Code: AT16                                                                                            Subject: E-COMMERCE

Time: 3 Hours                                                                                                     Max. Marks: 100

NOTE: There are 9 Questions in all.

· Question 1 is compulsory and carries 20 marks. Answer to Q. 1. must be written in the space provided for it in the answer book supplied and nowhere else.

· Out of the remaining EIGHT Questions answer any FIVE Questions. Each question carries 16 marks.

· Any required data not explicitly given, may be suitably assumed and stated.

Q.1       Choose the correct or best alternative in the following:                                         (2x10)

             a.  Which of the following options is correct?                                                                         

(A) E-commerce is a business process and trading technology

(B) E-commerce is a transaction of business activities                                                        

(C) E-commerce involves dynamic set of technologies

(D) all of the above

             b.  Transformation of a computer program into another form, without changing its functionality, is known as      

(A) re-engineering                               (B) reverse engineering                                           

(C) restricting                                      (D) redesigning

             c.  Several WAN’s can be connected to form a larger WAN with the help of                         

(A) routers                                          (B) high – speed backbone                                    

(C) interface message processor          (D) workstation                                                     

             d.  While traveling by air, the computer that can be used for business purposes is                    

(A) desktop computer                         (B) mini computer                                                  

(C) laptop                                           (D) sub –notebook computer                                 

             e.  Which of the following is not a relational database language?                                              

(A) Visual Basic with active X             (B) Oracle 8i                                                         

(C) dbase                                           (D) Informix

             f.   Encoder, Reader and Sorter are         

(A) MICR equipments                        (B) ATM equipments

(C) SWIFT equipments                      (D) E-cash counting equipments                             

             g.  Which of the following is not an office automation technology?

(A) Desktop publishing                       (B)  Image storage

                  (C) Information literacy                       (D)  Word processing

             h.  E-commerce activities can be performed by people suffering from speech disability with the help of

(A) super disk                                     (B) digital organizer

(C) speech synthesizer                        (D) dual – orientation monitor

             i.   Online services can be provided by

(A) internet service provider                (B) web browser

(C) e-conferencing                              (D) dictaphone

             j.   In e-commerce, the electronic transfer of currency takes place through

(A) satellite link                                   (B) transaction server

                  (C) telex                                             (D) mobile telephone

Answer any FIVE Questions out of EIGHT Questions.

Each question carries 16 marks.

Q.2     a.   Why is e-commerce important in present pursuit of business? What are its advantages over traditional business?                                                                                                          (8)

              b.   What is IP Addressing? Explain how limitations of IP addressing in IPv4 are overcome by IPv6.     (8)

Q.3     a.   How is Internet different from World Wide Web?                                              (5)

              b.   Differentiate between Intranet and Extranet?                                                      (5)

              c.   What do you understand by the term Protocol? Explain different types of Electronic mail protocols used in sending and receiving emails.                                                                             (6)

Q.4     a.   What do you understand by Challenge-Response system? State different types of challenge-response authentication methods.                                                                                     (8)

              b.   Explain Pretty Good Privacy (PGP).                                                                  (5)

              c.   What is the significance of biometric system?                                                      (3)

Q.5     a.   What is web hosting and how can a business firm update its web pages?            (4)

              b.   Explain the following                                                                                     (4+4)

(i) customer –to- business applications

                    (ii) www-Based security schemes

c.   Explain order management cycle from a merchant’s perspective.                        (4)

Q.6     a.   What are the benefits and limitations of using E-cash?                                         (8)

              b.   What is the difference between a  ‘smart card’ and a  ‘credit card’?                   (4)

              c.   What is public–key cryptography?                                                                     (4)

Q.7     a.   Which are the factors that must be addressed while designing electronic payment systems? (8)

              b.   Differentiate between Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Electronic Mail.     (4)

              c.   State the factors that make Internet useful for EDI.                                             (4)

Q.8     a.   What are web services? Also explain how web services work?                          (8)

              b.   List some of the characteristics of supply chain management (SCM).                  (4)

c.   Differentiate between vertical organizational structure and horizontal organizational structure.           (4)

Q.9           Write short notes on the following:

                    (i)   Client-server architecture in electronic commerce.

                    (ii)  Firewalls and network security.

                    (iii) Advantages of electronic checks.

                    (iv) Digital signatures.                                                                                  (4 x 4)