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Topics for the Graduate Exam

151 Automation and computer-integrated technologies

Development of the information science.
Use of computers.
Types of software.
The development of hardware.
Ways of searching and retrieval of information.
Functions of OS.
Computer-aided software engineering.  
Systems engineering and its phases.
Cybernetics.
Computer simulation.  
Cable television systems.
Virtual reality.
Fiber optics. 
Types of architectures of a computer network.
Differenet processes of transmitting signals.
Memory storage units.   
Data transmission
Different graphics formats.  
Types of databases 
Computer programming 

121 Software engineering

Language paradigm categories. 
Software. 
Extreme Programming. 
A universal memory device. 
Software expertise. 
The computer technology in the criminal cases of financial-banking sphere. 
Tactics of search of the computer information. 
Software expertise. 
Multi-paradigm programming. 
Genetic Programming. 
Phases of system programming.
Software failures.
Increasing demand for software engineering.
Generic and customized product.
Difference between professional and amateur software development.
Computing cloud.
Four fundamental activities of software engineering.
Plan-driven and agile processes.
Waterfall model.
Principal stages of waterfall model.

122 Computer science

Software industry. 
The importance of system software for computer operation. 
What do we need the operating system for? 
A desktop and a laptop-advantages and disadvantages.
The development of Windows versions 
Antivirus programs.
The evolution of operating system. 
Device drivers. 
History of kernel development. 
History of programming.
Quality and reliability of software.
History of computer software.   
Trusted operating systems.
The invention and development of operating systems.
What is the difference between CLI ands GUI?
The development of Windows versions.
LINUX embedded devices-smart phones, mobile phones, digital video recorder etc.
What is Word processing.
The evolution of operating system.
Systems programming as the activity of programming system software.
 
113 Applied Mathematics
        
Applied mathematics today. 
New areas of mathematics.
McDonnell Douglas Corporation.  
The C-17 Globemaster.
The Euler-Lagrange system 
Nonlinear programming (NLP) algorithm. 
Origin of colour. 
C++ discrete event. 
Neuroscience and Maths.
T-Storms on the TeraGrid.
Global search.
Program theories.
Discrete mathematics and its applications.
Basic topics in discrete mathematics.
Mathematical and formal logic.
Mathematical logic and computer science.
Set theory.
Numerical mathematical programming.
Object-oriented analysis and design.
Practical problem analysis. 

123 Computer engineering

Engineering and computer graphics.
Fundamentals of programming.
Fundamentals of algorithmic languages.
Object Oriented Programming.
Languages of machine oriented programming.
System programming. 
Operating systems.
High level languages.
Programming technology. 
Creation of software product.
Software engineering.
Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC).
Web Programming. 
Global computer networks.
Computer circuit engineering.
Computer Architecture.
Principal tasks of electronic circuit engineering.
Static technologies.
Reverse engineering.
Language processors.

126 Information systems and technologies

Ñomputer software. 
System software. 
Operating system 
Common operating systems (MS-DOS and WINDOWS).
Common operating systems (MACINTOSH, OS\2 Warp, UNIX,LINUX, OPEN VMS). 
System Utilities Programs. 
What is a User Interface? 
Device drivers and interrupts. 
The system kernel. 
Software engineering. 
Phases of system programming.
Software industry.
Quality and reliability of software.
The importance of system software for computer operation.
The invention and development of operating systems.
What do we need the operating system for?
The development of Windows versions.
Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds, creators of Linux.
Antivirus programs.
The evolution of operating system.