KASNEB RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR THE CERTIFIED INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGISTS (CICT) EXAMINATION CICT PART I SECTION 1 PAPER NO. 1 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING 1. Fundamentals of Computers V..Rogerman PHI Publishers 2. Principles of Computer Science Carol Reymolds Paul Tyman 3. Computer Fundamentals Pradeep Sinha Fourth 4. Essential Computer Mathematics Seymour Lipschutz McGraw Hill PAPER NO. 2 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (THEORY AND PRACTICAL) 1. Fundamentals of V..Rogerman PHI Publishers Computers 2. Principles of Computer Science Carol Reymolds Paul Tyman 3. How to do everything with Microsoft Office Access 2007 4. Teach yourself series; Publisher 2007, Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007 PAPER NO.3 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMUNICATION 1. Effective Business Communication Asha Koul 1
2. Entrepreneurship Robert D. Hisrich Michael P. Peters Dean A. Shepherd McGraw Hill 3. Communication Skills John W. Davis 4. Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Thomas Zimmerer Norman M. Scarborough 5. Communication Skills Leena Sein Prentice Hall Second 6. Communication For Business: A Practical Approach Shirley Taylor Pearson Fourth 7. Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases 8. Entrepreneurship Birley S. D. Muzyka Laura P. Hartman Pearson Sixth 9. Business English N. A. Saleemi SECTION 2 PAPER NO. 4 OPERATING SYSTEMS (THEORY AND PRACTICAL) 1. Operating Systems Design and Implementation Andrew S. Tanebaum Albert S. Woodhill Pearson Third 2. Operating Systems Internals and design principles William Stallings PAPER NO. 5 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 1. Business Accounting Volume I 2. A Textbook of Financial Accounting 3. Advanced Accounting: Theory and Practice 4. Advanced Accountancy Volume I Frank Wood Daniel W. Kimuda David Wang ombe S.J. Jain and K.L. Narang First 2
5. Basic Accounting N. D. Nzomo U.O.N Press 6. Accounting Theory and Practice M.W.E. Glautier B. Underdown PAPER NO. 6 COMPUTER SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE 1. Principles of Computer Hardware Alan Clement Fourth 2. Bigelow s Trouble shooting, maintaining and repairing PCs CICT PART II Tata McGraw Hill SECTION 3 PAPER NO. 7 DATABASE SYSTEMS 1. Database systems concept Silberchartz Koytta McGraw Hill Fifth 2. Fundamentals of Database Systems Elmasri and Navathe Pearsons International 3. Fundamentals of Database systems Alexis Leon Mathews Leon Vinjam Books PAPER NO. 8 STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING 1. C - Projects Yash Vashant Kanethkar 2. C by Example Noel Kalicharan 3. Learn C in three days Sam A. Aboulrous PAPER NO. 9 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 1. Systems analysis and design Shelly Cushman 2. Systems analysis and design Kendall 3
SECTION 4 PAPER NO.10 OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING 1. Object Oriented Analysis and Design 2. Java demystified A selfteaching guide Andrew Holgh Tata McGraw Hill J. M. Keogn McGraw Hill 3. Data Structures with Java John R. Hubbard Anita Murray PHI Publishers 4. Introduction to Visual Basic P. K. McBride Thomson Third 5. C++ Demystified - A selfteaching guide Jeff Kent PAPER NO. 11 DATA COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER NETWORKS ( THEORY AND PRACTICAL) TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER EDITION 1. Data Communication Networks 2. Multi-media Information Networking 3. Mobile and Wireless Design Essentials Sajay Sharma Kastan Books Nalin K. Sharda Martyn Mallic PAPER NO. 12 SYSTEMS SECURITY, PROFESSIONAL VALUES AND ETHICS TITLE AUTHOR PUBLISHER EDITION 1. CISSP Shan Hamis Tata McGraw Hill 2. Wireless Security- Models, Threats and Solutions 3. Digital Signatures- Network Security Practice 4. Computer Ethics and Professional Responsibility CICT PART III SECTION 5 Randall K. Nichols Panos C. Lekkas Kallash N. Gupta Kamlesh N. Aggrawal Bynum and Simon Rogerson PAPER NO.13 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT Tata McGraw Hill PHI Publishers Pearsons 4
1. Management: Concepts and Practices Tim Hannagan 2. Management Stephen P. Robbins Mary Coulter 3. Management (Principles and Practices) 4. Management A global perspective 5. Introduction to Management Principles and Processes N. A. Saleemi and J. B. Bogonko Heinz Weihrich Harold Koontz David Schwatz PAPER NO. 14 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Prentice Hall Saleemi Publishers McGraw Hill H.B.J. Media Systems Fifth Sixth Third 1. 2. 3. Software Engineering Fundamentals of Software Engineering Software Engineering Ian Sommerville Adson Wesley Rajib Mall K. K. Aggrawal Yogesh Singh PAPER N0.15 PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT 1. Effective Software Project Management 2. Information Systems Project Management 3. How to do everything with MS Office 2007 SECTION 6 Robert K. Wysocki Wiley Publishers David D. Olson Elaine Marmel PAPER NO.16 INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 1. Management Information Systems 2. IT Systems Management T. Lucey Rich Schiesser Prentice Hall - India 5
3. Managing Information Systems - Managing the digital firm Kenneth C. Laudon Jane P. Laudon Pearsons PAPER NO.17 WEB DESIGN, INTERNET PROGRAMMING AND E-COMMERCE 1. Internet and the Worldwide Web How to program Deitel and Deitel 2. FlashMX CS3 Professional 3. Introduction to E- Colin Combe business Management and Strategy 4. HTML by example Ann Navarro Todd Stauffer Philip Kerman SAMS Publishers Bit Books Publishers Prentice Hall India PAPER NO.18 RESEARCH METHODS 1. Research Methods - methods and techniques R. C. Kothari New Age Publishers Second 2. Research Methods O. Mugenda Second INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROJECT 1. Project Management Dennis Lock Gower Publishers Ninth 2. Project Management Life Cycle 3. Project Planning, Scheduling and Control 4. SAP Project Management Jascar Westland Method Publishers Ninth James P. Lewis Joy Gosh McGraw Hill 6
Other Reading and reference material 1. Relevant Journals of Information Communication Technology (ICT) 2. The internet 3. Relevant s of the KASNEB Newsline 4. Other relevant textbooks 7