#NGAT If you are targeting MSc or PhD admission in Computer Science in Ethiopia,
💻 Important point for Computer Science
NGAT is not normally a Computer Science technical exam. Your preparation should therefore focus heavily on general aptitude:
Area
What to prepare
Verbal Reasoning
Vocabulary, reading comprehension, sentence relationships, inference
Quantitative Reasoning
Arithmetic, percentages, ratios, algebra, statistics, numerical problems
Analytical Reasoning
Logic, sequences, patterns, arrangements, deductions
Time Management
Fast solving and avoiding difficult questions that consume too much time
Computer Science academic background,
Programming
C/C++/Java/Python concepts
OOP
Algorithms and data structures
Database
SQL
ER diagrams
Normalization
Transactions
DBMS concepts
Computer Networks
OSI/TCP-IP
IP addressing
Routing
Network protocols
Operating Systems
Processes and threads
Scheduling
Memory management
Deadlocks
File systems
Software Engineering
SDLC
UML
Testing
Agile
Requirements engineering
Theory of Computation
Automata
Regular expressions
CFG
Turing machines
Complexity
AI/Data Science
Machine learning
Data mining
Statistics
Neural networks
Algorithms
I recommend preparing in this order:
1. Quantitative Reasoning → 2. Verbal Reasoning → 3. Analytical Reasoning → 4. Data Interpretation → 5. English → 6. Computer Science departmental courses
