Chapter 3

Domain name hosting (web hosting) is a service that allows the owner of a domain name to maintain a simple website and provide email capacity.

True

What allows user to access the WWW?

Web browser

What is cyborg anthropology?

A discipline originated at the 1993 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association.

What is a telepresence robot?

A remote-controlled, wheeled device with a display to enable video chat and videoconferencing

Which of the following represents the primary business revenue models?

Advertising fees, license fees, subscription fees, transaction fees, value-added service fees

What allows a business to generate commissions or referral fees when a customer visiting its website clicks a link to another merchant's website?

Affiliate program

Which of the following is a set of tools that supports the work of teams or groups by facilitating the sharing and flow of information?

Collaboration system

What occurs when a business sells directly to a customer online and cuts out the middle man?

Disintermediation

Susan teaches many individuals and business professionals how, why, and the benefits and challenges to using social media. Of the four ebusiness challenges which of the following is the most crucial challenge to consider before engaging in social media?

Ensuring consumer protection

A social bookmark is a locally stored URL or the address of a file or Internet page saved as a shortcut.

False

Web 3.0 refers to static text-based information websites.

False

Which of the following is a type of Web browser?

Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox

What is the system that consists of nonproprietary hardware and software based on publicly known standards that allows third parties to create add-on products to plug into or interoperate with the system?

Open system

What is the primary business advantage of using email?

Providing the ability to inform and communicate with many people simultaneously, immediately, and with ease

Which of the following is not a topic or feature that is included in Web 3.0?

Social networking

Which of the below statements is accurate when considering the ebusiness challenge of adhering to taxation rules?

Some online companies have to charge sales tax

Erik is the president and owner of Watch Out, a local website development company that helps clients create and build unique websites. Many of his daily tasks are heavily technical in nature and require a high level of computer programming and Internet knowledge. Which of the below would Erik primarily use when performing his daily tasks?

Source code

An ezine is a magazine published only in electronic form on a computer network. Flipboard is a social-network aggregation, magazine-format application software for multiple devices that collects content from social media and other websites, presents it in magazine format, and allows users to flip through the content.

True

Business-to-consumer applies to any business that sells its products or services directly to consumers online.

True

Which of the following terms could use synonymously when referring to the Web?

URL, Domain Name