User:Clemenzi/Books/CE PE Exam Study Guide IIc

This is a study guide for the NCEES Computer Engineering PE Exam -- Last Updated 01/13/15

 * Character Encoding
 * Character (computing)
 * Universal Character Set
 * IEEE 1394
 * ASCII


 * Math
 * Bitwise operation
 * Signed number representations
 * IEEE floating point
 * Operators in C and C++
 * De Morgan's laws
 * Booth's multiplication algorithm
 * Binary multiplier
 * Wallace tree
 * Dadda multiplier
 * Multiply–accumulate operation
 * Big O notation
 * Euler's identity


 * Basic Electronics
 * Series and parallel circuits
 * RLC circuit
 * Transistor
 * Operational amplifier applications


 * Information Theory
 * Information theory
 * Channel capacity
 * Shannon–Hartley theorem
 * Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem
 * Shannon's source coding theorem
 * Zero-order hold
 * Data compression
 * Modulation order
 * Phase-shift keying


 * Signal Processing
 * Signal processing
 * Digital filter
 * Fast Fourier transform
 * Cooley–Tukey FFT algorithm
 * Modified discrete cosine transform
 * Digital signal processing
 * Analog-to-digital converter


 * Error Detection/Correction
 * Parity bit
 * Error detection and correction
 * Cyclic redundancy check
 * Hamming code
 * Hamming(7,4)
 * Convolutional code
 * Forward error correction
 * Noisy-channel coding theorem
 * Modulation
 * Signal-to-noise ratio
 * Linear code
 * Noise (electronics)


 * Encryption
 * Hash function
 * List of hash functions
 * String searching algorithm
 * Avalanche effect
 * Rabin–Karp algorithm
 * Burst error-correcting code
 * Cryptography
 * Cryptographic hash function
 * Public-key cryptography
 * Viterbi algorithm


 * Networking
 * Computer network
 * List of network buses
 * Wide area network
 * Local area network
 * Network science
 * Non-return-to-zero
 * Manchester code
 * Ethernet
 * Internet
 * OSI model
 * Transmission Control Protocol
 * Point-to-Point Protocol
 * Exposed node problem
 * Circuit switching
 * Fiber-optic communication
 * Capacity management
 * Bandwidth management
 * Bandwidth (computing)
 * Throughput
 * Networking hardware
 * Wireless network
 * IEEE 802.11
 * Complementary code keying
 * Session Initiation Protocol
 * Message authentication code
 * Port Control Protocol
 * Network monitoring
 * Simple Network Management Protocol
 * Measuring network throughput
 * Reliability (computer networking)
 * Channel access method
 * Time division multiple access


 * Hardware
 * Logic family
 * Multi-level cell
 * Flip-flop (electronics)
 * Race condition
 * Binary decision diagram
 * Circuit minimization for Boolean functions
 * Karnaugh map
 * Quine–McCluskey algorithm
 * Integrated circuit design


 * ASIC/FPGA
 * Standard cell
 * Programmable logic device
 * Field-programmable gate array
 * Complex programmable logic device
 * Application-specific integrated circuit
 * Logic optimization
 * Register-transfer level
 * Floorplan (microelectronics)
 * Hardware description language
 * VHDL
 * Verilog
 * Electronic design automation
 * Espresso heuristic logic minimizer
 * Routing (electronic design automation)
 * Static timing analysis
 * Placement (EDA)
 * Power optimization (EDA)
 * Timing closure
 * Design flow (EDA)
 * Design closure
 * Rent's rule


 * Processors
 * Computer architecture
 * Harvard architecture
 * Processor design
 * Central processing unit
 * Arithmetic logic unit
 * CPU cache
 * Instruction set
 * Orthogonal instruction set
 * Classic RISC pipeline
 * Reduced instruction set computing
 * Instruction-level parallelism
 * Instruction pipeline
 * Hazard (computer architecture)
 * Bubble (computing)
 * Superscalar
 * Parallel computing
 * Dynamic priority scheduling
 * Amdahl's law
 * Benchmark (computing)
 * Moore's law
 * Computer performance
 * Supercomputer


 * AI & Robotics
 * Speech processing
 * Image processing
 * Computer vision
 * Robotics
 * Speech recognition


 * Operating Systems
 * Operating system
 * Multiprocessing
 * Concurrent computing
 * Computer cluster
 * Distributed computing
 * Trusted computing base
 * Embedded system
 * In-circuit emulator
 * Real-time operating system
 * Comparison of real-time operating systems
 * Rate-monotonic scheduling
 * Earliest deadline first scheduling
 * Least slack time scheduling
 * Deadline-monotonic scheduling
 * Round-robin scheduling
 * Thread (computing)
 * Concurrency control
 * Synchronization (computer science)
 * Mutual exclusion
 * Device driver


 * Redundancy & Reliability
 * Dependability
 * Active redundancy
 * Dual modular redundancy
 * Triple modular redundancy
 * High-availability Seamless Redundancy
 * N-version programming
 * RAID
 * Fault tolerance
 * Fault-tolerant computer system
 * Watchdog timer
 * Redundant array of independent memory


 * Software Development
 * Software development process
 * Software requirements specification
 * Spiral model
 * Agile software development
 * Behavior-driven development
 * Cowboy coding
 * Lean software development
 * Extreme programming
 * Structured systems analysis and design method
 * List of software development philosophies
 * Programming language generations
 * Comparison of programming languages
 * Printf format string
 * Programming paradigm
 * Object-oriented design
 * Software documentation
 * Software design document
 * Object-oriented programming
 * Concurrent Versions System
 * Software maintenance
 * Revision control
 * Software configuration management
 * Software release life cycle
 * MIL-STD-498
 * Software assurance
 * Systems development life cycle
 * Software quality
 * Software quality management
 * Relational database
 * ACID
 * List of data structures
 * Semipredicate problem
 * Application Interface Specification
 * Homoiconicity
 * Domain-specific modeling
 * Unified Modeling Language
 * Multiple-criteria decision analysis
 * Architecture-centric design method


 * Test/Integration
 * Software testing
 * Test-driven development
 * Acceptance test-driven development
 * Integration testing
 * Software walkthrough
 * Code review
 * Software inspection
 * Functional testing
 * Software testing
 * White-box testing
 * Black-box testing
 * Gray box testing
 * Software verification
 * Verification and validation (software)
 * Correctness (computer science)


 * Memory
 * Computer data storage
 * Memory controller
 * Memory management unit
 * Static random-access memory
 * Dynamic random-access memory
 * Synchronous dynamic random-access memory
 * DDR2 SDRAM
 * Flash memory
 * Memory scrubbing
 * Data striping
 * Hard disk drive performance characteristics
 * Disk sector


 * Security
 * Computer security
 * Separation of protection and security
 * Information security
 * Information security management system
 * Internet security
 * Hacker (computer security)
 * DMZ (computing)
 * Firewall (computing)
 * Stateful firewall
 * Intrusion detection system
 * Denial-of-service attack
 * IP address spoofing


 * Assembly/Test
 * Design rule checking
 * SystemVerilog
 * In-circuit test
 * Joint Test Action Group
 * Boundary scan
 * Boundary scan description language
 * Test bench
 * Ball grid array
 * Head in pillow (metallurgy)
 * Pad cratering
 * Land grid array