In the __________ stage of business-to-consumer electronic commerce, dissemination of promotional and marketing material, like providing electronic brochures, takes place.

Question options:

e-transaction

e-

subscription

e-information

e-integration

Question 2

With respect to typical revenue models for electronic commerce businesses, Symantec and Norton are using a(n) __________ revenue model.

Question options:
  

licensing

brokerage

 
subscription
 

affiliate marketing

Question 3

A way to ensure that a company’s site is on the first page users see when looking for a specific term is using __________ advertising.

Question options:
  

search

viral

buzz

stealth

Question 4

E-filing is an example of a __________ tool.

Question options:
  

government-to-government

consumer-to-consumer

government-to-citizen

consumer-to-business

Question 5

Which of the following is a disadvantage of e-tailing?

Question options:
  

It requires additional time for   products to be delivered.

It is limited by physical store   and shelf space restrictions.

It complicates the process of   comparison shopping.

It restricts companies to   effectively compete on price.

Question 6

In

grid

computing, the slowest computer creates a bottleneck and slows down the entire grid. A(n) __________ grid, consisting of a large number of computers, can help overcome these problems.

Question options:
  

dedicated

trusted

edged

cluster

ed

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true about the platform as a service model?

Question options:
  

The customer is provided with the   basic capabilities of processing, storage, and networking.

Only the basic capabilities of   processing, storage, and networking are provided.

The customer has no knowledge or   control over the underlying infrastructure and has only limited ability to   control or configure application-specific settings.

The customer can run his or her   own applications that are typically designed using tools provided by the   service provider.

Question 8

The suffix “.org” is reserved for:

Question options:
  

educational institutions.

non-profit organizations.

commercial organizations.

governmental entities.

Question 9

The protocol used by the Internet is called the:

Question options:
  

Dynamic Host Configuration   Protocol (DHCP).

Transmission Control Protocol   (TCP).

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP).

Trivial File Transfer Protocol   (TFTP).

Question 10

Which of the following is likely to have the suffix “.edu” after the domain name in its URL?

Question options:
  

Harvard Business School

The Federal Reserve

UNICEF

Yahoo!

Question 11

EZBiz, the brainchild of three college friends, is a startup venture which plans to produce and market sports gear. They are currently trying to decide between a bricks-and-clicks strategy and a click-only strategy. Which of the following, if true, would most undermine the decision to adopt a click-only strategy?

Question options:
  

The public is wary of sharing   confidential information after a recent spate of credit card scandals.

Several companies who have   switched from brick-and-mortar strategy to a click-only are experiencing   severe channel conflicts.

The company has limited access to   funds and is looking to keep its costs low.

A competitor is facing severe   backlash after inadvertently releasing sensitive data into the public domain.

Question 12

With regard to the World Wide Web, Web pages are stored on Web:

Question options:
  

consortiums.

rings.

servers.

consoles.

Question 13

Under the __________ computing model, organizations “rent” resources such as processing, data storage, or networking from an external provider on an as-needed basis and pay only for the services used.

Question options:
  
grid
 

distributed

 
cluster
 

utility

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true about electronic commerce?

Question options:
  

Business-to-business is by far the   largest form of electronic commerce in terms of revenues.

All forms of electronic commerce   involve business firms.

Electronic commerce is limited to   transactions between businesses and consumers.

Electronic commerce between   businesses and their employees is impossible.

Question 15

Provoking bidders to leave a legitimate auction to buy the same item at a lower price outside the auction space, where return policies and buyer protection do not apply, is called:

Question options:
  

bid luring.

bid shielding.

bid skimming.

rafter bidding.

Question 16

Manufacturers of hardware and software often apply the concept of planned obsolescence, meaning that the:

Question options:
  

product is designed to avoid   obsolescence.

product is designed in such a way   as to extend its life span.

product is designed to last only   for a certain life span.

companies have already decided   when to launch their next product.

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true about servers?

Question options:
  

They are optimized for visualization   and rendering of three-dimensional models.

They are used to provide services   to users within large organizations or to Web users.

They are used primarily to assist   in solving massive scientific problems.

They are primarily used as the   main, central computing system for major corporations.

Question 18

Which of the following occurred in the 1946-1958 generation of computing?

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The internetworking era ended.

The mainframe era began.

The mainframe era ended and the   personal computer era began.

The interpersonal computing era   ended and the internetworking era began.

Question 19

Within the context of different types of e-auction fraud, bid shielding is sometimes called:

Question options:
  

reverse bidding.

 
bid skimming.
 

shill bidding.

 
bid luring.
 

Question 20

__________ is used to transmit voice and video communication over the Internet.

Question options:
  

Edge computing

IP routing

Distributed computing

IP convergence