ashworth college BU460 Online Exam 8 latest 2016 march

Part 1 of 1 – 70.0/
100.0 Points

Question 1 of 20
5.0/ 5.0 Points
Which of the following statements about collaborative
commerce systems is NOT true?
A. They involve a
move from a transaction focus to a relationship focus.
B. They may include
both customers and suppliers.
C. They are open,
competitive marketplaces.
D. They typically
include a central data repository.

Question 2 of 20
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Which social network functionality allows users to easily
post messages to the entire community?
A. Message board
B. Chat
C. Instant messaging

D. E-mail

Question 3 of 20
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All of the following are potential benefits of B2B
e-commerce EXCEPT:
A. increased
production flexibility.
B. increased product
cycle time.
C. increased
opportunities to collaborate with suppliers and distributors.
D. increased
visibility and real-time information sharing among all participants in the
supply chain network.

Question 4 of 20
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Facebook is an example of a(n):  
A. interest-based
social network.
B. affinity
community/social network.
C. general
community/social network.
D. practice network.

Question 5 of 20
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Which of the following statements about auctions is NOT
true?
A. The market leader
in C2C auctions is Craigslist.
B. Auctions
constituted a significant part of B2B e-commerce in 2012.
C. Over a third of
procurement officers use auctions to procure goods.
D. In B2C auctions,
established merchants offer items for sale using dynamic pricing techniques.

Question 6 of 20
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VWGroupSupply.com is an example of an:
A. e-distributor.
B. e-procurement Net
marketplace.
C. exchange.
D. industry
consortium.

Question 7 of 20
5.0/ 5.0 Points
Which of the following statements about B2B electronic
storefronts is NOT true?
A. They are a
predecessor of automated order entry systems.
B. They tend to
serve horizontal markets.
C. They are
seller-side solutions.
D. They are usually
considered a type of Net marketplace.

Question 8 of 20
5.0/ 5.0 Points
All of the following are forms of collaboration among
businesses EXCEPT:  
A. RFQs.
B. CPFR.
C. demand chain
visibility.
D. marketing
coordination and product design.

Question 9 of 20
5.0/ 5.0 Points
When sellers agree informally or formally to set floor
prices below which they will not sell on auction items, it is known as:
A. discriminatory
pricing.
B. price matching.
C. bid rigging.
D. uniform pricing.

Question 10 of 20
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Elance.com is an example of a(n):
A. demand
aggregator.
B. auction
aggregator.
C. auction solution
provider.
D. professional
service auction.

Question 11 of 20
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Which of the following was a primary feature of early online
communities?
A. Chat
B. Network discovery

C. Widgets
D. Message boards

Question 12 of 20
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Which social network functionality allows users to create
Web pages that describe themselves?
A. Friends network
B. Profiles
C. Storage
D. Membership
management tools

Question 13 of 20
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An example of an indirect good in the fast-food industry is:
A. food-grade paper.

B. fax paper.
C. beef.
D. sugar.

Question 14 of 20
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The majority of inter-firm trade involves:
A. spot purchasing
of direct goods.
B. contract
purchasing of indirect goods.
C. contract
purchasing of direct goods.
D. spot purchasing
of indirect goods.

Question 15 of 20
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Which of the following statements about social networks is
NOT true?
A. Yahoo visitors
spend more than twice as much time on Yahoo as Facebook visitors spend on
Facebook.
B. Much more is
spent on advertising on portals than on social networks.
C. Facebook’s share
of the total social market is declining.
D. The response to
display ads on Facebook is lower than on portal sites.

Question 16 of 20
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Which of the following primarily deal with indirect goods?  
A. E-distributors
and industry consortia
B. E-distributors
and e-procurement Net marketplaces
C. Exchanges and
industry consortia
D. Exchanges and
e-procurement Net marketplaces

Question 17 of 20
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All of the following are benefits of auctions EXCEPT:
A. more efficient
price discovery.
B. lower transaction
costs.
C. decreased price
transparency.
D. increased market
efficiency.

Question 18 of 20
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Industry consortia are sometimes referred to as:
A. one-to-one
markets.
B. one-to-many
markets.
C. many-to-few
markets.
D. many-to-many
markets.

Question 19 of 20
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All of the following are major developments in supply chain
management EXCEPT:
A. supply chain
simplification.
B. EDI.
C. accountable
supply chains.
D. the elimination
of legacy computer systems.

Question 20 of 20
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Which of the following statements illustrates the network
effects to which portals are subject?
A. Specialized
vertical market portals attract only 2-10 percent of the audience, while a few
large megaportals garner most of the market.
B. The value of the
portal to advertisers and consumers increases geometrically as reach increases.

C. The greater the
amount of content provided by a portal, the greater its value to the community.

D. The greater
number of portals available, the greater the potential audience for each.