BHARATHIAR UNIVERSEITY, COIMBATORE. DIPLOMA IN OFFICE AUTOMATION. (for Community College)

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1 Page 1 of 7 SCAA Dt BHARATHIAR UNIVERSEITY, COIMBATORE. DIPLOMA IN OFFICE AUTOMATION (for Community College) (for the candidates admitted form the academic year onwards) SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS SL.NO SUBJECT MARKS 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTERS PC PACKAGES INTERNET & E-COMMERCE DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMPUTER LAB 100

2 Page 2 of 7 SCAA Dt PAPER I FUNDAMENTAL OF COMPUTERS Unit-I Introduction to Computer:-Definition- Characteristics.. Generation of Computers- Capabilities and Limitations. Introduction to Operating System. Concept of Bios- Booting Files. Basic Components of a Computer System-Control Unit- ALU- Input/output functions and characteristics. Memory Introduction- Classifications- Volatile Memory and Non- Volatile - Flash Memory- ROM- RAM- EPROM- PROM- EEPROM other types of memory. Unit-II Input- Output and storage Units:-Computer Keyboard- Pointing Devices: Mouse- Trackball- Touch Panel- and Joystick- Light Pen- Scanners- Various types of Monitors- Touch-sensitive screens- Optical Recognition System- Pen based systems- Digitizers- MICR- OCR- OMR- Barcode Reader- digital camera. Hard Copy Devices:- Impact and Non- Impact Printers- Daisy Wheel- Dot Matrix- Line Printer- Chain Printer- Comb Printers- Non Impact Printers- DeskJet- Laser Printer- Thermal Transfer Printer- Barcode Printers- Electro static printers and plotters. Unit-III High Level Language and Low Level Language- Software and its different types- System Software- Application software. Hardware - Firmware- - Compiler- Interpreter and Assembler. File Allocation Table ( FAT - FAT 32 & NTFS). Introduction to algorithm and Flow chart: - Representation of an algorithm- flowchart symbols and levels of flow chart- rules- advantage and limitations of flowchart and pseudo code. Unit-IV Testing and Debugging :-Definition of testing and debugging - types of program errors- testing of programs- debugging a program for syntax and logical errors- difference between testing and debugging. Unit-V Booting process details of Dos and Windows:- DOS system files - Internal and External Commands - Difference between External and Internal Commands. Internal Commands:- MD- CD- RD- COPY CON- TYPE- DATE & TIME- VOLUME VERSION- REN- PROMPT- CLS- DIR/P/W- COPY - DEL Etc. External commands:-format - DISKCOPY- DISKCOMP- XCOPY- CHKDISK- SCANDISK- HELP- DEBUG- PRINT etc. 1. Introduction to Digital Computer Design, Raja Raman, PHI 2. Introduction to Computers, Norton Peter, TMH 3. Inside IBM PC, Norton Peter, PHI 4. Introduction to Computer Science, Mata Toledo, TMH 5. Introduction to Computer Science, ITL ESL, Pearson Education

3 Page 3 of 7 SCAA Dt UNIT I PAPER II PC PACKAGES MS Word Basics: Introduction to MS Office- Introduction to MSWord- Features & area of use. Working with MS Word.- Menus &Commands- Toolbars & Buttons- Shortcut Menus- Wizards & Templates- Creating a New Document- Different Page Views and layouts- Applying various Text Enhancements- Working with Styles-Text Attributes- Paragraph and Page Formatting- Text Editing using various features - Bullets- Numbering- Autoformatting- Printing & various print options UNIT-II Advanced Features of MS-Word: Spell Check- Thesaurus- Find & Replace- Headers & Footers - Inserting Page Numbers- Pictures- Files- Autotexts- Symbols etc.- Working with Columns- Tabs & Indents- Creation & Working with Tables including conversion to and from text- Margins & Space management in Document- Adding References and Graphics- Mail Merge- Envelops & Mailing Labels. UNIT III MS Excel: Introduction and area of use- Working with MS Excel.- concepts of Workbook & Worksheets- Using Wizards- Various Data Types- Using different features with Data- Cell and Texts- Inserting- Removing & Resizing of Columns & Rows- Working with Data & Ranges- Different Views of Worksheets- Column Freezing- Labels- Hiding- Splitting etc.- Using different features with Data and Text- Use of Formulas- Calculations & Functions- Cell Formatting including Borders & Shading- Working with Different Chart Types- Printing of Workbook & Worksheets with various options. UNIT IV MS PowerPoint: Introduction & area of use- Working with MS PowerPoint- Creating a New Presentation- Working with Presentation- Using Wizards- Slides & its different views- Inserting- Deleting and Copying of Slides- Working with Notes- Handouts- Columns & Lists- Adding Graphics- Sounds and Movies to a Slide- Working with PowerPoint Objects- Designing & Presentation of a Slide Show- Printing Presentations- Notes- Handouts with print options. UNIT-V Ms Access: Definition Of DBMS- Components Of A DBMS- Database Constraints- Access Essentials- Planning An Access Database- Working With Database Objects-Using Wizards To Create Databases And Objects- Exporting And Importing Data- UsingExpressions in Database Objects- Creating And Customizing Tables- Access TableEssentials- Creating A New

4 Page 4 of 7 SCAA Dt TableChanging A Table s Structure- Restricting Data Entry- Working in Datasheet View- Linking Multiple Tables- Defining Relationship Between Tables- Splitting A Table To Avoid DataDuplication- Changing Joins- Using Queries To Find And Filter Data- Understanding QueriesCreating And Modifying Queries- Creating And Applying Filters- Designing And Using Forms-Using Forms To View And Enter Data- Creating A New Form- Displaying Or Entering DataWith A Form - Changing A Form s Design- Switchboards - Presenting Data With Reports- Creating Reports From Access Data- Modifying A Report- Macros. 1 Windows XP Complete Reference. BPB Publications 2 MS Office XP complete BPB publication 3 MS Windows XP Home edition complete- BPB Publications 4 I.T. Tools and Applications- A. Mansoor- Pragya Publications UNIT-I PAPER III INTERNET & E-COMMERCE Internet - Evolution, Protocols, Interface Concepts, Internet Vs Intranet, Growth of Internet, ISP, Connectivity - Dial-up, Leased line, VSAT etc., URLs, Domain names, Portals, Application. E- MAIL - Concepts, POP and WEB Based ,merits, address, Basics of Sending & Receiving, Protocols, Mailing List, Free services. INTERNET protocols - Data Transmission Protocols, Client/Server Architecture & its Characteristics, FTP & its usages. Telnet Concept, Remote Logging, Protocols, Terminal Emulation, Massage Board, Internet chatting - Voice chat, text chat. UNIT-II Word wide web (www) - History, Working, Web Browsers, Its functions, Concept of Search Engines, Searching the Web, HTTP, URLs, Web Servers, Web Protocols. Web publishing - Concepts, Domain name Registration, Space on Host Server for Web site, HTML, Design tools, HTML editors, Image editors, Issues in Web site creations & Maintenance, FTP software for upload web site. UNIT-III Html - Concepts of Hypertext, Versions of HTML, Elements of HTML syntax, Head & Body Sections, Building HTML documents, Inserting texts, Images, Hyperlinks, Backgrounds and Color controls, Different HTML tags, Table layout and presentation, Use of font size & Attributes, List types and its tags, Use of Frames and Forms in web

5 Page 5 of 7 SCAA Dt pages. Introduction to WYSIWYG Design tools for HTML, Overview of MS FrontPage, Macromedia Dream weaver, and other popular HTML editors, designing web sites using MS FrontPage (using at least FrontPage 2000) UNIT-IV Javascript Overview, syntax & conventions. Variables, Expressions, Branching & Looping statements, Functions, Arrays Objects, Events & Document Object Model onclick, onmouseover, onsubmit, onfocus, onchange, onblur. onload, onunload. Alerts, Prompts & Confirms. UNIT - V E - Commerce An introductions, Concepts, Advantages and disadvantages, Technology in E- Commerce, Internet & E-business, Applications, Feasibility & various constraints. E-transition challenges for Indian corporate. Electronic Payment Systems: Introduction, Types of Electronic Payment Systems, Digital Token-Based Electronic Payment Systems, Smart Cards and Electronic Payment Systems, Credit Card-Based Electronic Payment Systems, Risk and Electronic Payment Systems. 1 Internet and Web Design Made Easier By A. Mansoor,Pragya Publications, Matura 2 O level Module - M Internet & web page designing by V.K.Jain BPB Publications. 3 E-Commerce An Indian Perspective (Second Edition) by P.T. Joseph, S.J. Presentice-Hall of India 4 Internet for Everyone - Alexis Leon and Mathews Leon, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi 5 Internet for Dummies - Pustak Mahal, new Delhi

6 Page 6 of 7 SCAA Dt PAPER IV DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UNIT I : Data and information Limitations of Manual Data Processing Advantages of databases- DBMS- Functions of DBA- Elements pf DBMS : DDL,DML, Entities, Sets and attributes. Data Base Tables : Keys- Primary, Secondary, Composite and Foreign Key. UNIT II : Relations Data Bases Entity Relationship Types 1:1, M:N, strong and Weak entities, Recursive Data Base Design, Normalization, First, Second, Third, BCNF, Fourth, Class Diagrams and Entity Relation tables. UNIT III : Creating Tables, Modifying Table Structures Data Entity Edit Delete Importing Exporting table using MS Access. UNIT IV : Queries : QBE Select Queries Grouping Parameters Data Formatting, queries based on multiple sources Cross Tab Queries Action Queries Make Table Queries Append Delete and Update Queries using MS Access. UNIT V : Forms and Reports : Forms functions and uses creating, Modifying labels List Boxes, Dialog Boxes. Reports: Creating Modifying reports Creating Reports with Report Graphics Label Output format Form Letters. (Using MS-Access) 1. Peter Rob, Elie Semaan Databases Design, Development, & Deployment using Microsoft Access, TATA MCGRAW HILL EDITION 2. Fred R. McFadden, Modern Database Management, Addison Wesley

7 Page 7 of 7 SCAA Dt PAPER V - PRACTICAL COMPUTER LAB * Five numbers of practical topics should be identified from each theory papers. * Totally three should be twenty number of Computer Lab/Practical has to be identified from among the four theory papers. * However a minimum of fifteen numbers of Computer Lab/Practical must be completed by the students for this paper.

Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University, Bhopal DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER APPLICATION (DCA)

Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University, Bhopal DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER APPLICATION (DCA) Subject: Fundamentals of computers and information technology Maximum Marks: 30 1.What is computer? Write the different types of compute according to size and working process. What is history of computer?