Accounting Information Systems, 11e (Bodnar/Hopwood)
Chapter 3 eBusiness and eCommerce
1) The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks.
2) eBusiness refers to the use of information technologies in some aspect of the business or
organization.
3) eBusiness and eCommerce have the same meaning.
4) Web commerce is a type of eCommerce and eCommerce is a type of eBusiness.
5) One reason for the worldwide popularity of the Internet is that it has brought universal
standards of communication to all networks.
6) Some computers on the Internet need an Internet Protocol address.
7) Domain names and their corresponding IP addresses are registered in electronic “phone
books” at many sites on the Internet.
8) Software known as firewalls limits access to information on a company’s servers from the rest
of the world.
9) One common type of electronic mail server is known as POP server.
10) Internet Explorer and Firefox are examples of Web servers.
11) Under the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act, digital signatures are not legally binding in
most states.
12) File servers exist mainly as storage for electronic files.
13) The enterprise architecture describes the joint structure and behavior of the enterprise and its
information system.
14) The enterprise architecture involves five enterprise architectural domains.
15) Human resources is part of the application architecture of a company.
16) The relational data model is a three-dimensional structure similar in look to that of a cube.
17) The data model uses structured query language to perform operations on data within a
database.
18) Data modeling is a database design process that proceeds through the conceptual, logical,
and implementation phases.
19) The corporate information factory can be represented by a 3-part model including data
acquisition, management, and delivery.
20) The transactional interface is used for queries, analysis, and research whereas the decision
support interface is used for access and manipulation of data in the operational database.
21) Service-oriented architecture is an applications architecture design framework that facilitates
the development of application suites that share information with each other.
22) Database drivers connect applications to printers.
23) The enterprise service bus (ESB) transfers data to users through a graphical user interface.
24) A guessed plaintext attack will succeed even though the sender adds a few random numbers
at the end of a message.
25) Another name for a digital ID is a digital certificate.
26) A digital time-stamping service can be used to securely store private keys.
27) Digital cash and real cash are virtually identical because digital cash can only be “spent”
once.
28) Anyone can issue his or her digital notes for use in Internet transactions.
29) A major issue in electronic transactions is privacy.
30) Blinding permits a bank to issue digital cash so that it is unable to link the payer to the payee.
31) Memory cards provide a high degree of security and can be used for complex financial
transactions.
32) A system such as an Internet store can be fully automated with no human intervention.
33) Cookies prevent a merchant from viewing and analyzing a person’s computer to determine
any other Web sites that the person has visited.
34) Almost all privacy statements prohibit Web merchants from sharing their customer
information with other merchants.
35) A merchant can obtain a third-party seal of approval, such as the AICPA’s Web Trust, to
assure its customers their privacy will be protected.
36) ATM cards are really smart cards because they are used for both identification and payment.
37) The ________ ________ ________ is a reference model for business models in general.
38) The ORM defines the typical business model in terms of four major domains: ________,
________, ________, and ________.
39) When the intranets of two or more companies are linked together a(n) ________ is formed.
40) A robot-type program that continually runs on a computer and exchanges information with
users who request it is called a(n) ________.
41) A(n) ________ ________ is a collection of related documents, files, and programs that falls
under the control of one individual.
42) The verification of a digital signature involves the use of a(n) ________ algorithm.
43) Whereas ________ signatures are relatively easy to forge, ________ signatures are next to
impossible to forge.
44) A sufficiently long key is a useful countermeasure against a(n) ________ ________.
45) Digital IDs are issued by a(n) ________ ________.
46) The technique of ________ permits bank to issue digital cash so that it is unable to link the
payer to the payee.
47) An electronic ________ is essentially a computer program that keeps track of various keys,
digital certificates, and other items of information associated with electronic funds.
48) A merchant’s Web site may perform important functions, such as opening an encrypted
________ session.
49) ________ is one of the adverse results of privacy problems on the Internet.
50) A(n) ________ ________ ________ model is a set of best practices for a given business
process or group of processes.
51) The four levels of abstraction in the value reference model are ________, ________,
________, and ________.
52) The activities that relate to moving the product are often referred to as ________ activities.
53) The ________ reference model defines the typical business model in terms of infrastructure,
offering, customers, and finance.
54) The Act which recognizes transactions as legally binding if electronic signatures are used is
the ________ ________ ________ Act.
55) A(n) ________ is the process of linking and sequencing services in order to make them work
together.
56) A(n) ________ ________ ________ is a set of commands that a given piece of software
makes available so that its functions and data can be accessed by other pieces of software.
57) The Electronic Bank of America might digitally sign a message that contains which of the
following information?
A) The bank’s name and address
B) The dollar value of the bank note being created
C) A unique serial number
D) All of the above
58) Which of the following is considered a virtual electronic cash card?
A) Memory card
B) eBusiness card
C) Signature-transporting card
D) Answers A and C are correct.
59) Which of the following is a common approach used to describe services and the SOAP
protocol for communication between services?
A) SOA
B) WSDL
C) ESB
D) HTML
60) A domain name is
A) an alias name that can be used in place of an IP number.
B) an alias name that can be used in place of an ISP.
C) a series of numbers such as 207.49.159.2.
D) used by a firewall to keep intruders out of a network.
61) One major difference between an organization’s intranet and the Internet is
A) the intranet may be totally unavailable to outsiders.
B) the Internet may be totally unavailable to outsiders.
C) an intranet user almost never can access the Internet.
D) the Internet operates over a local area network.
62) A client is
A) a robot-type program that runs on a computer and exchanges information with users.
B) another name for a proxy server.
C) a user program that accesses and exchanges information with servers.
D) a program that holds incoming electronic mail.
63) One type of server which acts as an electronic post office is called a ________.
A) file server
B) mail server
C) Web server
D) commerce server
64) The protocol that specifies the format of all documents on the World Wide Web is
________.
A) HTML
B) hyperlinks
C) URL
D) ciphertext
65) SQL allows user to
A) define data in a relational database.
B) access data in a relational database.
C) manipulate data in a relational database.
D) All of these answers are correct.
66) Which of the following contain subsets of the data contained in the operational database and
data warehouse?
A) Data marts
B) Data mining warehouse
C) OLAP
D) All of these answers are correct.
67) A plaintext message can be changed into a ciphertext message by using
A) a password.
B) a digital key.
C) Answers A and B are both correct.
D) Neither answer A nor B is correct.
68) If Company A wants to send Company B a secure message, Company A will use Company
B’s public key to encrypt the message. Company B must then
A) use Company A’s public key to decrypt the message.
B) use its private key to decrypt the message.
C) use Company A’s private key to decrypt the message.
D) use its public key to decrypt the message.
69) A message which contains a digital signature
A) must be encrypted along with the signature.
B) must be sent once as plaintext and once as ciphertext if no message digest exits.
C) does not have to be encrypted when a message digest is used as a digital signature.
D) Answers B and C are correct.
70) Which statement below regarding keys is false?
A) Each user should create his or her own public and private keys.
B) Using a central office authority to create and distribute keys is highly recommended.
C) The longer the life of the key, the more security that must be applied to protect it.
D) Sensitive keys should be themselves protected by passwords.
71) Privacy is a major issue in electronic transactions. Therefore, the Internet should not be used
if
A) a bank uses a different digital signature for each denomination of currency.
B) digital signatures need to be issued for coins used in electronic transactions.
C) the IP address of one of the parties to a transaction needs to remain fully confidential.
D) All of these answers are correct.
72) The technique that permits a bank to issue digital cash so that it is unable to link the payer to
the payee is called
A) laundering money.
B) using a blinded digital signature.
C) using a generic digital signature.
D) digitized recycling.
73) There are different types of electronic wallet-sized cards used in virtual cash transactions.
ATM cards are classified as
A) shared-key cards.
B) signature-creating cards.
C) memory cards.
D) signature-transporting cards.
74) There are different types of electronic wallet-sized cards used in virtual cash transactions.
The card that shows the most promise for wide-scale retail transaction use in the foreseeable
future is the
A) shared-key card.
B) signature-creating card.
C) memory card.
D) signature-transporting card.
75) Which feature below would not be considered a highly convenient feature for consumers of
an Internet store transaction?
A) Consumers usually must wait for delivery of items purchased via delivery by third parties.
B) Internet store transactions can be completed without any human intervention on the part of the
vendor.
C) Internet stores are “open” 24 × 7 with virtually worldwide access.
D) Internet stores accept most credit cards.
76) Electronic commerce poses many problems with consumer’s privacy. Small pieces of
information that are placed on a user’s computer by an electronic merchant are called
A) spybots.
B) cookies.
C) worms.
D) viruses.
77) The AICPA’s Web Trust attestation program provides assurance that a merchant’s Web site
has
A) some type of functioning information protection.
B) business practices disclosure.
C) transaction integrity.
D) All of these answers are correct.
78) Servers that exist to support eBusiness are
A) mail servers.
B) file servers.
C) Web servers.
D) All of the above support eBusiness.
79) ________ servers and ________ servers make applications and data in databases available to
remote clients.
A) Application; database
B) Application; mail
C) File; database
D) Web; mail
80) A three-tiered application architecture involves applications that contain ________ tiers.
A) conceptual, logical, and physical
B) conceptual, knowledge, and functional
C) presentation, logic, and data
D) planning, design, and implementation