COMPUTER STUDIES

SS 2

FIRST TERM
WEEK TOPIC/CONTENT ACTIVITIES

1 CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU) - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to lis t

- A r ith m e tic a n d lo g ic u n it a n d c o n tro l u n it
- F u n c tio n o f A L U a n d C o n tro l u n it
C P U c o m p o n e n ts e .g . A L U ,
C o n tro l u n it, e tc.
- S ta te s fu n c tio n s o f A L U a n d
c o n tro l u n it e .g . e x p la in s A L U -
a c c e p t a n d e x e c u te s a n y
a r ith m e tic a n d lo g ic o p e ra tio n s
w h ile c o n tro l u n it c o n tr o ls all
o p e ra tio n s in p u tte d to th e s y s te m .

2 MEMORY UNIT - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to lis t

- T y p e s o f m e m o ry ty p e s o f m e m o ry e .g .
- D e s c r ip tio n of: i) P rim a ry m e m o ry ( m a in m e m o ry )
i) P r im a r y m e m o ry ii) S e c o n d a ry m e m o ry ( a u x ilia ry )
ii) S e c o n d a r y m e m o ry - D e s c r ip tio n of: p r im a r y m e m o ry
i) R a n d o m a c c e s s m e m o ry (R A M )
ii) R e a d o n ly m e m o ry ( R O M )
S e c o n d a r y m e m o ry :
F la s h d riv e , h a rd d is k , c o m p a c t
d is k (C D ), d ig ita l v id e o d is k (D V D )

3 MEMORY UNIT - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to d is p la y
- D iffe r e n c e s b e tw e e n p r im a r y a n d a u x ilia r y s to ra g e d e v ic e s a s
s e c o n d a r y m e m o ry s e c o n d a r y s to ra g e e .g . flo p p y d is k ,
fla s h d riv e , c o m p a c t d is k , e tc.
- U n its o f s to ra g e :
B its , n ib b le , b y te s , k ilo b y te s (K B ),
m e g a b y te s (M B ), g ig a b y te s ,(G B ) ,
te ra b y te s (T B )

4 MEMORY UNIT
i) C o n v e r s io n fro m o n e u n it to th e o th e r
ii) C o m p a r is o n o f a u x ilia r y s to ra g e
d e v ic e s .
- T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to
c o m p a r e p r e s e n tly a v a ila b le
s to ra g e d e v ic e s ( s iz e , m e m o ry
c a p a c ity ) e .g . s iz e , s p e e d ,
te c h n o lo g y ( o p tic a l, m a g n e tic a n d
s e m ic o n d u c to r )
- T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to c a rry
o n e s im p le a r ith m e tic o n
c o n v e rs io n fro m o n e u n it to
a n o th e r. E .g . 1 K ilo b y te (K B ) = 1 0 0 0
 b y te s e tc.

5 LOGIC CIRCUITS - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to d e fin e

- D e fin itio n o f lo g ic g a te lo g ic g a te
- T y p e s o f lo g ic g a te s - G u id e s s tu d e n ts to lis t ty p e s o f
lo g ic g a te s e .g . A N D , n O t , OR, by
th e u s e o f d r a w in g c h a rts .

6 LOGIC CIRCUITS - D is p la y s s y m b o ls o f lo g ic g a te s o n
- S y m b o ls o f e a c h lo g ic g a te a c h a rt
- In p u t a n d o u tp u t s ig n a ls f o r A N D , N O T , - T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to
O R g a te s . id e n tify th e s ig n a ls in e a c h g a te
s y m b o l.

7 LOGIC CIRCUITS - T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to
- T ru th ta b le c o n s tr u c tio n fo r A N D , N O T , c o n s tr u c t tru th ta b le fo r g a te
OR - W r ite lo g ic e q u a tio n s , e tc
- E q u a tio n fo r: A N D , N O T ,O R g a te s .

8 LOGIC CIRCUITS - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to s ta te
- U s e s o f lo g ic g a te s th e d iffe r e n c e s a m o n g th e th re e
- L o g ic c ir c u its N (A L )A lte rn a tiv e lo g ic g a te s
g a te s ) -A s b u ild in g b lo c k s fo r
h a r d w a r e /e le c tr o n ic c o m p o n e n ts .
- D e s c r ip tio n o f a lte r n a tiv e lo g ic
g a te s .

9 ALTERNATIVE LOGIC GATES II - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to lis t

- T y p e s o f a lte r n a tiv e lo g ic g a te s
- S y m b o ls o f e a c h lo g ic g a te
- In p u t/o u tp u t s ig n a ls
ty p e s o f a lte r n a tiv e lo g ic g a te s ,
e g . N A N D , N O R , e tc .
- D is p la y s s y m b o ls o f a lte r n a tiv e
lo g ic g a te s o n a c h a rt
- G u id e s s tu d e n ts to id e n tify th e
s ig n a ls in e a c h g a te s y m b o l, i.e.
NAND, NOR.

1O ALTERNATIVE LOGIC GATE II - T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to

- T ru th ta b le c o n s tr u c tio n
- E q u a tio n fo r: N A N D , N O R g a te s
- U s e s o f lo g ic g a te s
c o n s tr u c t tru th ta b le fo r e a c h g a te :
i.e. N A N D , N O R
- W r ite a lo g ic e q u a tio n f o r e a c h
-U s e s o f lo g ic g a te s : A s b u ild in g
b lo c k s f o r h a r d w a r e o r e le c tr o n ic
c o m p o n e n ts e tc
- C o n s tr u c tio n o f s im p le
c o m p a r a to r s u s in g N O R /N A N D ,
X O R g a te s
11 COMPUTER DATA CONVERSION - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to d e fin e :
- D e fin itio n i) R e g is te r
- T y p e s o f r e g is te r s ii) A d d re s s
- F u n c tio n o f e a c h r e g is te r a n d m a in iii) B u s in e s s
m e m o ry - T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to lis t
ty p e s o f M D R , C IR , a n d S Q R .
- S ta te th e fu n c tio n s o f e a c h
r e g is te r a n d m a in m e m o ry .

12 COMPUTER DATA CONVERSION - T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to

- D iffe r e n c e s b e tw e e n r e g is te r a n d m a in
m e m o ry
- O u tlin e s te p s
- F a c to r s a ffe c tin g s p e e d d a ta tr a n s fe r
id e n tify d iffe r e n c e s b e tw e e n
r e g is te r a n d m a in m e m o ry
- O u tlin e s te p s in d a ta c o n v e rs io n
e .g . ‘d a ta - fe tc h - e x e c u te ’ c y c le in a
s im p le fo rm .
- S ta te s fa c to r s a ffe c tin g d a ta
tra n s fe r: B U S -S p e e d , B U S -W id th ,
e tc .

13 R e v is io n R e v is io n
14 E x a m in a tio n E x a m in a tio n
 COMPUTER STUDIES

SS 2 SECOND TERM

WEEK TOPIC/CONTENT ACTIVITIES

1 CONCEPT OF COMPUTER - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to d e fin e e a c h

FILES te rm
- D e fin itio n i) C o m p u te r
- T y p e s o f d a ta ite m s ii) R e c o rd
- F ile s tr u c tu r e o r g a n iz a tio n iii) F ie ld
iv ) D a ta ite m
- G u id e s s tu d e n ts to lis t th e ty p e s o f d a ta
ite m : n u m e ric , a lp h a b e tic , a lp h a - n u m e r ic
-F ile s tru c tu r e o r g a n iz a tio n (fro m d a ta
ite m )

2 CONCEPT OF COMPUTER - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to lis t ty p e s o f

FILES file o rg a n iz a tio n
- T y p e o f file o r g a n iz a tio n i) S e ria l
- M e th o d s o f a c c e s s in g file s ii) S e q u e n tia l
- C la s s ific a tio n o f file iii) In d e x e d
iv ) R a n d o m
-M e th o d s o f a c c e s s in g o f file s , e .g . a s
above
- C la s s ific a tio n of:
i) M a s te r file
ii) T r a n s a c tio n file
iii) R e fe r e n c e file
- C r ite ria fo r c la s s ify in g file s : N a tu re o f
c o n te n t.
- O r g a n iz a tio n m e th o d
- S to ra g e m e d iu m

3 HANDLING COMPUTER FILE: - T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to lis t b a s ic

- B a s ic o p e ra tio n o n c o m p u te r file s
- S te p s in v o lv e d in c r e a tin g
s e q u e n tia l file
- S te p s in v o lv e d in a c c e s s in g
s e q u e n tia l file a b o v e u s in g b a s ic
file
o p e ra tio n s o n c o m p u te r file s , e .g .
c re a tio n , d e le tio n , c o p y , re trie v a l, v ie w ,
u p d a te , o p e n , c lo s e .
- O u tlin e s s te p s in v o lv e d in file c re a tio n
u s in g B A S IC p r o c e s s in g s ta te m e n ts e .g .
E x a m file w ith m a th a n d E n g lis h a n d
h a n d s - o n - e x p e r ie n c e ( H - O - E )
- O u tlin e s te p s in v o lv e d in file a c c e s s in g
u s in g B A S IC p r o c e s s in g s ta te m e n ts .
4 HANDLING COMPUTER FILES
- B a s ic file p r o c e s s in g
- E ffe c t o f file in s e c u r ity
- M e th o d s o f file s e c u r ity
5 HANDLING COMPUTER FILES
- D iffe r e n c e b e tw e e n c o m p u te r
file s a n d m a n u a l file s
- A d v a n ta g e s o f c o m p u te r iz e d file s
- L im ita tio n s
6 LOGIC CIRCUITS
- S y m b o ls o f e a c h lo g ic g a te
- In p u t a n d o u tp u t s ig n a ls f o r A N D ,
N O T , O R g a te s .
7 LOGIC CIRCUITS
- T ru th ta b le c o n s tr u c tio n fo r A N D ,
NO T, O R
- E q u a tio n fo r: A N D , N O T ,O R
g a te s .
8 LOGIC CIRCUITS
- U s e s o f lo g ic g a te s
- L o g ic c ir c u its N (A L )A lte rn a tiv e
lo g ic g a te s )
9 ALTERNATIVE LOGIC GATES II
- T y p e s o f a lte r n a tiv e lo g ic g a te s
- S y m b o ls o f e a c h lo g ic g a te
- In p u t/o u tp u t s ig n a ls
1O ALTERNATIVE LOGIC GATE II
- D e s c r ib e s file in s e c u r ity a n d its e ffe c ts
i) D a ta lo s s a n d is c a u s e s
ii) O v e r w r itin g
- L e a d s s tu d e n ts to m e n tio n file s e c u r ity
m e th o d s :
i) U s e o f b a c k u p s
ii) U s e o f a n tiv iru s
iii) P a s s w o rd
iv ) P r o p e r la b e l o f s to ra g e d e v ic e s , e tc.
- T e a c h e r le a d th e d is c u s s io n to id e n tify
d iffe r e n c e s b e tw e e n c o m p u te r file s a n d
m a n u a l filin g s y s te m
- A d v a n ta g e s a re : m o re s e c u re d , fa s t to
a c c e s s , le s s la b o rio u s , m o re re lia b le ,
n e a tly m o d ifie d
- S ta te s lim ita tio n o f c o m p u te r iz e d file e .g .
E x p e n s iv e to s e t it u p
- Ir r e g u la r p o w e r s u p p ly , e tc .
- D is p la y s s y m b o ls o f lo g ic g a te s o n a
c h a rt
- G u id e s s tu d e n ts to id e n tify th e s ig n a ls in
e a c h g a te s y m b o l.
- T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to c o n s tr u c t
tru th ta b le f o r g a te
- W r ite lo g ic e q u a tio n s , e tc
- T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to s ta te th e
d iffe r e n c e s a m o n g th e th re e g a te s
-A s b u ild in g b lo c k s fo r
h a r d w a r e /e le c tr o n ic c o m p o n e n ts .
- D e s c r ip tio n o f a lte r n a tiv e lo g ic g a te s .
- T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to lis t ty p e s o f
a lte r n a tiv e lo g ic g a te s , e .g . N A N D , N O R ,
e tc .
- D is p la y s s y m b o ls o f a lte r n a tiv e lo g ic
g a te s o n a c h a r t
- G u id e s s tu d e n ts to id e n tify th e s ig n a ls in
e a c h g a te s y m b o l, i.e. N a N d , N O R .
- T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to c o n s tr u c t
 - T ru th ta b le c o n s tr u c tio n
- E q u a tio n fo r: N A N D , N O R g a te s
- U s e s o f lo g ic g a te s
tru th ta b le f o r e a c h g a te : i.e. N A N D , N O R
- W r ite a lo g ic e q u a tio n f o r e a c h
-U s e s o f lo g ic g a te s : A s b u ild in g b lo c k s
f o r h a r d w a r e o r e le c tr o n ic c o m p o n e n ts
e tc
- C o n s tr u c tio n o f s im p le c o m p a r a to r s
u s in g N O R /N A N D , X O R g a te s

11 COMPUTER DATA - L e a d s s tu d e n ts to d e fin e :

CONVERSION i) R e g is te r
- D e fin itio n ii) A d d re s s
- T y p e s o f r e g is te r s iii) B u s in e s s
- F u n c tio n o f e a c h r e g is te r a n d - G u id e s s tu d e n ts to lis t ty p e s o f M D R ,
m a in m e m o ry C IR , a n d S Q R .
- S ta te th e fu n c tio n s o f e a c h r e g is te r a n d
m a in m e m o ry .

12 COMPUTER DATA - G u id e s s tu d e n ts to id e n tify d iffe r e n c e s

CONVERSION b e tw e e n r e g is te r a n d m a in m e m o ry
- D iffe r e n c e s b e tw e e n r e g is te r a n d - O u tlin e s te p s in d a ta c o n v e rs io n e .g .
m a in m e m o ry ‘d a ta - fe tc h - e x e c u te ’ c y c le in a s im p le
- O u tlin e s te p s fo rm .
- F a c to r s a ffe c tin g s p e e d d a ta - S ta te s fa c to r s a ffe c tin g d a ta tra n s fe r:
tr a n s fe r B U S -S p e e d , B U S -W id th , e tc

13 R e v is io n R e v is io n
14 E x a m in a tio n E x a m in a tio n
 COMPUTER STUDIES

SS 2

THIRD TERM

WEEK TOPIC/CONTENT ACTIVITIES

1 ALGORITHMS AND FLOW CHART - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to d e fin e

- D e fin itio n
- C h a r a c te r is tic s o f A lg o r ith m s
- F u n c tio n s o f A lg o r ith m
a lg o r ith m a n d flo w c h a r t
- L is t th e fu n c tio n s o f a lg o rith m
- T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to lis t
c h a r a c te r is tic s o f a lg o rith m , e .g . fin ite ,
e ffe c tiv e a n d u n a m b ig u o u s , e tc

2 ALGORITHM AND FLOW CHART T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to w r ite a

- W r itin g a lg o r ith m f o r s o lv in g a g iv e n s im p le a lg o rith m fo r:
p ro b le m . - C o m p u tin g a v e r a g e o f a g iv e n s e t o f
n u m b e rs
-E v a lu a tio n o f e q u a tio n :
Y = a (b -c )2 /d + 2 .
- P r in tin g o u t th e fir s t te n o d d n u m b e rs
e tc .

3 ALGORITHMS AND FLOW CHART - D e m o n s tra te flo w c h a r t s y m b o ls : I/O ,

- F lo w c h a r t s y m b o ls p ro c e s s , d e c is io n , e tc
- U s e o f e a c h flo w c h a r t s y m b o l - S ta te s w h a t e a c h s y m b o l r e p r e s e n t
- G u id e s s tu d e n ts to d r a w a p p ro p ria te
flo w c h a r t to s o lv e a g iv e n p ro b le m .

4 BASIC PROGRAMING II T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to id e n tify

- B u ild in fu n c tio n s b u ild -in fu n c tio n s :
- B a s ic n o ta tio n s i) S Q R ii) IN T (X ) iii) S IN (X ) iv) A B S ( X )
v ) R N D ( X ) v i) C O S (X ) v ii) T A N ( X ) v iii)
L O G (X ) ix) E X P (X )

5 BASIC PROGRAMMING II - B a s ic n o ta tio n o f a lg e b r a ic

- B a s ic n o ta tio n e x p r e s s io n s
i) V fr2 — 4 a c /2 a
ii) (x -y ) (x + y )
iii) (a + b )+ c /s in d
iv ) b = 1 /4 a c
v ) e x+y- S in (x + n y ), e tc.

6 BASIC PROGRAMING II T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to w r ite B A S IC

W r ite a b a s ic p ro g ra m to c o m p u te p r o g r a m m in g u s in g b u ilt in fu n c tio n s :
 a lg e b r a ic e q u a tio n s i) F in d s q u a re ro o t, S, ro u n d u p to a n
in te g e r
ii) F in d s q u a re ro o t o f n u m b e rs w ith a
g iv e n ra n g e .
iii) F in d th e c o s in e o f k n o w n v a lu e s
iv ) F in d th e ta n g e n t o f a g iv e n a n g le
v ) P lo t s in e w a v e c u rv e , p lo t c o s in e
c u rv e .

7A INTERNET - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to d e fin e :
D e fin itio n a n d s o m e c o m p u te r i) In te rn e t
in te r n e t te rm s ii S o m e b a s ic te rm s :
B ro w s e , b ro w s e r, c h a r t ro o m , c y b e r
c a fe , c y b e r s p a c e , d o w n lo a d .

7B INTERNET - T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to d e fin e
D e fin itio n o f in te r n e t a n d s o m e b a s ic s o m e b a s ic te rm s :
te rm s H o m e p a g e , H T M L , H T T P , In tra n e t,
In te rn e t s e r v ic e p ro v id e r, u p lo a d ,
p ro to c o l, w e b b ro w s e r, w e b p a g e , w e b
s ite .

8 INTERNET - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to lis t th e
M a in b r o w s e r s : m a in b ro w s e rs :
- F e a tu r e s in m a in b r o w s e rs i) In te rn e t e x p lo r e r
ii) N e ts c a p e n a v ig a tio n
iii) O p e ra
iv ) F ire fo x
- L e a d s s tu d e n ts to lis t th e fe a tu r e s in
m a in b ro w s e r, w in d o w , title b a r, m e n u
b a r, to o l b a r, a d d re s s b a r, e tc.

9 INTERNET - IT e a c h e r in s tr u c ts s tu d e n ts to v is it
I n te r n e t s e r v ic e s s o m e w e b s ite s
- W r ite n o te s o n th e b o a rd o n w h a t
th e y le a rn t o n th e ir v is it w e b s ite , e ­
m a il.
-E m a il d is c u s s io n g ro u p
- T e ln e t
-U s e n e t
-F T P
-W W W , e tc

10 ELECTRONIC MAIL(E-MAIL - T e a c h e r le a d s s tu d e n ts to d e fin e :

SERVICES) i) E le c tro n ic m a il
- D e fin itio n s ii) E -m a il; s e r v ic e s
 a. S e n d in g /re c e iv in g e -m a il
b. C h a rtin g
iii) S te p s in v o lv e d in o p e ra tin g m a il
box
iv ) S te p s in v o lv e d in c r e a tin g e -m a il
a c c o u n t.

11 ELECTRONIC MAIL(E-MAIL - T e a c h e r g u id e s s tu d e n ts to w r ite e ­

SERVICES)
- F e a tu r e s in a n e -m a il a d d re s s
- D e fin itio n o f c h a r tin g
m a il a n d w e b s ite a d d re s s e s a n d
id e n tify th e d iffe r e n c e s in th e ir
fe a tu r e s e .g .
i) fin e m a il@ fin e g o v in g .o r g
e -m a il a d d re s s
ii) w w w .fin e g o v in g .o r g
w e b s ite
- D e fin itio n o f c h a ttin g
- S te p s in v o lv e d in c h a ttin g .

12 R e v is io n R e v is io n
13 E x a m in a tio n E x a m in a tio n