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Understanding ETFs Uses, Returns and Comparison with Mutual Funds and Stocks

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Syllabus for IT Officer for IBPS (CWE- SPL-IV) Exam, Nov.-2014

Exam Pattern and syllabus for IT Officer for IBPS


v      Reasoning -   Verbal and Non-verbal both areas are covered in this segment of test.
Verbal Reasoning includes Analogy, Coding Decoding, Blood Relation, Sitting Arrangement, Series, Completion, Syllogism, Decision Making, and Statement Reasoning.

Non-verbal Reasoning includes Series Completion, Analogy, and Classification

v      English Language -
This segment of IBPS CWE test covers vocabulary, comprehension, error detection and rearrangement, grammar, Idioms and phrases.  Vocabulary includes Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Word Formation, sentence completion and comprehension includes theme detection, Deriving Conclusion, Passage Completion.

v      Quantitative Aptitude -
Arithmetic: Numbers, Simplification, Roots, Average, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Ratio & Proportion, Partnership, Chain Rule, Time & Work, Pipes & Cisterns, Time & Distance, Problems on Trains, Boats & Streams, Allegation, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Stocks & Shares, Clocks, Logarithms, Mensuration, Volume & Surface Area, Permutation & combination, Probability, Heights & Distances 

v      Professional Knowledge - Computer Science-
Professional Knowledge Syllabus for I.T. Officer (Scale I) and (Scale II) post:

Data Base Management System (DBMS) –RDBMS, Normalization, and Overview of SQL queries, E- R Diagrams, Transaction Management

Data Communication & NetworkingNetwork Architecture, OSI Model, TCP-IP Model, Data Communication, IP Addressing (Sub netting)

Operating System and system programming –Process, Thread, Types of OS, Semaphore, CPU Scheduling, Dead Lock, Memory Partitioning, Page Replacement

Software Engineering –Software Development life cycle (SDLC), Software Development Models

Web TechnologiesHTML Tags, XML

Network Security Cyber Crimes, Risk Management, Firewall, Cryptography

Computer organization & MicroprocessorBus Structure
Data Structure –Array, Linked List, Stacks
Programming Languages –Basics of C, C++, Basics of OOP (Objected oriented Programming)


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