How to prepare for Computer Awareness & Computer Knowledge
Majority of the students preparing for bank exams shows very little interest in computers, more importance given to subject like Reasoning and math oriented Quantitative Aptitude, so as result finally they end-up scoring very less in computers or sometimes disqualify. The fact is, majority of the students disqualify in bank exams that they don’t qualify in computers. Computer Awareness is very easy to score & qualify compare to other subjects. Students need to concentrate on computer basics & hands-on experience is needed.
Remember you have only 120 minutes for 200 Questions for IBPS & 135 minutes for 200 questions for SBI & SBI Associates examinations respectively. Computer awareness should be completed within 12-15 minutes.
First let us see topics and marks expected from each topics-
(common for Office Assistants/Clerk/PO/Specialist /I.T Officers Exams and pattern IBPS/SBI Ass. )
Topics Marks
1. Acronyms 1 Mark
2. Terminology 2 Marks
3. Computer basics (history, generations & evolutions) 5 Marks
4. Computer Organization (booting etc.,) 5 Marks
5. Computer Memories 2 Marks
6. Data Representation 2 Marks
7. Computer (Hardware/Software) 5 Marks
8. Operating systems (desktop, file & folders) 2 Marks
9. DBMS 2 Marks
10. Computer Networks 2 Marks
11. Internet 2 Marks
12. E-Commerce 0-1 Mark
13. Ms-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.,) 4 Marks
14. Network topology 0-1 Mark
15. Business systems 0-1 Mark
16. OSI Model 0-1 Mark
17. Digital electronics 0-1 Mark
18. Peripherals (Printer, ATM & MICR etc.,) 0-1 Mark
19. Microprocessors 0-1 Mark
20. Personalities (Inventors, designers etc.,) 0-1 Mark
Clerks/PO
It is evident from list for scoring more points, students preparing for Clerk/PO take only few topics likecomputer basics, organizations, memories, hardware/software Ms-office and on advance topics like Internet, computer networks etc., as many points allocated for these topics, marks will be doubled for these topics.(Clerks/PO).
Specialist/I.T Officers
Preparing for Specialist/I.T Officers you need to include topics like E-Governance, Cyber Crime & its prohibition, Call-centres, Offences in the world of Internet related to banking, phone banking, net banking, Hacking, Phishing & Spamming.
Computer/ Network security, malwares(virus, worms, Trojan horse etc.,), Antivirus softwares, Firewall options etc., Network security Encryption, cryptography, RSA
Data Transmissions, Serial & Parallel Transmissions, Synchronous & Asynchronous Transmissions, Simplex, Half and Full duplex etc., Multiplexing (FDM, WDM & TDM), Modulation (AM, FM & PM)
Computer Network, Network architecture, topologies, Operating systems, network components & Devices (Hub, switch, routers, bridges etc.,) and network cables( Twisted Pair, co-axial & Fibre optics)
DBMS, Database (relation, tuple etc.,) Database Modals, relationships, keys & constraints, SQL (DDL & DML) and Normalization
Programming, Occasionally questions from topics like Boolean Algebra, Logic gates (NOT, OR etc.,) and Programming (Unix, C, C++ & Java) may appear.
Nano Technology, Software engineering, SAD (System Analysis Designing & SDLC), Virtually Reality, Simulation modals, Embedded Computers, and Biometrics etc.,
Communication Technology, Wireless Communications (WiFi, WAP, Microwave transmissions etc.,) and electromagnetic devices