ERP Multiple Choice Questions
ERP Multiple Choice Questions
ERP Multiple Choice Questions
2.Which of the following is part of the four main types for e commerce?
a. B2B
b. B2C
c. C2B
d. All of the above
Answer: D
9.Which products are people most likely to be more uncomfortable buying on the Internet?
a. Books
b. Furniture
c. Movies
d. All of the above
Answer: B
10. Which products are people most likely to be comfortable buying on the Internet?
a. Books
b. PCs
c. CDs
d. All of the above
Answer: D
11. Digital products are best suited for B2C e commerce because they:
a. Are commodity like products
b. Can be mass customized and personalized
c. Can be delivered at the time of purchase
d. All of the above
Answer: D
13. All of the following are techniques B2C e commerce companies use to attract customers,
except:
a. Registering with search engines
b. Viral marketing
c. Online ads
d. Virtual marketing
Answer: D
16. Which term represents a count of the number of people who visit one site, click on an ad, and
are taken to the site of the advertiser?
a. Affiliate programs
b. Click through
c. Spam
d. All of the above
Answer: B
17. What is the percentage of customers who visit a Web site and actually buy something called?
a. Affiliate programs
b. Click through
c. Spam
d. Conversion rate
Answer: D
18. What are materials used in production in a manufacturing company or are placed on the shelf
for sale in a retail environment?
a. Direct materials
b. Indirect materials
c. EDI
d. None of the above
Answer: A
19. What are materials that are necessary for running a modern corporation, but do not relate to
the company's primary business activities?
a. Direct materials
b. Indirect materials
c. EDI
d. None of the above
Answer: B
22. What is the process in which a buyer posts its interest in buying a certain quantity of items, and
sellers compete for the business by submitting successively lower bids until there is only one
seller left?
a. B2B marketplace
b. Intranet
c. Reverse auction
d. Internet
Answer: C
23. What are plastic cards the size of a credit card that contains an embedded chip on which digital
information can be stored?
a. Customer relationship management systems cards
b. E government identity cards
c. FEDI cards
d. Smart cards
Answer: D
24. Most individuals are familiar with which form of e commerce?
a. B2B
b. B2C
c. C2B
d. C2C
Answer: B
25. Which form of e commerce currently accounts for about 97% of all e commerce revenues?
a. B2B
b. B2C
c. C2B
d. C2C
Answer: A
26. Which of the following are advantages normally associated with B2B e commerce?
a. Shorter cycle times
b. Reduction in costs
c. Reaches wider audiences
d. all of the above
Answer: D
29. If it is easy for competitors to enter the market, the threat of new entrants is considered:
a. High
b. Low
c. More
d. Less
Answer: A
30. An industry is less attractive for suppliers when the rivalry among existing competitors is:
a. High
b. Low
c. More
d. Less
Answer: A
33. Which of the following is a useful security mechanism when considering business strategy and
IT?
a. encryption
b. decryption
c. firewall
d. all the above
Answer: D
35. A product or service that customers have come to expect from an industry, which must be
offered by new entrants if they wish to compete and survive, is known as a(n)?
a. Switching costs
b. Loyalty programs
c. Entry barriers
d. Affiliate programs
Answer: C
36. Which of the following statements accurately reflect the impact of technology?
a. Technology has caused buyer power to increase
b. Technology has lessened the entry barriers for many industries
c. Technology has increased the threat of substitute products and services
d. all of the above
Answer: D
37. A business cannot be all things to all people. Instead, a business must:
a. Identify target customers
b. Identify the value of products/services as perceived by customers
c. all of the above
d. None of the above
Answer: C
41. Which of the following refers to creating products tailored to individual customers?
a. customization
b. aggregation
c. Direct materials
d. Reverse auction
Answer: A
42. Materials used in the normal operation of a business but not related to primary business
operations are called what?
a. Supplies
b. Direct materials
c. Indirect materials
d. Daily stuff
Answer: C
44. What is the name given to an interactive business providing a centralized market where many
buyers and suppliers can come together for e commerce or commerce related activities?
a. Direct marketplace
b. B2B
c. B2C
d. Electronic marketplace
Answer: D
45. Which form of e marketplace brings together buyers and sellers from multiple industries, often
for MRO materials?
a. horizontal
b. Vertical
c. Integrated
d. Inclined
Answer: A
46. Which form of e marketplace brings together buyers and sellers from the same industry?
a. horizontal
b. Vertical
c. Integrated
d. Inclined
Answer: B
50. Which, if any, of the following types of ads are people most willing to tolerate?
a. pop under ad
b. pop up ad
c. banner ad
d. none of the above
Answer: D
51. Which of the following is an Internet based company that makes it easy for one person to pay
another over the Internet?
a. electronic check
b. electronic bill presentment and payment
c. conversion rates
d. financial cybermediary
Answer: D
52. Which of the following is a method of transferring money from one person's account to
another?
a. electronic check
b. credit card
c. e transfer
d. none of the above
Answer: A
54. If you need to transfer money to another person via the internet, which of the following
methods could you use?
a. financial cybermediary
b. electronic check
c. electronic bill presentment and payment
d. all of the above
Answer: D
55. Which of the following permits the transmission of a bill, along with payment of that bill, to be
conducted over the Internet?
a. financial cybermediary
b. electronic check
c. electronic bill presentment and payment
d. all of the above
Answer: C
56. A combination of software and information designed to provide security and information for
payment is called a what?
a. digital wallet
b. pop up ad
c. shopping cart
d. encryption
Answer: A
57. What is the name for direct computer to computer transfer of transaction information
contained in standard business documents?
a. internet commerce
b. e commerce
c. transaction information transfer
d. electronic data interchange
Answer: D
59. Public key encryption uses multiple keys. One key is used to encrypt data, while another is used
to decrypt data. The key used to encrypt data is called the _____ key, while the key used to
decrypt data is called the _____ key.
a. encryption, decryption
b. private, public
c. encryption, public
d. public, private
Answer: D
61. When a transaction is processed online, how can the merchant verify the customer's identity?
a. use secure sockets layers
b. use secure electronic transactions
c. use electronic data interchange
d. use financial electronic data interchange
Answer: B
62. The practice of forging a return address on an e‐mail so that the recipient is fooled into revealing private
information is termed?
a. hacking
b. cracking
c. dumpster diving
d. spoofing
Answer: D
64. What is an internal organizational Internet that is guarded against outside access by a special security
feature called a firewall (which can be software, hardware, or a combination of the two)?
a. Client/server network
b. Intranet
c. Extranet
d. Thin client
Answer: B
65. What is an intranet that is restricted to an organization and certain outsiders, such as customers and
suppliers?
a. Client/server network
b. Intranet
c. Extranet
d. Thin client
Answer: C
66. What is a detailed process for recovering information or an IT system in the event of a catastrophic
disaster such as a fire or flood?
a. Disaster recovery plan
b. Hot site
c. Cold site
d. Disaster recovery cost curve
Answer: A
67. What is a separate facility that does not have any computer equipment but is a place where the
knowledge workers can move after the disaster?
a. Disaster recovery plan
b. Hot site
c. Cold site
d. Disaster recovery cost curve
Answer: C
68. What is a separate and fully equipped facility where the company can move immediately after the
disaster and resume business?
a. Disaster recovery plan
b. Hot site
c. Cold site
d. Disaster recovery cost curve
Answer: B
69. What charts (1) the cost to your organization of the unavailability of information and technology and (2)
the cost to your organization of recovering from a disaster over time?
a. Disaster recovery plan
b. Hot site
c. Cold site
d. Disaster recovery cost curve
Answer: D
70. Which factor determines when your IT system will be available for knowledge workers to access?
a. Availability
b. Accessibility
c. Reliability
d. None of the above
Answer: A