SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

E-COMMERCE-CS362
III YR CSE-ELECTIVE PAPER
QUESTION BANK

UNIT-I
PART A
1. Define E-commerce?
2. What are the components of I-way?
3. What are the issues concerned with I-way?
4. Differentiate telephone and cable system?
5. What are the factors influencing wireless growth?
6. Explain specialized mobile radio?
7. Compare set top vs. PC in accessing the I-way?
8. What are the two classifications of Internet?
9. What are the stages of Internet growth?
10. Expand NREN? What are the classifications of NREN activities?
11. What are the major Gigabit network applications?
12. What is EBONE? What are the types of service provided by EBONE?
13. What are the barriers to international internetworking?
14. What are the four groups of Internet governance hierarchy?
15. What are the functional areas of IETF?
16. What are the major services offered by Internet?
17. What are the functional layers of E-com architecture?
18. What are the different types of E-com applications?
19. What are software agents?
20. What are message-enabled workflow solutions?
21. What are elements of middleware services?
22. What does the web encompass?
23. Differentiate hypertext vs. hypermedia?
24. What are the benefits of hypermedia documents?
25. What are the major parts of web servers?
26. What is HTTP?
27. What are HTTPD servers?
28. What is CGI?
29. What are the categories of Internet data?
30. What are the various www based security schemes?
31. Differentiate SSL vs. S-HTTP?

PART B
1. Explain E-commerce framework in detail?
2. What are the major components of I-way?
3. Explain network access equipment in detail?
4. Explain in detail about local on-Ramps?
5. Explain the various stages of Internet growth?
6. Explain the architecture and components of NSFNET?
7. Explain national research and education network?
8. Explain in detail about Internet governance?
9. Explain the various services offered by Internet?
10. Explain the architectural framework of E-com in detail?
11. Explain the web architecture in detail?
12. Explain the various www based security schemes?
13. Discuss the technology behind the web?

UNIT-II
PART A
1.) What are the types of consumer oriented applications?
2.) List out the various consumer-oriented services?
3.) Categorize home-banking services and explain them?
4.) Explain how TV-based shopping works?
5.) What are softads/Interads?
6.) What are the characteristics of consumer oriented e-com?
7.) What are mercantile processes?
8.) What are the phases of mercantile models from the consumer’s perspective?
9.) Define purchase deliberation?
10.) List the types of consumers?
11.) What are the types of purchasing?
12.) Define Information search and give its classification.
13. What are the two dimensions of online shopping experiences?
14.) What is the role of information brokers? Why are they needed?
15.) Define mercantile transaction.
16.) What are the activities involved in OMC in E-com.
17.) Define EFT.
18.) What are the types of EPS.
19.) What are electronic tokens and give its types.
20.) What are the properties of E-cash.
21.) What are the types of transaction?
22.) What is E-cash?
23.) Explain double spending with the solution to overcome the problem.
24.) What are the advantages of E-checks?
25.) Explain how E-purse works.
26.) What are smart cards?
27.) Categorize credit card payment on online network.
28.) What are the business pros and cons of credit card based payment?
29.) What are the risks available in the operation of EPS?
30.) What are the factors that implements the design of EPS?
PART B
1. What is E-Cash? Explain its action.
2. Explain in detail about Electronic Checks.
3. Explain the various types of smart cards.
4. Explain in detail about credit card based electronic payment system.
5. Write short notes on the risk and design issues of EPS.
6. Explain in detail the various home banking services.
7. Explain the order management cycle in e-commerce. (Or) Explain the mercantile
model from the merchant’s perspective.
8. Explain the mercantile model from the consumer’s perspective.
9. Write short notes on the following:
a. Home Shopping
b. Home entertainment
c. Micro Transaction of information.

UNIT-III
PART A
1. Define EDI?
2. What are the four layers of EDI architecture?
3. What are the two business form standards?
4. What is the role of EDI translation software between trading partners?
5. Differentiate EDI vs. Email?
6. What are the benefits of EDI?
7. What are the four scenarios that use EDI extensively?
8. What are the EDI benefits for international trade?
9. What does freight forwarders do?
10. What are the types of financial EDI?
11. Expand ACH? What are its types?
12. What are the three modes of communication types?
13. What are the new emerging types of EDI?
14. What are the two business areas covered by traditional EDI?
15. Define EDT?
16. What are the two distinct views of open EDI reference model?
17. What is open EDI?
18. What are the essential elements for EDI implementation?
19. What does EDI messages consist of?
20. What are the issues that customization focus?
21. What is a supply chain?
22. What is private commerce?
23. What does information structure do?
24. What is reengineering?
25. Differentiate vertical vs. horizontal organizational structure?
26. What is virtual organization structure?
27. What is workflow automation and co-ordination?
28. What are the four layers of EDI software?
29. What are the factors that influence the cost of EDI implementation?
30. What are advantages and disadvantages of MIME?
31. What is a VAN?
32. What are the factors that make Internet useful for EDI?

PART B
1.Explain the EDI architecture in detail?
2. Explain EDI action with an example and give its benefits?
3. Write in detail about International trade and EDI?
4.How financial EDI payments are made?
5. Explain manufacturing and retail procurement using EDI?
6.Explain the various emerging new types of EDI?
7. Explain EDI software implementation in detail?
8.Discuss about the EDI envelope for message transport?
9.Explain the role of VAN in EDI?
10. Write short notes on Internet-based EDI?

UNIT-IV
PARTA
1. What are the five primary security issues of secure electronic messaging?
2. What is message integrity?
3. What is non-repudiation?
4. What is encryption?
5. Differentiate between clear text and cipher text?
6. What is a key?
7. Explain a symmetric key system?
8. What is DES?
9. How much stronger is 128 bit key than 64 or 56 bit DES key?
10. Explain triple encryption?
11. What is skipjack?
12. Explain public-key cryptography?
13. Explain a man-in-the-middle attack? How can it be prevented?
14. What is a public-private key pair?
15. Explain a one-way function?
16. What is a trap door?
17. What is a digital signature?
18. What is a message digest?
19. List five good encryption practices?
20. What is the SET protocol?
21. Why was SETCo established?
22. Distinguish between SET protocol and SSL?
23. What is an acquirer?
24. Give the hierarchy of trust concept?
25. Identify the four main functions the SET root certificate authority performs?
26. What is a dual signature?
27. List the four SET components for which a firm can be compliance tested?
28. Define magnetic strip card and give some uses of them?
29. Distinguish between on-line and off-line magnetic strip cards and give examples
of each?
30. What is a hybrid card?
31. What is a smart card?
32. What is an electronic check?
33. Distinguish between biller presentment system and a bill concentrator?
34. What is the FSTC?
35. What are the functions supported by BIPS?

PART B
1. Explain the role of secure electronic payment protocols?
2. Discuss the major messaging security issues?
3. Explain how symmetric cryptography is achieved?
4. Explain how asymmetric cryptography is achieved?
5. Write in detail about public-private key pairs?
6. Explain Elliptic curve cryptography?
7. Explain the SET credit card purchase model?
8. Write in detail about magnetic strip card and smart card?
9. Write in detail about electronic checks?

Unit -V
PART A
1. What is an intelligent agent?
2. Differentiate between single agent and multiple agents?
3. List two characteristics that make technology valuable and useful to the
marketplace
4. What are the three primary functions performed by intelligent agents?
5. List the three categories of intelligence?
6. Distinguish agent-like systems from true agents?
7. What do persistent agents mean?
8. List three limitations of the agent paradigm?
9. Explain passive and aggressive Internet marketing techniques?
10. Distinguish between directory and search engine. Which method produces a
larger number of sites from which to choose?
11. What are hit rates and ranking?
12. What is search engine spamming?
13. What is online banner advertising?
14. What are portals?
15. What is CPM and CTR?
16. What is a frame?
17. What are the benefits and drawbacks of frame?
18. Differentiate GIF vs. JPEG files?
19. What are interlaced graphics?
20. What are features of sponsorships?

Part-B
1. Discuss the capabilities and limitation of agents?
2. Explain the various Internet marketing techniques?
3. Explain the various online advertising mechanisms?
4. Discuss search engines and directories and their registration process?
5. Discuss the various website design issues?