INSY 3330 Quiz 1

Which of the following is not an advantage of client/server computing over centralized mainframe computing?

Each client added to the network increases the network's overall capacity and transmission speeds.

Django is based on which of the following?

Python

Which of the following uses a subscription revenue model for books?

Scribd

A company's strong linkages with its customers increase switching costs.

True

The early years of e-commerce were driven by all of the following factors except:

an emphasis on exploiting traditional distribution channels.

Beginning the e-commerce development process with a mobile presence rather than a desktop website is referred to as which of the following?

mobile first design

What is the primary revenue model for an e-distributor?

sales

A(n) ________ allows users to easily add and edit content on a web page.

wiki

It is estimated that by 2021, the size of the B2B market will reach:

$7.6 trillion.

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

.com

How long does it take for 300,000 X-rays to be transmitted on a 100-gbps network?

1 minute

In 2017, almost ________ of Americans only used a mobile device to access the Internet.

15%

In the United States, about ________ of Internet traffic now occurs over IPv6.

25%

Retail e-commerce in the United States is not expected to continue growing at double-digit growth rates in 2017-2018.

False

The Internet has shown similar growth patterns as other electronic technologies of the past.

False

Universal standards make price discovery more costly, slower, and less accurate.

False

The ________ is a consortium of corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations that monitors Internet policies and practices.

Internet Society (ISOC)

The layer of Internet architecture that ties the applications to the communications network and includes security and authentication services is called the:

Middleware Services layer.

All of the following were visions of e-commerce expressed during the early years of e-commerce except:

NOT: friction-free commerce. idk answer

Which of the following statements is not true?

Overall transaction costs have dropped dramatically.

Which of the following statements about e-commerce, in the United States in 2017, is not true?

Social e-commerce generates more revenue than mobile e-commerce.

Which of the following is the core communications protocol for the Internet?

TCP/IP

Which of the following statements about the Web is not true?

The Web is the technology upon which the Internet is based.

Which of the following statements about the mobile platform is not true?

The size of the mobile app audience greatly exceeds that of the mobile web audience.

E-commerce technologies provide a unique, many-to-many model of mass communication.

True

Firms that fail to produce returns greater than alternative investments typically go out of business.

True

Interactivity that enables product customization alters industry structure by decreasing the threat of substitutes.

True

The term unfit fitness refers to a situation in which employees of a firm have the wrong skills for the current environment.

True

Ubiquity lowers the cognitive energy required to transact in a marketspace.

True

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):

angel investor.

Which of the following basic system functionalities is used to display goods on a website?

digital catalog

Which of the following can be considered synonymous with the term e-commerce?

digital commerce

Which of the following refers to the displacement of market middlemen and the creation of a new direct relationship between producers and consumers?

disintermediation

Innovative entrepreneurs and their business firms that destroy existing business models are referred to as:

disruptors.

Amazon Business is an example of which of the following business models?

e-distributor

Which of the following is not a primary activity in a firm value chain?

finance/accounting

Which of the following refers to delays in messages caused by the uneven flow of information packets through the network?

latency

Which of the following is not a variation of the e-tailer business model?

market creator

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

Airbnb

The leading Web server software is:

Apache

Which of the following protocols enables the exchange of routing information among different autonomous systems on the Internet?

BGP

Unfair competitive advantages occur when:

one competitor has an advantage others cannot purchase.

In general, the key to becoming a successful content provider is to:

own the content being provided.

Which of the following are specialized computers that transmit message parcels along available Internet communication paths and on to their destinations?

routers

Portals primarily generate revenue in all of the following ways except:

sales of goods.

Which of the following are Amazon's primary value propositions?

selection and convenience

A ________ refers to a competitive strategy in which firms attempt to achieve lower business process costs.

strategy of cost competition

Which of the following factors is not a significant influence on a company's competitive environment?

the availability of supportive organizational structures

Which of the following features of e-commerce technology is related to the concept of network externalities?

universal standards

Which of the following refers to the practice of researching a product online before purchasing it at a physical store?

webrooming