PhD Entry Exam for Information Systems Department

The faculty of Computing and Information Technology announces the entry exam methodology for applying for a PhD degree in the Department of Computer Information Systems for the academic year 2024, which is as follows:

  • Exam will be taken place on Tuesday 19/8/1446 AH (18/2/2025) at 11 AM.

Test Place:

  • For Male students: College of Computing and Information Technology, Male Section, Lab No. 11.
  • For Female students: College of Computing and Information Technology, Female Section, Lab No. G123.

Exam Domains

Domains Suggested Books Topics, Chapter Numbers & Titles
Big Data
  • “Introduction to Knowledge Management” by Todd R. Groff, Thomas P. Jones, Routledge, 1st Edition, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-1138171824
  • “Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques” by Han, J., Kambar, M., and Pei, J., Elsevier, 3rd Edition, 2012, ISBN-13: 978-0123814791
  • Chapter 1: Introducing KM
  • Chapter 4: Organize and Secure
  • Chapter 5: Analysis and Collaborate
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Data
Information System
  • “Decision Support and Business Intelligence Systems” by Efraim Turban, Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen, Prentice Hall, 9th Edition, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-0136107293
  • Chapter 1: Decision Support Systems and Business Intelligence
  • Chapter 2: Decision Making, Systems, Modeling, and Support
  • Chapter 3: Decision Support Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, and Technologies
Security
  • “Security in Computing” by Charles P. Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Prentice Hall, 5th Edition, 2015, ISBN-13: 9780134085043
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Toolbox: Authentication, Access Control, and Cryptography
  • Chapter 4: The Web—User Side
  • Chapter 6: Networks
Software Engineering
  • “Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World” by John W. Satzinger, Course Technology, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN-13: 9781111534158
  • Part 1: From Beginning to End: An Overview of Systems Analysis and Design
  • Part 2: Investigating System Requirements
  • Part 3: Essentials of Design and the Design Activities
  • Part 4: Approaches to System Development
Systems Architecture
  • “Enterprise Architecture at Work” by Marc Lankhorst, Springer, 2nd Edition, 2009, ISBN 9783-642-01309-6
  • Chapter 2: State of the Art
  • Chapter 3: Foundations
  • Chapter 4: Communication of Enterprise Architectures
Database
  • “Fundamentals of Database Systems” by Ramez Elmasri, Addison Wesley, 7th Edition, 2016, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-397077-7
  • Chapter 1: Databases and Database Users
  • Chapter 2: Database System Concepts and Architecture
  • Chapter 5: The Relational Data Model and Relational Database Constraints
  • Chapter 6: Basic SQL
  • Chapter 7: More SQL: Complex Queries, Views, and Schema Modification
Networking
  • “Data Communications and Networking” by Behrouz Forouzan, McGraw-Hill, 5th Edition, 2012, ISBN-13: 9780073376226
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Network Models
  • Chapter 7: Transmission Media
  • Chapter 13: Wired LANs: Ethernet
Operating Systems
  • “Operating System Concepts” by Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 9th Edition, 2013, ISBN-13: 9781118063330
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Operating-System Structures
  • Chapter 3: Processes
  • Chapter 4: Threads
  • Chapter 6: CPU Scheduling
  • Chapter 8: Main Memory
Programming
  • “Introduction to Java Programming, Comprehensive Version” by Y. Daniel Liang, Pearson, 10th Edition, 2015, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-376131-3
  • Chapter 2: Elementary Programming
  • Chapter 4: Mathematical Functions, Characters, and Strings
  • Chapter 5: Loops
  • Chapter 6: Methods
  • Chapter 8: Multi-dimensional Arrays
  • Chapter 9: Objects and Classes
  • Chapter 11: Inheritance and Polymorphism
  • Chapter 13: Abstract Classes and Interfaces
Last Update
1/22/2025 1:24:17 PM