Exam 7: Mobile Computing and Commerce

Select an industry (e.g. ,sports,travel,entertainment,retail,and manufacturing)and identify two ways in which mobile computing or commerce could improve financial or operational performance of a company in that industry.

Primary forces that are driving the growth of the mobile market are __________ and __________.

For the 2010 census,the U.S.the government allocated $3 billion for handhelds to improve the interviewer's performance in the field.What was the result?

One innovative payment systems uses an iPhone app called __________,in which two individuals can transfer money to each other simply by tapping their phones together.

Data acquired by a GPS is inserted into a digital map,which is known as a __________,to identify a specific place or address.

GPS software computes the latitude and longitude of the receiver.This process is called __________.

Which of the following is not one of the threats to mobile banking?

Many of the new m-wallet products are safe and secure because confidential information in a user's wallet is stored on the mobile device.

By enabling sales force employees to type orders or queries directly into __________ systems while at a client's site,companies can reduce clerical mistakes and improve supply chain operations.

Many financial service handhelds send SMS texts using __________,which work like telephone numbers,except that they are 5 or 6 characters long and easier to remember.

Yahoo Mobile and iGoogle are__________ which are customer channels optimized for mobility and that aggregate content and services for mobile users.

Mobility started when computers became __________.

Mobile commerce in __________ is growing exponentially and now represents the largest amount of m-commerce sales in the world.

Identify three of the most common mobile banking services.

__________ equipment identifies the location of the mobile device either through GPS or by locating the nearest base station.The information is sent to the mobile positioning center.

__________ is generally defined as carrying out banking transactions and other related activities via mobile devices.

Wi-Fi has fairly high power-consumption compared to some other standards such as Bluetooth.

Writing apps for handheld devices,such as smartphones,is __________.

As interest in mobile commerce grows,there is a greater demand for innovative payment systems that make transactions from smartphones and other mobile devices convenient,safe,and secure.

Duplicating or __________ the Electronic Serial Number (ESM)of a cell phone and using it in second phone allows the perpetrator to have calls and other transactions fraudulently billed to the original phone.