ASSIGNMENT A
1. Explain the features of a good corporate website. How does help the organization to
enhance its business activities?
2. Explain the following tags:
a) <frame>
b) <link>
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 the 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?
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--
a) Firewalls & policies for remote access
b) Encryption and use of passwords
c) Disaster planning and recovery
d) All of the above
Question No: 2
What e-commerce category is the largest in terms of revenue?
a) Business to Business (B2B)
b) Intra-Business (B2E)
c) Business to Consumer (B2C)
d) Consumer to Consumer (C2C)
Question No: 3
What do you think cookies do?
a) They are threat to privacy
b) The help the user not to repeat some input info
c) They personalize user's webpage
d) b and c
Question No: 4
Software, music, digitized images, electronic games, pornography can be revenue sources for
the B2C e-commerce --
a) Selling services
b) Doing customization
c) Selling digital products
d) Selling physical products
Question No: 5
For selling physical products on the Internet, what is the key to profitability?
a) Hook
b) Cost Control
c) Brand Recognition
d) Customization
Question No: 6
Which of the following is the least attractive product to sell online?
a) . Downloadable music
b) Software
c) A pda
d) Electronic stock trading
Question No: 7
Digital products are particularly appealing for a company's bottom-line because of--
a) The freedom from the law of diminishing returns
b) The integration of the value chain
c) The increasing brand recognition
d) 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?
a) gsm
b) uci
c) . edu
d) none of these
Question No: 9
It is particularly difficult to maintain the competition advantage based on ________.
a) . Quality
b) Efficiency
c) Price
d) 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--
a) Sales and marketing
b) Human resources handbook
c) Business description
d) a and c above
Question No: 11
On which forms of e-commerce does Dell Computer Corporation rely in conducting its
business?
a) B2E
b) B2C
c) B2B
d) 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
a) I and II
b) III and IV
c) I
d) I and IV
Question No: 13
What is the 'last mile' in the last mile problem? The link between your--
a) Computer and telephone
b) Home and telephone provider's local office
c) Office and server
d) 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?
a) Competitor catch-up moves
b) Commoditization
c) First-mover expansion
d) None of the above
Question No: 15
B2B & B2C IT initiatives can use the--
a) Same E-Commerce platforms
b) Not use same IT platform
c) Can not say
d) All are true
Question No: 16
Which is/are types of e – commerce?
a) B2B
b) B2C
c) C2C
d) All the above
Question No: 17
Where do CGI (Common Gateway Interface) application programs or scripts run?
a) . On the client through a web browser
b) On the client through temporary stored files
c) On the web server
d) Where the user installs them
Question No: 18
What are the 3 types of web information system logic?
a) Presentation, business, information/data
b) Presentation, information/data, active server pages
c) Business, information/data, client/server
d) None
Question No: 19
Which of the following items is used to protect your computer from unwanted intruders?
a) A cookie.
b) A browser.
c) A firewall.
d) A server.
Question No: 20
AsianAvenue.com, BlackVoices.com, iVillage.com, SeniorNet.org; are the examples of
what?
a) Intermediary Services websites
b) Physical Communities
c) B2C websites
d) Virtual Communities
Question No: 21
Which is more significant for web based advertisers?
a) Impressions
b) Page Views
c) Click Thoughts
d) Hits
Question No: 22
What is the most significant part of e-commerce?
a) . B2B
b) B2E
c) B2C
d) C2C
Question No: 23
Much of Amazon.com's initial success can be attributed to which of the following?
a) Low prices
b) Brand recognition
c) Fast web connections
d) 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?
a) By competing on price
b) By selling only through traditional channels
c) By lowering costs
d) 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?
a) Availability
b) Cost
c) Distance
d) All of the Above
Question No: 26
What's the real potential of e-commerce?
a) Making a profit
b) Generating Revenue
c) Improving efficiency
d) 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) A company turns blocks of wood into pencils.
b) A department supplies processed data to another department within a company.
c) A consumer purchases canned vegetables at the store.
d) None of the above
Question No: 28
An application layer protocol, such as FTP or HTTP--
a) Is transparent to the end user.
b) Is not transparent to the end user.
c) Are not application layers protocols
d) None of these
Question No: 29
Two computers can communicate using different communication protocols by using--
a) Router
b) Bridge
c) Hub
d) 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
a) 1
b) 2
c) 2&3
d) 3
Question No: 31
Which of the following B2C companies is the best example of achieving its financial success
through controlling its cost?
a) Yahoo
b) Amazon
c) E-Bay
d) Google
Question No: 32
The primary focus of most B2C applications is generating ____.
a) Revenue
b) Product
c) Service
d) 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
a) I and II
b) I, II, and III
c) II and III
d) All of the above
Question No: 34
What type of application has the potential to change a market or even create a new market?
a) Software application
b) Intelligent application
c) Killer application
d) 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?
a) IT management
b) Communications
c) Data management
d) 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?
a) Websites started by techies who lack business knowledge
b) Lack of good business model
c) Investors' and entrepreneurs' greed and ignorance
d) 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) A web site.
b) A web location.
c) The World Wide Web.
d) An intranet.
Question No: 38
Which of the following is a function of a proxy server?
a) Maintaining a log of transactions
b) Caching pages to reduce page load times
c) Performing virus checks
d) 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?
a) E-Commerce involves buying and selling over the internet while E-Business does not.
b) E-Commerce is B2C (business to consumer) while E-Business is B2B (business to
business).
c) E-Business is a broader term that encompasses E-Commerce (buying and
selling) as well as doing other forms of business over the internet.
d) None of the above.
Question No: 40
B2B involves small, focused customers
a) customization of products and services
b) All of above Set with large transaction volume per customer
c) Periodic consolidated payments
d) Significant