IT430 Final Paper 2010
Monday, August 09, 2010 Posted In Exams Edit ThisFINAL TERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
IT430- E-Commerce (Session - 1)
Time: 90 min
Marks: 60
Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
JIT Stands for
► Just In Tim
► Joint investigation Technique
► Join in Training
► Just In Total
Page 147 :For instance, packaging material should only be ordered for just in time (JIT) delivery,
Question No: 2 (Marks: 1) - Please choose one
JIT concept means
► No distribution channel
► No warehousing
► Easily delivery
► No communication
Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Press release can provide information about current events and news to, which of following, via a internet?
► Print media
► T.v commercial
► Press or media
► T.v program.
Page 135: Press releases can provide information about current events and other important news to the press or media via internet.
Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Visitor’s location, IP address, time of visit related information are added, in which of the following
► call handling files
► cookies
► log files
► Data mining files.
Page 136: Log files consist of data generated by site visits and include information about each visitor’s location.
Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
FSTC stands for:
► Financial Services Technology Consortium
► Financial Secrets Technology Consortium
► Final Security threats control
► First Service Technology Consortium
Page 113: Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC) is a group of U.S banks, research agencies and government organizations formed in 1993.
Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Downstream activities relate to?
► Materials/services or the input from suppliers
► Manufacturing and packaging of goods
► Distribution and sale of goods to distributors/customers
► Manufacturing and Distribution
Page 155: Downstream activities relate to distribution and sale of goods to distributors/customers
Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The process of taking active role in working with suppliers to improve products and processes is called?
► Value chain management
► Supply chain management
► Supply chain management software
► Porter Model
Page 155: The process of taking active role in working with suppliers to improve products and processes is called supply chain management.Today, firms are reaching beyond limits of their own organizational structure.
Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Porter’s Model helps a firm to identify threats to its competitive position and to devise plans including the use of IT and e-commerce to protect or enhance that position.
► True
► False
Page 158 : Porter’s Model helps a firm to identify threats to its competitive position and to devise plans including the use of IT and e-commerce to protect or enhance that position.
Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is NOT force of Porter’s competitive rivalry Model?
► Threat of potential/new entrants
► Threat of substitute
► Differentiation and cost leadership
► Competition between existing players
Page 158: force of Porter’s competitive
- Threat of potential/new entrants to the sector
- Threat of substitute product or service in the existing trade
- Bargaining power of the buyers
- Bargaining power of the suppliers
- Competition between existing players
Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
ANSI stands for ……….
► American National Standards Institute
► All Network Standards Institute
► American New standards Institute
► Australia National standards Institute
Page 147: ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Company collecting information assumes that the customer does not object to a specific use of information unless the customer specifically denies the permission. Thus, the company may use the collected information for its own purpose, as well as, sell or rent it out to other firms or persons. Which of the following Approach it is using?
► Opt-inout
► Opt-out
► Swap-out
► Opt-in
Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
An address represented by four decimal numbers separated by a period is the
► IP
► RIP
► MAC
► None of the given
Page no 7: IP addressing
It is the logical addressing scheme used to identify computer machines on the internet. Each computer has a unique IP address provided by IP protocol for a given session. It is represented by four decimal numbers separated by a period e.g, 140.57.220.200 (see Fig. 5 below). Computers see this information as a stream of 32 bits.
Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Who is making the Web standards?
► International Standard Organization
► ANSI
► Microsoft
► The World Wide Web Consortium
Page 74: World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a non-profit organization that maintains standards for the web presented the draft of XML in late 1990’s.
Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Individuals who write programs or manipulate technologies to gain unauthorized access to computers and networks are --------------- .
► administrators
► experts
► hackers
► coders
Page 94: Hackers Hackers or crackers are those individuals who write programs or manipulate technologies to gain unauthorized access to computers and networks.
Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The process of scrambling a message with the help of a key is called -------------- .
► Cryptography
► Filtering
► Transposition
► Encryption
Page 100: The process of scrambling a message with the help of a key is called Encryption.
Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is NOT supported by position property?
► Relative
► absolute
► static
► dynamic
Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
JavaScript variables can begin with ----------- .
► a lower case letter
► an underscore character
► a dollar sign
► all of the above
Page 54: Variable names can begin with an uppercase letter (A-Z), lower case letter (a-z), an underscore character (_), or dollar sign ($). Remaining characters can be any of the above or from digits (0-9). In JavaScript variables are case sensitive.
Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Symmetric algorithms are faster than asymmetric.
► True
► False
Page 105: The advantage of using symmetric key is that since symmetric algorithms are faster as compared to asymmetric,
Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
SET doesn’t require special software on the client or merchant side.
► True
► False
Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which e-business helps to improve policies, procedures, customer services, and general operations of other businesses?
► Online shopping malls.
► Selling intellectual property online.
► Online service providers.
► Online automotive sites and energy online.
Page 129: Online Service Providers e-businesses help improve policies, procedures, customer service and general operations of other businesses. They can provide consultancy/professional services, for example, web site development services, online legal consultancy services etc.
Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose which one is a very critical element in supply chain management in an E-commerce environment.
► Transaction
► Communication
► None of the given
► All of the given
Page 155: Internet is a very quick and effective tool of communication. On the other hand, communication is also a very critical element in supply chain management.
Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Established ----------- can build trust for online business more quickly as compared to a new company/business without reputation
► Brand
► Language
► Culture
► Infrastructure
Page 161: Note that companies with established brands can build trust for online business more quickly as compared to a new company/business without reputation, since a brand conveys expectations about how the online business would behave.
Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
-------------means services in relation to the transformation of contents of an electronic
document from its original form to one that cannot be understood or decoded by any unauthorized person
► Cryptography services
► Accredited Certification Service Provider’
► Originator
► Addressee
Page 163: “‘Cryptography services’ means services in relation to the transformation of contents of an electronic document from its original form to one that cannot be understood or decoded by any unauthorized person”.
Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Choose the right one that which organization based in Switzerland
► WITO
► WIPO
► MIPO
► MITO
Page 182: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) based inSwitzerland
Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
------------- wrong is an act deemed by law to be harmful to the society in general such as theft or murder etc. and the state itself is a party in such matters.
► Criminal
► Civil
► Plentiful
► None
Page 176: criminal wrong (crime) is an act deemed by law to be harmful to the society in
general such as theft or murder etc. and the state itself is a party in such matters.
Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Why we use reset tag in HTML?
► To remove the text written in Notepad.
► To remove the text written in between and tag.
► To remove the text written in between and tag.
► To remove the text written in betweentag.
Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
If we apply hash function on any message the message will become message digest. Can we get original message by applying hash function again on message digest?
► Yes
► No
Page 103: A hash function is said to be one way because we cannot go back to the original text on applying the hash function to a message digest.
Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The process of key search attack is driving private key from _____.
► Public key
► Symmetric key
► Asymmetric key
► Private key
Page 108: The public key and its corresponding private key are linked with each other with the help of a large composite number. These attacks attempt to derive the private key from its corresponding public key using that number.
Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
In e-cash system which type of encryption is used?
► a) Symmetric
► b) Asymmetric
► Both a&b
► None
Page 118 : The request is encrypted with a symmetric key and that symmetric key is encrypted with the public key of the bank, thus creating a secure envelope.
Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Brand marketing is related to the barrier
► Language Barrier
► Cultural
► Lack of Trust
► Network Barrier
Question No: 31 ( Marks: 2 )
What is Competition between existing players?.
Competition within businesses to get more customers and trade at a price that produces a satisfactory profit. If there are lots of players of the same size, capacity and strategy having little difference between their goods, then there is fierce competition among them as regards the price of the goods.
Question No: 32 (Marks: 2 )
What is the use of CRC in communication over the network?
Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC), help us to confirm integrity of data frames.
Question No: 33 ( Marks: 2 )
What is the Key difference between the B2C and B2B?
B2C stands for Business-to-Consumer and deals between electronic markets to consumer (end user) directly e.g. Amazon.com, while B2B is Business-to-Business and make bridge between two or more organization.
Question No: 34 ( Marks: 2 )
What is meant by online defamation?
A defamatory statement is a false statement that injures the reputation of on another company. In cases of defamation the appeal taken by the defendant is that his statement is not false. Rather, it is a ‘fair comment’. In case defamation is done using the internet, it is termed as online defamation
Question No: 35 ( Marks: 3 )
In ETO, what are functions of Accredited Certification Service Provider?
Accredited Certification Service Provider means a Certification Service Provider accredited under this Ordinance to issue certificates for the use of its cryptography services.
Question No: 36 ( Marks: 3 )
SSL is better than SET. Do you agree with this statement? Justify your answer. (1+2)
Question No: 37 ( Marks: 3 )
What is meant by connectivity media in networking? What are two different options to connect computers on a network? 1+2
Question No: 38 ( Marks: 3 )
Write down the principles of private legislation?
Following are the principles:
· A private bill should only be passed at the explicit request of the persons who are to benefit from the legislation.
· Pertinent information regarding a private bill should be made available to all interested persons.
· All persons or bodies affected by a private bill should be heard and the need for the bill demonstrated.
· The financial burden of considering a bill for the benefit of private interests should not be borne solely by the public treasury.
Question No: 39 ( Marks: 5 )
What is cyber squatting and its purpose ?Give its example.
The act of deliberately registering domain names having trademarks of famous companies to later blackmail or demand payment from those companies is called cyber squatting. For example; Assume there is a firm ‘Nassir Enterprise’ and it wants to have its web site. It also wants to have the word ‘Nassir’ as a part of its domain name because for years it has been recognized in the market through this word. However, at the time of registration of its domain name it finds that a person Mr. ‘A’ who has nothing to do with the business of the firm or the word ‘Nassir’ has already registered a domain name containing this word as a part of it. Since there cannot be two similar domain names, the firm is forced to request Mr. ‘A’ to transfer that domain name to it. In response, if Mr. ‘A’ blackmails or claims ransom from the said firm, he would be said to have committed cyber squatting.
Question No: 40 ( Marks: 5 )
How much benefits you can derive from E-banking? Brief shortly each.
Followings are some advantages getting from E-banking:
· Get current account balances at any time
We can check our accounts balances from anywhere of world, no need to go bank.
· Obtain credit card statements
If you want reconcile your statements you can get easily from it.
· Pay utility bills
Paying bills by credit card give much relief to users, no need of stand in queue for long time.
· Download account information
Any info you want about your account, get from online bank accounts
· Transfer money between accounts
Money transferring is not headache, no need of stand in queue for long time.
· Send e-mail to your bank
It’s no easier to live in contact with your bank.
· Handle your finances from
You can manage finances from it.
