Electronic Commerce Exam 3

_____ lets programmers create Web pages that will update asynchronously while the rest of the Web page continues to be displayed in the browser.

AJAX

_____ Server has dominated the Web since 1996 because it is free and performs very efficiently.

Apache HTTP

_____ are the prices that potential buyers in an auction are willing to pay for an item.

Bids

_____ were computers that allowed users to connect using dial-up connections through telephone lines to read and post messages in a common discussion forum.

Bulletin board system

The _____ auction is a form of open auction in which bidding starts at a high price and drops until a bidder accepts the price.

Dutch

The most common format used on eBay is a computerized version of the _____ auction.

English

A drawback of decentralized architecture is that if one of the few servers becomes inoperable, a large portion of the site's capacity is lost. (T/F)

False

Companies that sell through their Web sites establish nexus everywhere their goods are delivered to customers. (T/F)

False

Digital signatures are not legally valid on contracts in most countries. (T/F)

False

In sealed-bid auctions, bidders share information with each other. (T/F)

False

Non-U.S. corporations and individuals cannot be sued in U.S. courts if they conduct business or commit tortious acts in the United States. (T/F)

False

Software applications that generate information are located in the first tier of n-tier architectures. (T/F)

False

The basic Web client/server model is a three-tier model. (T/F)

False

The challenge-response content-filtering technique uses a black list as the basis for a confirmation procedure. (T/F)

False

Use taxes are levied by the United States and other countries on certain commodities as they are imported into the country. (T/F)

False

When a seller advertises goods for sale on a Web site, that seller is making an offer to potential buyers. (T/F)

False

_____ is a form of control over physical space and the people and objects that reside in that space, and is a defining characteristic of statehood.

Power

_____ programs calculate and display the number of hops between computers and the time it takes to traverse the entire one-way path between machines.

Route-tracing

_____ is a country in which national culture permits the government to exert high levels of unchecked authority.

Singapore

_____ is a program that allows a person using one computer to access files and run programs on a second computer that is connected to the Internet.

Telnet

A click-wrap acceptance occurs when a Web site user agrees to that site's end-user license agreements or its terms and conditions by clicking a button on the Web site. (T/F)

True

A growing number of large organizations have built internal Web sites that provide opportunities for online social networking among their employees. (T/F)

True

Businesses that operate on the Web must comply with the same laws and regulations that govern the operations of all businesses. (T/F)

True

Ethics issues are significant in the area of online privacy because laws have not kept pace with the growth of the Internet and the Web. (T/F)

True

If an idea cannot be separated from its expression in a work, that work cannot be copyrighted. (T/F)

True

In a double auction, buyers and sellers each submit combined price-quantity bids to an auctioneer. (T/F)

True

In industries where there is a high degree of competition among suppliers, reverse auctions can be an efficient way to conduct and manage the price bidding that would naturally occur in that market. (T/F)

True

In the second wave of electronic commerce, the Internet had become simply a tool that enabled communication among virtual community members. (T/F)

True

People receive constructive notice that they have become subject to new laws and cultural norms when they cross an international border, even if they are not specifically warned of the changed laws and norms by a sign or a border guard's statement. (T/F)

True

The computers that perform the server function usually have more memory and larger, faster disk drives than the client computers they serve. (T/F)

True

The entity body of a response message returns the HTML page requested by the client machine. (T/F)

True

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. (T/F)

True

The most successful consumer auction Web site today is eBay. (T/F)

True

The two most commonly used Web server programs are Apache HTTP Server and Microsoft Internet Information Server, IIS. (T/F)

True

The types of products that work well for group shopping sites are branded products with well-established reputations. (T/F)

True

When people use Web browser software to become part of the Web, their computers become Web client computers on a worldwide client/server network. (T/F)

True

With remote server administration software, a Web site administrator can control a Web site from any Internet-connected computer. (T/F)

True

FreeBSD is a(n) _____-based operating system

UNIX

Second-price sealed-bid auctions are commonly called _____ auctions.

Vickrey

The whole auction process is managed by a(n) _____.

auctioneer

In the United States, federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction over issues related to _____.

bankruptcy

In the context of Web server performance evaluation, _____ is testing that is used to compare the performance of hardware and software.

benchmarking

A content-filtering technique where the software that performs the filtering task is placed on individual users' computers is called _____.

client-level filtering

A service that allows multiple organizations to share a network of server computers and the software that runs on those computer is.

cloud computing

Using technology to harass, humiliate threaten or embarrass another person is called.

cyberbullying

A(n) _____ statement is a statement that is false and that injures the reputation of another person or company.

defamatory

In a(n) _____ auction, buyers and sellers each submit combined price-quantity bids to an auctioneer.

double

Compared to traditional advertising, an effective business use of social media tools is to _____.

engage customers

In a client/server architecture, an optional _____ is sometimes used to pass bulk information to the server.

entity body

A(n) _____ is an independent party that holds a buyer's payment until the buyer receives the purchased item and is satisfied that the item is what the seller represented it to be.

escrow service

The _____ is the part of the TCP/IP rules that defines the formats used to transfer files between TCP/IP-connected computers.

file transfer protocol

A(n) _____ clause is a statement that a contract will be enforced according to the laws of a particular state that then has personal jurisdiction over the parties who signed the contract regarding any enforcement issues.

forum selection

Efforts to reduce the environmental impact of large computing installations are called _____ computing.

green

The ability of a government to exert control over a person or corporation is called _____.

jurisdiction

Smaller businesses often sell their unusable and excess inventory to _____, which are firms that find buyers for these items.

liquidation brokers

Traditionally, large companies distribute excess inventory through _____.

liquidation specialists

The details of _____ vary from state to state, but generally create personal jurisdiction over nonresidents who transact business or commit tortious acts in the state.

long-arm statutes

A _____ is an act in which a seller unintentionally provides a harmful product.

negligent tort

If a company undertakes sufficient activities in a particular country, it establishes _____ with that country and becomes liable for filing tax returns in that country.

nexus

An English auction is sometimes called a(n) _____ because the bids are publicly announced.

open auction

In a(n) _____ policy approach, a company that collects information does not use the information for any other purpose unless the customer specifically chooses to allow that use.

opt-in

A(n) _____ file is a file on a Web server that is not linked to any page.

orphan

One of the first operating systems for Internet-capable phones was made by _____ for their phones and other portable devices.

palm

The trend toward having readers help write their own news is called _____ journalism.

participatory

If a defamatory statement injures the reputation of a product or service instead of a person, it is called _____.

product disparagement

In a client/server architecture, the _____ contains a command, the name of the target resource, and the protocol name and version number.

request line

A(n) _____ indicates the HTTP version used by the server, the status of the response, and an explanation of the status information.

response header line

An auction where visitors describe items or services they want to buy, and a group of participating merchants reply with offers to supply the item at a particular price is called a _____.

reverse bid

The New York Stock Exchange conducts _____ auctions of stocks and bonds in which the auctioneer, called a specialist, manages the market for a particular stock or bond issue.

sealed-bid double

A(n) _____ refers to any symbol executed or adopted for the purpose of authenticating a writing.

signature

A _____ is an unsolicited commercial e-mail.

spam

A _____ page is an unchanging page retrieved from a file on a Web server.

static

_____ is a court's authority to decide a particular type of dispute.

subject-matter jurisdiction

A(n) _____ tax is a tax levied by a state on property used in that state that was not purchased in that state.

use

A _____ is a statement declaring that the seller will not honor some or all implied warranties.

warranty disclaimer

A digital _____ is a digital code or stream embedded undetectably in a digital image or audio file.

watermark