Transcript TF2x - Class Index

1)
Cyberwar is not considered a viable threat
to security.
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The smallest gender difference in internet usage
was reported in Canada.
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Internet users are less likely to socialize with
friends.
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Bandwidth refers to the transmission of all
forms of information, including digital data,
voice, fax, sound, and video, from one location
to another over some type of network.
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An electronic brochure is one way of using the
Web to disseminate sales and marketing
information.
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Firewalls can be hardware or software but not a
combination of both.
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Telnet allows users to log into any computer on
the internet.
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The keys used by current encryption
technologies such as SSL and PGP cannot be
cracked.
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A Virtual Private Network is also called a secure
tunnel.
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Risk reduction, risk acceptance and risk
transference are all courses of action arising
from a risk analysis.
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In the late 1990s, InterNIC morphed into
SERT/CC.
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The exchange of medical information from one
location to another via a computer network is
called electronic medicine or e-medicine.
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In this Web address,
http://www.pcWebopedia.com/index.html, the
domain name is ".com".
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A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is created by
SPAM.
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Distance learning is the process of providing
instruction to students who are physically
separated from instructors through the use of
communications technologies.
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An Internet connection called DSL stands for
Direct Signal Link-up.
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Videoconferencing is the act of working at home
or from another remote location and connecting
to the office via computing and networking
technologies.
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Women use the internet more frequently than
do men.
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HTTP stands for HyperText Transmission
Permission.
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Online ordering enables customers to order and,
in many cases, actually pay for products and
services online.
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Biometric access controls are becoming
obsolete.
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Websites and specific Web pages within those
sites have a unique Internet address called a
uniform resource locator.
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In 2002, the NUA internet Survey reported that
600 million persons wordwide use the internet.
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Canadians are the most frequent users of the
internet, per capita, in the world.
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The protocol for the Internet is called TCP/IP.
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Data mining involves the use of
telecommunications technology to transfer
business information between organizations.
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Enterprise portals come in two basic forms, the
distribution portal and the production portal.
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E-information is more flexible than traditional
promotional methods such as hard-copy
catalogues and print advertisements.
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An extranet is a vehicle for communicating
public information with authorized users outside
organizational boundaries.
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Tailoring products and services to particular
companies creates a horizontal market.
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Very few countries have at least some type of
Internet access.
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To gain access to the Internet, the TCP/IP
protocol must be implemented on an
organizations LAN/WAN.
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Extranets connect two or more business
partners.
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Providing customers with information or
products that they can find nowhere else leads
to EC profitability.
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E-integration, the second stage of EC, is focused
on accommodating requests for customized
information.
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In reverse pricing systems customers specify the
product they are looking for and how much they
are willing to pay for it.
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XML doesn't specify any particular formatting.
Rather it specifies the rules for tagging.
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The Internet and the World Wide Web are
extremely well suited for conducting business
electronically.
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Virtual private networks use a technology called
channelling.
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Push marketing is an advertising strategy that
attempts to draw visitors to companies' Web
sites.
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The Web enables interactive (two-way)
communication, which is called collaboration.
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The e-transaction stage of EC helps companies
fulfill their goals of collaboration, interactive
communication, and transactional support.
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Ford Motor Company, DamilerChrysler, and
General Motors have teamed up to create a
procurement portal that suppliers to the big
three can access.
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A 'Value Proposition' is partly defined as 'A
summary of how a company will generate
revenue.'
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For semistructured decisions, some procedures
to follow can be specified in advance, but not to
the extent where a specific recommendation
can be made.
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The Internet has made it much easier to gather
hard data to support executive decision making.
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At the executive level, managers focus on shortterm strategic issues facing the organization.
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In the current legal environment in Canada, it is
legal for employers to collect almost any
information they want about what employees
are doing on company time.
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Sources for soft data include transaction
systems, simulations and what-if analysis
output.
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A drill-down report provides a summary of
critical information on a recurring schedule.
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Inventory planning is an example of the
activities supported by transaction processing
systems.
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At the executive level of the organization,
managers focus on tactical issues facing the
organization.
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At the managerial level, the scope of the
decision is moderately complex and has a time
horizon of a few days to a few months.
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In a semiautomated data entry system, two
computers talk to each other via a computer
network without any human intervention.
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An example of a transnational information
system is the foreign exchange systems that
allow traders from different parts of the world
to interact with each other.
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Traditionally, organizations have used task
forces, which are permanent work groups with a
finite task and life cycle, to solve problems.
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A backbone network on the Internet manages
the bulk of network traffic and typically uses
higher-speed cabling, such as fiber-optic, rather
than the individual LAN segments.
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Telecapacity is the carrying capacity of
telecommunications networks.
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Voice mail allows callers to leave voice messages
in a voice mailbox in a digitized format that can
be stored on the computer.
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The Internet Registry provides central
maintenance of the Domain Name Registry
(DNS).
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Numbers such as 1.160.10.240 which enable
networks to route messages to the proper
destination. These numbers are called domain
numbers.
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Broadband technologies support the transfer of
small to medium amounts of data.
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Packet filtering and proxy servers are associated
with firewalls.
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The transfer of funds from one financial account
to another via computer is called electronic
funds transfer.
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Hypermediation is another term for the pricing
scheme called "pay by the click."
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In order to facilitate e-integration, Web sites
must be integrated with a company's databases.
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Menu-driven pricing occurs when the customers
set the prices for products and services.
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Click-only companies are also referred to as
"pure click" companies.
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Successful Web sites present a brief summary of
their information along with hyperlinks that
allow users to drill down for the information
they are seeking.
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Because structured decisions are relatively
complex, they can be programmed directly into
operation information systems.
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Although data in an EIS are provided in a very
highly aggregated form, the executive also has
the capability to drill down and see the details if
necessary.
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Desktop videoconferencing products are
relatively large, expensive units that have video
quality similar to that of broadcast television.
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A data packet that conforms to the IP
specification is called an IP datagram.
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a popular spam
filter used on the internet.
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RFID technologies use line-of-sight reading
techniques.
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Another term for an electronic marketplace is a
trading exchange.
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Managers at the operational level of an
organization make unstructured decisions.
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The Binary Increase Congestion Transmission
Control Protocol (BIC-TCP) is capable of
transferring data at 150,000 times the speed of
DSL.
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Part of the 'Revenue Model' is concerned with
how a firm will attract customers.
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Beenox's port of The Incredibles required an
average of only four people to produce 25
versions of the game in 13 languages.