Defining an adequate technology infrastructure is vital as the

infrastructure directly affects the quality of user experience. Which

of the following could be accepted as a component of an e-business
infrastructure?
  E-business transport or network layer
  
E-business services applications layer
  
E-business content and data layer
  
All of the above
  

It is easy to take the Internet for granted as it seamlessly connects

millions of computers worldwide but where do local Internet service
providers come into the picture?
  They filter out erroneous data to avoid the Internet slowing down
  
They relay messages to speed up transmission
  
They provide home and business users with a connection to access the
   Internet
They form part of a country's infrastructure
  

Just how big is the Internet? This could lead to questions such as
how many users there are world- wide. At the end of March 2011,
Internetworldstats (www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm)
estimated the percentage of the world's population to be Internet
users:
  19.9%
  
30.2%
  
18.5%
  
22.2%
  
None of the above
  

Among other applications, intranets are used by companies for

supporting sell-side e-commerce from within the marketing
function. Which one of the following is not an advantage for a
marketing intranet?
  Reduced costs through higher productivity and savings on hard copy
  
 Better customer service that is more responsive and personalized
  
Lengthened product life cycles
  
Distribution of information through remote offices nationally and globally
  

The term extranet may not be as well known though most of us

would have experienced a consumer extranet when we have
registered online to buy a product and have used a username and
password. Which is NOT a business benefit of using an extranet?
  Information sharing in a secure environment
  
Greater order processing and product distribution
  
Significant cost increases
  
Improved customer service
  

Management issues associated with managing intranets are similar

to those for extranets. Which of the following are key questions to
investigate when creating a new extranet?
  Is the quality of the information adequate and up to date
  
Is it effective and efficacious
  
Will the levels of usage be sufficient to justify investment
  
All of the above
  

With headlines often commenting on breaches of Internet security,

what is the term used for specialised software to prevent
unauthorized access to company data from outsiders?
  Middleware
  
Enterprise application integration - EAI
  
Web analytics system
  
Firewall
  
 What are Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari,
and Google Chrome examples of?
  Web servers
  
Web browsers
  
Web application servers
  
All of the above
  

Many different Internet tools have been produced to exploit the

interactivity and extensibility capabilities of the web. Which
Internet tool can be described as having the ability to blend real-
world digital data capture to create a browser-based digital
representation or experience mimicking that of the real world?
  Podcasting
  
Augmented reality
  
IPTV
  
Voice over Internet Protocol
  

For the Internet to be used successfully, networking standards

needed to be set. Related to these are the management of IP
addresses and domain name registrations which reserve a unique
web address that can be used to refer to a company's website. The
body that regulates domain names is:
  The Internet Society
  
ICANT
  
The World Wide Web Consortium
  
ICANN
  

While governments in many countries take certain views on internet

access, there is a principle to provide equal access to different
Internet services by telecommunications service providers. This is
known as:
  Internet governance
  
Open-source principle
  
 Net neutrality principle
  
Telecommunication information networking principle
  

A main issue for businesses is managing their internet service

provision and there is a real possibility of e-business failure if an
acceptable download speed is not achieved. How quickly did content
need to load before there was a detrimental effect on site
experience as Akamai's research suggested?
  Three seconds
  
Five seconds
  
Four seconds
  
Two seconds
  

Other problems can cause with poor internet service provision

though this can be reduced through various actions such as:
  Not being constrained by signing a service level agreement
  
Having a dedicated server
  
Reducing costs through selecting a shared server
  
All of the above
  

Web services or also known as 'software as a service' (SaaS) refers

to a highly significant model for managing software and data within
an e-business. This involves managing and performing business
processes and activities through accessing web-based services.
What would be a benefit of using SaaS?
  Third party provision can be relied upon with new technological advances
  
Performance would be no different than when using a local database
  
There is no discernible difference in data security
  
As the service can be acquired on demand, costs can be reduced
  
 Many smaller businesses and start-ups do not buy in new
networking and data storage hardware or software to manage their
data. The facilities are hosted externally but can be accessed from
any location. This facility has become known as?
  Application service provision
  
Cloud computing
  
Utility computing
  
On-demand hosting
  

The architecture of hardware, software, content and data is known

as:
  E-business web structure
  
E-business infrastructure
  
E-commerce infrastructure
  
None of the above
  

The level of e-business infrastructure which refers to information

processed and displayed is:
  Application content
  
Infrastructure
  
Storage/physical
  
Processing
  

The level of e-business infrastructure which refers to computation

and logic is:
  Infrastructure
  
Application content
  
Processing
  
Storage/physical
  
 A service provider that manages the server used to host an
organisation website and its connections to the Internet backbones
is known as:
  Internet service provider
  
Hosting provider
  
Client server
  
All of the above
  

The website for a company is hosted on a:

  Web page
  
Web infrastructure
  
Web client
  
Web server
  

The website content of a company is accessed by an end-user

through using:
  Web browser
  
Web server
  
Web client/server
  
Web e-mail
  

A provider enabling home or business users access and web hosting

services for the Internet is referred to as:
  Internet solutions providers
  
Internet service providers
  
Online solutions providers
  
Application service providers
  
 The likelihood of a poor response from a website can be reduced
through:
  Selecting high bandwidth connection
  
Signing a service level agreement
  
Selecting a dedicated server
  
Both the second and third answer above
  

The most common way of publishing information on the Internet

accessed through web browsers may surprise some but it is known
as:
  Web application servers
  
Web application frameworks
  
Usenet Newsgroups
  
World Wide Web
  

A private network within a company can be used to provide shared

content for staff is known as:
  Intranet
  
Extranet
  
Internet
  
Open source
  

Which of the following could be seen as business benefits of an

extranet?
  Cost reduction
  
Information sharing in secure environment
  
Improved levels of customer service
  
All of the above
  
 None of the above
  

An API, which is a method of integrating different software or

programs and used by companies such as Google and Facebook,
stands for:
  Application Programming Interface
  
Applied Portable Interface
  
Appliance Programming Interface
  
All of the above
  

Skype offers free calls or video-conferencing between internet

connected computers and is an example of:
  iPTV
  
Voice Over IP
  
Instant Messaging (IM)
  
Really Simple Syndication
  

Which of the following is an example of an embedded application?

  Skype
  
Facebook Apps
  
Google Apps
  
Twitter or RSS
  

XML, which is used for exchanging data between different systems,

stands for:
  Extensible microformat language
  
X-programming markup language
  
Extensible markup language
  
 Extensible machine language
  

'Backbone' in the internet structure refers to connection provider to homes and

businesses.
1/1
True
False

which of these is not an advantage of using Intranet by a company?

0/1
Reduced product life cycles
Reduced costs through higher efficiency
Decreases number of training for employees
Data security and sharing is more efficient

Which of the following transfer protocols will you use while downloading a simple
file such as music or a picture of a cat?
0/1
RSS
SSH
FTP
SSL
None of the above

IPv4 is part of which e-business infrastructure layer?

1/1
Data
Storage
Application
Backbone
None of the above

Firewalls are only found at the access point where the network is connected to the
internet.
0/1
True
False

Hyperlinks are used for fast exchange of data in P2P networks

0/1
True
False

which is not a point to consider during extranet application consideration?

1/1
Usage levels
ROI
Security
Stock market position
All of the above

Your YouTube home page that you see after logging in is what type of page?
1/1
Video exchange server
Dynamically created
Static
FTP
None of the above

Data packets are made using which protocol?

1/1
IP
Packet switching
Routing algorithm
TCP/IP
Both Switching and Routing

What are the information present inside a data packet?

0/1
Client IP
Packet number
ISP IP
All of the above