| Question 1 |
In the __________ stage of business-to-consumer electronic commerce, dissemination of promotional and marketing material, like providing electronic brochures, takes place.
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| e-transaction |
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| e-subscription |
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| e-information |
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| e-integration |
| Question 2 | |
With respect to typical revenue models for electronic commerce businesses, Symantec and Norton are using a(n) __________ revenue model.
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| licensing |
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| brokerage |
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| subscription |
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| 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.
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| search |
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| viral |
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| buzz |
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| stealth |
| Question 4 | |
E-filing is an example of a __________ tool.
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| government-to-government |
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| consumer-to-consumer |
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| government-to-citizen |
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| consumer-to-business |
| Question 5 | |
Which of the following is a disadvantage of e-tailing?
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| It requires additional time for products to be delivered. |
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| It is limited by physical store and shelf space restrictions. |
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| It complicates the process of comparison shopping. |
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| 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.
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| dedicated |
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| trusted |
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| edged |
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| clustered |
| Question 7 | |
Which of the following statements is true about the platform as a service model?
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| The customer is provided with the basic capabilities of processing, storage, and networking. |
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| Only the basic capabilities of processing, storage, and networking are provided. |
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| The customer has no knowledge or control over the underlying infrastructure and has only limited ability to control or configure application-specific settings. |
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| 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:
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| educational institutions. |
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| non-profit organizations. |
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| commercial organizations. |
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| governmental entities. |
| Question 9 | |
The protocol used by the Internet is called the:
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| Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). |
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| Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). |
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| Address Resolution Protocol (ARP). |
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| 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?
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| Harvard Business School |
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| The Federal Reserve |
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| UNICEF |
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| 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?
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| The public is wary of sharing confidential information after a recent spate of credit card scandals. |
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| Several companies who have switched from brick-and-mortar strategy to a click-only are experiencing severe channel conflicts. |
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| The company has limited access to funds and is looking to keep its costs low. |
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| 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:
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| consortiums. |
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| rings. |
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| servers. |
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| 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.
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| grid |
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| distributed |
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| cluster |
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| utility |
| Question 14 | |
Which of the following statements is true about electronic commerce?
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| Business-to-business is by far the largest form of electronic commerce in terms of revenues. |
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| All forms of electronic commerce involve business firms. |
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| Electronic commerce is limited to transactions between businesses and consumers. |
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| 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:
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| bid luring. |
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| bid shielding. |
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| bid skimming. |
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| rafter bidding. |
| Question 16 | |
Manufacturers of hardware and software often apply the concept of planned obsolescence, meaning that the:
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| product is designed to avoid obsolescence. |
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| product is designed in such a way as to extend its life span. |
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| product is designed to last only for a certain life span. |
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| companies have already decided when to launch their next product. |
| Question 17 | |
Which of the following statements is true about servers?
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| They are optimized for visualization and rendering of three-dimensional models. |
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| They are used to provide services to users within large organizations or to Web users. |
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| They are used primarily to assist in solving massive scientific problems. |
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| 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. |
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| The mainframe era began. |
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| The mainframe era ended and the personal computer era began. |
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| 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:
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| reverse bidding. |
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| bid skimming. |
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| shill bidding. |
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| bid luring. |
| Question 20 | |
__________ is used to transmit voice and video communication over the Internet.
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| Edge computing |
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| IP routing |
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| Distributed computing |
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| IP convergence |
