Kerala Public Service Commission (Kerala PSC) has published the exam syllabus for System Manager.
Table of Contents
(1)Theoretical Foundations
Mathematical Logic: Prepositional Logic, Predicate Logic-Relations and functions – Algebraic systems-Recurrence Relations-Formal Languages and Automata-Computability-Algorithms and Complicity.
(2) Digital Logic
Number Systems and codes-Binary representation-Logic elements-Design of Combinational logic circuits and sequential logic circuits-logic system design using MUX, Decoders etc
(3) Programming Fundamentals
C programming: Data types-Data structures-Control structures-Files-Pointers Object Oriented Programming: Basics of OOPS-Data abstraction-inheritance-polymorphic-overloading-program design using C++
(4) System Software and Software Engineering
Linkers, Loaders, Assemblers, and Device drivers-Basics of each subsystem Issues in large software projectsSoftware life cycle-Phases in a software project-software testing-quality measures
(5) Compilers
Phases of the compilation process-Lexical analysis-Syntax analysis-top down and bottom up parsers intermediate code generation-code optimization-final code generation-run time storage management-symbol tables
(6) Operating systems
Functions of OS-Memory management-Process management-file management-device management-Protection Concurrency control
(7) Algorithms
Algorithm efficiency-Design methods-divide and conquer-greedy approach-dynamic programming- analysis
(8) Hardware Systems
Building blocks of digital computers- ALU-Binary Arithmetic-Control unit-Memory systems-Peripherals-Performance measures-Advanced architecture-Parallel processing.
(9) Networking
Data communication fundamentals-Types of networks-Media types-Network topologies – OSI layers-Error control and flow control-Protocols-Mobile communication
(10) Applications
Computer graphics-Multimedia-Artificial intelligence-Database management-Data mining-Internet technologies.