Chapter 4 Building an E-commerce Presence T/F
1) The systems development life cycle methodology is useful when creating an e-commerce Web site.
TRUE
15) Mobile Web apps are typically built using HTML5 and Java.
TRUE
3) Using prebuilt templates is typically one of the most cost-effective choices when building a Web site.
TRUE
4) The annual maintenance cost for a Web site is likely to be as high as its development cost.
TRUE
7) The Web server software used does not significantly impact how a Web site's Web pages look on users' computers.
TRUE
8) Prior to the development of e-commerce, Web sites primarily delivered static content.
TRUE
9) Dynamic page generation makes market segmentation easier.
TRUE
10) A list server is an application server used to provide a database for product descriptions and prices.
FALSE
11) Upgrading a server from a single processor to multiple processors is an example of scaling a site horizontally.
FALSE
14) Accessibility rules help to ensure that low-bandwidth users can access your Web site.
FALSE
2) One of the most important challenges in developing an e-commerce presence is understanding that the technology must drive the business.
FALSE
5) In a two-tier architecture, a Web server is linked to one middle-tier layer that typically includes a series of application servers, as well as to another back-end layer.
FALSE
6) Apache Web server software is based on Microsoft's Windows operating system.
FALSE
12) Storing HTML pages in RAM rather than on a server's hard drive is an inexpensive way to fine-tune the processing architecture of a Web site.
TRUE
13) A "native" app is one designed to specifically operate using a mobile device's hardware and operating system.
TRUE
