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Electronic Commerce Ii Question Paper

Electronic Commerce Ii

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Information Technology

Institution: Kca University question papers

Exam Year:2009

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2008/2009
SECOND YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
BIT 2302: ELECTRONIC COMMERCE II
DATE: AUGUST 2009 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
QUESTION ONE (COMPULSORY 30 MARKS)
a)
i) Evolution of e-commerce can be said to follow this kind of linear chain: Intranet>Web
site>E-commerce. Explain. (6 Marks)
ii) Outline any two benefits and any two limitations of e-commerce. (4 Marks)
b) Explain each of the following security issues:
i) Authorization
ii) Authentication
iii) Auditing
iv) Confidentiality (privacy)
v) Integrity
vi) Nonrepudiation (9 Marks)
c) Zak tours and travel has implemented an electronic payment system that will enable all transactions
in the system to be used by all their clients and suppliers. List five Characteristics of this
successful e-payment method that has been implemented by the company. (5 Marks)
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d) Amazon.com has grown in the last 10 years and now has open affiliate web sites in Europe and
Asia to try and expand their market share. Most of this growth has been attributed to advertising
what types of adverts are available in this site. (6 Marks)
QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)
i) EC applications supported by infrastructure and 5 support areas People, Public policy,
Marketing and advertising Business partners Support services. Explain with an aid of a diagram
the above statement. (10 Marks)
ii) KENTEC Ltd has embarked on a serious investment agenda which involves the use of internet
in their operations. Name and explain 5 different internet protocols that KENTEC can use to
implement e-commerce (5 Marks)
iii) KENTEC Ltd was also debating on how they will implement the different servers for the
project. What consideration should the company make while expanding into e-commerce on
the issue on whether to run the server in-house or contract with an outside server? (5 Marks)
QUESTION THREE (20 MARKS)
i. What SET(Secure Electronic Transactions) business requirements are specified when providing
secure payment processing for credit cards over the internet and networks? (7 Marks)
ii. What features are incorporated in SET to meet business requirements? (4 Marks)
iii. List the sequence of events that are followed when SET in applied to a transaction.(9 Marks)
QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)
i. InterNIC role was assumed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) in September 18, 1998. List and explain the task and other functions mandated to
ICANN in the World wide web. (10 Marks)
ii. IP addresses and server names can be used interchangeably. For most Internet services, the
server will not have any way to know which was used. However, the explosion of interest in
the Web means that there are far more Web sites than servers. Explain how this issue is being
handled in the internet. (4 Marks)
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iii. Define the electronic commerce architecture and list the 6 steps used in it’s development.
(6 Marks)
QUESTION FIVE (20 MARKS)
i. Why Use a VAN over Direct Internet Communications? (5 Marks)
ii. E-commerce is changing the way traditional business is conducted. How? (10 Marks)
iii. Explain how to reconfigure Value chain (5 Marks)

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