E-Business Infrastructure
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Course Introduction
E-Business Infrastructure explores the foundational technologies and systems that support electronic business operations. The course covers essential components such as network architectures, internet protocols, web servers, cloud computing resources, and data security frameworks. Students learn how to design, implement, and manage reliable and scalable infrastructures that enable the delivery of online services and digital commerce. Emphasis is placed on integration strategies, performance optimization, and the selection of appropriate platforms to meet organizational and customer needs in a highly connected business environment.
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Electronic Commerce 12th Edition by Gary Schneider
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Electronic Commerce
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Q1) Banks use _____, which are electronic transmissions of account exchange information over private communications' networks.
A) wire transfers
B) machine translations
C) data analytics
D) big data
Answer: A
Q2) _____ is a primary activity undertaken by an organization's strategic business unit.
A) Identifying customers
B) Training employees
C) Research and development
D) Borrowing funds
Answer: A
Q3) Electronic commerce provides buyers with an easy way to customize the level of detail in the information they obtain about a prospective purchase.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Technology Infrastructure: the Internet and the
World Wide Web
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Q1) _____ is a set of rules for handling binary files, such as word-processing documents, spreadsheets, photos, or sound clips that are attached to e-mail messages.
A) SMTP
B) TCP/IP
C) MIME
D) POP
Answer: C
Q2) The subset of the Internet that includes computers and sensors connected to each other for communication and automatic transaction processing is called the _____.
Answer: Internet of Things
Q3) _____ uses paired start and stop tags in much the same way as database software defines a record structure.
Answer: Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Extensible Markup Language
XML
Q4) The set of rules for delivering Web page files over the Internet is in a protocol called the _____.
Answer: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
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Chapter 3: Selling on the Web
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Q1) An approach where free content is available up to a point at which fees begin, is called a _____.
A) bill presentment
B) paywall
C) disintermediation
D) personal shopper
Answer: B
Q2) The personal contact approach to identifying and reaching customers is sometimes called _____.
Answer: prospecting
Q3) A(n) _____ is a listing of hyperlinks to Web pages.
Answer: Web directory
Q4) Advertisers pay less to have their ad appear near a discussion of a technology related to their product or on a page that reviews the product.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q5) A(n) _____ is a site that people use as a launching point to enter the Web.
Answer: Web portal
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Chapter 4: Marketing on the Web
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Q1) Hidden keywords that are visible to spiders are enclosed in an HTML tag set called
Q2) Touchpoint is a term for words used to prompt a visitor to stay and investigate the products or services offered on a site.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Online and offline customer contact points are often called _____.
A) business interfaces
B) touchpoints
C) distribution channels
D) spiders
Q4) According to researchers Young & Rubicam, one of the key elements of a brand is _____.
A) marketspace
B) style
C) perceived value
D) micromarketing
Q5) A(n) _____ is a Web site that helps people find things on the Web.
Q6) Each page loaded by a visitor to a Web site counts as a(n) _____.
Q7) Identify the three elements of branding.
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Chapter 5: Business-To-Business Activities: Improving Efficiency
and Reducing
Costs
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Q1) Outsourcing done by organizations in other countries is often called._____________
Q2) _____ business processes include activities such as making payments, processing payments received from customers, planning capital expenditures, and budgeting and planning to ensure that sufficient funds will be available to meet the organization's obligations as they come due.
Q3) The classic objective of _____ is to provide the right goods in the right quantities in the right place at the right time.
A) procurement
B) logistics
C) marketing
D) production
Q4) _____ are vertical portals which are open to new buyers and sellers just entering the industry.
Q5) The use of other organizations to perform specific activities is called _____.
Q6) _____ are small chips that use radio transmissions to track inventory.
Q7) _____ processes include activities such as hiring, training, and evaluating employees; administering benefits; and complying with government record-keeping regulations.
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Chapter 6: Social Networking, Mobile Commerce, and Online Auctions
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Q1) Sites that monetize visitors by charging them are unconcerned about visitor backlash.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Many colleges and universities now offer courses that use distance learning platforms such as Blackboard for student-instructor interaction.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Dutch auction is also called an ascending-price auction.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The general idea behind many social networking sites is that people are invited to join by existing members who think they would be valuable additions to the community.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Abstract communities based on the connections between opinions and contributions of community members are called _____ social media.
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Q6) List the supply chain characteristics that support reverse auctions.
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Chapter 7: The Environment of Electronic Commerce: Legal,
Ethical, and Tax
Issues
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Q1) The name or part of that name that a business uses to identify itself is called a(n) _____.
Q2) The _____ publishes regulations and investigates claims of false advertising.
Q3) Digital signatures are not legally valid on contracts in most countries.
A)True
B)False
Q4) If an idea cannot be separated from its expression in a work, that work cannot be copyrighted.
A)True
B)False
Q5) If a defamatory statement injures the reputation of a product or service instead of a person, it is called _____.
A) negligent tort
B) trademark dilution
C) product disparagement
D) per se defamation
Q6) Describe a tort and identify the types of tortious acts that can be committed.
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Q7) A(n) _____ is a distinctive mark, device, motto, or implement that a company affixes to the goods it produces for identification purposes.
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Chapter 8: Web Server Hardware and Software
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Q1) The message that a Web client sends to request a file or files from a Web server is called a(n) _____.
Q2) A content-filtering technique where the software that performs the filtering task is placed on individual users' computers is called _____.
A) server-side scripting
B) client-side scripting
C) client-level filtering
D) server-level filtering
Q3) In a client/server architecture, the _____ contains a command, the name of the target resource, and the protocol name and version number.
A) request header
B) request line
C) entity body
D) response header
Q4) The smaller servers used in the decentralized architecture are more expensive than the large servers used in the centralized approach.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Electronic Commerce Software
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Q1) A _____ application system separates the presentation logic from the business logic.
A) page-based
B) JSP-based
C) component-based
D) PHP-based
Q2) The entire cost of a middleware implementation is the cost of the software itself.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Knowledge management software helps companies preserve the knowledge gained through the use of information so that future users can benefit from the learning of current users.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _____ provide Internet access to companies and individuals.
Q5) _____ is an open-source database product developed and maintained by a community of programmers on the Web.
Q6) A general name for the ways programs interconnect with each other is _____.
Q7) What is the purpose of supply chain management software?
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Chapter 10: Electronic Commerce Security
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Q1) Briefly describe the requirements for secure electronic commerce.
Q2) How is a buffer vulnerable to security threats?
Q3) In the context of computer security, the protection of assets using nonphysical means is called _____.
A) eavesdropping
B) logical security
C) tangible security
D) phishing
Q4) A(n) _____ is a type of virus that replicates itself on the computers that it infects.
Q5) Any act or object that poses a danger to computer assets is known as a _____.
A) countermeasure
B) bug
C) threat
D) code
Q6) _____ refers to preventing unauthorized data modification.
A) Integrity
B) Secrecy
C) Necessity
D) Completeness
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Chapter 11: Payment Systems for Electronic Commerce
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Q1) Typically, server-side digital wallets store a customer's information on the customer's computer.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ allows for contactless data transmission over short distances and can also be used if a smartphone is equipped with a chip similar to those that have been used on payment cards for a number of years.
Q3) Magnetic strip cards can send and receive information.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _____ are fees charged by banks for providing payment card processing services to merchants.
Q5) The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act permits banks to eliminate the movement of physical checks entirely.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Digital cash can be easily traced back to its origin.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Managing Electronic Commerce Implementations
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Q1) _____ are the foregone benefits that a company could have obtained from an electronic commerce initiative that they chose not to pursue.
Q2) The development times for all electronic commerce projects are relatively long.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A postimplementation audit is also called a(n) _____.
Q4) A successful business plan for an electronic commerce initiative should include activities that identify the initiative's specific objectives and link those objectives to business strategies.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Which of the following techniques measures the amount of income that will be provided by a specific current expenditure?
A) Optimal Inventory Analysis
B) Cost analysis
C) Total cost of ownership
D) Return on Investment
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Q6) Today, managers use specific application software called _____ to help them oversee projects.