A.the Use of The Internet, The Web, and Mobile Apps To Transact Business
A.the Use of The Internet, The Web, and Mobile Apps To Transact Business
3. Which of the following can be considered synonymous with the term e-commerce?
a. e-business
b. digital commerce
c. the Internet
d. the Web
4. The term e-commerce refers to the digital enabling of business processes both inside and outside
the firm.
True – False
5. E-commerce and e-business systems blur together at the business firm boundary, where internal
business systems link up with suppliers or customers.
True – False
7. Which of the following features of e-commerce technology enables merchants to market and sell
"complex" goods and services to consumers via marketing messages that can integrate video, audio,
and text?
a.richness
b.ubiquity
c.information density
d.personalization
8. Which of the following features of e-commerce technology allows users to participate in the
creation of online content?
a.ubiquity
b.global reach
c.information density
d.social technology
10.Which of the following features of e-commerce technology is related to the concept of network
externalities?
a.richness
b.interactivity
c.universal standards
d.information density
11.Which of the following statements is true about the traditional tradeoff between the richness and
reach of a marketing message prior to the development of the Web?
a.Marketing messages had little richness.
b.The smaller the audience reached, the less rich the message.
c.The larger the audience reached, the less rich the message.
d.Richness was unrelated to reach.
13.The costs incurred by merchants in having to change product prices (such as the costs of
reentering prices into computer systems) are referred to as which of the following?
a.subscription costs
b.fixed costs
c.menu costs
d.variable costs
14.Which of the following refers to any disparity in relevant market information among partiesin a
transaction?
a.information asymmetry
b.unfair competitive advantage
c.imperfect competition
d. dynamic pricing
d.interactivity
18.E-commerce is available just about everywhere and anytime. This is known as:
a.richness.
b.information density.
c.ubiquity.
d.reach.
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20.The fact that e-commerce is conducted based on universal standards decreases search costs for
consumers.
Answer: TRUE/FALSE ( câu này không chắc, có tài liệu đúng có tài liệu sai)
21.Universal standards make price discovery more costly, slower, and less accurate.
Answer: FALSE/TRUE
22.Price transparency refers to the ease with which consumers can find out what merchants payfor
products.
Answer: FALSE/TRUE
25.Which type of e-commerce is distinguished by the type of technology used in the transactionrather
than by the nature of the market relationship?
a.consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
b.social e-commerce
c.mobile e-commerce
d.business-to-business (B2B)
26.Which of the following is an example of social e-commerce?
a.Amazon
b. eBay
c.Wikipedia ( not social e-commerce)
d. Facebook
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34.Which of the following statements about e-commerce, in the United States in 2017, is not
true?
a.Social e-commerce generates more revenue than mobile e-commerce.
b.Desktop advertising still accounts for almost 70% of all digital advertising spending.
C.On-demand service firms are fueling the growth of local e-commerce.
D.Growth rates for retail e-commerce are higher in Europe than in the United States.
2)All of the following are major social trends in e-commerce in 2017-2018 except for:
A)concerns about the flood of temporary, poorly paid jobs without benefits being generated by on-
demand service companies.
B)the continuing conflict over copyright management and control.
C) participation of adults in social networks begins to decrease.
D) the growth of government surveillance of Internet communications.
.
3) Which of the following statements about the mobile platform is not true?
A) Over 93% of Americans used a mobile device to access the Internet at least some of the time
in 2017.
B) The size of the mobile app audience greatly exceeds that of the mobile web audience.
C) Retail purchases made on desktops account for almost two-thirds of all online purchases.
D) The time U.S. adults spend using mobile apps accounts for over 60% of total digital minutes
spent.
4) Which of the following describes the basic web policy of large firms during the Invention
period?
A) Integrate social networks and the mobile platform with website marketing.
B) Emphasize the necessity for the Web to generate profits.
C) Use the Web to sell complex goods and services online.
D) Maintain a basic, static website depicting the firm's brand.
5) It is estimated that by 2021, the size of the B2B market will reach:
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A) $760 million.
B) $7.6 billion.
C) $760 billion.
D) $7.6 trillion.
6) Which of the following statements about the Web is not true?
A) The Web is the technology upon which the Internet is based.
B) The Web was the original "killer app."
C) The Web provides access to pages written in Hypertext Markup Language.
D) The Web is both a communications infrastructure and an information storage system.
9) Which of the following was the first truly large-scale digitally enabled transaction system in
the B2C arena.
A) Telex
B) The Baxter Healthcare system
C) The French Minitel
D) EDI
12) Which of the following is a characteristic of e-commerce during the Invention period?
A) mobile technology
B) earnings and profit emphasis
C) disintermediation
D) extensive government surveillance
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13) All of the following are examples of Web 2.0 sites and applications except:
A) photo-sharing sites.
B) blogs.
C) wikis.
D) auction sites.
15) All of the following were visions of e-commerce expressed during the early years of e-
commerce except:
A) a nearly perfect information marketspace.
B) friction-free commerce.
C) disintermediation.
D) fast follower advantage.
17) The early years of e-commerce were driven by all of the following factors except:
A) an emphasis on exploiting traditional distribution channels.
B) a huge infusion of venture capital funds.
C) an emphasis on quickly achieving very high market visibility.
D) visions of profiting from new technology.
19) Which of the following best describes the early years of e-commerce?
A) They were a technological success but a mixed business success.
B) They were a technological success but a business failure.
C) They were a technological failure but a business success.
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24) Which of the following is an example of an e-commerce first mover that failed?
A) Etsy
B) eToys
C) eBay
D) E*Trade
25) Which of the following refers to the practice of researching a product online before
purchasing it at a physical store?
A) zooming
B) grazing
C) showrooming
D) webrooming
26) Which of the following was the original "killer app" that made the Internet commercially
interesting and extraordinarily popular?
A) e-commerce
B) The world wide web
C) social networks
D) mobile apps
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27) Which of the following refers to the displacement of market middlemen and the creation
of a new direct relationship between producers and consumers?
A) network effect
B) disintermediation
C) friction-free commerce
D) first mover advantage
29) Retail e-commerce in the United States is not expected to continue growing at double-digit
growth rates in 2017-2018.
Answer: FALSE/ TRUE
31) The Internet has shown similar growth patterns as other electronic technologies of the past.
Answer: FALSE/ TRUE
.
32) The emergence of mobile, social, and local e-commerce occurred during the Reinvention
period of e-commerce.
Answer: FALSE/ TRUE
34) Price dispersion has been eliminated in e-commerce Answer: TRUE/ FALSE
36) Which business application is associated with the technological development of local area
networks and client/server computing?
A) transaction automation (e.g., payroll)
B) desktop automation (e.g., word processing)
C) industrial system automation (e.g., supply chain management)
D) workgroup automation (e.g., document sharing)
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37) Which of the following is one of the three primary societal issues related to e-commerce?
A) liability
B) anonymity
C) equity
D) intellectual property
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11) Which of the following involves a company giving away a certain level of
product or services without charge, but then charging a fee for premium levels of the
product or service?
A) advertising revenue model
B) subscription revenue model
C) freemium strategy
D) transaction fee revenue
model
14) The existence of a large number of competitors in any one market segment may indicate:
A) an untapped market niche.
B) the market is saturated.
C) no one firm has differentiated itself within that market.
D) a market that has already been tried without
success.
15) All of the following can be considered a direct or indirect competitor of Amazon except:
A) eBay.
B) Apple's iTunes Store.
C) Walmart.
D) Starbucks.
25) Which of the following was not able to successfully implement a freemium business model?
A) Pandora
B) Dropbox
C) LinkedIn
D) Ning
26) All of the following may lead to a competitive advantage except:
A) less expensive suppliers.
B) better employees.
C) fewer products.
D) superior
products.
27) Which of the following is an unfair competitive advantage?
A) brand name
B) access to global markets
C) lower product prices
D) superior
technology
28) Which of the following gives a business model the most credibility with outside investors?
A) the firm's management team
B) the firm's value proposition
C) the firm's market opportunity
D) the firm's market
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32) All of the following use a social network marketing strategy except:
A) Twitter.
B) YouTube.
C) Pinterest.
D) Amazon.
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34) A wealthy individual who invests personal funds in a start-up in exchange for
an equity stock in the business is referred to as a(n) .
A) incubator
B) angel investor
C) venture capital investor
D) crowdfunder
37) Firms that fail to produce returns greater than alternative investments
typically go out of business.
Answer: TRUE /
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40) All firms need an organization to efficiently implement their business plans
and strategies. Answer: F A L S E / TRUE
41) The JOBS Act and issuance of enabling regulations by the Securities and
Exchange Commission allows a start-up company to use crowdfunding to solicit
accredited investors to invest in small and early-stage start-ups.
Answer: TRUE
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45) Portals primarily generate revenue in all of the following ways except:
A) charging advertisers for ad placement.
B) collecting transaction fees.
C) sales of goods.
D) charging subscription fees.
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51) On-demand service companies are characterized by the free sharing of resources between the
company and consumers.
Answer: FALSE
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52) All of the following are examples of business-to-business (B2B) business models except:
A) e-distributors.
B) e-procurement.
C) exchanges.
D) e-tailers.
53) What is the primary revenue model for an e-distributor?
A) sales
B) transaction fee
C) advertising
D) subscription
54) W.W. Grainger is an example of which of the following business models?
A) B2B service provider
B) exchange
C) e-distributor
D) industry consortia
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61) Which business strategy involves implementing a new, more efficient set of business
processes that other firms cannot yet obtain?
A) strategy of cost competition
B) scope strategy
C) customer intimacy strategy
D) focus/market niche strategy
62) Which of the following features of e-commerce technology changes industry structure by
lowering barriers to entry but greatly expands the market at the same time?
A) global reach
B) richness
C) interactivity
D) personalization
63) Which of the following is not a primary activity in a firm value chain?
A) outbound logistics
B) finance/accounting
C) operations
D) after-sales service
Difficulty: Moderate
64) A is a networked business ecosystem that coordinates a firm's suppliers,
distributors, and delivery firms with its own production needs using an Internet-based supplychain
management system.
A) value chain
B) value system
C) value web
D) business strategy
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65) If you wished to leverage the ubiquitous nature of the Web to differentiate your product, you
would:
A) enable individual customization of the product by consumers.
B) implement a strategy of commoditization.
C) adopt a strategy of cost competition.
D) develop a scope strategy to compete within a narrower market segment.
66) A strategy designed to compete within a narrow market or product segment is called a
strategy.
A) scope
B) differentiation
C) cost
D) focus
technologies are technologies that enable the incremental improvement of
products and services.
A) Sustaining
B) Differentiating
C) Disruptive
D) Commodity
68) Innovative entrepreneurs and their business firms that destroy existing business models are
referred to as .
A) crowdfunders
B) venture capitalists
C) disruptors
D) angel investors
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69) The term unfit fitness refers to a situation in which employees of a firm have the wrong skills
for the current environment.
Answer: TRUE/
70) Scale economies are efficiencies that result from flattening the hierarchy of an organization.
Answer: FALSE
71) A company's strong linkages with its customers increase switching costs.
Answer: TRUE/
72) The Internet's universal standards can change industry structure by increasing barriers to
entry and decreasing competition within an industry.
Answer:FALSE
73) Interactivity that enables product customization alters industry structure by increasing the
threat of substitutes.
Answer: FALSE
75) Social technologies change industry structure by shifting programming and editorial
decisions to consumers and creating substitute entertainment products.
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1) During which period of time did the Institutionalization phase of Internet development take
place?
A) 1950-1960
B) 1961-1974
C) 1975-1995
D) 1995-through the present
3) During which phase of the development of the Internet was the Domain Name System (DNS)
introduced?
A) commercialization phase
B) institutional phase
C) innovation phase
D) consolidation phase
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4) Which of the following is not one of the basic technological foundations of the Internet?
A) client/server computing
B) FTP
C) TCP/IP
D) packet switching
5) The process of slicing digital messages into parcels, sending them along different
communication paths as they become available, and reassembling them at the destination point is
called:
A) routing.
B) the Transmission Control Protocol.
C) packet switching.
D) the File Transfer Protocol.
6) Which of the following is the core communications protocol for the Internet?
A) Telnet
B) FTP
C) TCP/IP
D) TLS
7) The Transport Layer of TCP/IP is responsible for which of the following?
A) placing packets on and receiving them from the network medium
B) addressing, packaging, and routing messages
C) providing communication with the application by acknowledging and sequencing the
packetsto and from the application
D) providing a variety of applications with the ability to access the services of the lower layers
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12) Which of the following is not an advantage of client/server computing over centralized
mainframe computing?
A) It is easy to expand capacity by adding servers and clients.
B) Each client added to the network increases the network's overall capacity and
transmissionspeeds.
C) Client/server networks are less vulnerable, in part because the processing load is balanced
over many powerful smaller computers rather than concentrated in a single huge computer.
D) There is less risk that a system will completely malfunction because backup or mirror servers
can pick up the slack if one server goes down.
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16) Which of the following statements about cloud computing is not true?
A) A public cloud is typically used by companies with stringent privacy and
securityrequirements.
B) Dropbox is an example of a public cloud.
C) Hybrid clouds offer both public and private cloud options.
D) A private cloud may be hosted internally or externally.
17) is used to allow remote login on another computer.
A) Telnet
B) FTP
C) HTTP
D) SSL
18) is a utility program that allows you to check the connection between your client
and a TCP/IP network.
A) Ping
B) Telnet
C) Tracert
D) Finger
19) Which of the following technologies has enabled the Internet to grow exponentially to
support millions of users, without overloading the network architecture?
A) fiber optics
B) Wi-Fi
C) IPv6
D) client/server
computing
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20) Which of the following are specialized computers that transmit message parcels along
available Internet communication paths and on to their destinations?
A) routers
B) Web servers
C) IP servers
D) packet servers
21) Which of the following is a set of rules for transferring data?
A) protocol
B) packet
C) router
D) IP address
22) Which of the following is not a basic type of cloud computing service?
A) IaaS
B) PaaS
C) SaaS
D) FiOS
23) Which of the following are central directories that list all domain names currently in use for
specific domains?
A) Web servers
B) root servers
C) client servers
D) DNS servers
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24) Which of the following was the original purpose of the Internet?
A) to provide a network that would allow businesses to connect with consumers
B) to link large mainframe computers on different college campuses
C) to develop a military communications system that could withstand nuclear war
D) to enable government agencies to track civilian communications
25) Which of the following is a utility program that allows you to track the path of a message
sent from a client computer to a remote computer on the Internet?
A) Telnet
B) Ping
C) IMAP
D) Tracert
26) Which of the following protocols enables the exchange of routing information among
different autonomous systems on the Internet?
A) HTTP
B) BGP
C) FTP
D) SMTP
27) Packet switching makes use of multiple circuits rather than one dedicated circuit.
Answer: TRUE
28) FTP is the protocol that permits users to transfer files from a server to their client computer,
and vice versa.
Answer: FALSE
29) Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the Internet protocol used by a browser to transfer
web pages.
Answer: TRUE /
FLASE
33) In a hybrid cloud computing model, firms use their own infrastructure for their most essential
core activities.
Answer: TRUE/
FALSE
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34) Which of the following organizations monitor Internet policies and practices?
A) IETF
B) ISOC
C) W3C
D) ICAN
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39) When talking about the physical elements of the Internet, the term redundancy refers to:
A) transmitting multiple copies of a single packet to safeguard against data loss.
B) the use of tiered high-speed switching computers to connect the backbone to regional and
local networks.
C) delays in messages caused by the uneven flow of information through the network.
D) multiple duplicate devices and paths in a network built so that data can be
rerouted if abreakdown occurs.
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43) Which of the following organizations involved with Internet governance has the United
States recently given up control over?
A) ICANN
B) IGF
C) NTIA
D) IANA
44) In the United States, about of Internet traffic now occurs over IPv6.
A) 10%
B) 15%
C) 25%
D) 40%
Internet.
45) The major hubs in the United States where the Internet backbone intersects with regional and
local networks are now commonly referred to as Internet Exchange Points (IXPs).
Answer: TRUE /
47) Bluetooth is a high-speed, fixed broadband wireless local area network for commercial and
residential use.
Answer: TRUE/
FLASE
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50) How long does it take for 300,000 X-rays to be transmitted on a 100-gbps network?
A) 10 seconds
B) 1 minute
C) 10 minutes
D) 1 hour
limitations of today's Internet and the potentialcapabilities of the Internet of the future.
51) What type of Internet access technology are Google and Facebook hoping to use to provide
Internet access to remote parts of the world?
A) Bluetooth
B) drones
C) WLANs
D) DSL
52) Which of the following is not a limitation of the current Internet?
A) the continued reliance on cables and wires for connectivity
B) limited bandwidth, which causes congestion and cannot adequately handle video and voice
traffic
C) architectural restrictions, which stipulate that numerous requests for the same file must each
be answered individually, slowing network performance
D) the difficulty in expanding capacity by adding servers and
clients
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53) Which of the following statements about fiber-optic cable is not true?
A) It transmits more data at faster speeds than coaxial or twisted pair cable.
B) It is thinner and lighter than coaxial or twisted pair cable.
C) A majority of U.S. homes have fiber connections.
D) Telecommunications firms have made substantial investments in fiber optic systems in the
last decade.
54) The major technologies used with wireless local area networks are:
A) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
B) Wi-Fi and WiMax.
C) Bluetooth and 3G.
D) WiMax and 3G.
55) Which of the following is not a quality of service limitation of today's Internet?
A) latency
B) the uneven flow of information packets through the network
C) insufficient bandwidth in the backbone
D) low level of guaranteed service
56) All of the following are involved in the effort to create standards for IoT except:
A) AllSeen Alliance.
B) Industrial Internet Consortium.
C) Open Connectivity Foundation.
D) W3C.
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57) Which of the following refers to delays in messages caused by the uneven flow of
information packets through the network?
A) redundancy
B) latency
C) Net neutrality
D) QOS
58) Microsoft's pilot program to provide broadband Internet access to rural areas uses which of
the following technologies?
A) satellites
B) drones
C) unused, low-powered television channels
D) high altitude balloons
59) Internet2 provides a nationwide 100 gigabit-per-second network.
Answer: TRUE
60) WLAN-based Internet access derives from the same technological foundations as telephone-
based wireless Internet access.
Answer: FLASE
61) The Internet of Things (IoT) is based on sensors that can collect data and connect to the
Internet.
Answer: TRUE
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62) The first web browser to make it possible to view documents on the Web with colored
background, images, and animations was:
A) Netscape Navigator.
B) Mosaic.
C) Mozilla.
D) Internet Explorer.
63) In the address http://www.company.com/clients.html, which of the following is the top-
level domain?
A) .com
B) company.com
C) www
D) http
64) You could expect to find all of the following services in a web server software package
except:
A) security services.
B) FTP.
C) search engine.
D) an RSS
aggregator.
65) Which of the following was the most popular web browser as of July 2017?
A) Internet Explorer
B) Safari
C) Chrome
D) Firefox
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66) The concept behind document formatting had its roots in which of the following?
A) XML
B) SGML
C) HTML
D) GML
67) All of the following are characteristics of HTML5 except:
A) a video element that replaces plug-ins such as Flash, QuickTime, and RealPlayer.
B) use of CSS3.
C) ability to access built-in functionality of mobile devices, such as GPS and swiping.
D) support for digital rights
management.
68) HTML is used to format the structure and style of a web page.
Answer: TRUE
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70) Which of the following enables Internet users to communicate with each other, although not
in real time?
A) mobile messaging
B) online forum
C) SMS messaging
D) VoIP
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73) The protocol that enables the transmission of voice and other forms of audio communication
over the Internet is called:
A) VoIP.
B) IPTP.
C) VTP.
D) IP.
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75) All of the following statements about mobile apps are true except:
A) mobile apps have usurped television as the most popular entertainment medium.
B) iOS apps are cross-platform, open-source applications.
C) over 180 billion apps have been downloaded from the Apple App Store.
D) almost all the top 100 brands have a presence in at least one of the major app stores.
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1) Offline media is typically used for all of the following marketing activities except:
A) education.
B) exposure.
C) conversation.
D) branding.
2) The cost of hardware, software, and telecommunications services needed to build a website
have over the last decade.
A) increased dramatically
B) increased moderately
C) decreased dramatically
D) decreased slightly
3) Which of the following types of e-commerce presence is best suited for creating an ongoing
conversation with one's customers?
A) website
B) e-mail
C) social media
D) offline media
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12) Which of the following details the actual hardware components to be used in a system?
A) architecture plan
B) system functionalities plan
C) logical design
D) physical design
13) Which of the following verifies that the business objectives of the system are in fact
working?
A) system testing
B) acceptance testing
C) unit testing
D) implementation testing
14) Which of the following involves testing a site's program modules one at a time?
A) system testing
B) acceptance testing
C) unit testing
D) implementation testing
15) Most of the time required to maintain an e-commerce site is spent on:
A) debugging code.
B) responding to emergency situations.
C) general administration and making changes and enhancements to the system.
D) changes in reports, data files, and links to backend databases.
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16) All of the following are simple steps for optimizing web page content except:
A) reducing unnecessary HTML comments.
B) segmenting computer servers to perform dedicated functions.
C) using more efficient graphics.
D) avoiding unnecessary links to other pages on the site.
17) Which of the following is the minimum system architecture requirement for an e-commerce
website that processes orders?
A) single-tier architecture
B) two-tier architecture
C) three-tier architecture
D) multi-tier architecture
18) Which of the following does not offer website building tools?
A) Squarespace
B) Google Sites
C) WordPress
D) Apache
19) All of the following are major players in hosting/co-location/cloud services except:
A) GoDaddy.
B) WordPress.
C) Verio.
D) Liquid Web.
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20) Which form of testing compares a control page with one that is very different?
A) template test
B) new concept test
C) funnel test
D) system test
21) A template test is a form of which type of testing?
A) unit testing
B) system testing
C) acceptance testing
D) A/B testing
22) When using multivariate testing, if you wish to test two different versions of an image, a
button, and a piece of text, how many combinations will you need to test?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
23) The process of comparing a website with that of its competitors in terms of response speed,
quality of layout, and design is known as:
A) split testing.
B) funnel testing.
C) benchmarking.
D) system testing.
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24) The SDLC methodology helps developers to understand the business objectives of a system
and design an appropriate solution.
Answer:
TRUE / FALSE
25) When developing an e-commerce presence, it is important to understand that the technology
must drive the business, not the reverse.
Answer:
TRUE / FALSE
26) Using prebuilt templates is typically one of the most inexpensive options when building an e-
commerce site.
Answer:
TRUE / FALSE
27) In general, the annual system maintenance cost will roughly parallel the development cost.
Answer: TRUE/ FALSE
28) A multi-tier architecture typically includes only a web server and a database server.
Answer:
TRUE / FALSE
29) Apache web server software works with Linux and Unix operating systems.
Answer:
TRUE / FALSE
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30) All of the following might be part of a website's middle-tier layer except:
A) a database server.
B) an ad server.
C) legacy corporate applications.
D) a mail server.
31) The leading web server software is:
A) Apache.
B) Microsoft Internet Information Server.
C) Sun Solaris.
D) Google Enterprise Server.
32) All of the following are basic functionality provided by web servers except:
A) site management tools.
B) data capture tools.
C) security services.
D) a shopping cart.
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33) Which of the following is used to process certificates and private/public key information?
A) HTTP
B) Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security
C) File Transfer Protocol
D) data capture tools
34) Which of the following would you use to verify that links on web pages are valid?
A) HTTP
B) FTP
C) data capture tools
D) site management
tools
35) Which of the following is an example of a CMS?
A) Apache
B) Drupal
C) Dreamweaver CC
D) Webtrends Analytics
36) Advantages of dynamic page generation include all of the following except:
A) lowered menu costs.
B) market segmentation.
C) nearly cost-free price discrimination.
D) client-side execution of
programming.
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37) Which of the following cannot be used to retrieve objects from a database?
A) CGI
B) ASP
C) JSP
D) HTML
38) Which of the following types of application server monitors and controls access to a main
web server, and implements firewall protection?
A) proxy server
B) list server
C) groupware server
D) mail server
39) Which of the following technologies is used to separate the design and presentation of
content from the content creation process?
A) CGI
B) proxy server
C) shopping cart
D) CMS
40) MySQL is which of the following?
A) open source database software
B) scripting language embedded in HTML documents
C) web server software
D) website analytics software
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41) All of the following are basic functionality provided by e-commerce merchant server
software except:
A) a product catalog.
B) marketing analytics.
C) a shopping cart.
D) credit card processing.
42) are a kind of middleware software that provides the glue connecting traditional
corporate systems to the customer as well as all the functionality needed to conduct e-commerce.
A) Application servers
B) Web page servers
C) Database servers
D) Content management servers
43) Which of the following is a standard that makes it possible to access data from any
application regardless of the database and operating system software being used?
A) CGI
B) ODBC
C) MySQL
D) HTTP
44) The web server software used has a significant impact on how a website's web pages look on
a user's computer.
Answer: FALSE
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45) Prior to the development of e-commerce, websites primarily delivered static HTML pages.
Answer: TRUE
46) Dynamic page generation makes it easier to segment markets.
Answer: TRUE/
47) Objects can be retrieved from the database using Java Server Pages.
Answer: TRUE/FALSE
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52) All of the following are methods of improving the processing architecture of a website
except:
A) separating static content from dynamic content.
B) optimizing ASP code.
C) optimizing the database schema.
D) adding web
servers.
53) Upgrading a server from a single processor to multiple processors is an example of scaling a
site vertically.
Answer:FALSE
54) Storing HTML pages in RAM rather than on a server's hard drive is an expensive way to
fine-tune the processing architecture of a website.
Answer: TRUE
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58) All of the following are website design features that annoy customers except:
A) slow-loading pages.
B) pop-under ads.
C) splash pages.
D) multi-browser
functionality.
59) All of the following are important factors in search engine optimization except:
A) selecting keywords and page titles.
B) encouraging other sites to link to your site.
C) buying search engine ads.
D) adhering to privacy
policies.
60) provides a set of standards for communicating between a browser and a program
running on a server that allows for interaction between the user and server.
A) CGI
B) ColdFusion
C) JavaScript
D) VBScript
61) is a programming language invented by Netscape used to control the objects on an
HTML page and handle interactions with the browser.
A) VBScript
B) ActiveX
C) ColdFusion
D) JavaScript
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62) The primary way a website is able to personalize the content presented to a visitor is through
the use of:
A) privacy policies.
B) cookies.
C) accessibility rules.
D) site management tools.
63) Which of the following is not part of the LAMP open source web development model?
A) Linux
B) Apache
C) Microsoft IIS
D) PHP
64) Django follows the _ programming principle.
A) CoC
B) WYSIWYG
C) DRY
D) LAMP
65) PHP is an open source, general purpose scripting language that is most frequently used in
server-side Web applications to generate dynamic web page content.
Answer:
TRUE/ FALSE
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66) All of the following are key design principles of responsive web design except:
A) flexible grid-based layouts.
B) media queries.
C) coding by convention.
D) flexible images and media.
67) Which of the following is a server-side technique that detects the attributes of the device
making the request, and using predefined templates, loads a version of a site optimized for the
device?
A) LAMP
B) AWD
C) mobile first design
D) RoR
68) Which of the following statements about responsive web design (RWD) is not true?
A) RWD works best for sites that have complex functionality.
B) RWD tools include HTML5 and CSS3.
C) RWD makes it possible to design a website that automatically adjusts its layout and display
according to the screen resolution of the device on which it is being viewed.
D) RWD can be costly.
69) Building which of the following is the most expensive path to creating a mobile presence?
A) native app
B) mobile website
C) mobile web app
D) hybrid HTTP
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70) Which of the following statements about mobile websites is not true?
A) Mobile websites run on a firm's servers, just like a traditional website.
B) Mobile websites can be built using standard web tools such as server-side HTML, Linux,
PHP and SQL.
C) Generally, mobile websites operate more quickly than traditional websites viewed
on adesktop computer connected to a broadband office network.
D) Most large firms today have mobile websites.
71) Beginning the e-commerce development process with a mobile presence rather than a
desktop website is referred to as which of the following?
A) RWD
B) AWD
C) mobile first design
D) RESS
72) An HTML5 app is one designed to specifically operate using a mobile device's hardware and
operating system.
Answer:
TRUE/ FALSE
73) Native web apps need to be developed for different mobile platforms.
Answer:
TRUE/ FALSE
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8) Typically, the more security measures added to an e-commerce site, the slower and more
difficult it becomes to use.
Answer:
TRUE / FLASE
9) Which of the following statements about data breaches in 2016 is not true?
A) According to Symantec, the number of major breaches in 2016 increased from the number in
2015.
B) According to Symantec, the total number of data breaches in 2016 increased significantly
from the number in 2015.
C) According to Symantec, the total number of identities exposed by data breaches in 2016
increased to 1.1 billion.
D) According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, data breaches involving the business sector
represented over 45% of all breaches.
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11) The overall rate of online credit card fraud is of all online card transactions.
A) less than 1%
B) around 5%
C) around 10%
D) around 15%
12) Which of the following has the Internet Advertising Bureau urged advertisers to abandon?
A) HTML
B) HTML5
C) Adobe Flash
D) Adobe Acrobat
13) Accessing data without authorization on Dropbox is an example of a:
A) social network security issue.
B) cloud security issue.
C) mobile platform security issue.
D) sniffing issue.
14) Which of the following is not a key factor for establishing e-commerce security?
A) data integrity
B) technology
C) organizational policies
D) laws and industry standards
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17) Software that is used to obtain private user information such as a user's keystrokes or copies
of e-mail is referred to as:
A) spyware.
B) a backdoor.
C) browser parasite.
D) adware.
18) According to Symantec, almost half of the e-mail addresses involved in business e-mail
compromise (BEC) phishing that it analyzed had an IP address originating in:
A) China.
B) Russia.
C) Nigeria.
D) North Korea.
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19) What is the most frequent cause of stolen credit cards and card information today?
A) lost cards
B) the hacking and looting of corporate servers storing credit card information
C) sniffing programs
D) phishing attacks
20) Which dimension(s) of security is spoofing a threat to?
A) integrity
B) availability
C) integrity and authenticity
D) availability and integrity
21) Which of the following is not an example of malicious code?
A) scareware
B) Trojan horse
C) bot
D) sniffer
22) The attack on Dyn Inc., in October 2016 is an example of which of the following?
A) SQL injection attack
B) browser parasite
C) DDoS attack
D) MitM attack
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26) Which of the following was designed to cripple Iranian nuclear centrifuges?
A) Stuxnet
B) Flame
C) Snake
D) Storm
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27) Automatically redirecting a web link to a different address is an example of which of the
following?
A) sniffing
B) social engineering
C) pharming
D) DDoS attack
28) According to Symantec, the number of data breaches in 2016 increased by
compared to 2015.
A) 100%
B) 15%
C) 150%
D) 20%
29) According to Ponemon Institute's 2017 survey, which of the following was not among the
causes of the most costly cybercrimes?
A) malicious insiders
B) malicious code
C) denial of service
D) botnets
30) typically attack governments, organizations, and sometimes individuals for
political purposes.
A) Crackers
B) White hats
C) Grey hats
D) Hacktivists
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31) The Internet Advertising Bureau has urged advertisers to abandon Adobe Flash in favor of
HTML5.
Answer:
TRUE/ FLASE
32) A Trojan horse appears to be benign, but then does something other than expected.
Answer: TRUE/ FLASE
33) Phishing attacks rely on browser parasites.
Answer: TRUE/ FLASE
34) WannaCry is an example of ransomware.
Answer: TRUE/ FLASE
35) Spoofing is the attempt to hide a hacker's true identity by using someone else's e-mail or IP
address.
Answer:
TRUE/FLASE
36) Exploit kits can be purchased by users to protect their computers from malware.
Answer: TRUE/ FLASE
37) A drive-by download is malware that comes with a downloaded file that a user intentionally
or unintentionally requests.
Answer:
TRUE/ FLASE
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41) All the following statements about symmetric key cryptography are true except:
A) in symmetric key cryptography, both the sender and the receiver use the same key to encrypt
and decrypt a message.
B) the Data Encryption Standard is a symmetric key encryption system.
C) symmetric key cryptography is computationally slower.
D) symmetric key cryptography is a key element in digital envelopes.
channels and protect networks, servers, and clients.
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43) All of the following statements about public key cryptography are true except:
A) public key cryptography uses two mathematically related digital keys.
B) public key cryptography ensures authentication of the sender.
C) public key cryptography does not ensure message integrity.
D) public key cryptography is based on the idea of irreversible mathematical functions.
channels and protect networks, servers, and clients.
44) Which of the following is the current standard used to protect Wi-Fi networks?
A) WEP
B) TLS
C) WPA2
D) WPA3
45) All of the following statements about PKI are true except:
A) the term PKI refers to the certification authorities and digital certificate procedures that are
accepted by all parties.
B) PKI is not effective against insiders who have a legitimate access to corporate systems
including customer information.
C) PKI guarantees that the verifying computer of the merchant is secure.
D) the acronym PKI stands for public key infrastructure.
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47) Which of the following dimensions of e-commerce security is not provided for by
encryption?
A) confidentiality
B) availability
C) message integrity
D) nonrepudiation
48) All of the following are methods of securing channels of communication except:
A) SSL/TLS.
B) digital certificates.
C) VPN.
D) FTP.
49) A is hardware or software that acts as a filter to prevent unwanted packets from
entering a network.
A) firewall
B) virtual private network
C) proxy server
D) PPTP
50) Proxy servers are also known as:
A) firewalls.
B) application gateways.
C) dual home systems.
D) packet filters.
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59) The easiest and least expensive way to prevent threats to system integrity is to install anti-
virus software.
Answer:
TRUE/FALSE
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63) All of the following are examples of social/mobile peer-to-peer payment systems except:
A) Venmo.
B) Bill Me Later.
C) Square Cash.
D) Google Wallet.
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64) All of the following statements about Apple Pay are true except which of the following?
A) Apple Pay is subject to regulations issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protectionapplicable to GPR transactions.
B) Apple Pay is based on Touch ID biometric fingerprint scanning.
C) Apple Pay can be used for mobile payments at the point of sale at a physical store.
D) Apple Pay relies on NFC chip technology.
65) PayPal is an example of what type of payment system?
A) online stored value payment system
B) digital checking system
C) accumulating balance system
D) digital credit card system
66) PCI-DSS is a standard established by which of the following?
A) the banking industry
B) the credit card industry
C) the federal government
D) the retail industry
67) Which of the following is not a major trend in e-commerce payments in 2017-2018?
A) Mobile retail payment volume decreases.
B) PayPal remains the most popular alternative payment method.
C) Google refocuses Google Wallet solely on sending and receiving money.
D) Payment by credit and/or debit card remains the dominant form of online payment.
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68) All of the following are limitations of the existing online credit card payment system except:
A) poor security.
B) cost to consumers.
C) cost to merchant.
D) social equity.
69) Linden Dollars, created for use in Second Life, are an example of:
A) digital cash.
B) virtual currency.
C) EBPP.
D) peer-to-peer payment systems.
70) Which of the following is a set of short-range wireless technologies used to share
information among devices within about two inches of each other?
A) DES
B) NFC
C) IM
D) text messaging
71) PayPal is the most popular alternative payment method in the United States.
Answer: TRUE/ FLASE
72) Apple Pay uses near field communication (NFC) chips.
Answer: TRUE/ FALSE
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73) Digital cash is legal tender that is instantly convertible into other forms of value without the
intermediation of any third parties.
Answer:
TRUE/FALSE
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1) Which of the following online advertising formats attracted the least amount of spending in
2017?
A) search
B) classifieds
C) rich media
D) e-mail
2) Which of the following is not one of the main stages of the online purchasing process?
A) post-purchase service and loyalty
B) awareness
C) engagement
D) conversation
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3) What is the approximate Internet penetration rate for individuals that have attained less than a
high-school education?
A) 58%
B) 68%
C) 78%
D) 88%
4) All of the following are online communications that are used to support the evaluation of
alternatives stages of the consumer decision process except:
A) search engines.
B) online catalogs.
C) social networks.
D) targeted banner
ads.
5) In modeling online consumer behavior, the concept of "consumer skills" refers to the:
A) education level of the consumer.
B) communication skills of the consumer.
C) knowledge consumers have about how to conduct online transactions.
D) product evaluation skills of the consumer.
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6) In the early years of e-commerce, prior to 2000, single, white, young college-educated males
with high income dominated the Internet in terms of percentage of Internet usage.
Answer:
TRUE/FALSE
7) Consumers choose the online channel primarily due to social media influence.
Answer: TRUE/FALSE
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11) Which of the following forms of online advertising is expected to grow the fastest between
2017 and 2021?
A) paid search
B) sponsorships
C) search engines
D) rich media
12)Which of the following is not one of the four main methods advertisers use to behaviorally
target ads?
A) Nielsen ratings
B) data collected from social networks
C) integration of online data with offline data
D) clickstream data
13. Which of the following search engine algorithm updates enables Google's search engine
toevaluate an entire sentence rather than just a key word?
E) Panda
F) Penguin
G) Hummingbird
H) Graph Search
13) Which of the following is not true about search engine advertising?
A) Spending on search engine advertising constitutes over 45% of all online advertising
spending.
B) The top three search engine providers supply over 95% of all online searches.
C) The click-through rate for search engine marketing has been fairly steady over the years.
D) Search engine advertising is the fastest growing type of online
advertising.
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14) Which of the following is not a practice that degrades the results and usefulness of
searchengines?
A) social search
B) link farms
C) content farms
D) click fraud
advertising strategies and tools.
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18) The percentage of all e-mail that is spam averaged around _ in 2017.
A) 55%
B) 65%
C) 75%
D) 85%
.
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22) All of the following are "traditional" online marketing tools except:
A) affiliate marketing.
B) e-mail and permission marketing.
C) social marketing.
D) sponsorship marketing.
23) All of the following are among those most frequently affected by ad-blocking except:
A) gaming sites.
B) newsgroup/forums.
C) social network sites.
D) online retailers.
24) The Nike iD program is an example of which of the following marketing techniques?
A) customer co-production
B) transactive content
C) price discrimination
D) permission marketing
25) The incremental cost of building the next unit of a good is called the:
A) Law of One Price.
B) variable cost.
C) marginal cost.
D) fixed cost.
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26) Which of the following statements about a free pricing strategy is false?
A) Free products and services can knock out potential and actual competitors.
B) The free pricing strategy was born in the early days of the Web.
C) It is difficult to convert free customers into paying customers.
D) Free products and services can help build market awareness.
27) Creating multiple variations of information goods and selling these to different market
segments at different prices is called:
A) bundling.
B) customization.
C) dynamic pricing.
D) versioning.
28) All of the following are fixed price strategies except:
A) bundling.
B) versioning.
C) free pricing.
D) yield
management.
29) Which of the following involves getting customers to pass along a company's marketing
message to friends, family, and colleagues?
A) affiliate marketing
B) viral marketing
C) native advertising
D) lead generation marketing
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34) Which of the following is an automated, auction-based method for matching demand and
supply for online display ads?
A) retargeting
B) behavioral targeting
C) programmatic advertising
D) keyword advertising
35) Research has found that most of the ad impressions served across display advertising
platforms are not viewable.
Answer:
TRUE / FALSE
36) The highest amount of online advertising spending is for online video ads.
Answer: T R U E / FALSE
37) Evidence suggests that real-time customer chat increases the dollar value of transactions.
Answer: TRUE/ FLASE
38) Consumers tend to look at native ads more frequently than they look at display ads.
Answer: TRUE/ FALSE
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40) An ad is considered viewable if half of the ad can be viewed for at least five consecutive
seconds.
Answer:
TRUE/ FALSE
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41) Which of the following would you implement to collect and analyze your company's big
data?
A) data warehouse
B) Hadoop
C) SQL
D) profiling
42) Which of the following statements about the Internet's impact on marketing is not true?
A) The Internet has broadened the scope of marketing communications.
B) The Internet has decreased the impact of brands.
C) The Internet has increased the richness of marketing communications.
D) The Internet has expanded the information intensity of the marketplace.
43) Which of the following features of e-commerce technology has reduced the cost of
delivering marketing messages and receiving feedback from users?
A) ubiquity
B) richness
C) information density
D) universal
standards
44) Which feature of e-commerce technology decreases the cost of delivering
marketingmessages and receiving feedback from users?
A) personalization/customization
B) universal standards
C) ubiquity
D) interactivity
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45) The richness made possible by e-commerce technologies does which of the following?
A) It reduces the cost of delivering marketing messages and receiving feedback from users.
B) It allows consumers to become co-producers of the goods and services being sold.
C) It allows video, audio, and text to be integrated into a single marketing
message andconsuming experience.
D) It enables worldwide customer service and marketing communications.
46) Which of the following is a Google algorithm update related to local search?
A) Penguin
B) Hummingbird
C) Panda
D) Possum
47) All of the following statements about cookies are true except:
A) cookies can be used to create cross-site profiles of users.
B) the data typically stored in cookies includes a unique ID and e-mail address.
C) cookies make shopping carts possible by allowing a site to keep track of a user's actions.
D) the more cookies are deleted, the less accurate ad server metrics become.
48) A web beacon is:
A) a cookie that carries a virus.
B) an executable cookie.
C) an automated applet for performing web searches.
D) a tiny graphics file embedded in an e-mail or web
page.
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49) is an open source database that can store and analyze both structured and
unstructured data.
A) ASP
B) PHP
C) Hadoop
D) JSP
50) A is a repository of customer information that records all contacts that a customer
has with a firm and generates a customer profile available to everyone in the firm with a need to
know the customer.
A) customer service chat system
B) CRM system
C) data warehouse
D) transactive content system
51) The marketing technique known as involves merchants offering many products for
which there is little demand.
A) long tail marketing
B) flash marketing
C) yield management
D) bait-and-switch
52) Which of the following provides web marketers with a very quick means of identifying a
customer and understanding his or her behavior at a site?
A) transaction logs
B) cookies
C) registration forms
D) data warehouses
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55) If you want to determine the size of your website's audience, the metric you will use for the
most accurate measurement will be:
A) page views.
B) unique visitors.
C) hits.
D) reach.
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68) Which of the following is the most meaningful metric for video ads?
A) view time
B) CTR
C) completion rate
D) skip rate
69) Which of the following measures the percentage of times an ad is clicked?
A) retention rate
B) CTR
C) loyalty rate
D) conversion rate
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