Exam 9: E-Commerce and Web 2.0

Crowdsourcing is when an organization involves its users in the design and marketing of their products.

An electronic exchange is similar to a stock exchange.

In a three-tier server architecture,computers on the ________ tier have browsers loaded on them that request and process Web pages.

Priceline.com is an example of a clearinghouse used by consumers.

If a manufacturer uses the Internet to sell to government agencies this would be an example of B2G e-commerce.

A social networking application is a computer program that interacts with and processes information in a social network.

The business model of Web 2.0 processing relies on ________.

The ________ is a phenomenon in which the variability in the size and timing of orders increases at each stage up the supply chain,from customer to supplier.

What are some of the problems with HTML? How does XML address these?

________ is the process by which organizations involve their users in the design and marketing of their products.

Commercial Web sites usually are supported by several or even many Web server computers in a facility called a Web farm.

Merchant companies are defined by the U.S.Census Bureau as those that arrange for the purchase and sale of goods without ever owning or taking title to those goods.

Which of the following is an advantage XML offers over HTML?

Disintermediation is the elimination of middle layers in the supply chain.

To ensure acceptable performance,commercial Web sites are usually supported by several Web server computers in a facility called a ________.

Web 2.0 encourages ________,which occur when the output from two or more Web sites is combined into a single user experience.

Web pages and documents are programmed in HTTP.

Amazon.com is an example of a B2C model for e-commerce.

What product does a Web 2.0 company offer customers and what constitutes the business model of such a company? Also describe how Web 2.0 companies market their features.

E-commerce leads to disintermediation.