Question 1

What is the ability to purchase goods and services through a wireless Internet-enabled device?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of mobile business.

Question 2

Which company is expecting to gain the majority of its returns on new investments?

Accepted Answer

According to the disruptive versus sustaining technology figure, Dell Computer is expecting major returns on new investments.

Question 3

Which of the following is the example of consumer-to-government (C2G) highlighted in the figure illustrating extended ebusiness models?

Accepted Answer

The example of consumer to government highlighted in the figure illustrating extended ebusiness models is eGov.com.

Question 4

What refers to the creation of new kinds of intermediaries that simply could not have existed before the advent of ebusiness, including comparison-shopping sites such as Froogle and bank account aggregation services such as Citibank?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of cybermediation.

Question 5

What does digital Darwinism imply?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of digital Darwinism.

Question 6

What is information richness?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of information richness.

Question 7

A __________ technology is a new way of doing things that initially does not meet the needs of existing customers.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A __________ technology is a new way...

Question 8

Which company is expecting to gain the majority of its returns on existing investments?

Accepted Answer

According to the disruptive versus sustaining technology figure, Phillips Petroleum is expecting returns on existing investments to equal 97 percent.

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of a sustaining technology?

Accepted Answer

Sustaining technologies tend to provide us with better, faster, and cheaper products such as a faster car or larger hard drive.

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of a disruptive technology?

Accepted Answer

All of these are examples of disruptive technologies as displayed in the figure illustrating companies that capitalize on disruptive technology.

Question 11

What is the website that was the primary catalyst for growing electronic government and is currently the official U.S.gateway to all government information?

Accepted Answer

The website that was the primary catalyst for growing electronic government, and is currently the official U.S.gateway to all government information, is FirstGov.gov.

Question 12

Which of the following is a reason for the growth of the World Wide Web?

Accepted Answer

All of these are reasons for the growth of the WWW.

Question 13

What are agents, software, or businesses that provide a trading infrastructure to bring buyers and sellers together?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of intermediaries.

Question 14

Many industries have taken an active role in online business, including the government.Which of the following is the term that describes the use of strategies and technologies to transform government by improving the delivery of services and enhancing the quality of interaction between the citizen-consumer within all the branches of government?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of egovernment.

Question 15

Several companies were outlined in the book to launch new businesses by capitalizing on disruptive technology.One example is _______________, who launched the revolutionary products such as the iPod and the iPhone.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Several companies were outlined in the book...

Question 16

What occurs when a business sells directly to the customer online and cuts out the middleman?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of disintermediation.

Question 17

What occurs when steps are added to the value chain as new players find ways to add value to the business process?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of reintermediation.

Question 18

Which of the following is not one of the Internet's impacts on information?

Accepted Answer

The digital divide is not one of the Internet's impacts on information.

Question 19

How would you categorize mobile entertainment, mobile sales, mobile ticketing, and mobile banking?

Accepted Answer

Mobile business (or mbusiness, mcommerce) includes mobile entertainment, mobile sales, mobile banking, mobile ticketing, and mobile payments.

Question 20

What is information reach?

Accepted Answer

This is the definition of information reach.

Quiz 3: Ebusiness: Electronic Business Value