Electronic Business Architecture and Design

Quiz – Chapters 7 & 8 Name: _______________________________

Chapter 7:

1. What is a contract?

2. What is a tort?

3. What is subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction?

4. What is a copyright?

5. What is a patent?

Chapter 8:

1. What is the difference between a “static page” and a “dynamic page”?

2. Briefly define what a “two-tier” client-server architecture is.

3. Which “web-server” software product has approximately 50% market share (used by 50% of the people)?

4. Two approaches that can be used to filter spam are “black-list spam filters” and “white-list spam filters”. Briefly discuss these and highlight the differences.

5. What steps have some companies taken to address the “cooling” issue for server rooms and reduce the environmental impact of large computing installations?