Questions and Answers of Electronic Commerce

What is a message digest?
What is a dictionary attack?
How does a packet-filter firewall work?
What is computer forensics?
Name the most common forms of payment used in online transactions.
In about 100 words, discuss issues that arise when processing small payments (under $10) for online transactions. Be sure to describe the solutions to any problems you identify, including the names
One of the fastest-growing segments of the online payments business is mobile payments. U.S. mobile payments are expected to reach $140 billion by 2019 and purchases using mobile devices could
What types of companies are most likely to use biller-direct EBPP systems?
In a paragraph, explain how payment processing is different for credit cards and debit cards.
Rod and Martha Nelson started The Moose Hut (TMH), a gift shop in Calgary, Alberta, more than 15 years ago. The Nelsons have capitalized on the tourist trade drawn by the Calgary Stampede, which is
What types of companies are most likely to use consolidator EBPP systems?
In about 100 words, explain what a “card not present” transaction is and why it presents a greater risk than card present transactions for a retail business.
Use W3C Link Checker or Elsop LinkScan Quick Check to check the links on any Web site of your choice. Print a few pages of the report and be prepared to turn them in to your instructor. Be patient.
What is the function of a request message in a two-tier client-server architecture.
In about 100 words, describe the key characteristics of a blade server and outline reasons that an online business might prefer to use blade servers for Web server applications.
What is the relationship between UNIX and Linux?
Large computing installations (such as server farms) can have significant impacts on the environment. In about 100 words, summarize these impacts and recommend measures that can be taken to reduce
What is open source software?
In about 100 words, outline the benefits and costs of using a decentralized instead of a centralized server architecture for an online business operation.
Name one specific concern that business organizations have about e-mail attachments.
Briefly explain the difference between client-level and server-level spam filtering.
What problem is created by false positives in white list spam filters?
Briefly explain how a challenge-response system works to reduce spam.
What is Bayesian revision?
What is teergrubing?
Provide one example of the type of information that might be included in a Web log file.
What is an orphan file on a Web server?
In a Web server, what is throughput?
What is a load-balancing switch?
What is a content delivery network?
What are the main functions of a commerce service provider?
In one or two paragraphs, outline the differences between shared and dedicated hosting.
How does Web server co-location differ from a shared Web server?
In about 100 words, outline the key elements that should be a part of any electronic commerce software package.
How does Web server co-location differ from a shared Web server?
Giving online customers alternative paths that lead to products in which they might be interested is important. In about 100 words, explain how static and dynamic catalogs could either facilitate or
Why is the stateless nature of the Internet a problem for shopping cart software?
In about 200 words, explain why shopping cart abandonment could be a problem for an online retailer and describe at least two measures that can be taken to reduce its occurrence.
Outline the function of a fulfillment integration provider.
In a paragraph or two, describe the goals of enterprise application integration and explain why XML is often used in such efforts.
What is a product recommendation trigger?
In about 100 words, describe the idea behind software as a service (SaaS). In your answer, include at least three examples of electronic commerce software packages or components that are
What is shopping cart abandonment?
In about 200 words, outline the difference between the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and the Representational State Transfer (REST) principle as they are used in the creation of Web services.
Name the main functions of shopping cart software.
Electronic commerce software must summarize sales and shipments. In about 100 words, explain how software for a small online store might accomplish this task and contrast it with how software for a
Why is the calculation of sales taxes a complex matter?
In two or three paragraphs, outline the differences between knowledge management software and content management software. Include a description of at least one application of each that might be
List the steps that must occur to process an online retail sales transaction.
In two or three paragraphs, explain how database software could be an important part of a customer relationship management system as used in an online business.
Why would database management software be an important component of an online business Web site’s technology?
What is middleware?
What is business logic?
Why is application integration an important part of running an online business?
Which business functions are integrated in a typical ERP system?
What is the difference between software as a service (SaaS) and Web services?
Briefly describe one example of a Web service that might be a useful part of an online Web site.
What are the key differences between a basic commerce service provider (CSP) and a mallstyle CSP?
What is the key function of a content management system as used in an online business?
The CAN-SPAM law prohibits a business from including misleading information in an e-mail header if the message is related to a transaction. In about 100 words, explain why the drafters of the law
How do most U.S. Web sites obtain a user’s agreement to its end-user license agreement (EULA)?
The Good Grow Seed Company sells vegetable and flower seeds to home gardeners online and has noticed that many of its customers order the same types of seeds each year when they plant their gardens.
Use your favorite Web search engine to obtain a list of Web pages that include the words “privacy statement.” Visit the Web pages on the search results list until you find a page that includes
What is an implied warranty?
What is a meetup?
What is the function of a request message in a two-tier client-server architecture.
List the main tasks performed by a Web server computer.
In about 200 words, distinguish between white-list and black-list spam filters, then outline the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Name and briefly define the different types of server computers that might be used in an online business.
In about 200 words, distinguish between white-list and black-list spam filters, then outline the advantages and disadvantages of each.
What is dynamic Web page content?
Using your favorite search engine, find at least two companies that provide technical support for users of the Apache Web Server software. Learn what services they provide and, if possible, what they
What is a static Web page?
In about 100 words, describe how an n-tier architecture might be used by an online business. Include in your answer an outline of the functions that would likely be performed by computers configured
What is platform neutrality?
Asheville is a steadily growing, prosperous city in Western North Carolina with a metropolitan area population of about 250,000 and an annual operating budget of more than $150 million. The
In about 200 words, describe the technologies Web servers use to tailor customized Web pages that respond to users’ requests. In your answer, include a comparison of client-side and server-side
Briefly explain the concept of nexus as it relates to taxation generally.
What is cyberbullying?
What is product disparagement?
What is a digital watermark?
What is a patent troll?
What is vicarious copyright infringement?
What is fair use under U.S. copyright law?
Briefly explain the differences among trademarks, service marks, and trade names.
Briefly explain the differences between copyrights and patents.
What is a right of publicity?
What is a warranty disclaimer and when might an online business use one?
In about 100 words, explain how a value-added tax (VAT) is calculated and collected. In your answer, contrast the use of a VAT with the use of a combined system of sales taxes and income taxes
What is the body of U.S. law that concerns contracts called?
The merits of allowing companies to patent their business processes have been debated by legal scholars and business experts. One proposed solution to this debate would allow the issuance of business
What is an implied contract?
In one or two paragraphs, outline the key factors that determine fair use of copyrighted text under U.S. law.
What are the three key elements of a contract?
Under what conditions might a conflict of laws occur?
In the United States, Great Britain, and many other countries, contracts of certain types must comply with the Statute of Frauds to be enforceable. In about 100 words, describe the specific elements
What is judicial comity?
To be enforceable, every contract must include an offer and an acceptance. Consider a typical online retail transaction in which an item is ordered and paid for online by a purchaser and shipped by
In about 100 words, explain why constructive notice in international transactions can often be less effective when those transactions are completed online.
In about 100 words, outline at least three ways in which a mobile phone’s GPS capabilities can be used to provide benefits to users of a social network.

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