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E-Commerce Technology Preview Questions
Chapter 1 The Revolution Is Just Beginning
1) E-commerce can be defined as:
A) the use of the Internet, the Web, and mobile apps to transact business.
B) the use of any Internet technologies in a firm's daily activities.
C) the digital enablement of transactions and processes within an organization.
D) any digitally enabled transactions among individuals and organizations.
2) ________ is an example of e-business.
A) Amazon's inventory control system
B) The Amazon.com website
C) An Amazon mobile app
D) Amazon's Pinterest page
3) Which of the following terms is synonymous with e-commerce?
A) e-business
B) digital commerce
C) the Internet
D) the Web
4) Which of the following is not true about the use of apps?
A) The average U.S. consumer spends over three hours a day using apps.
B) Users still spend less time using apps than they do using desktops or mobile
websites.
C) Apps are easier to control and monetize than websites.
D) Around 280 million people worldwide launch a smartphone app more than 60 times
a day.
5) Which of the following statements about e-commerce in the United States in 2016 is not
true?
A) Social e-commerce generates more revenue than mobile e-commerce.
B) Over 210 million U.S. consumers use mobile apps.
C) On-demand service firms are fueling the growth of local e-commerce.
D) Growth rates for retail e-commerce are higher in Europe than in the United States.
6) In 2016, almost ________ of Americans who access the Internet use a mobile device at
least some of the time.
A) 63%
B) 73%
C) 83%
D) 93%
7) Which of the following is not a major business trend in e-commerce in 2016-2017?
A) Mobile e-commerce continues to grow.
B) Small businesses and entrepreneurs are hampered by the rising cost of market entry
caused by increased presence of industry giants.
C) On-demand service companies garner multi-billion dollar valuations.
D) Mobile advertising continues to grow at astronomical rates.
8) Which of the following is not a major technology trend in e-commerce in 2016-2017?
A) Mobile messaging services become popular with smartphone users.
B) Firms are turning to business analytics to make sense out of big data.
C) The mobile computing and communications platform creates an alternative platform
for online transactions, marketing, advertising, and media viewing.
D) Computing and networking component prices increase dramatically.
9) All of the following are major social trends in e-commerce in 2016-2017 except for:
A) concerns about the flood of temporary, low paying jobs without benefits being
generated by on-demand service companies.

B) the continuing conflict over copyright management and control.
C) the refusal of online retailers to accept taxation of Internet sales.
D) the growth of government surveillance of Internet communications.
10) Which of the following is not a major business trend in e-commerce in 2016-2017?
A) the growth of a mobile app ecosystem
B) the weakening revenues of B2B e-commerce
C) the emergence of social e-commerce
D) the growth of the on-demand service firms
11) Which of the following statements about the Web is not true?
A) The Web is the technology upon which the Internet is based.
B) The Web was the original "killer app."
C) The Web provides access to pages written in HyperText Markup Language.
D) The Web is both a communications infrastructure and an information storage
system.
12) In 2016, there were more than ________ Internet hosts.
A) 1 million
B) 10 million
C) 100 million
D) 1 billion
13) Which of the following was the original "killer app" that made the Internet commercially
interesting and extraordinarily popular?
A) e-commerce
B) The Web
C) social networks
D) mobile apps
14) Which of the following is not a unique feature of e-commerce technology?
A) interactivity
B) social technology
C) information asymmetry
D) richness
15) Which of the following features of e-commerce technology enables merchants to market
and sell "complex" goods and services to consumers via marketing messages that can
integrate video, audio, and text?
A) richness
B) ubiquity
C) information density
D) personalization
16) Which of the following features of e-commerce technology allows users to participate in
the creation of online content?
A) ubiquity
B) global reach
D) social technology
17) Which of the following is the best definition of transaction cost?
A) the expense of changing national or regional prices
B) the cost of participating in a market
C) the cost of finding suitable products in the market
D) the cost merchants pay to bring their goods to market
18) In 2016, the world's online population was estimated to be around:
A) 330 million.
B) 3.3 billion.
C) 33 billion.
D) 330 billion.

19) Which of the following features of e-commerce technology is related to the concept of
network externalities?
A) richness
B) interactivity
C) universal standards
D) information density
20) Which of the following statements is true about the traditional tradeoff between the
richness and reach of a marketing message prior to the development of the Web?
A) Marketing messages had little richness.
B) The smaller the audience reached, the less rich the message.
C) The larger the audience reached, the less rich the message.
D) Richness was unrelated to reach.
21) Interactivity in the context of e-commerce provides which of the following
functionalities?
A) the ability to physically touch and manipulate a product
B) complexity and content of a message
C) the ability of consumers to create and distribute content
D) the enabling of two-way communication between consumer and merchant
22) The costs incurred by merchants changing product prices (such as the costs of reentering
prices into computer systems) are referred to as:
A) subscription costs.
B) fixed costs.
C) menu costs.
D) variable costs.
23) Which of the following refers to any disparity in relevant market information among
parties in a transaction?
A) information asymmetry
B) unfair competitive advantage
C) imperfect competition
D) dynamic pricing
24) Which of the following is a physical place you visit to conduct business?
A) marketspace
B) marketplace
C) social network
D) the Internet
25) The total number of users or customers an e-commerce business can obtain is called:
A) ubiquity.
B) interactivity.
C) reach.
D) information density.
26) Which of the following refers to the complexity and content of a message?
A) richness
B) reach
D) interactivity
27) E-commerce is available just about everywhere and anytime. This is known as
________.
A) richness
B) information density
C) ubiquity
D) reach
28) Which type of e-commerce is distinguished by the type of technology used in the
transaction rather than by the nature of the market relationship?

A) consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
B) social e-commerce
C) mobile e-commerce
D) business-to-business (B2B)
29) Which of the following is an example of social e-commerce?
A) Amazon
B) eBay
C) Wikipedia
D) Facebook
30) Business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce in the United States:
A) has grown at double-digit rates between 2010 and 2016.
B) has less revenue than C2C e-commerce.
C) now constitutes over 50% of the overall U.S. retail market.
D) is growing more slowly as it confronts its own fundamental limitations.
31) Which of the following is an example of an on-demand service company?
A) YouTube
B) Airbnb
C) Tumblr
D) Facebook
32) Which of the following is an example of B2B e-commerce?
A) Airbnb
B) Facebook
C) Groupon
D) Go2Paper
33) Which of the following is an example of C2C e-commerce?
A) Amazon
B) Groupon
C) Craigslist
D) Go2Paper
34) All of the following are examples of social networks except:
A) Instagram.
B) Twitter.
C) Y Combinator.
D) Pinterest.
35) The size of the B2B market in 2017 was estimated at:
A) $670 million.
B) $6.7 billion.
C) $670 billion.
D) $6.7 trillion.
36) Which of the following describes the basic web policy of large firms during the
Invention period?
A) Integrate social networks and the mobile platform with website marketing.
B) Emphasize the necessity of the Web to generate profits.
C) Use the Web to sell complex goods and services online.
D) Maintain a basic, static website depicting the firm's brand.
37) All of the following are considered a precursor to e-commerce except:
A) the development of the smartphone.
B) Baxter Healthcare's PC-based remote order entry system.
C) the French Minitel.
D) the development of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standards.
38) Which of the following was the first large-scale digitally enabled transaction system in
the B2C arena?
A) Telex

B) the Baxter Healthcare system
C) the French Minitel
D) EDI
39) In which year was e-commerce said to have begun?
A) 1983
B) 1985
C) 1995
D) 2001
40) Which of the following is a characteristic of e-commerce during the Invention period?
A) mobile technology
B) earnings and profit emphasis
C) disintermediation
D) extensive government surveillance
41) All of the following are examples of Web 2.0 sites and applications except:
A) photo-sharing sites.
B) blogs.
C) wikis.
D) auction sites.
42) Which of the following is not a characteristic of a perfect competitive market?
A) Price, cost, and quality information are equally distributed.
B) A nearly infinite set of suppliers compete against one another.
C) Customers have access to all relevant information worldwide.
D) It is highly regulated.
43) All of the following were visions expressed during the early years of e-commerce except:
A) a nearly perfect information marketspace.
B) friction-free commerce.
C) disintermediation.
D) fast follower advantage.
44) Unfair competitive advantages occur when:
A) one competitor has an advantage others cannot purchase.
B) market middlemen are displaced.
C) information is equally distributed and transaction costs are low.
D) firms are able to gather monopoly profits.
45) The early years of e-commerce were driven by all of the following factors except:
A) an emphasis on exploiting traditional distribution channels.
B) a huge infusion of venture capital funds.
C) an emphasis on quickly achieving very high market visibility.
D) visions of profiting from new technology.
46) The early years of e-commerce are considered:
A) the most promising time in history for the successful implementation of first mover
advantages.
B) an economist's dream come true, where for a brief time consumers had access to all
relevant market information and transaction costs plummeted.
C) a stunning technological success as the Internet and the Web increased from a few
thousand to billions of e-commerce transactions per year.
D) a dramatic business success as 85% of dot-coms formed since 1995 became
flourishing businesses.
47) Which of the following best describes the early years of e-commerce?
A) They were a technological success but a mixed business success.
B) They were a technological success but a business failure.
C) They were a technological failure but a business success.
D) They were a mixed technological and business success.
48) Which of the following is a characteristic of the Reinvention phase of e-commerce?

A) massive proliferation of dot-com start-ups
B) widespread adoption of broadband networks
C) rapid growth of search engine advertising
D) expansion of e-commerce to include services as well as goods
49) Which of the following is a characteristic of the Consolidation phase of e-commerce?
A) predominance of pure online strategies
B) emphasis on revenue growth versus profits
C) brand extension and strengthening becomes more important than creating new
brands
D) shift to a technology-driven approach
50) Which of the following is not true regarding e-commerce today?
A) Economists' visions of a friction-free market have not been realized.
B) Consumers are less price-sensitive than expected.
C) There remains considerable persistent price dispersion.
D) The market middlemen disappeared.
51) Which of the following statements is not true?
A) Information asymmetries are continually being introduced by merchants and
marketers.
B) Intermediaries have not disappeared.
C) Overall transaction costs have dropped dramatically.
D) Brands remain very important in e-commerce.
52) Which of the following is an example of an e-commerce first mover that failed?
A) Etsy
B) eToys
C) eBay
D) E*Trade
53) Which of the following refers to the practice of researching a product online before
purchasing it at a physical store?
A) zooming
B) grazing
C) showrooming
D) webrooming
54) Which of the following refers to the displacement of market middlemen and the creation
of a new direct relationship between producers and consumers?
A) network effect
B) disintermediation
C) friction-free commerce
D) first mover advantage
55) Which of the following is not an element of friction-free commerce?
A) Information is equally distributed.
B) Transaction costs are high.
C) Prices can be dynamically adjusted to reflect actual demand.
D) Unfair competitive advantages are eliminated.
56) All of the following are issues facing Pinterest except:
A) copyright infringement.
B) inability to retain users.
C) spam.
D) scams.
57) Above all, e-commerce is a ________ phenomenon.
A) technology driven
B) finance-driven
C) sociological
D) government-driven

58) Which business application is associated with the technological development of local
area networks and client/server computing?
A) transaction automation (e.g., payroll)
B) desktop automation (e.g., word processing)
C) industrial system automation (e.g., supply chain management)
D) workgroup automation (e.g., document sharing)
59) Which of the following is one of the three primary societal issues related to e-commerce?
A) liability
B) anonymity
C) equity
D) intellectual property
60) Which of the following statements is not true?
A) No one academic perspective dominates research about e-commerce.
B) Economists take a purely technical approach to e-commerce.
C) There are two primary approaches to e-commerce: behavioral and technical.
D) Management scientists are interested in e-commerce as an opportunity to study how
business firms can exploit the Internet to achieve more efficient business operations.
Chapter 2 E-commerce Business Models and Concepts
61) ________ and ________ are typically the most easily identifiable aspects of a
company's business model.
A) Market strategy; market opportunity
B) Value proposition; revenue model
C) Competitive advantage; competitive environment
D) Revenue model; market opportunity
62) All of the following use a subscription revenue model for music except:
A) Spotify.
B) eHarmony.
C) Rhapsody.
D) Pandora.
63) Which element of the business model addresses what a firm provides that other firms
cannot?
A) competitive environment
B) competitive advantage
C) market strategy
D) value proposition
64) Which element of the business model refers to the presence of substitute products in the
market?
A) value proposition
B) competitive environment
C) competitive advantage
D) market opportunity
65) Which of the following represent Amazon's primary value proposition(s)?
A) personalization and customization
B) selection and convenience
C) reduction of price discovery cost
D) management of product delivery
66) A firm's ________ describes how a firm will produce a return on invested capital.
A) value proposition
B) revenue model
C) market strategy
D) competitive advantage

67) Which of the following is an example of the subscription revenue model?
A) Scribd
B) eBay
C) E*Trade
D) Twitter
68) Stickiness is an important attribute for which of the following revenue models?
A) advertising revenue model
B) subscription revenue model
C) transaction fee revenue model
D) affiliate revenue model
69) Which of the following companies use a transaction fee revenue model?
A) Yahoo
B) E*Trade
C) Twitter
D) Birchbox
70) Which of the following is an example of the affiliate revenue model?
A) Scribd
B) eBay
C) L.L. Bean
D) MyPoints
71) Which of the following involves a company giving away a certain level of product or
services without charge, but then charging a fee for premium levels of the product or
service?
A) advertising revenue model
B) subscription revenue model
C) freemium strategy
D) transaction fee revenue model
72) Which of the following is not a significant influence on a company's competitive
environment?
A) how many competitors are active
B) the market share of each competitor
C) the availability of supportive organizational structures
D) how competitors price their products
73) All of the following would be considered a direct competitor of Priceline except:
A) Travelocity.
B) Expedia.
C) Orbitz.
D) ESPN.
74) The existence of many competitors in any one market segment may indicate:
A) an untapped market niche.
B) the market is saturated.
C) no one firm has differentiated itself within that market.
D) a market that has already been tried without success.
75) All of the following can be considered a direct or indirect competitor of Amazon except:
A) eBay.
B) Apple's iTunes Store.
C) Walmart.
D) Priceline.
76) A perfect market is one in which:
A) there are no competitive advantages or asymmetries because all firms have equal
access to all the factors to production.
B) one firm develops an advantage based on a factor of production that other firms
cannot purchase.

C) one participant in the market has more resources than the others.
D) competition is at a minimum, as each niche market within an industry is served by
the company with the greatest competitive advantage.
77) Organizations that typically provide an array of services to start-up companies along with
a small amount of funding are referred to as:
A) angel investors.
B) crowdfunders.
C) incubators.
D) venture capital investors.
78) A ________ specifically details how you plan to find customers and sell your product.
A) sales analysis
B) business plan
C) competitive strategy
D) market strategy
79) Which of the following was not able to successfully implement a freemium business
model?
A) Pandora
B) Dropbox
C) LinkedIn
D) Baremetrics
80) All of the following may lead to a competitive advantage except:
A) less expensive suppliers.
B) better employees.
C) fewer products.
D) superior products.
81) Which of the following is an unfair competitive advantage?
A) brand name
B) access to global markets
C) lower product prices
D) superior technology
82) Which of the following gives a business model the most credibility with outside
investors?
A) the firm's management team
B) the firm's value proposition
C) the firm's market opportunity
D) the firm's market strategy
83) Which of the following statements about Foursquare is not true?
A) Foursquare combines a social network business model with location-based
technology.
B) Foursquare has struggled to find profitability.
C) Foursquare's business model raises significant privacy concerns.
D) In 2016, Foursquare decided to refocus its effort on developing a subscription-based
revenue model.
84) Which type of investor typically becomes interested in a start-up company after it has
begun generating revenue?
A) incubators
B) angel investors
C) crowdfunders
D) venture capital investors
85) Which of the following is another name for a revenue model?
A) business model
B) business strategy
C) financial model

D) financial statements
86) All of the following use a social network marketing strategy except:
A) Twitter.
B) YouTube.
C) Pinterest.
D) Amazon.
87) The use of a company's competitive advantage to penetrate surrounding markets is
known as ________.
A) market strategy
B) differentiation
C) leverage
D) focus
88) A wealthy individual who invests personal funds in a start-up in exchange for an equity
share in the business is referred to as a(n) ________.
A) incubator
B) angel investor
C) venture capital investor
D) crowdfunder
89) Which of the following is not a key element of an elevator pitch?
A) exit strategy
B) growth metrics
C) legal structure
D) market opportunity
90) Which of the following is not a community provider?
A) LinkedIn
B) Facebook
C) Blue Nile
D) Pinterest
91) Which of the following is not a variation of the e-tailer business model?
A) bricks-and-clicks
B) virtual merchant
C) market creator
D) manufacturer-direct
92) An example of a company using the content provider model is:
A) Priceline.
B) Rhapsody.
C) Dell.
D) eBay.
93) Which of the following is not an example of the bricks-and-clicks e-tailing business
model?
A) Walmart
B) Sears
C) Bluefly
D) Staples
94) The overall retail market in the United States in 2016 was estimated at about:
A) $48 trillion.
B) $4.8 trillion.
C) $480 billion.
D) $48 billion.
95) In general, the key to becoming a successful content provider is to:
A) own the content being provided.
B) own the technology by which content is created, presented, and distributed.
C) provide online content for free.

D) provide other services as well as online content.
96) The business model of e-tailers is similar to that of:
A) e-distributors.
B) transaction brokers.
C) exchanges.
D) service providers.
97) All of the following use an advertising revenue model except:
A) Twitter.
B) Yahoo.
C) Google.
D) Amazon.
98) Which of the following is not considered a portal?
A) Yahoo
B) MSN
C) Amazon
D) AOL
99) Portals primarily generate revenue in all of the following ways except:
A) charging advertisers for ad placement.
B) collecting transaction fees.
C) sales of goods.
D) charging subscription fees.
100) The basic value proposition of community providers is:
A) they offer a fast, convenient one-stop site where users can focus on their most
important concerns and interests.
B) they offer consumers valuable, convenient, time-saving, and low cost alternatives to
traditional service providers.
C) they create a digital electronic environment for buyers and sellers to meet, agree on a
price, and transact.
D) they increase customers' productivity by helping them get things done faster and
with less expense.
101) eBay uses all of the following business models except:
A) B2C market creator.
B) C2C market creator.
C) content provider.
D) e-commerce infrastructure provider.
102) All of the following are business models employed in the online music industry
except:
A) subscription.
B) peer-to-peer streaming.
C) download-and-own.
D) cloud streaming.
103) The financial services, travel services, and job placement services industries typically
use the ________ business model.
A) community provider
B) transaction broker
C) market creator
D) e-tailer
104) In the ________ business model, a web-based business builds a digital environment in
which buyers and sellers can meet, display products, search for products, and establish
prices.
A) market creator
B) community provider
C) e-tailer

D) portal
105) All of the following are examples of business-to-business (B2B) business models
except:
A) e-distributors.
B) e-procurement.
C) exchanges.
D) portals.
106) What is the primary revenue model for an e-distributor?
A) sales
B) transaction fee
C) advertising
D) subscription
107) Amazon is an example of which of the following business models?
A) B2B service provider
B) exchange
C) e-distributor
D) industry consortia
108) ________ create and sell access to digital markets.
A) E-distributors
B) Portals
C) E-procurement firms
D) Market creators
109) Which of the following may offer its customers value chain management software?
A) e-distributors
B) e-procurement companies
C) exchanges
D) community providers
110) Over the past decade, the number of exchanges has:
A) greatly increased.
B) diminished sharply.
C) stayed about the same.
D) increased slowly but steadily.
111) TheSeam is an example of a(n):
A) private industrial network.
B) exchange.
C) industry consortium.
D) e-distributor.
112) A ________ marketplace supplies products and services of interest to particular
industries.
A) perfect
B) differentiated
C) horizontal
D) vertical
113) Which business strategy involves implementing a new, more efficient set of business
processes that other firms cannot yet obtain?
A) strategy of cost competition
B) scope strategy
C) customer intimacy strategy
D) focus/market niche strategy
114) Which of the following features of e-commerce technology changes industry structure
by lowering barriers to entry but greatly expands the market at the same time?
A) global reach
B) richness

C) interactivity
D) personalization
115) Which of the following is not a primary activity in a firm value chain?
A) outbound logistics
B) finance/accounting
C) operations
D) after-sales service
116) A ________ is a networked business ecosystem that coordinates a firm's suppliers,
distributors, and delivery firms with its own production needs using an Internet-based
supply chain management system.
A) value chain
B) value system
C) value web
D) business strategy
117) If you wished to leverage the ubiquitous nature of the Web to differentiate your
product, you would:
A) enable individual customization of the product by consumers.
B) implement a strategy of commoditization.
C) adopt a strategy of cost competition.
D) develop a scope strategy to compete within a narrower market segment.
118) A strategy designed to compete within a narrow market or product segment is called a
________ strategy.
A) scope
B) differentiation
C) commoditization
D) focus
119) ________ technologies are technologies that enable the incremental improvement of
products and services.
A) Sustaining
B) Differentiating
C) Disruptive
D) Commodity
120) Innovative entrepreneurs and their business firms that destroy existing business
models are referred to as ________.
A) crowdfunders
B) venture capitalists
C) disruptors
D) angel investors
Chapter 3 E-commerce Infrastructure: The Internet, Web, and Mobile Platform
121) All of the following statements about mobile apps are true except:
A) the average U.S. consumer now spends more time using mobile apps than watching
television.
B) iOS apps are cross-platform, open-source applications.
C) over 130 billion apps have been downloaded from the Apple App Store.
D) almost all the top 100 brands have a presence in at least one of the major app stores.
122) During which period of time did the Institutionalization phase of Internet
development take place?
A) 1950-1960
B) 1961-1974
C) 1975-1995
D) 1995-through the present

123) Which of the following occurred during the Commercialization phase of Internet
development?
A) The fundamental building blocks of the Internet were realized in actual hardware
and software.
B) Personal computers were invented.
C) The Domain Name System (DNS) was introduced.
D) NSF privatized the operation of the Internet's backbone.
124) During which phase of the development of the Internet was the Domain Name System
(DNS) introduced?
A) Commercialization
B) Institutional
C) Innovation
D) Consolidation
125) Which of the following is not one of the basic technological foundations of the
Internet?
A) client/server computing
B) FTP
C) TCP/IP
D) packet switching
126) The process of slicing digital messages into parcels, sending them along different
communication paths as they become available, and reassembling them at the destination
point is called:
A) routing.
B) the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).
C) packet switching.
D) the File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
127) Which of the following is the core communications protocol for the Internet?
A) Telnet
B) FTP
C) TCP/IP
D) TLS
128) The Transport Layer of TCP/IP is responsible for which of the following?
A) placing packets on and receiving them from the network medium
B) addressing, packaging, and routing messages
C) providing communication with the application by acknowledging and sequencing
the packets to and from the application
D) providing a variety of applications with the ability to access the services of the lower
layers
129) The Internet Layer of TCP/IP is responsible for which of the following?
A) placing packets on and receiving them from the network medium
B) addressing, packaging, and routing messages
C) providing communication with the application by acknowledging and sequencing
the packets to and from the application
D) providing a variety of applications with the ability to access the services of the lower
layers
130) An IPv4 address is expressed as a:
A) 32-bit number that appears as a series of four separate numbers separated by
semicolons.
B) 64-bit number that appears as a series of four separate numbers separated by
semicolons.
C) 64-bit number that appears as a series of four separate numbers separated by periods.
D) 32-bit number that appears as a series of four separate numbers separated by periods.
131) The ________ allows a natural language expression, such as Google.com, to represent

a numeric IP address.
A) uniform resource locator system
B) Internet protocol addressing schema
C) domain name system
D) assigned numbers and names system
132) The address used by a browser to identify the location of content on the Web is called:
A) a domain name.
B) a uniform resource locator.
C) an IP address.
D) a file path.
133) Which of the following is not an advantage of client/server computing over centralized
mainframe computing?
A) It is easy to expand capacity by adding servers and clients.
B) Each client added to the network increases the network's overall capacity and
transmission speeds.
C) Client/server networks are less vulnerable, in part because the processing load is
balanced over many powerful smaller computers rather than concentrated in a single
huge computer.
D) There is less risk that a system will completely malfunction because backup or
mirror servers can pick up the slack if one server goes down.
134) ________ is a model of computing in that computer processing, storage, software, and
other services are provided as a shared pool of virtualized resources over the Internet.
A) Client/server computing
B) P2P computing
C) Mobile computing
D) Cloud computing
135) Which of the following protocols is used to send mail to a server?
A) IMAP
B) FTP
C) HTTP
D) SSL
136) Where does TLS operate within TCP/IP?
A) between the Internet Layer and the Transport Layer
B) between the Transport Layer and the Application Layer
C) between the Network Interface Layer and the Transport Layer
D) between the Internet Layer and the Application Layer
137) Which of the following statements about cloud computing is not true?
A) A public cloud is typically used by companies with stringent privacy and security
requirements.
B) Dropbox is an example of a public cloud.
C) Hybrid clouds offer both public and private cloud options.
D) A private cloud hosted internally or externally.
138) ________ is used to allow remote login on another computer.
A) Telnet
B) FTP
C) HTTP
D) SSL
139) ________ is a utility program that allows you to check the connection between your
client and a TCP/IP network.
A) Ping
B) Telnet
C) Tracert
D) Finger

140) Which of the following technologies has enabled the Internet to grow exponentially to
support millions of users, without overloading the network architecture?
A) fiber optics
B) Wi-Fi
C) IPv6
D) client/server computing
141) Which of the following are specialized computers that transmit message parcels along
available Internet communication paths and on to their destinations?
A) routers
B) web servers
C) IP servers
D) packet servers
142) Which of the following is a set of rules for transferring data?
A) protocol
B) packet
C) router
D) IP address
143) Which of the following is not a basic type of cloud computing service?
A) IaaS
B) PaaS
C) SaaS
D) FiOS
144) Which of the following are central directories that list all domain names currently in
use for specific domains?
A) web servers
B) root servers
C) client servers
D) DNS servers
145) Which of the following was the original purpose of the Internet?
A) to provide a network that would allow businesses to connect with consumers
B) to link large mainframe computers on different college campuses
C) to develop military communications systems that could withstand nuclear war
D) to enable government agencies to track civilian communications
146) Which of the following is a utility program that allows you to track the path of a
message sent from a client computer to a remote computer on the Internet?
A) Telnet
B) Ping
C) IMAP
D) Tracert
147) Which of the following protocols enables the exchange of routing information among
different autonomous systems on the Internet?
A) HTTP
B) BGP
C) FTP
D) SMTP
148) Which of the following organizations coordinate the Internet's systems of unique
identifiers, such as IP addresses and top-level domain systems?
A) IETF
B) IAB
C) W3C
D) ICANN
149) TCP/IP operates in which layer of Internet architecture?
A) Network Technology Substrate layer

B) Middleware Services layer
C) Transport Services and Representation Standards layer
D) Applications layer
150) The Web runs in which layer of Internet architecture?
A) Network Technology Substrate layer
B) Middleware Services layer
C) Transport Services and Representation Standards layer
D) Applications layer
151) The layer of Internet architecture that ties the applications to the communications
network and includes such services as security and authentication is called the:
A) Network Technology Substrate layer.
B) Middleware Services layer.
C) Transport Services and Representation Standards layer.
D) Applications layer.
152) The backbone of the Internet is formed by:
A) Internet Exchange Points (IXPs).
B) Tier 1 ISPs.
C) Network Access Points (NAPs).
D) Metropolitan Area Exchanges (MAEs).
153) When talking about the physical elements of the Internet, the term redundancy refers
to:
A) transmitting multiple copies of a single packet to safeguard against data loss.
B) the use of tiered high-speed switching computers to connect the backbone to
regional and local networks.
C) delays in messages caused by the uneven flow of information through the network.
D) multiple duplicate devices and paths in a network built so that data can be rerouted if
a breakdown occurs.
154) The ________ is a consortium of corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit
organizations that monitors Internet policies and practices.
A) Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG)
B) World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
C) Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
D) Internet Society (ISOC)
155) The ________ helps define the overall structure of the Internet.
A) IAB
B) IESG
C) W3C
D) ITU
156) Which of the following is not true about the mobile platform?
A) Most smartphones use Intel chips.
B) The number of cell phones worldwide exceeds the number of PCs.
C) Over a third of the world's cell phones are smartphones.
D) Smartphones use flash memory chips.
157) Which of the following organizations involved with Internet governance has the
United States recently given up control over?
A) ICANN
B) IGF
C) NTIA
D) IANA
158) Internet traffic is predicted to ________ by 2019.
A) decrease
B) double
C) triple
Answer: Network Service Providers (NSPs).

D) quadruple
159) Snapchat's Lenses feature is an example of which of the following?
A) virtual reality
B) artificial intelligence
C) augmented reality
D) chatbot
160) Which of the following is not a concern about IoT?
A) the high cost of sensors
B) interoperability
C) security
D) privacy
161) How long does it take for 300,000 X-rays to be transmitted on a 100-gbps network?
A) 10 seconds
B) 1 minute
C) 10 minutes
D) 1 hour
162) What type of Internet access technology are Google and Facebook hoping to use to
provide Internet access to remote parts of the world?
A) Bluetooth
B) drones
C) WLANs
D) DSL
163) Which of the following is not a limitation of the current Internet?
A) the continued reliance on cables and wires for connectivity
B) limited bandwidth, which causes congestion and cannot adequately handle video and
voice traffic
C) architectural restrictions, which stipulate that numerous requests for the same file
must each be answered individually, slowing network performance
D) the difficulty in expanding capacity by adding servers and clients
164) Which of the following statements about fiber-optic cable is not true?
A) It transmits more data at faster speeds than coaxial or twisted pair cable.
B) It is thinner and lighter than coaxial or twisted pair cable.
C) As of 2016, a majority of U.S. homes have fiber connections.
D) Telecommunications firms have made substantial investments in cross-country fiber
optic systems in the last decade.
165) The major technologies used with wireless local area networks are:
A) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
B) Wi-Fi and WiMax.
C) Bluetooth and 3G.
D) WiMax and 3G.
166) Which IEEE 802.11 standard provides for throughput of up to 7 Gbps?
A) 802.11a
B) 802.11b
C) 802.11ac
D) 802.11ad
167) All of the following are involved in the effort to create standards for IoT
except:
A) AllSeen Alliance.
B) Industrial Internet Consortium.
C) Open Connectivity Foundation.
D) W3C.
168) Which of the following refers to delays in messages caused by the uneven flow of
information packets through the network?

A) redundancy
B) latency
C) Net neutrality
D) QOS
169) What country intends to be the first to use Project Loon to provide universal Internet
access?
A) New Zealand
B) Sri Lanka
C) Ghana
D) Australia
170) The first web browser to make it possible to view documents on the Web with colored
background, images, and animations was:
A) Netscape Navigator.
B) Mosaic.
C) Mozilla.
D) Internet Explorer.
171) In the address http://www.company.com/clients.html, which of the following is the
top-level domain?
A) .com
B) company.com
C) www
D) http
172) You could expect to find the following services in a web server software package
except:
A) security services.
B) FTP.
C) search engine.
D) an RSS aggregator.
173) Which of the following is currently the most popular web browser?
A) Internet Explorer
B) Safari
C) Chrome
D) Firefox
174) The concept behind document formatting has its roots in which of the following?
A) XML
B) SGML
C) HTML
D) GML
175) All of the following are characteristics of HTML5 except:
A) a video element that replaces plug-ins such as Flash, QuickTime, and RealPlayer.
B) use of CSS3.
C) ability to access built-in functionality of mobile devices, such as GPS and swiping.
D) support for digital rights management.
176) Cortana is a type of:
A) intelligent personal assistant.
B) widget.
C) gadget.
D) social network.
177) Which of the following enables Internet users to communicate with each other,
although not in real time?
A) mobile messaging
B) online forum
C) SMS messaging

D) VoIP
178) Which of the following is not a mobile messaging application?
A) Kik
B) WhatsApp
C) Viber
D) Feedly
179) A(n) ________ allows users to easily add and edit content on a web page.
A) wiki
B) podcast
C) blog
D) RSS feed
180) The protocol that enables the transmission of voice and other forms of audio
communication over the Internet is called:
A) VoIP.
B) IPTP.
C) VTP.
D) IP.
Chapter 4 Building an E-commerce Presence: Websites, Mobile Sites, and Apps
181) Offline media is typically used for all of the following marketing activities except:
A) education.
B) exposure.
C) conversation.
D) branding.
182) The cost of hardware, software, and telecommunications services needed to build a
website have ________ over the last decade.
A) increased dramatically
B) increased moderately
C) decreased dramatically
D) decreased slightly
183) Which of the following types of e-commerce presence is best suited for creating an
ongoing conversation with one's customers?
A) website
B) e-mail
C) social media
D) offline media
184) What are the two most important management challenges in building a successful e-
commerce presence?
A) developing a clear understanding of business objectives and knowing how to choose
the right technology to achieve those objectives
B) having an accurate understanding of your business environment and an achievable
business plan
C) building a team with the right skill sets and closely managing the development
process
D) identifying the key components of your business plan and selecting the right
software, hardware, and infrastructure for your site
185) In order from beginning to end, the major steps in the SDLC are:
A) systems analysis/planning; systems design; building the system; testing; and
implementation.
B) systems design; testing; building the system; and implementation.
C) systems analysis/planning; systems design; building the system; implementation;
and testing.

D) systems analysis/planning; implementation; building the system; and testing.
186) ________ are the types of information systems capabilities needed to meet business
objectives.
A) Information requirements
B) System functionalities
C) System design specifications
D) Physical design specifications
187) Which of the following basic system functionalities is used to display goods on a
website?
A) product database
B) digital catalog
C) shopping cart system
D) customer database system
188) Which system functionality must your website have in order to be able to personalize
or customize a product for a client?
A) an ad server
B) a site tracking and reporting system
C) an inventory management system
D) customer on-site tracking
189) Which of the following are the two main components of a systems design?
A) logical design and physical design
B) behavioral design and technological design
C) business objectives and technology requirements
D) front-end systems and back-end systems
190) ________ help you engage your customers in a conversation.
A) Shopping carts
B) Product databases
C) On-site blogs
D) Site tracking and reporting systems
191) Which of the following is not one of the basic business objectives for an e-commerce
site?
A) display goods
B) execute a transaction
C) provide production and supplier links
D) optimize system architecture
192) All of the following are basic information requirements for a product database except:
A) product descriptions.
B) stock numbers.
C) customer ID numbers.
D) inventory levels.
193) ________ typically include a data flow diagram to describe the flow of information
for an e-commerce site.
A) Physical designs
B) Logical designs
C) Testing plans
D) Co-location plans
194) Which of the following details the actual hardware components to be used in a
system?
A) architecture plan
B) system functionalities plan
C) logical design
D) physical design
195) Which of the following verifies that the business objectives of the system as originally

conceived are in fact working?
A) system testing
B) acceptance testing
C) unit testing
D) implementation testing
196) Which of the following involves testing a site program's modules one at a time?
A) system testing
B) acceptance testing
C) unit testing
D) implementation testing
197) Most of the time required to maintain an e-commerce site is spent on:
A) debugging code.
B) responding to emergency situations.
C) general administration and making changes and enhancements to the system.
D) changes in reports, data files, and links to backend databases.
198) All of the following are simple steps for optimizing web page content that can reduce
response times except:
A) reducing unnecessary HTML comments.
B) segmenting computer servers to perform dedicated functions.
C) using more efficient graphics.
D) avoiding unnecessary links to other pages on the site.
199) Which of the following is the minimum system architecture requirement for an e-
commerce website that processes orders?
A) single-tier architecture
B) two-tier architecture
C) three-tier architecture
D) multi-tier architecture
200) All of the following offer website building tools except:
A) Weebly.
B) Google Sites.
C) WordPress.
D) Apache.
201) All of the following are major players in hosting/co-location/cloud services except:
A) GoDaddy.
B) WordPress.
C) Rackspace.
D) CenturyLink.
202) Which form of testing compares a control page with one that is very different?
A) template test
B) new concept test
C) funnel test
D) system test
203) A template test is a form of which type of testing?
A) unit testing
B) system testing
C) acceptance testing
D) A/B testing
204) When using multivariate testing, if you wish to test two different versions of an
image, a button, and a piece of text, how many combinations will you need to test?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8

205) The process of comparing a website with that of its competitors in terms of response
speed, quality of layout, and design is known as:
A) split testing.
B) funnel testing.
C) benchmarking.
D) system testing.
206) All of the following might be part of a website's middle-tier layer except:
A) a database server.
B) an ad server.
C) legacy corporate applications.
D) a mail server.
207) The leading web server software is:
A) Apache.
B) Microsoft Internet Information Server.
C) Sun Solaris.
D) Google Enterprise Server.
208) All of the following are basic functionality provided by web servers except:
A) site management tools.
B) data capture tools.
C) security services.
D) a shopping cart.
209) ________ is used to process certificates and private/public key information.
A) HTTP
B) Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security
C) File Transfer Protocol
D) Data capture
210) Which of the following would you use to verify that links on web pages are valid?
A) HTTP
B) FTP
C) data capture tools
D) site management tools
211) Which of the following is an example of a CMS?
A) Apache
B) WordPress
C) Dreamweaver CC
D) Webtrends Analytics
212) Advantages of dynamic page generation include all of the following except:
A) lowered menu costs.
B) market segmentation.
C) nearly cost-free price discrimination.
D) client-side execution of programming.
213) Which of the following cannot be used to retrieve objects from a database?
A) CGI
B) ASP
C) JSP
D) HTML
214) Which of the following types of application server monitors and controls access to a
main web server and implements firewall protection?
A) proxy server
B) list server
C) groupware server
D) mail server
215) Which of the following technologies is used to separate the design and presentation of

content from the content creation process?
A) CGI
B) proxy server
C) shopping cart
D) CMS
216) MySQL is which of the following?
A) open source database software
B) scripting language embedded in HTML documents
C) web server software
D) website analytics software
217) All of the following are basic functionality provided by e-commerce merchant server
software except:
A) a product catalog.
B) marketing analytics.
C) a shopping cart.
D) credit card processing.
218) ________ is not an open source software tool.
A) WebSphere
B) Apache
C) MySQL
D) PHP
219) Which of the following is a standard that makes it possible to access data from any
application regardless of the database and operating system software being used?
A) CGI
B) ODBC
C) MySQL
D) HTTP
220) The term stateless refers to the fact that:
A) no one government entity controls the Internet.
B) the server does not have to maintain an ongoing dedicated interaction with the client
computer.
C) system performance degrades as more simultaneous users require service.
D) web servers may maintain multiple instances of server software to handle requests.
221) Which of the following types of sites typically needs a high percentage of secure
pages?
A) web services
B) customer self-service
C) trading
D) publishing/subscription
222) Which of the following is not a main factor in determining the overall demand on an
e-commerce site?
A) file sizes of web pages being served
B) number of simultaneous users in peak periods
C) speed of legacy applications that are needed to supply data to web pages
D) whether content is dynamic or static
223) All of the following are steps one can take to right-size a website's hardware platform
and meet demands for service except:
A) scaling hardware vertically.
B) scaling hardware horizontally.
C) replacing static pages with dynamically generated pages.
D) improving processing architecture.
224) All of the following are methods of improving the processing architecture of a
website except:

A) separating static content from dynamic content.
B) optimizing ASP code.
C) optimizing the database schema.
D) adding web servers.
225) Django is based on which of the following?
A) PHP
B) Python
C) Perl
D) Ruby on Rails
226) Ruby on Rails is based on which of the following philosophies?
A) SLDC
B) CoC
C) LAMP
D) Ajax
227) Which of the following is the most commonly used server-side scripting language?
A) Ruby on Rails
B) Django
C) PHP
D) Perl
228) All of the following are website design features that annoy customers except:
A) slow-loading pages.
B) pop-under ads.
C) splash pages.
D) multi-browser functionality.
229) All of the following are important factors in search engine optimization except:
A) selecting keywords and page titles.
B) identifying market niches for your services or products.
C) buying search engine ads.
D) adhering to privacy policies.
230) ________ provides a set of standards for communicating between a browser and a
program running on a server that allows for interaction between the user and server.
A) CGI
B) ColdFusion
C) JavaScript
D) VBScript
231) ________ is a programming language invented by Netscape used to control the
objects on an HTML page and handle interactions with the browser.
A) VBScript
B) ActiveX
C) ColdFusion
D) JavaScript
232) The primary way a website personalizes the content presented to a visitor is through
the use of:
A) privacy policies.
B) cookies.
C) accessibility rules.
D) site management tools.
233) Which of the following is not part of the LAMP open source web development
model?
A) Linux
B) Apache
C) Microsoft IIS
D) PHP

234) Django follows the ________ programming principle.
A) CoC
B) WYSIWYG
C) DRY
D) LAMP
235) All of the following are key design principles of responsive web design except:
A) flexible grid-based layouts.
B) media queries.
C) coding by convention.
D) flexible images and media.
236) Which of the following is a server-side technique that detects the attributes of the
device making the request, and using predefined templates, loads a version of a site that
is optimized for the device?
A) LAMP
B) AWD
C) mobile first design
D) RoR
237) Which of the following statements about responsive web design (RWD) is not true?
A) RWD works best for sites that have complex functionality.
B) RWD tools include HTML5 and CSS3.
C) RWD makes it possible to design a website that automatically adjusts its layout and
display according to the screen resolution of the device on which it is being viewed.
D) RWD can be costly.
238) Building which of the following is the most expensive path to creating a mobile
presence?
A) native app
B) mobile website
C) mobile web app
D) hybrid HTTP
239) Which of the following statements about mobile websites is not true?
A) Mobile websites run on a firm's servers, just like a traditional website.
B) Mobile websites can be built using standard web tools such as server-side HTML,
Linux, PHP and SQL.
C) Generally, mobile websites operate more quickly than traditional websites viewed
on a desktop computer connected to a broadband office network.
D) Most large firms today have mobile websites.
240) Beginning the e-commerce development process with a mobile presence rather than a
desktop website is referred to as which of the following?
A) RWD
B) AWD
C) mobile first design
D) RESS

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