Question 1

____ is an online classified ad site.

Accepted Answer

A)   iTunes
B)   PayPal
C)   Craigslist
D)   Groupon C

Question 2

A ____ is an attribute or combination of attributes that uniquely identifies a tuple.

Accepted Answer

A)   secondary key
B)   primary key
C)   foreign key
D)   preferred key B

Question 3

Related records-say, the records of all the employees in a single company-are kept in a ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   data interface
B)   data file
C)   data collection
D)   data network B

Question 4

A(n) meta tag is a small text file that the web server sends to the user's browser and that gets stored on the user's hard drive._________________________

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Explain what Craigslist is and how it works.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain what Craigslist is and how it...

Question 6

You maintain a ____ web presence to streamline transactions between you as the seller and other businesses as buyers.

Accepted Answer

A)   B2B
B)   S2B
C)   B2S
D)   C2B

Question 7

In the ____ world, financial transactions are conducted by electronic means.

Accepted Answer

A)   e-transactions
B)   ecommerce
C)   web commerce
D)   virtual commerce

Question 8

A program written in ____________________ asks for something to be done but it does not contain a specific sequence of instructions on how it is to be done.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A program written in ____________________ asks for...

Question 9

Discuss the ability of cloud computing to expand and contract with the needs of your business.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the ability of cloud computing to...

Question 10

A good DBMS incorporates the services of a ____ to organize the disk files in an optimal way, in order to minimize access time to the records.

Accepted Answer

A)   sophisticated file manager
B)   simple file manager
C)   special operating system service
D)   specialized file system

Question 11

A disk input/output (I/O) operation is a much slower process than accessing information stored in main memory, sometimes by as much as three or four orders of magnitude._________________________

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A standard data DVD holds ____ GB of data.

Accepted Answer

A)   720
B)   1.44
C)   4.7
D)   8.2

Question 13

A(n) ____________________ is a graphical ad, often with animation, placed in a prominent position on a web page.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A(n) ____________________ is a graphical ad, often...

Question 14

To the user, distributed databases look like a single database with fast access times, just like data being accessed on the local machine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A database management system works much like a simple file manager.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Census Bureau of the U.S.Department of Commerce estimated ecommerce retail sales in the United States for the first quarter of 2014 to be $71.2 billion, an increase of 15% from the first quarter of 2013.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Opening an online store requires less planning than building another physical store location.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The number-one attraction to online shopping is probably ____.

Accepted Answer

A)   speed
B)   lower cost
C)   the ability to view products
D)   convenience

Question 19

Encryption is the process of verifying the identity of the receiver of the data._________________________

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Using multiple ____________________ in a single database minimizes the amount of work required to maintain consistency in the data.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Using multiple ____________________ in a single database...

Exam 14: Electronic Commerce, Databases, and Personal Privacy

____ is an online classified ad site.

A ____ is an attribute or combination of attributes that uniquely identifies a tuple.

Related records-say, the records of all the employees in a single company-are kept in a ____.

A(n) meta tag is a small text file that the web server sends to the user's browser and that gets stored on the user's hard drive._________________________

Explain what Craigslist is and how it works.

You maintain a ____ web presence to streamline transactions between you as the seller and other businesses as buyers.

In the ____ world, financial transactions are conducted by electronic means.

A program written in ____________________ asks for something to be done but it does not contain a specific sequence of instructions on how it is to be done.

Discuss the ability of cloud computing to expand and contract with the needs of your business.

A good DBMS incorporates the services of a ____ to organize the disk files in an optimal way, in order to minimize access time to the records.

A disk input/output (I/O) operation is a much slower process than accessing information stored in main memory, sometimes by as much as three or four orders of magnitude._________________________

A standard data DVD holds ____ GB of data.

A(n) ____________________ is a graphical ad, often with animation, placed in a prominent position on a web page.

To the user, distributed databases look like a single database with fast access times, just like data being accessed on the local machine.

A database management system works much like a simple file manager.

The Census Bureau of the U.S.Department of Commerce estimated ecommerce retail sales in the United States for the first quarter of 2014 to be $71.2 billion, an increase of 15% from the first quarter of 2013.

Opening an online store requires less planning than building another physical store location.

The number-one attraction to online shopping is probably ____.

Encryption is the process of verifying the identity of the receiver of the data._________________________

Using multiple ____________________ in a single database minimizes the amount of work required to maintain consistency in the data.