Exam 2: CIW E-Commerce Designer

The daily number of visitors to Cathy's site has increased by 600 percent and the current server configuration is beginning to drop requests. Cathy has decided to scale out the Web site by adding servers that will function as a server farm to host the company site. Adding servers in this way is known as:

Which of the following is true of high-level offline storefronts?

You are considering payment methods for a business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce site. Which payment method would be most appropriate for your needs?

An online instant storefront can build community by:

You will be hiring someone to localize your e-commerce site in order to reach a specific audience. Which of the following is most essential for the person you hire to effectively complete the job?

Which of the following segments first used blogs as an Internet marketing tool?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of an online storefront?

Which of the following steps are necessary for installing a payment gateway?

What is the most accurate way to determine the number of visits to a Web site?

Which of the following is the most effective way to build community with your online storefront?

Which of the following describes a Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) manifest?

What is the first step in improving your Web server's performance?

Maggie is developing a site that allows purchases to be made online. What technology should she use to enable security measures on this site?

What is the result of an e-commerce HTTP server that processes the input queue at a rate equal to or greater than that of incoming requests?

Which of the following can help customers complete purchases more quickly?

Most e-commerce servers use a _______ to connect to a relational database.

What step would be appropriate before launching an e-commerce site with a newly installed payment gateway?

A customer living in Canada has purchased a product from a company in France. This product will be shipped to the customer. Which of the following might be levied on this transaction?

Mortimer is creating an e-business site for an international supplier of exotic flower bulbs. Many customers are loyal purchase-club members. He has decided to use a virtual catalog in the construction of the site. Which of the following practices pertaining to implementing a virtual catalog should be avoided?

Mason runs an e-commerce site selling products from his business in Texas, which has a local sales tax of 7.5 percent. What would the tax rate be for a customer in Egypt?