenting the Message, (f) Motivating the Receiver to Act, Warning, Meaning and Importance of Warning, How to Issue the Warning?, Education, Meaning and Significance of Education, Education and Training for the:, (a) Management, (b) Employees, (c) The: Outside Public, I. Raising Morale, Meaning and Importance of High Morale , How to Keep the Morale High
Unit - III
THE CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION : What are the Channels of Communication?, Downward Channel of Communication, What is Downward Communication?, Media of Downward Communication, Redundancy of Message, Objectives of Downward Communication , Essentials of Effective Downward Communication, Limitations of Downward Communications, Upward Channels of Communication, What is an Upward Channel of Communication?, Methods and Policies of Upward Communication, Problems of Upward Communication, Effective Upward Communication, Horizontal Channel of Communication, What is Horizontal Channel of Communication?, Methods of Effective Horizontal Communication. MEDIA OF COMMUNICATION, Oral Media, Meaning and Importance of Oral Media , Effective Oral Communication, Advantages of Oral Communication, Disadvantages of Oral Communication, Written Media, Increasing Specialisation and the Need of Written Media, The Art of Written Communication, Advantages of Written Media, Limitations of Written Media, Non-Verbal Media, Meaning and Importance of Non-verbal Media, Kinesic Media, Proxemics, Chronemics, Paralanguage, Artefacts.
Unit – IV
BARRIERS TO COMMUNICATION : Introduction, Language and Semantic Barriers, Lack of Common Language, Semantic Barriers, Poor Vocabulary, Poor Knowhow of Grammar and Punctuation, Roundabout Verbiage, Organisational Barriers, Hierarchical Barriers, Specialisation of the Workforce, Wrong Choice of Medium, Communication Load, Physical Barriers, Noise, Time, Distance, Age, Sex, Socio-Psychological Barriers, Status Barriers, Attitudes and Values, Different Perceptions of Reality Inference, Abstracting, Allness and Closed-mindedness, Distortion, Filtering and Editing, Past Experience, Bad Listening, Emotions, Halo Effect, Inattentiveness, Resistance to Change, THE ESSENTIALS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, Positive and Pleasant Approach, Appropriate Tone, Pitch, Quality, Force and Intensity of Voice, Clarity of Purpose and Objective of Communication, Clarity of Thought and Expression, Adequate Knowledge of the Subject, Adequate Knowledge of Communication Receiver, The Objective and Realistic Approach, Self-confidence and Conviction, Organisation of Message, Proper Selection and Use of the Media, Proper Selection and Use of the Channel, Appropriate Formality, Patience in Listening, Adaptibility, Attentiveness, 'You' Attitude, Courtesy, The Time Factor, Conciseness and Relevance, Correctness, Completeness
Unit – V
GROUP COMMUNICATION (COMMIITEES AND CONFERENCES) : Nature and Characteristics of Group Communication, Committees, Different Types of committees, Executive Committee, Advisory Committee, Permanent and Temporary Committees, Line and Staff Committees, Formal and Informal Committees, Advantages of Committee Meetings, Disadvantages of Committee Meetings, Factors Responsible for the Failure of the Committees, Essentials of Effective Committee Meetings, Conferences, Definition of a Conference, Significance of the Conferences, Conference and Committee, Essentials of Effective Conference Meeting, Essentials of Efficient and Effective Conference Leadership, LISTENING, What is Listening?, Significance of Effective Listening in Business Communication, Active Listening, Some Do's for listeners, Some Don'ts for Listeners Obstacles to Effective Listening .
Computer Networking
Unit - I
Essentials of Networking: Essentials of Networking (H/W, S/W), USES OF COMPUTER NETWORKS, Business Applications, Home Applications, Mobile Users, Social Issues, NETWORK HARDWARE, Local Area Networks, Metropolitan Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, Wireless Networks, Home Networks, Internet works, NETWORK SOFTWARE, Protocol Hierarchies, Design Issues for the Layers, Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services, Service Primitives, The Relationship of Services to Protocols.
Unit - II
REFERENCE MODELS, The OSI Reference Model, The TCP/IP Reference Model, A Comparison of the OSI and TCP/IP Reference Models, A Critique of the OSI Model and Protocols, A Critique of the TCP/IP Reference Model, EXAMPLE NETWORKS , The Internet, Connection-Oriented Networks: X.25, Frame Relay, and ATM, Ethernet, Wireless LANs: 802.11, NETWORK STANDARDIZATION, Who's Who in the Telecommunications World, Who's Who in the International Standards World, Who's Who in the Internet Standards World.
Unit - III
THE PHYSICAL LAYER : THE THEORETICAL BASIS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION, Fourier Analysis, Bandwidth-Limited Signals, The Maximum Data Rate of a Channel, GUIDED TRANSMISSION MEDIA, Magnetic Media, Twisted Pair, Coaxial Cable, Fiber Optics, WIRELESS TRANSMISSION, The Electromagnetic Spectrum., Radio Transmission, Microwave Transmission, Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Light wave Transmission, COMMUNICATION SATELLITES, Geostationary Satellites, Medium-Earth 0rbit Satellites, Low-Earth Orbit Satellites, Satellites versus Fiber.
Unit – IV
THE NETWORK LAYER IN THE INTERNET, The IP Protocol, IP Addresses, Internet Control Protocols, OSPF- The Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, BGP- The Exterior Gateway Routing Protocol, Internet Multicasting, Mobile IP, IPv6.
Unit – V
NETWORK SECURITY :CRYPTOGRAPHY, Introduction to Cryptography, Substitution Ciphers, Transposition Ciphers, One-Time Fads, Two Fundamental Cryptographic principles, SYMMETRIC-KEY ALGORITHMS, DES-The Data Encryption Standard, AES-The Advanced Encryption Standard, Cipher Modes, Other Ciphers, Cryptanalysis, PUBLIC-KEY ALGORITHMS, RSA, Other Public-Key Algorithms, DIGITAL SIGNATURES, Symmetric-Key Signatures, Public-Key Signatures, Message Digests, The Birthday Attack.
System Analysis and Design & MIS
UNIT-I
System Analysis and Design : What is System Analysis and Design (SAD), What Does it Take to do System Analysis?, The Role of a System Analyst, Change in System Analyst's Responsibilities, Responsibilities of System Analysts, System Development Life Cycle: System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Waterfall Model for System Development, Prototyping, The Spiral Model, Problem Identification – Preliminary Investigation
UNIT-II
Feasibility Study : Objective of the Feasibility Study, Types of Feasibility, Steps in Feasibility Study, Cost/Benefit Analysis, System Analysis : Need of Analysis, Determination of Requirements, Need of Documenting the Existing System, Fact Finding Techniques Documentation Tools and Techniques : Documenting the Existing System, Organization Chart, Decision Tree, Decision Table, Structured English, System Flow Chart, HIPO Chart, Warnier/Orr Diagram, Structure Chart, Programme Flow Chart, Data Flow Diagrams (DFD), Data Dictionary, Entity Relationship Diagram
UNIT-III
System Design : System Design Concept, Logical and Physical Design, Logical and Physical DFDs, System Specifications. Output Design : Objective of Output, Types of Output, Key Output Questions, Formats of Outputs, Designing Printed Output, Turnaround Documents, Layout of a Printed Report, Guidelines for Designing Printed Output, Designing Visual Display Output. Input Design : Objective of Input Design, Capturing Data for Input, Design of the Source Document, Methods for Data Capture, Input Validation.
UNIT-IV
Modular Design and Database Organization : Modular Design, Principles that Guide Software Design, Top-Down Structure of Modules, Bottom-up Structure, File Structure, File Organization, Database and Its Objectives, Normalization. Quality Assurance, Testing and Validation : System Testing Objectives, What Do We Test For, The Nature of Test Data, The Test Plan, Types of System Tests, Quality Assurance.
UNIT-V
Implementation and Maintenance : Conversion, Activity Network for Conversion, File Conversion, User Training, Other Activities in Conversion, System Acceptance and Combating Resistance to Change, Conversion Strategies, Post Implementation Review, Software Maintenance, Type of Software Maintenance. System Security and Audit : System Security, Threats to System Security, Risk Analysis, Control Measures, System udit, Protection Against VIRUS.
Digital Electronics
Unit - I
Digital Principles, NUMBER SYSTEMS AND CODES: Decimal Odometer, Binary Odometer, Number Codes, Why Binary Numbers Are Used, Binary-to-Decimal Conversion, Microprocessors, Decimal-to-Binary Conversion, Hexadecimal Numbers, Hexadecimal-Binary Conversions, Hexadecimal-to-Decimal Conversion, Decimal-to-Hexadecimal Conversion, BCD Numbers, The ASCII Code. GATES : Inverters, OR Gates, Boolean Algebra, AND Gates.
MORE LOGIC GATES : NOR Gates, De Morgan's First Theorem, NAND Gates 3-4. De-Morgan's Second Theorem, EXCLUSIVE-OR Gates, The Controlled Inverter, EXCLUSIVE-NOR Gates.
Unit - II
BOOLEAN ALGEBRA AND KARNAUGH MAPS : Boolean Relations, Sum-of-Products Method, Algebraic Simplification, Karnaugh Maps, Pairs, Quads, and Octets, Karnaugh Simplifications, Don't-Care Conditions.
Unit - III
ARITHMETIC-LOGIC UNITS, Binary Addition, Binary Subtraction, Half Adders, Full Adders, Binary Adders, Signed Binary Numbers, 2's Complement, 2's-Complement Adder-Subtracter.