Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University

Syllabus for Session 2006-07 & onwards

Master in Computer Application (MCA First Year)
CS-01: Computer Organisation and System Software
Unit - I
Number System Introduction, Binary Number System, Digital Signals and Logic
Gates Analog Signal, Binary Representation, Boolean Algebra, Postulates of Boolean
Algebra, Boolean Function Simplification. Logic Circuit Designing, Combinational
Logic Circuit Designing, Design, Procedure of a Combinational Circuit, Arithmetic
Circuits, Digital Circuit Design, Bi-directional Shift Register,

Unit - II
Digital Devices, Integrated Circuits, Digital Multiplexer, Demultiplexers, Decoder,
Encoders, Decoder Expansion, Computer Organization, Program, Registers, Instruction
Sets, Instruction Execution and Microoperation, 8086 Microprocessor, Interrupts,
Directives, Computer Arithmetic, Floating Point Numbers, Arithmetic Operation on
Floating Point Numbers, Division Algorithm, Multiplication,

Unit - III
Memory Organization, Memory Unit, Other Types of Memory, Associative Memory
(Content Addressible Memory), Hardware Organization of Associative Memory,
Building Large Memories Using Chips, Cache Memory, Virtual Memory,
Input/Output Organization, Introduction, Accessing I/O Devices, I/O Module, I/O
Techniques, Processor Bus, Subroutines, Program Interrupts, Control Organization,
Control Organization, Hardwired Control, Microprogrammed Control,
Microprogrammed Control Unit, Controller Function, Microinstructions,
Microinstruction Format, Sequencing and Execution, Micro operations

Unit - IV
Parallel Processing, Concept of Parallel Processing, Methods of Parallel Processing,
Techniques for Overcoming Pipelining Conflicts, Flynn's Classification, Vector
Processing, Memory Interleaving, Array Processors, Introduction To System Software,
System Software, Language Translators, Batch Monitors, Introduction to Software
Processors, Elements of Assembly Language Programming, Assembly Language
Statements, Overview of Assembly Process, Design of Assembler, Data Structure, Pass
Structure of Assemblers, Modularity
Unit - V
Loaders, Loader, Linking and Loading Schemes, Subroutine Linkages, Program
Relocatability, Linking for Program Overlays, What is a Compiler?, Approaches to
Compiler Development, Structure of a Compiler, Passes, Macros, Macro, Macro
Definition and Usage, Conditional Assembly, Expansion Time Variables, Nested Macro
Calls, Schematics for Macro Expansion, Design of a Macro Preprocessor, Introduction
to Operating Systems, What is an Operating System?, Evolution of Operating System,
Kernel of an Operating System, Real Time Operating Systems, Time Sharing Systems,
Services Offered by OS, Accounting.
 CS-02: Programming in C

Unit - I
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMMING
Introduction to Computer Based Problem Solving :Problem Definition, Problem
Solving, Goals and Objectives, Problem Identification and Definition, Program Design
& Implementation Issues :Programming Algorithm, System Design Techniques,
Programming Techniques, Basic Constructs of Structured Programming, Modular,
Design of Programs, Communication between Modules, Module Design Requirements
Programming Environment Computer Programming Languages, Types of
Programming Languages, Generations of Programming Languages, Machine Level
Language (1940-1950), Assembly Language (1950-1958), Assembler, High Level
Languages (1958 Onwards), Compiler, Interpreter, Popular High Level Programming
Languages, Fourth Generation Programming Languages, (4GLs): (1985 Onwards),
Application Program Generators (APGs),

Unit - II
FUNDAMENTALS OF C PROGRAMMING
Overview of C Language :History of C Language, Features of C Language, Why is C
Language Popular?, Using Borland C on DOS Platform, Using Borland C on UNIX
Platform, Components of C Language, Structure of a C Program, A Sample C
Language Program, Data Types, Variables and Constants : Data Types, Variables,
Constants Operators, Type Modifiers and Expressions: Operators, Type Modifiers,
Expressions, Type Definitions Using typedef Basic Input/Output Introduction to
Input/Output, Console I/O Functions, Unformatted Console I/O Functions

Unit - III
ADVANCED PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
Control Constructs :Control Statements, Conditional Statements, Loops in C, The break
Statement, The Continue Statement, The exit( ) Function, The goto Statement, Arrays
Introduction to Arrays, One Dimensional Array, Strings, Two Dimensional Array, Multi-
dimensional Array, Functions: Introduction to Functions, Function Declaration and
Prototypes, Function Definition, Storage Classes, Scope and Lifetime of Declaration,
Passing Parameters to Functions, Command Line Arguments, Recursion in Function

Unit - IV
DYNAMIC DATA STRUCTURES
Pointers : Introduction to Pointers, Pointer Notation, Pointer Declaration and
Initialization, Accessing Variable through Pointer, Pointer Expressions, Pointers and One
Dimensional Arrays, Malloc Library Function, Calloc Library Function, Pointers and
Multi-dimensional Arrays, Arrays of Pointers, Pointer to Pointers, Pointers and
Functions, Functions with a Variable Number of Arguments, Structures: Structure
Definition, Giving Values to Members, Structure Initialization, Comparison of Structure
Variables, Arrays of Structures, Arrays within Structures, Structures within Structures,
Passing Structures to Functions, Structure Pointers , Unions: Union–Definition and
Declaration, Accessing a Union Member, Union of Structures, Initialization of a Union
Variable, Uses of Union, Use of User Defined Type Declarations Linked list :
Dynamic Memory Allocation, Linked List, Basic List Operations

Unit - V
MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES
File Handling in C : What is a File?, Defining and Opening a File, Closing a File,
Input/Output Operations on Files, Functions for Random Access to Files, Example
Programs, C Preprocessor: Introduction to Preprocessors, Macro Substitution
(#define), Undefining a Macro (#undef), File Inclusion, Conditional Compilation
Directives (#if, #else, #elif, #endif, #ifdef, #ifndef)
 CS-03: Data Structures and Algorithms
Unit - I
Preliminaries: Introduction, Algorithms and Data Structures Abstract Data Types
Implementations of Data Structures A Pseudo-code for the Algorithms Analysis of
Algorithms.
Arrays, Searching, Sorting, Records and Strings
Introduction, The Array Data Structure and its Memory Representation, Application of
Arrays, Sorting and Searching, Records, Strings.

Unit - II
Linked Lists
Introduction, Simple Linked List and its Application Special Linked Lists.
Stacks and Queues
Introduction, The ADT Stack The ADT Queue.
Unit - III
Trees
Introduction, Basic Definitions, Binary Tree and its Representation Binary Tree
Traversal, Binary Search Tree.

Unit - IV
Graphs
Introduction, Basic Definitions and Representation Traversal, Connected Components,
Spanning Trees, Directed Acyclic Graph and Topological Sort

Unit - V
Files
Introduction, Secondary Storage Devices Access Methods, External Sorting and
Searching.
Designing Applications in C
Introduction, Applications Using Arrays, Applications Using Arrays and Structures
Applications Using Linked List Applications Using Binary Trees
 CS-04: OPERATING SYSTEM

Unit - I
Introduction to Operating Systems: What is an Operating System? Evolution of
Operating Systems, Operating System Structure, Different Views of the Operating
System, Design and Implementation of Operating Systems, The Operating System Zoo,
The Concept of Process : Process, Implicit and Explicit Tasking, Process Relationship,
Process State, Process. Control Block, Process Scheduling, Context Switch, Operations
on Process, Operating-System Services for Process Management, Threads, Interprocess
Communication.

Unit - II
CPU Scheduling : Basic Concepts, CPU-I/O Burst Cycle, Scheduling, Types of
Schedulers, Dispatcher, Scheduling Criteria, Multiple -level Scheduling, Real-Time
Scheduling, Algorithm Evaluation, Process Synchronization : The Critical-section
Problem, Synchronization Hardware, Semaphores, Classical Problems of
Synchronization, Critical Region, Monitors, Atomic Transactions.

Unit - III
Deadlocks, System Model, Deadlock Characterization, Methods For Handling
Deadlocks, Deadlock Prevention, Deadlock Avoidance, Dead lock Detection, Recovery
from Deadlock, Memory Management, Background, Logical Versus Physical Address
Space, Swapping, Contiguous Allocation, Paging, Segmentation, Virtual Memory :
Background, Demand Paging, Performance of Demand Paging, Page Replacement, Page
Replacement Algorithms.

Unit – IV
File Systems, Files, Directories, File System Implementation, Security and Protection,
Security Threats and Goals, Penetration Attempts, Security Policies and Mechanisms,
Authentication, Protection and Access control, Cryptography
Multiprocessor Systems, Background, Motivation and Classification, Multiprocessor
Interconnections, Types of Multiprocessor Operating Systems, Multiprocessor OS
Functions and Requirements, Introduction to Parallel Programming, Multiprocessor
Synchronization, Network Structures, Background, Motivation, Topology, Network
Types.

Unit - V
Distributed System Structure, Background, Motivation, Topology, Network Types,
Communication, Design Strategies, Distributed File Systems, Background, Naming and
Transparency, Remote File Access, File Replication, Distributed Coordination, Event
Ordering, Mutual Exclusion, Atomicity, Deadlock Handling, Performance Measurement,
Monitoring and Evaluation, Background, Need for Performance Monitoring and
Evaluation, Performance Measures, Performance Evaluation Techniques, Bottlenecks
and Saturation
 CS-05: Database Management Systems
Unit - I
DBMS: An Introduction, Data Base Management System-Basic Concepts, Data and
Database, Database System: Concept and Meaning, Disadvantages of File Systems,
Advantage of Database Approach, Disadvantages of Using a DBMS, Database
Languages, Database Administrator, Database Designers, Database Users., Database
Manager, Data Base Management System-Architectures and Features, Data Abstraction,
DBMS Architecture, Data Independence, System Architecture, Data Model.
Entity Relationship Model: Entities and Relations, Entities and Entity Sets
Attributes, Relationships, Design Choice, Key, ER-diagram, The Entity Relationship
Diagram, Types of Attributes, Role, Attribute of Relationships, Participation, Cardinality
Constraints, Multiple Relationships, Keys, Weak Entity Sets, EER- model, Specialization
and Generalization, Constraints on Specialization and Generalization, Aggregation,
Simplification, Constraints beyond the ER Model,
Unit - II
Relational Data Model : Relations, What is Relation?,Different Features of a Relation,
Relation Scheme, Constraints, Entity Integrity Constraints, Referential Integrity,
Relational Algebra-I, Operands of Relational Algebra, The Selection Operator, The
Projection Operator, Union, Intersection and Set- Difference, Cartesian Product, The
Renaming Operator, Completeness of Relational Algebra, Relational Algebra-II, The Join
Operator, Division Operator, Database Modification, Relational Operations are Closed,
Outer Join, Generalized Projections, Aggregate Functions, Implementing Relational
Algebra Operations, Relational Calculus, Tuple Relational Calculus, Domain Relational
Calculus, Domain versus Tuple Calculus, Relational Calculus versus Relational Algebra.
Unit - III
Relational Database Design :Functional Dependencies, Anomalies in Databases,
Functional Dependencies, Inference Rules fur FDs, Attribute Closure, Normal Forms,
Normal Forms, First Normal Form, Second Normal Form, Third Normal Form, Boyce-
Codd Normal Form, Decomposition and Other Dependencies, Attribute Preservation,
Loss-Less Join Decomposition
Dependency Preservation, Multi-Valued Dependency, Join Dependencies, The Process of
Normalization
Unit - IV
Concurrency and Recovery : Transaction Processing What is Transaction?, Properties
of Transaction, Major Actions of a Transaction What is Recovery?, Concurrent
Execution of Transactions System Log. Concurrency Control, What is a Schedule?,
Recoverability of Schedules, What is Serial Schedule?, Serializable Schedule, Recovery
Procedures, Structures for Recovery Procedures, Log with Deferred Updates, Logging
with Immediate Updates, Check pointing, Recovery, Conflict Serializability, Lock based
Concurrency Control, Two Phase Lock protocol, Deadlock, Deadlock Prevention,
Deadlock Detection, Livelock, Timestamp Ordering, Optimistic Concurrency Control.
SQL: A Query Language: Data Definition With SQL, SQL Schema Definition, Table
Definition, Column Definition, Data Types in SQL, Domain Definition, Table
Constraints, Modification, Catalog, Basic SQL Queries, Basic SQL Query, Union,
Intersect, Nested Queries, Aggregate, Operators, GROUP BY and HAVING Clause,
Joined Relations, Joined Conditions, Advanced Topics: Embedded SQL, Host Variable
Definition, Embedded Exception Declaration, Cursors, SQL Procedure Statements,
Dynamic SQL, Java as the Host Language, SQL3

Unit - V
File Structure : The Storage Hierachy, Disks, Blocks, Access Time, RAID, Magnetic
Tapes, Field Structure, File Organisation, Different File Organisations. Indexing
Techniques : What is Indexing?, Structure and Operations on index File, Types of Index,
Tree-structures Index, B+ Tree Index, Operations on B+ Tree, Hashing Techniques:
What is Hashing, A Hashing Function, Collision Resolution, Dynamic Hashing,
Extendible Hashing.
Object Oriented Data Model: Introduction to Object-oriented, Raising the level of data
Abstraction, Methods and Encapsulation, OODBMS Concepts and meaning, Different
approaches to OODBMS, Features of OODBMS, Advantages of an OODBMS,
Architecture of OODBMS.
 CS-06: MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Unit – I

Set Theory, Introduction, The Concept of a Set, Notations, Representation of a Set,

Types of Sets, Theorem on Subsets, Number of Subsets of a Set, Venn Diagram, Set
Operations, Laws of Union of Sets, Laws of Intersection of Sets, Law of Complement of
a Set, Theorem (on Symmetric Difference), De-Morgan's Laws, Applications of Venn
Diagrams,
Ordered Pairs, Relations & Functions, Ordered Pairs, Equality of Ordered Pairs,
Cartesian Product of Sets, Theorems on Cartesian Products, Relation, Domain and Range
of a Relation, Inverse Relation, The Inverse of an Inverse Relation, Binary (or Dyadic)
relations, Type of Relations, Equivalence Relations, Equivalence Class, Properties of
Equivalence Classes, Composition of Two Relations, Partition of a Set, Partial Order,
Theorem, Functions (Mapping), Types of Mapping, Other Specific Mappings, Types of
Binary Operations, Algebraic Structure, Graph of a Function, Real Valued Map, Product
of Functions, Method of Construction of Operation Table, Countable and Uncountable
Sets.
Unit - II
Posts and Lattices, Partially Ordered Sets (Posets), Totally Order Set, Diagrammatic
Representation of a Poset: (House diagrams), Definitions, Maximal Element, Minimal
Element, Duality, Product of Two Posets, Lattice, Duality and the Idempotent law, Semi-
lattices, Complete lattices, Sublattice, Convex Sublattice, Distributive lattice,
Complements, Complemented lattices
Groups, Introduction-Algebraic Structures, Groups: Definition, Abelian Group, Order of
a Group, Semi-group, Some General Properties of Groups, Some Important Theorems on
Groups, Theorem on Subgroups, Homomorphism (Definition), Isomorphism (Definition),
Theorems on Homomorphism, Definition (Kernel of f), Theorems on Homomorphism,
Definition (Cyclic Groups), Fundamental Theorem of Homomorphism,

Unit - III
Rings and Fields, Introduction, Rings in General, Some Special Classes of Rings, Field
and its Axioms, Sub-ring and Sub-fields, Discrete Numeric Functions, Introduction.
Discrete Numeric Functions, Manipulation of Numeric Functions, Sealed Version, The
Forward and Backward Difference, Convolution of two Numeric Functions, Asymptotic
Behaviour of Numeric Functions, Asymptotical Dominance, Big-'OH' Notation, Big-
omega '(1' and Big-theta '6' Notation,
Generating Functions, Introduction, Useful Facts about Power Series, Counting
Problems and Generating Functions
Recurrence Relations, Introduction, linear Recurrence Relations with Constant
Coefficients, Homogeneous Solutions,
Particular Solution, Total Solution, Solution by Method of Generating Functions.
Unit - IV
Boolean Algebra, Introduction, Boolean Expressions and Boolean Functions,
Identities of Boolean Algebra, Duality, Algebra of Switching Circuits
Mathematical Reasoning, Introduction, Statement, Logical Connectives and Compound
Statements, Negation, Conjunction, Disjunction, Polish Notation or Prefix Notation,
Truth Value of Compound Statements, Statement Formulas and Truth Tables,
Conditional Statement, Biconditional Statement, Tautologies, Duality Law, Tautological
Implications, Arguments, Arguments and Statement, Predicates and Quantifiers,
Quantifiers, Existential Quantification.
Introduction to Concept of Automata, Historical aspect of Automata, Is the Study of
Automata Theory Fruitful & Futuristic?

Unit - V
Finite State Machines, Finite Automata, Deterministic Finite Automata,
Nondeterministic Finite Automata, Mealy and Moore Models (Finite Automata with
Outputs), Reduction of the Number of States in Deterministic Finite Automata, Regular
Expression, Construction of Finite Automata for Regular Expression,
Construction of the Regular Expression from Finite Automata, Properties of Regular
Sets, The Pumping Lemma for Regular Sets, Boolean Operation, Equivalence of Two
Automatas
Context Free Grammars, Grammars, Bacus Naur Form (BNF), Derivation Trees or
Parse Trees, Ambiguous Grammars, Reduction of Context - Free Grammars, Normal
Forms for Context Free Grammars, Regular Grammars, Push Down Automata (PDA),
The Chomsky Hierarchy, The Pumping Theorem for Context Free Languages, Properties
of Context-Free Languages.
Introduction to Turing Machine, Turing Machine, Turing Machines for Computing
Functions, Turing Machines as Language Acceptors, Combining Turing Machines
 CS-07: GUI Programming in VB

Unit – I

Visual Basic at a Glance : Program Design and Implementation, Introduction to Visual

Basic, Hardware and Software Requirements of Visual Basic, Terms Often used in Visual
Basic, Programming in Visual Basic, Editing and Writing Code in the Code Window,
Programming an Application, The Integrated Development Environment : The Visual
Basic, ToolBars, Customizing a Toolbar, Menu Bars, The Project Explorer, The
Properties Window, The Code Window, The Form Window, The Debug Windows, The
Toolbox Window Adding/Removing Custom Controls to the Toolbox, Organizing the
Toolbox, Using the Application Wizard, Resource Files, Projects, Form Files, Creating a
New Project, Saving the Project, Creating a Project Group.

Unit – II

The Language Reference : Knowing Visual Basic, Summary of Data Types, Variables,
Deftype Statements, User Defined Data Types, Constants, Operators, Control Flow
Statements, With-End with Statements, Arrays, Error Handling, Debugging and
Sorting Techniques : Possibilities of Errors, Using Coding Conventions and Putting
Comments, Debugging, Handling Errors, Exit Statements, List of Some Trappable
Errors, Sorting Techniques, Implementing Algorithms.

Unit – III

Object Oriented & Event Driven Programming in Visual Basic : Object Oriented
Programming, Objects and Classes, Few Terms Used in OOP, Object Linking and
Embedding (OLE), Component Object Model, Creating Object Variables, Creating
Control Arrays, Detecting Controls Forms and Menus : Form’s Basics, Important
Properties of Forms, Forms Collection Controlling One Form Within Another – MDI,
Using an MDI Form, Menus and the Menu Editor, Pop-Up Menus , Example on Using
Pop-Up Menus, Dialog Boxes Displaying, Dialogs Creating a Modal Dialog Box The
Message Box, Common Dialog Boxes, The InputBox,

Unit – IV

Using Basic Controls : Basic Controls, Introducing Label Control, The Text Box
Control, The List Box and Combo Box Controls, Radio Buttons and Check Boxes, Scroll
Bars, Example Using Option Buttons, Check Boxes and Scroll Bars, Timer Control
Running Lights Application, Creating a Flying-Message Application, Image Control,
Using Enhanced Controls : The Directory List Box, The Drive List Box, The File List
Box, Copying and Searching Files, The Rich Text Box Control, Creating a Preview
Document Application, The Key State Control, The Status Bar Control, Progress Bar
Control, Slider Control.
Unit – V

New ActiveX Controls : ActiveX Controls, Image List Control, The Toolbar Control,
The Coolbar Control, ImageCombo Control, The MonthView Control, The ListView
Control, Example Using a ListView Control, TreeView Control, Example Using
TreeView Control, Microsoft Masked Edit Controls, The FlatScrollBar Control, The
DateTimePicker Control VBA and OLE Automation : VBA and OLE Automation,
Development Environment of VBA, OLE Automation, Automating Office Applications,
The Application Object, Using Excel’s Objects, Word Object Model, Experimenting
with Word and Excel Objects Using the Application Programming : Introduction to
API, Dynamic Link Libraries : Windows API Library Files, Remote Procedure Calls
(RPC), Declaring a DLL Function, Passing Information to The Windows API Function,
Collecting Return Values, The API Viewer Application, Viewing the Win32api.txt File
with a Text Editor, Using Application Programming Interface, Graphics Device Interface,
Device Context, Using The FlashWindow() API Function, Some Important API
Functions.