Syllabus for the JTO LICE 2009 IN BSNL

Scheme and Syllabus for the Limited 'Internal CompetitiveExamination (LICE)for filling up vacancies in the cadre of JuniorTelecom Officer (Telecom.) under 35% and 15% Internal Quota.

The Question Paper will consist of two parts as given under:

Subject Maxi.Marks-150 DurationPart A- General English & General Studies 50 Marks(Objective Multiple Choice Questions) (50Questions of one Mark each)Part B- Technical Paper (Specialization) 100Marks 3 Hrs.(Objective Multiple Choice Questions) (100Questions of one Mark each)1.2.The minimum qualifying marks in the examination will be 40%of total marks forGeneral candidates and 33%of total marks for SqST candidates.

Syllabus:-
2.1. Part A- General English & General Studies- 50Marks.Standard of the paper:-Standard of the paper will be such that of CBSEXth Standard.The question paper in General English shall be designed to test the candidate'sunderstanding of English.(i) Comprehension of given passages.(ii) Usages and vocabulary(iii) GrammarThe paper on General Studies shall include questions on the follOWingtopics:-(1) General Science.(2) Geography of India and its natural resources.(3) Current Events of National & International Importance.(4) General Mental Ability Test.Questions of General Science will cover General Appreciation and understanding ofScience including matters of everyday observations and experience, as may be expectedof an educated person, who has not made a special study of any scientific discipline.Questions in the Geography of India and its natural resources will relate to PhysicalSocial& Economic Geography of India.Questions on the General Mental Ability Test will include questions on Analogies,similarities, differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, Judgment,decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship, concepts,arithmetical reasoning, verbal & figure classification, arithmetical number series etc.2.2

Part B- TECHNICAL PAPER-(SPECIALIZATION) (100 Marks)Standard of paper: The standard of raper shall be that of an Engineering Diploma

Computer architecture:
Computer architecture, basic computer organization and design programming, CPU,I/O organization, memory organization. Control unit design. Familiarization withDOS and Windows-concept of file, directory, folder, Number systems, Programming-Elements of a high level programming language, PASCAL, C:Use of basic datastructures. Web Page Design; Scripting Language - Perl / CGI / JavaScript;Fundamentals of JAVA Programming; Advanced Features of JAVAProgramming.

Date communication and computer network:
Data Network and Networking Basics; MAC & Data Link Layer Network, Transport(TCP/IP). Introduction to Computer Network, LAN, MAN, WAN, Network essentials,Internet addresses, ARP, RARP, Internet protocols, user data, gram protocol,transmission control protocol, routines, internet multi testing, socket interface,domain name system; applications.

Data Structure and Algorithms:
Basis concepts of data representation, introduction to algorithms design and datastructure, Arrays stacks and queues, linked lists, storage allocation and garbagecollection, symbol tables, Searching, Sorting and Merging Techniques.

Database Management System:
Database, Data models, rational algebra and normalization, statistical quality level,distributed and object data basis.Introduction to the Relational Model;Normalisation and Query Processing; Recovery, Concurrency Managementand Database Security.

Elctronic/Electrical measurement & measuring instrument:
Electrical Measuring Instruments, Watt meters and 'energy meters, measurement ofresistance, measurement of inductance and capacitance, electronic voltmeters, audioand radio frequency measurements, A F & R F Power measurements, digitalinstruments:

Electrical installation & maintenance :
Single-Phase supply vs. 3 Phase supply,Star Delta connections, relation betweenphase &line voltage power factor. All types of motor and generators-AC &DCtransformers, starters, rectifiers, inverters, batteries. Installation, commissioning,earthing, insulation testing and maintenance, pt;eventive maintenance, electricalaccidents and safety measures, switchgear, sub-stations, maintenance of relays andcircuit breakers. A.C. Circuits, Circuit Theorems, Four Terminal PassiveNetworks, Coupled circuits and their analysis, Passive filters, Lighteningprotection, power electronics application in control of drivers, Refrigeration &air-conditioning.

Fundamentals of digital circuits:

Fundamentals of digital electronics, Transister as a switching elements; Booleanalgebra, Simplification of Boolean functions, Karnaugh Map and applications;Number System, IC Logic Gates, Logic-Circuits, Encoders and Decoders,bianary code converters, Arithmetic Logic Units (ALU), DTL, TTL, NMOS,PMOS AND CMOS gates and their comparison; Combination logic circuits;Half adder, full adder; Digital Compartor, Multiplexer Demultiplexer; ROMand their applications. Flip-flops, R-S,J-K,D and T Flip-flops; Different type ofcounters and registers; A\D and D\A converters;

Communication Systems:
Amplitude, frequency and phase modulation, their generation and demodulation,Noise. PCM, basic principles of SPC Exchanges.. Quantization & Coding; Timedivision and frequency division multiplexing; Equalization; Optical communicationinfree space & fibre optic; Propagation of signals at HF,VHF,UHF and Microwavefrequency; Satellite Communication.

Foundation in information technology:
Information System - Hardware; Software; Software Engineering; OperatingSystems.

Computing:
An Object Oriented Approach: Introduction to Object Oriented Concepts;Object Oriented Programming Language; Object Oriented Analysis andDesign.

Discrete elctronic devices & circuits:
The P-N Junction, Junction Diode, Zener Diode, B.J.T. configurations andbiasing, low frequency low signal Hybrid Models of BJT;JFET, MOSFET, c-MOS, Photo-Electric Devices, Feed back Amplifiers, Oscillators, R.F. VoltageAmplifiers using BJT, Special Semiconductor Devices.

Microprocessors:
Architecture & programming of 8086/8088,Microprocessor based dataacquisition, memory address & DMA controllers, arithmetic co-processor,other micro processors, micro processor applications. Study of PeripheralChips: 8255,8279,8155,8259. Study of ADC 0808,DAC 0800.

Radio communication systems:
Principles of Radio Communication, A.M., F.M. Radio, Phase Modulation.Signal conditioning and Transmission Study of special chips, outputinterfacing, output instruments-indicators, recorders, data acquisition systems,data loggers, servo mechanism, electronic process control instrumentation.Wave propagation, Microwave devices & components, microwavemeasurements, antenna fundamental & their characteristic. AudioEngineering, sound transducers, sound recording & reproduction, soundtransmission, radio transmission, radio reception.