Ecom1

E-commerce can be defined as:

• the use of the Internet, the Web, and mobile apps to transact business

• the use of any Internet technologies in a firm's daily activities.

• the digital enablement of transactions and processes within an organization

• any digitally enabled transactions among individuals and organizations

Interactivity in the context of e-commerce provides which of the following functionalities?

• the ability to physically touch and manipulate a product

• complexity and content of a message

• the ability of consumers to create and distribute content

• the enabling of two-way communication between consumer and merchant

Which of the following is an example of an on-demand service company?

• YouTube

• Airbnb

• Tumblr

• Facebook

All of the following are examples of Web 2.0 sites and applications except:

• photo-sharing sites.

• blogs.

• wikis.

• auction sites

Which of the following is not true regarding e-commerce today?

• Economists' visions of a friction-free market have not been realized.

• Consumers are less price-sensitive than expected.

• There remains considerable persistent price dispersion.

• The market middlemen disappeared.

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:

• routing.

• the Transmission Control Protocol.

• packet switching.

• the File Transfer Protocol.

Which of the following statements about cloud computing is not true?

• A public cloud is typically used by companies with stringent privacy and security requirements.

• Dropbox is an example of a public cloud.

• Hybrid clouds offer both public and private cloud options.

• A private cloud may be hosted internally or externally.

The Web runs in which layer of Internet architecture?

• Network Technology Substrate layer

• Middleware Services layer

• Transport Services and Representation Standards layer

• Applications layer

The major technologies used with wireless local area networks are:

• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

• Wi-Fi and WiMax.

• Bluetooth and 3G.

• WiMax and 3G.

In the address http://www.company.com/clients.html, which of the following is the top-level domain?

• .com

• company.com

• www

• http