INSY e-commerce

2) ________ is an example of e-business. A) Amazon's inventory control system B) The Amazon.com website C) An Amazon mobile app D) Amazon's Pinterest page

A) Amazon's inventory control system

11) Which of the following statements about the Web is NOT true? A) The Web is the technology upon which the Internet is based. B) The Web was the original "killer app." C) The Web provides access to pages written in HyperText Markup Language. D) The Web is both a communications infrastructure and an information storage system.

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

1) E-commerce can be defined as: A) the use of the Internet, the Web, and mobile apps to transact business. B) the use of any Internet technologies in a firm's daily activities. C) the digital enablement of transactions and processes within an organization. D) any digitally enabled transactions among individuals and organizations.

A) the use of the Internet, the Web, and mobile apps to transact business.

3) Which of the following terms is synonymous with e-commerce? A) e-business B) digital commerce C) the Internet D) the Web

B) digital commerce

17) Which of the following is the best definition of transaction cost? A) the expense of changing national or regional prices B) the cost of participating in a market C) the cost of finding suitable products in the market D) the cost merchants pay to bring their goods to market

B) the cost of participating in a market

10) Which of the following is not a major business trend in e-commerce in 2016-2017? A) the growth of a mobile app ecosystem B) the weakening revenues of B2B e-commerce C) the emergence of social e-commerce D) the growth of the on-demand service firms

B) the weakening revenues of B2B e-commerce

9) All of the following are major social trends in e-commerce in 2016-2017 except for: A) concerns about the flood of temporary, low paying jobs without benefits being generated by on-demand service companies. B) the continuing conflict over copyright management and control. C) the refusal of online retailers to accept taxation of Internet sales. D) the growth of government surveillance of Internet communications.

C) the refusal of online retailers to accept taxation of Internet sales.

12) In 2016, there were more than ________ Internet hosts. A) 1 million B) 10 million C) 100 million D) 1 billion

D) 1 billion

8) Which of the following is not a major technology trend in e-commerce in 2016-2017? A) Mobile messaging services become popular with smartphone users. B) Firms are turning to business analytics to make sense out of big data. C) The mobile computing and communications platform creates an alternative platform for online transactions, marketing, advertising, and media viewing. D) Computing and networking component prices increase dramatically.

D) Computing and networking component prices increase dramatically.