Exam 3: Electronic Business E-Business Systems

Value-added network (VAN) service acts as the EDI "post office."

Batch processing is the aggregation of several business events over some period of time with the subsequent processing of these data as a group by the information system.

The technology that is the physical and logical division between user-oriented application programs that are run at the client level and the shared data that must be available through a separate computer (server) that handles centrally shared activities is:

A(n) ______________________________ service acts as the EDI "post office."

____ is (are) communication networks that link several different local user machines with printers, databases, and other shared devices.

______________________________ are repositories of relatively permanent data maintained over an extended period of time.

The fastest-growing segment of commerce-business is:

______________________________ is the processing mode in which a delay exists between the various data processing steps.

Periodic mode is the data processing mode in which there can be a delay exists between data processing steps.

______________________________ processes connect an organization to its customers and suppliers.

The processing mode in which there is a delay between the various data processing steps is referred to as:

Extranet auction markets provide an Internet base for companies to place products up for bid or for buyers to put proposed purchases up for bid.

______________________________ systems gather business event data at the time of occurrence, update the master data essentially instantaneously, and provide the results arising from the event within a very short amount of time.

Local area networks (LANs) are communication networks that link up distributed users and local networks into an integrated communication network.

Systems that gather business event data at the time of occurrence, update the master data essentially instantaneously, and provide the results arising from the business event within a very short amount of time are referred to as:

Which of the following is not a benefit of Internet commerce?

Internet commerce is computer-to-computer exchange of business event data in structured or semi-structured formats via Internet communication that allows the initiation and consummation of business events.

Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) are independent functions (or applications) that can be distributed over a network via:

There are two categories of electronic document management (EDM) systems:

The benefits of electronic document management (EDM) include improved staff productivity, reduced cost of handling and storing paper and faster processing.