Chapter 5 1. Standalone computers increase employee productivity as much as computer networks. () 2. Computers can exchange data over networks of clearly delineated size. () 3. The major problem of discovery is the huge amount of information available. ( ) 4. Metasearch engines search several engines at once and integrate the findings of the various search engines. ( ) 5. Commercial portals are intended for broad audiences and offer fairly routine content. ( ) 6. Electronic mail is the largest-volume application running over the Internet. ( ) 7. A blog is a personal website open to the public in which the site creator expresses his or her feelings or opinions. ( ) 8. A wiki is a personal website open …show more content…
An electronic storefront is a website on the Internet representing a single store. ( ) 7. Selling products such as books and computers on the Internet may reduce vendors’ selling costs by 20 to 40 %, with further reductions being difficult because the products must be delivered physically. ( ) 8. Virtual banks are those banks dedicated only to Internet transaction. ( ) 9. Channel conflict occurs when click-and-mortar companies have problems with their regular distributors when they sell directly to customer online. ( ) 10. Internet advertising is impersonal, one way mass communication. () 11. Banners are the most common form of advertistment on the Internet. ( ) 12. Hacking is the indiscriminate distribution of electronic ads without permission of the receiver. () 13. B2C applications comprise the majority of electronic commerce volume. () 14. The key mechanisms in the seller-side marketplace are customized electronic catalogs and reverse auctions. () 15. The buy-side market place is similar to the business-to-consumer model. () 16. Horizontal exchanges connect buyers and sellers across many industries. ( ) 17. In most cases, traditional payment systems are not effective for electronic commerce. (