BU460 Electronic Commerce 2

Question 1 (5 points)

  

All of the following are characteristics of HTML5 EXCEPT which one? 

Question 1 options:

A video element that replaces plug-ins such as Flash, QuickTime and RealPlayer

Use of CSS3

Ability to access built-in functionality of mobile devices, such as GPS and swiping

Support for digital rights management

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Question 2 (5 points)

  

The process of slicing digital messages into parcels, sending them along different communication paths as they become available, and reassembling them at the destination point is called:

Question 2 options:

routing.

the Transmission Control Protocol.

packet switching.

the File Transfer Protocol.

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Question 3 (5 points)

  

An Internet-enabled media player would run in which layer of Internet architecture?

Question 3 options:

Network Technology Substrate layer

Middleware Services layer

Transport Services and Representation Standards layer

Applications layer

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Question 4 (5 points)

  

Which of the following is a high-speed, medium-range, broadband wireless metropolitan area network?

Question 4 options:

Wi-Fi

WiMAX

Bluetooth

ZigBee

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Question 5 (5 points)

  

A(n) __________ is a Web application that allows users to easily add and edit content on a Web page.

Question 5 options:

wiki

podcast

blog

RSS feed

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Question 6 (5 points)

  

Which of the following is currently the most popular Web browser?

Question 6 options:

Internet Explorer

Netscape

Safari

Firefox

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Question 7 (5 points)

  

Siri is a type of: 

Question 7 options:

gadget.

widget.

intelligent personal assistant.

social network.

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Question 8 (5 points)

  

The layer of Internet architecture that ties the applications to the communications network and includes such services as security and authentication is called the:

Question 8 options:

Network Technology Substrate layer.

Middleware Services layer.

Transport Services and Representation Standards layer.

Applications layer.

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Question 9 (5 points)

  

The major technologies used with wireless local area networks are:

Question 9 options:

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Wi-Fi and WiMAX.

Bluetooth and 3G.

WiMAX and 3G.

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Question 10 (5 points)

  

Which of the following occurred during the Commercialization phase of Internet development?

Question 10 options:

The fundamental building blocks of the Internet were realized in actual hardware and software.

Large mainframes on different college campuses were linked.

The Domain Name System was introduced.

NSF privatized the operation of the Internet's backbone.

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Question 11 (5 points)

  

The backbone of the Internet is formed by:

Question 11 options:

Internet Exchange Points (IXP)s.

Network Service Providers (NSPs).

Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

Metropolitan Area Exchanges (MAEs).

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Question 12 (5 points)

  

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of client/server computing over centralized mainframe computing?

Question 12 options:

It is easy to expand capacity by adding servers and clients.

Each client added to the network increases the network's overall capacity and transmission speeds.

Client/server networks are less vulnerable, in part because the processing load is balanced over many powerful smaller computers rather than concentrated in a single huge computer.

There is less risk that a system will completely malfunction because backup or mirror servers can pick up the slack if one server goes down.

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Question 13 (5 points)

  

Where does TLS operate within TCP/IP?

Question 13 options:

Between the Internet Layer and the Transport Layer

Between the Transport Layer and the Application Layer

Between the Network Interface Layer and the Transport Layer

Between the Internet Layer and the Application Layer

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Question 14 (5 points)

  

A(n) __________ is an audio presentation stored as an audio file and posted to the Web for users to download.

Question 14 options:

podcast

RSS subscription

weblog

widget

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Question 15 (5 points)

  

__________ is one of the original Internet services and is used to transfer files from a server computer to a client computer and vice versa. 

Question 15 options:

SMTP

FTP

HTTP

SSL

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Question 16 (5 points)

  

In the address http://www.company.com/clients.html, which of the following is the top-level domain?

Question 16 options:

.com

company.com

www

http

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Question 17 (5 points)

  

An IPv4 address is expressed as a: 

Question 17 options:

32-bit number that appears as a series of four separate numbers separated by semicolons.

64-bit number that appears as a series of four separate numbers separated by semicolons.

64-bit number that appears as a series of four separate numbers separated by periods.

32-bit number that appears as a series of four separate numbers separated by periods.

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Question 18 (5 points)

  

Which of the following was the "killer app" of 2012?

Question 18 options:

Blogs

Social networks

Tablet PCs

Search engines

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Question 19 (5 points)

  

Which layer of Internet architecture is composed of the telecommunications networks and protocols?

Question 19 options:

Network Technology Substrate layer

Middleware Services layer

Transport Services and Representation Standards layer

Applications layer

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Question 20 (5 points)

  

The concept behind document formatting had its roots in which of the following?

Question 20 options:

XML

SGML

HTML

GML