E-COMMERCE

ASSIGNMENT A
Explain the features of a good corporate website. How does help the organization to enhance its business activities?
Answer:

2. Explain the following tags:
a)     <frame>

b)    <link>

Answer:

c)     <style>

d)    <code>

e)     <div>      

         
3. With the help of any example web-site, explain the perspectives of the buyers and sellers in a B2B E-Commerce type. Also, mention the benefits over traditional commerce. List the disadvantages, if any.

4 .What is the purpose of the domain name system (DNS)?

5. What do you understand by a digital signature? Explain its application and verification diagrammatically.

6 . What is one of the benefits of layering to a complex system?

7. List and explain the various business processes?
Answer:

8. What is the most valuable function of the proxy server?

ASSIGNMENT B

Case Detail:  
Q. Read the case study given below and answer the questions given at the end.
 
Case Study
 
ABC Ltd is a manufacturer of mobile handsets. It has its manufacturing plant in Bangalore and its offices and retail outlets in different cities in India and abroad. The organization wants to have information systems connecting all the above facilities and also providing access to its suppliers as well as customers.

Please give your answer in at least 25 words 
1. Discuss various issues in developing information systems and fulfilling information needs at different levels in the organization.

2. Explain different security threats in the context of e-commerce for the above company.

ASSIGNMENT C
Question No: 1
Security-and-risk services include--

Firewalls & policies for remote access
Encryption and use of passwords
Disaster planning and recovery
All of the above

Question No: 2
What e-commerce category is the largest in terms of revenue?

Business to Business (B2B)
Intra-Business (B2E)
Business to Consumer (B2C)
Consumer to Consumer (C2C)

Question No: 3
What do you think cookies do?

They are threat to privacy
The help the user not to repeat some input info
They personalize user's webpage
b and c

Question No: 4
Software, music, digitized images, electronic games, pornography can be revenue sources for the B2C e-commerce --

Selling services
Doing customization
Selling digital products
Selling physical products
Question No: 5
For selling physical products on the Internet, what is the key to profitability?

Hook
Cost Control
Brand Recognition
Customization
Question No: 6
Which of the following is the least attractive product to sell online?

. Downloadable music
Software
A pda
Electronic stock trading
Question No: 7
 

 Digital products are particularly appealing for a company's bottom-line because of--

The freedom from the law of diminishing returns
The integration of the value chain
The increasing brand recognition
The changes they bring to the industry
Question No: 8
In the e-mail address, jgreen03@gsm.uci.edu, what is the top-level domain?

gsm
uci
. edu
none of these
Question No: 9
 

It is particularly difficult to maintain the competition advantage based on ________.
. Quality
Efficiency
Price
Internal Cost Reduction
Question No: 10
 

 Business Plans are important when trying to find capital to start up your new business. Important
elements of a business plan include--

Sales and marketing
Human resources handbook
Business description
a and c above
Question No: 11
 

On which forms of e-commerce does Dell Computer Corporation rely in conducting its business?
B2E
B2C
B2B
All of the above
Question No: 12
 

  These are all uses of plug-ins except--
I. Air fresheners
II. Speed up data transmission
III. Enhance browser capability
IV. To view different file types

I and II
III and IV
I
I and IV
Question No: 13
 

What is the 'last mile' in the last mile problem? The link between your--
Computer and telephone
Home and telephone provider's local office
Office and server
Home and internet service provider
Question No: 14
Just after your customers have accepted your revolutionary new e-commerce idea, which of the following is not expected to immediately happen?

Competitor catch-up moves
Commoditization
First-mover expansion
None of the above
Question No: 15
B2B & B2C IT initiatives can use the--

Same E-Commerce platforms
Not use same IT platform
Can not say
All are true
Question No: 16
 

 Which is/are types of e – commerce?
B2B
B2C
C2C
All the above
Question No: 17
Where do CGI (Common Gateway Interface) application programs or scripts run?

. On the client through a web browser
On the client through temporary stored files
On the web server
Where the user installs them
Question No: 18
What are the 3 types of web information system logic?

Presentation, business, information/data
Presentation, information/data, active server pages
Business, information/data, client/server
None
Question No: 19
Which of the following items is used to protect your computer from unwanted intruders?

A cookie.
A browser.
A firewall.
A server.
Question No: 20
 

 AsianAvenue.com, BlackVoices.com, iVillage.com, SeniorNet.org; are the examples of what?
Intermediary Services websites
Physical Communities
B2C websites
Virtual Communities
Question No: 21
 

Which is more significant for web based advertisers?
Impressions
Page Views
Click Thoughts
Hits
Question No: 22
 

What is the most significant part of e-commerce?
. B2B
B2E
B2C
C2C
Question No: 23
Much of Amazon.com's initial success can be attributed to which of the following?

Low prices
Brand recognition
Fast web connections
Customer service
Question No: 24
 

 E-commerce increases competition by, erasing geographical boundaries, empowering customers and
suppliers, commoditizing new products, etc. How do companies usually solve this problem?
By competing on price
By selling only through traditional channels
By lowering costs
By creating attractive websites
Question No: 25
 

 Why can't new connection infrastructure like DSL, Cable Modem, and fiber optics solve the last mile
problem?
Availability
Cost
Distance
All of the Above
Question No: 26
 

 What's the real potential of e-commerce?
Making a profit
Generating Revenue
Improving efficiency
Buying and selling on the internet and WWW
Question No: 27
Which of the following is an example of the supply chain of commerce? 

A company turns blocks of wood into pencils.
A department supplies processed data to another department within a company.
A consumer purchases canned vegetables at the store.
None of the above
Question No: 28
An application layer protocol, such as FTP or HTTP--
Is transparent to the end user.
Is not transparent to the end user.
Are not application layers protocols
None of these
Question No: 29
Two computers can communicate using different communication protocols by using--
Router
Bridge
Hub
Switch
Question No: 30
In which of the models, the application logic is partitioned among the clients and multiple specialized servers?

1. Two tier
2. Three tier
3. N tier

1
2
2&3
3
Question No: 31
Which of the following B2C companies is the best example of achieving its financial success through controlling its cost?

Yahoo
Amazon
E-Bay
Google
Question No: 32
 

The primary focus of most B2C applications is generating ____.

Revenue
Product
Service
Web Site
Question No: 33
The differences between B2B and B2C exchanges include--
I. Size of customer set
II. Transaction volume
III. Form of payment
IV. Level of customization on products/services

I and II
I, II, and III
II and III
All of the above
Question No: 34
What type of application has the potential to change a market or even create a new market?

Software application
Intelligent application
Killer application
Business application
Question No: 35
Based on the study, in the supply side initiatives, which of the following clusters was the only one found to be critical enterprise-wide?

IT management
Communications
Data management
IT-architecture-and-standards
Question No: 36
Why did the e-commerce boom, as evidenced by soaring stock prices of Internet businesses such as Pets.com and eToys went bust in 2000?
Websites started by techies who lack business knowledge
Lack of good business model
Investors' and entrepreneurs' greed and ignorance
All of the above
Question No: 37
A system with universally accepted standards for storing, retrieving, formatting, and displaying information in a networked environment best defines--
A web site.
A web location.
The World Wide Web.
An intranet.
Question No: 38
Which of the following is a function of a proxy server?

Maintaining a log of transactions
Caching pages to reduce page load times
Performing virus checks
Forwarding transactions from a user to the appropriate server
Question No: 39
Which of the following statements about E-Commerce and E-Business is true?

E-Commerce involves buying and selling over the internet while E-Business does not.
E-Commerce is B2C (business to consumer) while E-Business is B2B (business to business).
E-Business is a broader term that encompasses E-Commerce (buying and selling) as well as doing other forms of business over the internet.
None of the above.
Question No: 40
B2B involves small, focused customers
customization of products and services
All of above Set with large transaction volume per customer
Periodic consolidated payments
Significant