What is the name of the electronic funds transfer (EFT) system governed by the United States and designed to provide the clearing of electronic payments between banks?

A. The National Clearing House (NCH) network

B. The Automated Clearing House (ACH) network

C. The Receiving Depository Financial Institution (RDFI)

D. The Originating Depository Financial Institution (ODFI)

The main purpose of monitoring e-commerce Web server resources and performance (including bandwidth, uptime, downtime and network usage) is to ensure: A. site availability.

B. visitor satisfaction.

C. cost-effectiveness.

D. increased profitability.

What is the name for a tax on goods that are shipped internationally?

A. Tariff

B. Sales tax

C. Tax barrier

D. Value-added tax (VAT)

What is the term for using a single secret key to both encrypt and decrypt your data?

A. Hash encryption

B. Binary-key encryption

C. Symmetric-key encryption

D. Asymmetric-key encryption

Which of the following site creation models would be most appropriate for a site needing customer relationship management (CRM) and personalization?

A. Online instant storefront

B. Mid-level online instant storefront

C. Mid-level offline instant storefront

D. High-level offline instant storefront

Which of the following market models is considered industry-centric that is, a model in which all the businesses in a particular market are involved in the same industry?

A. B2C market

B. Open market

C. Vertical market

D. Horizontal market

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

A. definition script

B. connection string

C. secure set identifier

D. Document Type Definition (DTD)

Which party in an electronic funds transfer uses the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network to clear funds?

A. The Web customer

B. The Web merchant

C. The Web merchant's bank

D. The Web customer's bank

A large company with an adequate staff and funding wants to implement an e-commerce storefront. Which of the following methods would be most suitable for this company?

A. Online solution

B. Offline solution

C. Instant storefront

D. In-house solution

Which of the following security threats is reduced by a strong password policy?

A. Pharming attacks

B. Database tampering

C. Buffer overflow attacks

D. Denial-of-service attacks