CSIS 1010- Chapter 4

True

The SDLC methodology helps developers to understand the business objectives of a system and design an appropriate solution.

mobile first design

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

native app

Building which of the following is the most expensive path to creating a mobile presence?

DRY

Django follows the ________ programming principle.

Python

Django is based on which of the following?

True

Dynamic page generation makes it easier to segment markets.

True

In general, the annual system maintenance cost will roughly parallel the development cost.

systems analysis/planning; systems design; building the system; testing; and implementation.

In order from beginning to end, the major steps in the SDLC are:

open source database software

MySQL is which of the following?

True

Native web apps need to be developed for different mobile platforms.

True

Objects can be retrieved from the database using Java Server Pages.

False

Storing HTML pages in RAM rather than on a server's hard drive is an expensive way to fine-tune the processing architecture of a website.

True

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

Drupal

Which of the following is an example of a CMS?

trading

Which of the following types of sites typically needs a high percentage of secure pages?

System functionalities

________ are the types of information systems capabilities needed to meet business objectives.

CGI

________ provides a set of standards for communicating between a browser and a program running on a server that allows for interaction between the user and server.

replacing static pages with dynamically generated pages.

All of the following are steps one can take to right-size a website's hardware platform and meet demands for service except:

multi-browser functionality.

All of the following are website design features that annoy customers except:

legacy corporate applications.

All of the following might be part of a website's middle-tier layer except:

False

An HTML5 app is one designed to specifically operate using a mobile device's hardware and operating system.

conversation

Offline media is typically used for all of the following marketing activities except:

True

PHP is an open source, general purpose scripting language that is most frequently used in server-side Web applications to generate dynamic web page content.

True

Prior to the development of e-commerce, websites primarily delivered static HTML pages.

CoC

Ruby on Rails is based on which of the following philosophies?

decreased dramatically

The cost of hardware, software, and telecommunications services needed to build a website have ________ over the last decade.

Apache

The leading web server software is:

cookies

The primary way a website is able to personalize the content presented to a visitor is through the use of:

benchmarking

The process of comparing a website with that of its competitors in terms of response speed, quality of layout, and design is known as:

the server does not have to maintain an ongoing dedicated interaction with the client computer.

The term stateless refers to the fact that:

False

The web server software used has a significant impact on how a website's web pages look on a user's computer.

True

Using prebuilt templates is typically one of the most inexpensive options when building an e-commerce site.

8

When using multivariate testing, if you wish to test two different versions of an image, a button, and a piece of text, how many combinations will you need to test?

new concept test

Which form of testing compares a control page with one that is very different?

logical design and physical design

Which of the following are the two main components of a systems design?

digital catalog

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

HTML

Which of the following cannot be used to retrieve objects from a database?

physical design

Which of the following details the actual hardware components to be used in a system?

on-site blog

Which of the following helps you engage your customers in a conversation?

unit testing

Which of the following involves testing a site's program modules one at a time?

AWD

Which of the following is a server-side technique that detects the attributes of the device making the request, and using predefined templates, loads a version of a site optimized for the device?

ODBC

Which of the following is a standard that makes it possible to access data from any application regardless of the database and operating system software being used?

file sizes of web pages being served

Which of the following is not a main factor in determining the overall demand on an e-commerce site?

optimize system architecture

Which of the following is not one of the basic business objectives for an e-commerce site?

Microsoft IIS

Which of the following is not part of the LAMP open source web development model?

adding web servers.

All of the following are methods of improving the processing architecture of a website except:

False

A multi-tier architecture typically includes only a web server and a database server.

A/B testing

A template test is a form of which type of testing?

client-side execution of programming.

Advantages of dynamic page generation include all of the following except:

marketing analytics.

All of the following are basic functionality provided by e-commerce merchant server software except:

a shopping cart.

All of the following are basic functionality provided by web servers except:

customer ID numbers.

All of the following are basic information requirements for a product database except:

adhering to privacy policies.

All of the following are important factors in search engine optimization except:

coding by convention.

All of the following are key design principles of responsive web design except:

WordPress

All of the following are major players in hosting/co-location/cloud services except:

True

Apache web server software works with Linux and Unix operating systems.

RWD works best for sites that have complex functionality.

Which of the following statements about responsive web design (RWD) is not true?

CMS

Which of the following technologies is used to separate the design and presentation of content from the content creation process?

proxy server

Which of the following types of application server monitors and controls access to a main web server, and implements firewall protection?

social media

Which of the following types of e-commerce presence is best suited for creating an ongoing conversation with one's customers?

logical design

Which of the following typically includes a data flow diagram (DFD) to describe the flow of information for an e-commerce site?

acceptance testing

Which of the following verifies that the business objectives of the system are in fact working?

customer on-site tracking

Which system functionality must your website have to be able to personalize or customize a product for a client?

Application servers

________ are a kind of middleware software that provides the glue connecting traditional corporate systems to the customer as well as all the functionality needed to conduct e-commerce.

Apache

Which of the following does not offer website building tools?

PHP

Which of the following is the most commonly used server-side scripting language?

Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security

Which of the following is used to process certificates and private/public key information?

Generally, mobile websites operate more quickly than traditional websites viewed on a desktop computer connected to a broadband office network.

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