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Mobile Commerce also knownas M-commerce. Itrefers to buyingand selling of goods or services throughthe use ofInternet enabledwireless devices such as a Mobilephone,Personal DigitalAssistant (PDAs), Smartphone, Tablet, Palmtop or any other mobile device.
M-commerce provides the user withthe advantage of flexibility and ubiquity.
Some of the examples of M-commerce are:
Benefits of M-Commerce
Limitations of M-commerce
Mobile devices have limitedcomputing power, memory and storage capacity.
Itoffers a limitedbandwidth
Highcost of establishing mobile and wireless broadband infrastructure
Security Issues in E-commerce & M-commerce
Internet Security Threats
Security measures
SecuringIntellectualproperty
Payment inE-commerce/M-commerce:-The various payment options provided inE-commerce like credit card, debit card, smart cards, Ru-Pay, net banking and Ewallet are discussed.
Payment cards
Net Banking
(1) Which of the following refers to buying and selling of goods or services through the use of Internet enabled wireless devices ?
(a) Internet
(b) M-commerce
(c) M-banking
(d) www
(2) Which of the following is the use of technologies which provide the location information for business purpose ?
(a) E-commerce
(b) M-commerce
(c) L-commerce
(d) Traditional commerce
(3) Which of the following stands for GPS ?
(a) Global Positioning System
(b) Global Postal System
(c) Grand Positioning System
(d) Google Positioning System
(4) Which of the following security aspect refers to the secrecy of the information so that unauthorized user cannot read it ?
(a) Confidentiality
(b) Integrity
(c) Non-repudiation
(d) Authorization
(5) Which of the following security aspect ensures that the information must not be accidentally or maliciously altered or tampered in transit ?
(a) Confidentiality
(b) Integrity
(c) Non-repudiation
(d) Authorization
(6) Which of the following security aspect ensures that only authentic users are allowed to use the system ?
(a) Authorization
(b) Confidentiality
(c) Non-repudiation
(d) Integrity
(7) Which of the following security aspect ensures that the sender of the message cannot deny that he/she has sent the message ?
(a) Authorization
(b) Confidentiality
(c) Non-repudiation
(d) Integrity
(8) Which of the following is a program that uses Internet to record information that passes through a computer or router in transit from sender to receiver ?
(a) Sniffer
(b) Denial of service attack
(c) Malicious code
(d) Spoofing
(9)Which of the following is an attack used to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users ?
(a) Malicious code
(b) Denial-of-Service
(c) Spoofing
(d) Cyber vandalism
(10) Which of the following is known as electronic defacing of an existing website page ?
(a) Cyber vandalism
(b) Denial-of-Service
(c) Spoofing
(d) Malicious code
(11) Which of the following is pretending to be someone you are not, or representing a website as authentic when it is actually a fake ?
(a) Cyber vandalism
(b) Malicious code
(c) Denial-of-Service
(d) Spoofing
(12) Which of the following is a computer program that detects, prevents and takes action to remove the malicious codes like viruses, worms and trojan horses from the infected system?
(a) Antivirus software
(b) Digital certificate
(c) Firewall
(d) Cryptography
(13) Which of the following is the transformation of normal text known as “plain text” into unreadable or secret text known as “cipher text” using encryption algorithm ?
(a) Firewall
(b) Encryption
(c) Antivirus software
(d) Digital certificate
(14) Which of the following is the transformation of encrypted text back into normal text ?
(a) Firewall
(b) Digital certificate
(c) Decryption
(d) Virus
(15) Which of the following is a protocol used for securing web transactions on the Internet ?
(a) TCP/IP
(b) HTTP
(c) Bluetooth
(d) SSL
(16) Who developed SSL protocol ?
(a) Google
(b) Netscape
(c) Yahoo
(d) Firefox
(17) Which of the following starting address indicates that site is secured by SSL protocol?
(a) http://
(b) ss1:/
(c) https://
(d) http-ssl://
(18) Which of the following provides the author with a tool to protect his/her original work from being used or taken by others without permission ?
(a) Trademark
(b) Copyright
(c) Digital watermarking
(d) Steganography
(19) Which of the following is a specific logo, mark, word, symbol, design, phrase or image which is used by an individual or a company to distinguish a product or service from that of others in the market ?
(a) Trademark
(b) Copyright
(c) Digital watermarking
(d) Steganography
(20) Which of the following is the symbol for trademark ?
(a) TM, MT and ©
(b) TM, MS and ®
(c) TM, SM and ®
(d) TM, SM and
(21) Which of the following is the process of hiding information within other information ?
(a) Squatting
(b) Steganography
(c) Name changing
(d) Copyright
(22) Which of the following is a digital code inserted into a digital image, audio or video file which can identify the file’s copyright information ?
(a) Image mark
(b) Digital mark
(c) Code mark
(d) Watermark
(23) Who issues the credit card and guarantees the payment to the merchant ?
(a) Merchant
(b) Issuing bank
(c) Acquiring bank
(d) Customer
(24) Which of the following payment card has a microchip embedded in its surface ?
(a) Smart card
(b) Debit card
(c) Credit card
(d) Charge card