Kuwait University
College of Business Administration
The Department of Quantitative Methods & Information Systems
471/Seminar Topics in IS
Sample Examination Questions – Spring 03-04
True-False Questions
1- Dynamic brokering is an arrangement where a marketing partner has an arrangement with a company to refer consumers to a particular Web site so that the consumer can make purchases.
2- B2C e-commerce occurs every time Amazon.com sells a best seller to a reader.
3- The Environmental Protection Agency selects a supplier of a chemical reagent from bids submitted electronically by many suppliers. This is an example of an electronic tendering system.
4- Priceline.com is an example of the Find the Best Price business model.
5- Most EC is done over Intranets.
6- An IOS requires the flow of goods between member organizations.
7- EC applications date back to the early 1960s.
8- The large number of failures among EC companies in recent years provides proof that electronic commerce is a passing fad which will have little long-term impact on world business.
9- Interactions between a company and its suppliers, customers, and other partners make up the extended supply chain.
10- Modifying a product to reduce its harmful environmental impact is an example of business process reengineering.
Multiple Choice Questions
11- becoming the computing environment for business, home, and government applications.
a. Wireless computing
b. Networked computing
c. Laptop computing
d. Integrated computing
12-An opera fan purchases her favorite aria by downloading it from an online music retailer. This is an example of:
a. B2C.
b. B2B.
c. B2E.
d. C2E.
13- An author offers his book exclusively through his own Web site at a fixed price. The resulting electronic marketplace is an example of:
a. a sell-side marketplace.
b. a buy-side marketplace.
c. an exchange.
d. an online auction.
14- A large insurance company provides specifications for office supplies in an e-mail to every major office supply company in the United States. The resulting electronic marketplace is an example of:
a. a sell-side marketplace.
b. a buy-side marketplace.
c. an exchange.
d. an online auction.
15- In the Internet ecosystem,
a. larger companies tend to dominate due to cost advantages attributable to size.
b. market intermediaries tend to dominate through the exercise of marketspace control.
c. the government dominates through excessive regulation.
d. size is no longer a significant competitive advantage.
16- All of the following are necessary for perfect competition to exist EXCEPT:
a. sellers must maximize product differentiation.
b. no barriers to entry.
c. provide both buyers and sellers with extensive product and market information.
d. make certain products are homogeneous.
17- Porter’s competitive analysis predicts that competition:
a. will be less intense as companies shift toward doing more business online.
b. will be strongest in commodity-type products.
c. will decrease because online shoppers can search for exactly the product needed.
d. will not be impacted by shifts to EC.
18- General Electric lists the specifications for a kind of wire needed in the manufacture of light bulbs on its TPN site. GE asks potential suppliers to submit the price at which they would be willing to supply the wire. This is an example of:
a. a forward auction
b. a reverse auction.
c. a sell-side marketplace.
d. customization.
19- By aggregating all supplier catalogs on a computer at the home office, a company can:
a. centralize procurement.
b. make bartering more efficient.
c. free up buyers to negotiate each order.
d. institute collaborative commerce.
20- All of the following are major infrastructure needs for B2B marketplaces EXCEPT:
a. software for building a storefront.
b. security hardware and software.
c. centralized procurement.
d. servers for hosting databases and applications.
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