Chapter 4 Building an E-commerce Presence T/F

1) The systems development life cycle methodology is useful when creating an e-commerce Web site.

TRUE

15) Mobile Web apps are typically built using HTML5 and Java.

TRUE

3) Using prebuilt templates is typically one of the most cost-effective choices when building a Web site.

TRUE

4) The annual maintenance cost for a Web site is likely to be as high as its development cost.

TRUE

7) The Web server software used does not significantly impact how a Web site's Web pages look on users' computers.

TRUE

8) Prior to the development of e-commerce, Web sites primarily delivered static content.

TRUE

9) Dynamic page generation makes market segmentation easier.

TRUE

10) A list server is an application server used to provide a database for product descriptions and prices.

FALSE

11) Upgrading a server from a single processor to multiple processors is an example of scaling a site horizontally.

FALSE

14) Accessibility rules help to ensure that low-bandwidth users can access your Web site.

FALSE

2) One of the most important challenges in developing an e-commerce presence is understanding that the technology must drive the business.

FALSE

5) In a two-tier architecture, a Web server is linked to one middle-tier layer that typically includes a series of application servers, as well as to another back-end layer.

FALSE

6) Apache Web server software is based on Microsoft's Windows operating system.

FALSE

12) Storing HTML pages in RAM rather than on a server's hard drive is an inexpensive way to fine-tune the processing architecture of a Web site.

TRUE

13) A "native" app is one designed to specifically operate using a mobile device's hardware and operating system.

TRUE