WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT ONE OF THE TYPICAL PORTAL REVENUE SOURCES?

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1. Which of the following is not one of the typical portal revenue sources?

 

Select one:

 

1. tenancy deals
2. commissions on sales
3. referral fees
4. subscription fees

 

2. All of the following were parts of the vision during the early days of e-commerce except the belief that:

 

Select one:

 

1. entry costs to the online retail market would be much less than those needed to establish a physical storefront.
2. the cost of acquiring customers would be much lower.
3. Web consumers were rational and cost-driven.
4. new, "first-mover" middlemen, with expertise in e-commerce, would force traditional intermediaries out of business.

 

3. Which social network functionality allows users to easily post messages to the entire community?

 

Select one:

 

1. chat
2. instant messaging
3. e-mail
4. message board

 

4. ________ is a method for ensuring that suppliers precisely deliver ordered parts at a specific time and to a particular location.

 

Select one:

 

1. Supply-chain management
2. Having an adaptive supply chain
3. Tight coupling
4. Materials requirement planning

 

5. Omni-channel merchants are also referred to as:

 

Select one:

 

1. virtual merchants.
2. bricks-and-clicks companies.
3. catalog merchants.
4. manufacturer-direct firms.

 

6. Which of the following early leaders in social networking has been reinvented as a music-oriented social network?

 

Select one:

 

1. Tumblr
2. Vevo
3. Polyvore
4. Myspace

 

7. Which ethical principle asks you to consider the impact of your decision if the principles underlying your decision became an organizing principle of the entire society?

 

Select one:

 

1. the Social Contract rule
2. the Slippery Slope
3. Risk Aversion
4. the Golden Rule

 

8. Service industry groups are categorized generally into two groups, those that provide transaction brokering and those that involve:

 

Select one:

 

1. information brokering.
2. personalization.
3. retailing goods.
4. providing hands-on services.

 

9. ________ is the tendency to gravitate toward, and bid for, auction listings with one or more existing bids.

 

Select one:

 

1. Group buying
2. Winner`s regret
3. Herd behavior
4. Bid rigging

 

10. Which of the following is the fastest growing form of B2B e-commerce?

 

Select one:

 

1. exchanges
2. industry consortiums
3. private industrial networks
4. e-distributors

 

11. Which of the following best explains why the service sector is a natural avenue for e-commerce?

 

Select one:

 

1. The service sector has historically been more technology-reliant.
2. It is not; services are difficult to translate to e-commerce because they rely on face-to-face communication and barter.
3. The service sector is less geographically reliant and more globally oriented.
4. Much of the value in services is based on the collection, storage, and exchange of information.

 

12. The MOTO sector of the retail industry is most similar to the ________ sector.

 

Select one:

 

1. general merchandise
2. online retail sales
3. specialty stores
4. consumer durables

 

13. All of the following are examples of technology convergence except:

 

Select one:

 

1. Apple TV.
2. Amazon Books Publishing.
3. smartphones.
4. the iPad.

 

14. The Internet has resulted in lower search costs, increased price comparison, and lower prices to consumers for which insurance product line?

 

Select one:

 

1. automobile insurance
2. health insurance
3. property and casualty insurance
4. term life insurance

 

15. Which pricing plan charges fees to e-commerce firms based on the amount of traffic they generate?

 

Select one:

 

1. usage-based billing
2. congestion pricing
3. highway pricing
4. cap pricing

 

16. Which of the following primarily serve horizontal markets?

 

Select one:

 

1. e-procurement Net marketplaces and industry consortia
2. exchanges and industry consortia
3. e-distributors and exchanges
4. e-distributors and e-procurement Net marketplaces

 

17. Which of the following is the market leader in C2C auctions?

 

Select one:

 

1. Amazon
2. Craigslist
3. eBay
4. Yahoo

 

18. A social consequence of the richness of Internet information is:

 

Select one:

 

1. very persuasive messages might reduce the need for multiple independent sources of information.
2. an increase in vulnerability to hacking attacks.
3. an increase in shallowness.
4. an increase in the ease of creating misleading information.

 

19. Which of the following allows the consumer to enter a maximum price and the auction software automatically bids up the goods to that maximum price in small increments?

 

Select one:

 

1. proxy bidding
2. sealed bidding
3. price matching
4. watch lists

 

20. Which of the following is not a current major trend in B2B e-commerce?

 

Select one:

 

1. The Internet of Things begins to impact how supply chains operate.
2. Firms place a growing emphasis on rapid-response and optimal supply chain rather than lowest-cost supply chains.
3. Large firms move toward consolidating regional B2B systems into global systems.
4. B2B systems move towards cloud computing providers and away from individual corporate data centers.

 

21. Which of the following e-commerce technology dimensions creates greater opportunities for cyberbullying?

 

Select one:

 

1. ubiquity
2. richness
3. social technology
4. interactivity

 

22. All of the following are examples of Amazon Web Services except:

 

Select one:

 

1. Amazon Prime.
2. Amazon Glacier.
3. Amazon EC2.
4. Amazon S3.

 

23. Which of the following generates the largest share of media revenues?

 

Select one:

 

1. video games
2. television
3. newspapers
4. radio

 

24. An example of an indirect good in the fast-food industry is:

 

Select one:

 

1. mustard.
2. sugar.
3. beef.
4. paper napkins.

 

25. Which of the following is the second leading social network worldwide in terms of number of members?

 

Select one:

 

1. Google+
2. Twitter
3. Pinterest
4. LinkedIn