Electronic Commerce Ch 5 Quiz

In 1979, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) chartered a new committee to develop uniform electronic data interchange (EDI) standards. This committee is called the ______. a. ASC X12 b. EDIINT c. EDIFACT d. DISA

a. ASC X12

_______ generally includes all purchasing activities, plus the monitoring of all elements of purchase transactions. a. Procurement b. Distribution c. Logistics d. Sales

a. Procurement

The _______ has been the coordinating body for standards in the United States since 1918. a. Association for Computing Machinery b. American National Standards Institute c. Institution of Engineering and Technology d. Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers

b. American National Standards Institute

______ requires each business in the network to operate its own on-site electronic data interchange (EDI) translator computer. a. Internet EDI b. Direct connection EDI c. Web EDI d. Open EDI

b. Direct connection EDI

_______ activities include managing the inbound movements of materials and supplies and the outbound movements of finished goods and services. a. Production b. Logistics c. Procurement d. Transaction

b. Logistics

Since electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions are business contracts and often involve large amounts of money, the existence of an independent audit log helps establish ______. a. abrogation b. nonrepudiation c. privacy d. secrecy

b. nonrepudiation

In _____, the company negotiates long-term contracts for most of the materials that it will need. a. tactical purchasing b. replenishment purchasing c. spot purchasing d. blanket purchasing

b. replenishment purchasing

When companies integrate their supply management and logistics activities across multiple participants in a particular product's supply chain, the job of managing that integration is called ________. a. supply workflow planning b. supply chain managment c. supply resource planning d. supply intelligence management

b. supply chain management

One common support activity that underlies multiple primary activities is ______. a. procuring b. training c. warehousing d. purchasing

b. training

______ are business-to-business (B2B) marketplace models used in electronic commerce. a. Industry marketplaces b. Independent exchanges c. Customer portals d. Public marketplaces

c. Customer portals

Electronic data interchange (EDI) is still the single most commonly used technology in online _____ transactions. a. consumer-to-business b. business-to-government c. business-to-business d. business-to-consumer

c. business-to-business

Using Internet technologies to integrate the design, development, construction, testing and refinement of products is called : _________ a. smart sourcing b. direct connection c. collaborative commerce d. knowledge management

c. collaborative commerce

The classic objectives of _____ is to provide the right goods in the right quantities in the right place at the right time. a. procurement b. production c. logistics d. marketing

c. logistics

To use the services of a value-added network (VAN), a company must install electronic data interchange (EDI) ______ software that is compatible with the VAN. a. router b. interpreter c. translator d. switch

c. translator

EDI is the acronym for _______. a. Education Interchange b. Electronic Distance Interface c. Elementary Decision Implementation d. Electronic Data Interchange

d. Electronic Data Interchange

________ allows trading partners to pass messages through a value-added network instead of connecting their computers directly to each other. a. Direct connection EDI b. Wireless EDI c. Repeated EDI d. Indirect connection EDI

d. Indirect connection EDI

_______ is the intentional collection, classification, and dissemination of information about a company, its products, and its processes. a. Database management b. Data mining c. Intelligence warehousing d. Knowledge management

d. Knowledge management

The roots of Web technology for business-to-business transactions lie in a hierarchically structured approach to inter-firm information transfer called ______. a. data terminal interoperation b. object technology c. power line communcation d. electronic data interchange

d. electronic data interchange

One trend that is becoming clear in purchasing, logistic, and support activities is the shift away from hierarchical structures toward _______ structures. a. horizontal b. bottom-up c. vertical d. network

d. network

Electronic data interchange (EDI) on the internet is also called ______. a. closed EDI b. digital EDI c. linked EDI d. open EDI

d. open EDI