CIS Test 1 Quiz 2, CIS Test 1 Quiz 3, CIS TEST One Quiz 1
In 2016, the world's online population was estimated to be around:
3.3 billion
The size of the B2B market in 2017 was estimated at:
$6.7 trillion.
In 2016, there were more than ________ Internet hosts.
1-billion
Which of the following is an example of B2B e-commerce?
Bluetooth is an advanced form of DSL.
False
Packet switching requires a dedicated circuit.
False
The Internet is a worldwide network of computer networks.
True
The overall retail market in the United States in 2016 was estimated at about:
4.8 trillion
In 2016, almost ________ of Americans who access the Internet use a mobile device at least some of the time.
93%
Which of the following is not considered a portal?
Amazon
Which of the following is not a major technology trend in e-commerce in 2016-2017?
Computing and networking component prices increase dramatically.
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.
Which of the following statements is not true?
Economists take a purely technical approach to e-commerce.
Which of the following is not one of the basic technological foundations of the Internet?
FTP
The Internet has shown similar growth patterns as other electronic technologies of the past.
False
The fact that e-commerce is conducted on the basis of universal standards increases search costs for consumers.
False
Tier 3 ISPs provide long-haul fiber-optic networks that comprise the Internet's backbone.
False
Universal standards make price discovery more costly, slower, and less accurate.
False
FTP is the protocol that provides the Internet addressing scheme.
Fasle
Which of the following is not a mobile messaging application?
Feedly
The layer of Internet architecture that ties the applications to the communications network and includes such services as security and authentication is called the:
Middleware Services layer.
Which of the following occurred during the Commercialization phase of Internet development?
NSF privatized the operation of the Internet's backbone.
An example of a company using the content provider model is:
Rhapsody
What country intends to be the first to use Project Loon to provide universal Internet access?
Sri Lanka
Which of the following is not true regarding e-commerce today?
The market middlemen disappeared.
Which of the following best describes the early years of e-commerce?
They were a technological success but a mixed business success.
Which of the following is a utility program that allows you to track the path of a message sent from a client computer to a remote computer on the Internet?
Tracert
The Internet's universal standards can change industry structure by decreasing barriers to entry and increasing competition within an industry.
True
The major hubs in the United States where the Internet backbone intersects with regional and local networks are now commonly referred to as Internet Exchange Points (IXPs).
True
The term e-commerce refers to the digital enabling of transactions and processes involving an exchange of value across organizational boundaries.
True
Ubiquity lowers the cognitive energy required to transact in a marketspace.
True
The protocol that enables the transmission of voice and other forms of audio communication over the Internet is called:
VoIP
Stickiness is an important attribute for which of the following revenue models?
advertising revenue model
Where does TLS operate within TCP/IP?
between the Transport Layer and the Application Layer
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Consolidation phase of e-commerce?
brand extension and strengthening becomes more important than creating new brands
________ is a model of computing in that computer processing, storage, software, and other services are provided as a shared pool of virtualized resources over the Internet.
coud computing
Over the past decade, the number of exchanges has:
diminished sharply
Which of the following is a characteristic of e-commerce during the Invention period?
disintermediation
The ________ allows a natural language expression, such as Google.com, to represent a numeric IP address.
domain name system
Which of the following may offer its customers value chain management software?
e-procurement companies
Which of the following is an example of an e-commerce first mover that failed?
eToys
If you wished to leverage the ubiquitous nature of the Web to differentiate your product, you would:
enable individual customization of the product by consumers.
All of the following may lead to a competitive advantage except:
fewer products
A strategy designed to compete within a narrow market or product segment is called a ________ strategy.
focus
All of the following statements about mobile apps are true except:
iOS apps are cross-platform, open-source applications.
TheSeam is an example of a(n):
industry consortium
Which of the following refers to any disparity in relevant market information among parties in a transaction?
information asymmetry
Cortana is a type of:
intelligent personal assistant
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 a physical place you visit to conduct business?
marketplace
Which type of e-commerce is distinguished by the type of technology used in the transaction rather than by the nature of the market relationship?
mobile e-commerce
The process of slicing digital messages into parcels, sending them along different communication paths as they become available, and reassembling them at the destination point is called:
packet switching
Which of the following is a set of rules for transferring data?
protocol
The Transport Layer of TCP/IP is responsible for which of the following?
providing communication with the application by acknowledging and sequencing the packets to and from the application
A firm's ________ describes how a firm will produce a return on invested capital.
revenue model
Which of the following refers to the complexity and content of a message?
richness
Which of the following are central directories that list all domain names currently in use for specific domains?
root servers
Which of the following are specialized computers that transmit message parcels along available Internet communication paths and on to their destinations?
routers
Which of the following features of e-commerce technology allows users to participate in the creation of online content?
social technology
Which of the following is the best definition of transaction cost?
the cost of participating in a market
Interactivity in the context of e-commerce provides which of the following functionalities?
the enabling of two-way communication between consumer and merchant
Which of the following is not a concern about IoT?
the high cost of sensors
The financial services, travel services, and job placement services industries typically use the ________ business model.
transaction broker
Which of the following features of e-commerce technology is related to the concept of network externalities?
universal standards
Which element of the business model addresses what a firm provides that other firms cannot?
value proposition
The Internet Layer of TCP/IP is responsible for which of the following?
addressing, packaging, and routing messages
E-commerce has decreased price competition in nearly all markets.
False
Retail e-commerce in the United States is not expected to continue growing at double-digit growth rates in 2016-2017.
False
Scale economies are efficiencies that result from flattening the hierarchy of an organization.
False
The concept behind document formatting has its roots in which of the following?
GML
Which of the following organizations involved with Internet governance has the United States recently given up control over?
IANA
The ________ is a consortium of corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations that monitors Internet policies and practices.
Internet Security (ISOC)
Which of the following terms is synonymous with e-commerce?
digital commerce
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a perfect competitive market?
It is highly regulated.
Which of the following is not a major business trend in e-commerce in 2016-2017?
Small businesses and entrepreneurs are hampered by the rising cost of market entry caused by increased presence of industry giants.
________ is used to allow remote login on another computer.
Telnet
Which of the following was the original "killer app" that made the Internet commercially interesting and extraordinarily popular?
The Web
Which of the following is not an element of friction-free commerce?
Transaction costs are high.
A private cloud is operated solely for the benefit of a single tenant.
True
All firms need an organization to efficiently implement their business plans and strategies.
True
E-commerce and e-business systems blur together at the business firm boundary, at the point at which internal business systems link up with suppliers or customers.
True
All of the following are examples of social networks except:
Y Combinator.
Firms that fail to produce returns greater than alternative investments typically go out of business.
True
HTML is used to format the structure and style of a web page.
True
HTTP/2 is supported by almost all the leading web browsers.
True
Personalization involves targeting marketing messages to specific individuals by adjusting the message based upon a consumer's preferences or past purchasing behavior.
True
Price dispersion remains pervasive online.
True
The Internet of Things (IoT) is based on sensors that collect data and connect to the Internet.
True
How long does it take for 300,000 X-rays to be transmitted on a 100-gbps network?
one minute
Which of the following enables Internet users to communicate with each other, although not in real time?
online forum
In general, the key to becoming a successful content provider is to:
own the content being provided.
Which of the following features of e-commerce technology enables merchants to market and sell "complex" goods and services to consumers via marketing messages that can integrate video, audio, and text?
richness
Which type of investor typically becomes interested in a start-up company after it has begun generating revenue?
venture capital investors
