3 chetan srivastva fundamentals of information

3. Chetan Srivastva,” Fundamentals of information Technology, Kalayani Publishers, 2003.
REFERENCE READINGS:
1. Williams B. K., Sawyer S.C., Hutchinson S. E., Using Information Technology, 3rd Edition,
TMH.
CSM - 118 : COMPUTER PROGRAMMING USING “C”
No. of Lectures : 40 Max. Marks : 50
to be delivered
Time Allowed : 3 Hours Min. Pass : 40% Aggregate
Marks
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER SETTER
The question paper will consist of three sections A, B and C. Each of sections A and B will have four
questions from the respective sections of the syllabus and section C will consist of one compulsory
question having eight parts of short-answer type covering the entire syllabus uniformly. All the questions
will carry equal marks.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES
Candidates are required to attempt five questions in all, selecting two questions from each
section A and B and the compulsory question of section C. All questions will carry equal marks.
Use of scientific non-programmable calculator is allowed
SECTION-A
Problem Solving with Computer : Algorithms, Pseudocodes and Flowcharts. Data types,
constants, variables, arithmetic and logical expressions, data input and output, assignment
statements, conditional statements, iteration.
Arrays, string processing, User-defined data types.
SECTION-B
Functions recursion, Parameter Passing by reference & by value. Structures, Multiple
structures, Arrays of structures, Unions, Files: Reading , Writing text and binary files, Pointers,
character pointers, pointers to arrays, Array of pointers, pointers to structures.
Debugging, testing and documentation ; structured programming concepts, top down &
Bottom-Up design approaches.
(The programming language C is to be taught along with the course in detail)
TEXT BOOKS
1. E. Balagurusamy, "Programming in C", Tata McGraw Hill.

2. Kanetkar, "Let Us C", BPB Publications.
REFERENCE READINGS
1. Richie and Kerningham, " C Programming".
2. Rajaraman, V: Fundamentals of Computers (PHI, 1992)
3. D. Dromey: How to solve it by Computer (Prentice-Hall 1985)
CSM-119 : SOFTWARE LAB-I
( PROGRAMMING IN "C" AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN STATISTICS)
Total Practical Sessions: 25 Max. Marks : 50
(each of two hours)
Time Allowed : 3 Hours Min. Pass : 40% Aggregate
Marks
INSTRUCTION FOR THE PAPER SETTER AND THE CANDIDATES
The setting and evaluation will be done by a board of examiners consisting of Head,
External examiner and the teacher(s) involved with the teaching of this paper.
The practical paper will consist of four exercises and the candidates will be required to
attempt any three exercises.
The break-up of marks for the University Examination will be as under:
Lab. Record : 6
Viva-voice : 6
Development of programmes : 18
& their execution
Lab Course:
The exercises will be based on the syllabus of the papers CSM-114(Computer Oriented
Statistical Methods-I) and CSM-118(Computer Programming using "C").