Competence in Software Technology (CST) Examination : Syllabus - Level E

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Competence in Software Technology (CST) Examination

Application Procedure

Syllabus

Level E | Level D | Level G

Computer Concepts (CC)

Computer basics: organization of a computer, characteristics of a computer, Central Processing Unit (CPU), types of instructions in CPU, input/output devices, computer memory, primary memory and secondary memory, memory organization, backup devices.

Data representation: representation of characters, integers and fractions, binary and hexadecimal representations.

Binary arithmetic: addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, signed arithmetic and two’s complement arithmetic, floating point representation of numbers, normalized floating point representations.

Foundations: Boolean algebra, truth tables and Venn diagrams.

Computer architecture: block structure of computers, communication between processor and memory, communication between processor and I/O devices, interrupts, multiprogramming, and virtual memory.

Computer languages: assembly language and characteristics of high-level languages.

Operating System basics: Multiprogramming and timesharing operating systems.

Programming using a subset of C: The candidate will not be required to write programs and there will not be any questions on syntax. But candidates should be able to read and understand programs involving the following:
the assignment statement, blocks, the input-output statements (scanf and printf), relational and arithmetic operators, conditional statements and iterations.

Computer Programming in C (CP)

Data types, expression evaluation, precedence rules, type conversions, sequential structure, selective structure, repetitive structure, functions (including recursion), arrays, pointers, structures and unions, operations on bits, file processing, pre-processor. The syntax assumed will be that of ANSI C. Approximately 20% of the questions will test the candidate's knowledge of the syntactical structure of 'C'. The remaining questions will test the candidate’s working knowledge and understanding of the 'C'.