Rastriya Banijya Bank | Level 5 | Senior Assistant (IT) Syllabus
Rastriya Banijya Bank Limited has prescribed the following syllabus for the open competitive examination for the position of Level 5 Senior Assistant (Information Technology) under the Administration Service, Information Technology Group.
The selection process consists of a written examination carrying 200 marks, followed by an interview carrying 30 marks. Candidates preparing for this position should study banking, accounting, management, computer science, networking, operating systems, databases and information technology policies.
Each written paper contains five sections. Two questions are asked from every section, making a total of 10 questions. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks.
First Paper :: Banking, Accounting and Management
- Full Marks: 100
- Duration: 3 hours
Marks: 20
- Concept and development of banking
- Banking development in Nepal, its current status and challenges
- Classification of banks in Nepal - Class A, B, C and D
- Customer-oriented banking services
- Client Protection Principles
- Know Your Customer (KYC)
- Types and mobilisation of deposits
- Loan investment and its principles
- Loan classification and loan-loss provisioning
- Remittance
- Means and instruments of payment
- Basic knowledge of shares, debentures and bonds
- Functions, duties and powers of commercial banks
- Functions, duties and powers of Nepal Rastra Bank
- Role of Rastriya Banijya Bank in Nepal’s economic development
Group B: Banking and Financial Laws, Rules and Regulations
Marks: 20
- Nepal Rastra Bank Act, 2058
- Bank and Financial Institution Act, 2073
- Banking Offence and Punishment Act, 2064
- Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2064
- Negotiable Instruments Act, 2034
- Companies Act, 2063
- Income Tax Act, 2058 and Income Tax Rules, 2059
- Electronic Transactions Act, 2063
- Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 2019 BS
Group C: Accounting System
Marks: 20
- Introduction to accounting and its principles
- Double-entry accounting system and its features
- Cash book and petty cash book Trial balance
- Profit and loss account
- Balance sheet
- Auditing and its importance
- Cash-flow statement
- Financial statements of commercial banks and their major headings
Group D: Internal Control System
Marks: 20
- Inventory management and its importance
- Fixed assets and depreciation
- Capital and capital funds of banks and financial institutions
- Risks involved in banking transactions
- Internal control systems used in banking transactions
Group E: Management
Marks: 20
- Principles and functions of management
- Motivation and conflict management
- Role of information and communication systems in management
- Corporate governance
- Employee training and its importance
- Employee performance evaluation
- Importance and role of decision-making ability
- Importance and role of leadership in management
- Principles and importance of budgeting
Second Paper::Computer and IT Knowledge
Full Marks: 100
Duration: 3 hours
Duration: 3 hours
Group A: Introduction to Computers
Marks: 20
Types of computers :
- Analog and digital computers,
- Hybrid computers,
- Microcomputers
- Mainframe computers ,
- Super computers,
- Comparison of processing speed, storage capacity and main memory.
- Applied electronics,
- Digital logic design,
- Low-level and high-level programming languages,
- Data structures,
- Computer organisation and architecture,
- Operating systems.
- Database Management Systems (DBMS),
- Communication and networking,
- Internet and email systems,
- Web design,
- New media fundamentals,
- Computer security,
- Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP) systems,
- Emerging technologies,
- General knowledge on Banking software used in Nepal’s banking system.
Group B: Communication and Network Technologies
Marks: 20
Marks: 20
- Data transmission models
- Modems and remote network access
- Switching technologies
- Error detection and correction techniques
- Data compression techniques
- Network topologies
- OSI model and its layers
- TCP/IP
- Networking devices,
- Internet services
- Internet protocols and addressing
- Network security
- Encryption and cryptography
- Digital authentication
Group C: Operating Systems and Information Systems
Marks: 20
- Operating system design
- Process management and scheduling
- Deadlock characterisation and management
- Memory management
- Virtual memory
- Parallelism and CPU pipelining
- DOS operating system
- UNIX operating systems
- Windows operating system
- Information systems
- Decision Support Systems
- Database Management Systems
Group D: Database Design, Data Mining and Data Warehousing
Marks: 20
- Database management and design methodology
- Entity-Relationship models Database
- Normalisation
- Data models
- Structured Query Language
- Web technologies
- Disaster recovery planning
- Data warehousing
- Process in Data warehousing
- Online Transaction Processing systems
- Data warehousing teams and project implementation
- Data mining
- Data mining models
- Data mining functions and techniques
Group E: Information Technology
Marks: 20
- Information Technology Policy and IT development in Nepal
- Nepal Rastra Bank’s IT Policy and IT Guidelines
Important Instructions :
- Candidates may answer the written examination in Nepali, English or a combination of both languages.
- Laws, acts, rules, regulations and policies amended or effective up to three months before the examination date will be considered part of the syllabus.
- A subjective question may contain one long question, two or more parts, or multiple short-note questions.
- Candidates must obtain at least 40% marks in each written paper to qualify.
- All questions in both written papers are compulsory.
The recruitment process has two stages:
Candidates who qualify in the written examination will be called for the interview according to the bank’s applicable recruitment rules.
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