FACULTY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

COURSE UTM 1013

Asas Teknologi Maklumat Dan Komunikasi
(Principle Of Information And Communication Technology)

CREDIT HOUR 3 Credit Hours (2 Hours Lecture And 1 Hour Lab)

LECTURERS 1. Cik Aslina Binti Saad

aslina@upsi.edu.my

2. Pn. Maizatul Hayati M. Yatim

maizatul@upsi.edu.my

3. Pn. Jamilah Binti Hamid

hjamilah@upsi.edu.my

4. En. Amri Bin Yusoff (PENYELARAS)

amriyusoff@upsi.edu.my

5. Pn. Nor Zuhaidah Mohamad Zain

norzu@upsi.edu.my

6. En. Cheah Chee Keong

cklank@gmail.com

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1.0 COURSE OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Discuss what is information technology
• Identify the difference between application software and system software
• Discuss the major components of system unit
• Explain the difference between input device and output device
• Describe the connectivity options in information era
• Describe multimedia, Web and more advanced applications – graphics programs,
virtual reality and artificial intelligence
• Discuss on the privacy, security, safety and environmental issues
• Describe how the data is organised
• Describe how the information flows in an organization
• Discuss how technology is changing the nature of competition

2.0 COURSE CONTENTS:

WEEK TOPIC / SUB-TOPICS

1 COMPUTERS AND YOU
 Define the word computer and name the four basic operations
 Describe the main components of a computer; hardware& software
 Provide examples of hardware devices
 Explore the information-processing cycle
 Major categories of computers and various types of computers
 Advantages and disadvantages of computer use
 Risks of using hardware and software
 Ethical and societal impact of using computers
 How computers affect employment
 Be a responsible computer user

2 THE INTERNET & THE WORLD WIDE WEB

 The Internet and World Wide Web
 How the Internet works
 Methods for accessing the Internet
 The Internet and the World Wide Web
 Hypertext
 Web browsers and Web servers
 Parts of a URL
 How to access Web pages
 Web subject guides and search engines
 Use operators to improve search results
 Reliability of information on the Web
 Most popular Internet services

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 3 SYSTEM SOFTWARE
 The two major components of operating system software
 Why a computer isn’t useful without an operating system
 The five basic functions of an operating system
 What happens when you turn on a computer
 The three major types of user interfaces

4 APPLICATION SOFTWARE
 How system software supports application software
 The most popular types of horizontal applications
 The advantages and disadvantages of standalone programs, integrated
programs, and suites
 The advantages of Web technology and file compatibility
 The concept of software versions and upgrades
 The differences between types of software
 The essential concepts and skills of using application software

5 INSIDE THE SYSTEM UNIT

 Understand how computers represent data
 Understand the measurements used to describe data transfer rates and
data storage capacity
 List the components inside the system unit
 List the components on the motherboard
 How a CPU processes data

6 INPUT AND OUTPUT

 The purpose of special keys and the most frequently used pointing
devices
 The characteristics of a monitor’s quality and the various types of
monitors
 The two major types of printers
 The difference between memory and storage

7 SECONDARY STORAGE
 The categories of storage devices
 The performance characteristics of hard drives
 How data is stored on both hard and floppy disks
 The various optical storage media available for personal computers

8 NETWORKS: COMMUNICATING AND

SHARING RESOURCES
 Basic networking concepts

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  Advantages and disadvantages of networks
 Peer-to-peer and client/server LANs
 Importance of network protocols
 Most widely used LAN protocol
 Special components of a WAN
 The difference between circuit-switching and packet switching networks

9 PRIVACY, CRIME & SECURITY

 How technical developments are eroding privacy and anonymity

 Types of computer crime and cyber crime

 Types of computer criminals
 Security risks
 How to protect computer system and yourself
 How encryption makes online information secure
 US government’s key recovery plan

10 INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ORGANIZATION

 The potential uses of a database program
 The basic components of a database
 The differences between file management and relational database
programs
 Advanced database programs and applications
 The basic qualities of a good database
 Components and functions of an information system
 Functional divisions of an organization
 Major types of information systems used today
 Databases in retail organizations

11 ENTERPRISEWIDE TECHNOLOGY
 Enterprise computing
 Business processes and their flow within an organization
 Information systems that are managed in a centralized vs. distributed
manner
 The tools that are commonly used in enterprise computing
 Enterprise storage systems
 Electronic data interchange
 Teleconferencing
 Telecommuting and workgroup commuting

12 EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
• Nanotechnology and Biochips
• Computers everywhere

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 • The computer versus the Human Brain
• Pattern recognition
• Intelligent agent
• Robots

Study Week
13

3.0 COURSE EVALUATION:

COURSEWORK 50 %
Three (3) lab assignments 30 %
Mid semester exam 20 %
FINAL EXAM 50 %
TOTAL 100 %
4.0 REFERENCES:

1. Daley, B. (2005) Computers Are Your Future 2006. Pearson Prentice

Hall: USA
2. O’Leary, T. J. & O’Leary, L. I. (2005). Computing Today. McGraw-Hill:
Boston.
3. O’Leary, T. J. & O’Leary, L. I. (2005). Computing Essential. McGraw-
Hill: Boston.
4. Shelly, G. B., Cashman, T. J. & Vermannt, M. E. (2005). Discovering
Computers 2005. Course Technology: USA.
5. Evans, A., Martin. K &Poaty., M.A (2005) Technology in Action.
Pearson Prentice Hall:USA
6. Capron, H.L & Johnson J.A (2005) Computers Tools For an
Information Age. Pearson Prentice Hall: USA

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