TB 06

Rainer, Information System, Third Canadian Edition Testbank
Chapter 6
Wireless, Mobile Computing, and Mobile Commerce
Question Type: True/False
1) Korean Tacos is an example of viral marketing.
Answer: True
Learning Objective 1: Provide a real-world application of wireless, mobile computing, and mobile
commerce.
Section Reference: IT’s About Small Business: Tacos, Trucks, and Tweets
Difficulty: Easy
2) Wireless computing does not really affect productivity.
Answer: False
Learning Objective 1: Describe the four main types of wireless transmission media, and identify at least
one advantage and one disadvantage of each type.
Section Reference: Opening Case: The Battle for the Mobile Wallet
Difficulty: Easy
3) Wireless is a term used to describe telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves carry the
signal between communicating devices.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
4) Wireless technologies are not changing the ways that organizations are doing business, but they are
enabling organizations to do business faster.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
5) Short message service allows users to send short text messages on digital cell phones.
Answer: True
Section Reference: 6.1 Wireless Technologies
Difficulty: Easy
6) Microwave transmissions are affected by environmental conditions such as storms.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
7) The higher the orbit of a satellite, the larger its footprint.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
8) The global positioning system is supported by GEO satellites.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
9) Radio transmissions are highly secure.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
10) Bluetooth is a LAN.

Answer: False
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the basic purposes of short-range, medium-range, and long-range
networks, and explain how businesses can use at least one technology employed by each type of
network.
Section Reference: 6.2 Wireless Computer Networks and Internet Access
Difficulty: Easy
11) Bluetooth is a wireless standard that enables temporary, short-range connection between mobile
devices.
Answer: True
network.
Difficulty: Easy
12) Ultra-wideband is useful in zero visibility environments.
Answer: True
network.
Difficulty: Medium
13) A hotspot is a small geographical perimeter within which a wireless access point provides service to
a number of users.
Answer: True
network.
Difficulty: Easy
14) Wi-Fi hotspots are two-dimensional.

Answer: False
network.
Difficulty: Easy
15) Wi-Fi provides excellent security.
Answer: False
network.
Difficulty: Easy
16) Near-field Communications facilitates contactless payments.
Answer: True
network.
Difficulty: Medium
17) Mobile means the technology can travel with the user.
Answer: True
Learning Objective: Discuss the five major m-commerce applications, and provide a specific example of
how each application can benefit a business.
Section Reference: Mobile Computing and Mobile Commerce
Difficulty: Easy
18) Personalization means that a mobile device can provide real-time communication, independent of
the user’s location.
Answer: False
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the five major m-commerce applications, and provide a specific example of
Section Reference: 6.3 Mobile Computing and Mobile Commerce

Difficulty: Easy
19) A voice portal is a standard Web site that accepts voice commands.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
20) Mobile wallets enable users to make purchases with a single click from a mobile device.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
21) A mobile device doesn’t have to be wireless.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
22) Location-based services in shopping malls do nothing to help combat online shopping.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
23) OnStar, Sync, and Blue are examples of mobile wallets.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
24) Telemetry is the science that measures physical remoteness by means of wireless transmissions
from a remote source to a receiving station.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
25) In a mesh network, the motes transmit their data to a central computer.
Answer: False
Learning Objective 1: Define pervasive computing, describe two technologies that underlie this
technology, and provide at least one example of how a business can utilize each one.
Section Reference: 6.4 Pervasive Computing
Difficulty: Easy
26) Mesh networks are reliable, efficient, and fault tolerant.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
27) Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are networks of interconnected, battery-powered, wireless
sensors that are placed into the physical environment.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
28) Pervasive computing and virtual reality are just different names for the same thing.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
29) RFIDs are networks of interconnected, battery-powered, wireless sensors that are placed into the
physical environment.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
30) Two systems being developed to replace bar codes are QR codes and RFID systems.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
31) War driving is the act of location WLANs while driving around a city or elsewhere.
Answer: True
Learning Objective 1: Identify the four major threats to wireless networks, and explain, with examples,
how each one can damage a business.
Section Reference: 6.5 Wireless Security
Difficulty: Easy
32) Rogue access points can be set up by employees.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
33) Wireless systems can be difficult to secure.

Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
34) Brigham Young University-Hawaii’s Avenda system works to secure both wireless and wired
networks.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Medium
35) War driving is the act of locating wireless networks while driving around a certain area.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Question Type: Multiple Choice
36) Individuals are finding it convenient and productive to use wireless devices for which of the
following reasons?
a) To make use of time that was formerly wasted

b) To become more efficient
c) Work locations are more flexible
d) To be able to allocate working time around personal and professional obligations
e) All of these
Answer: e
Difficulty: Medium
37) Of the following, which is the major problem with smart phones?
a) They are too slow.

b) They are too expensive.
c) They can be used to compromise security.
d) Their screens are too small.
e) Their browsers are not fully functional.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
38) The capabilities of smart phones include all of the following except _________.
a) a calculator
b) e-mail
c) a global positioning system
d) corporate transaction processing
e) a full-function Internet browser
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
39) ________ systems are widely used for high-volume, long-distance, point-to-point communication.
a) GPS
b) Microwave
c) Satellite
d) Wireless
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
40) Unfortunately, many managers consider smart phones as only _____, rather than as _____ that can
transmit wirelessly.
a) Phones, digital cameras

b) Phones, pagers
c) Digital cameras, phones
d) Digital cameras, pagers
e) Cheap, expensive devices
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
41) Microwave transmission systems are used for _____ volume, _____ distance, _____
communications.
a) Low, long, broadcast

b) Low, short, line-of-sight
c) High, long, broadcast
d) High, short, broadcast
e) High, long, line-of-sight
Answer: e
Difficulty: Medium
42) Internet over satellite uses ____________ satellites.
a) GEO
b) LEO
c) MEO
d) NEO
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
43) Which type of satellite has the largest footprint?
a) Low-earth-orbit
b) Medium-earth-orbit
c) Geostationary
d) Polar orbit
e) Equatorial orbit
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
44) The area of the earth reached by a satellite’s transmission is referred to as its _____.
a) Hotspot
b) Coverage
c) Footprint
d) Zone
e) Wireless area
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
45) The greatest problem with GEO satellites is which of the following?
a) Propagation delay
b) Expense
c) Orbital life
d) Size of the footprint
e) Relative speed with respect to a point on the earth’s surface
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
46) Line-of-sight is a characteristic of ___________ systems.
a) GPS
b) microwave
c) satellite
d) wireless
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
47) _____ is a satellite-based tracking system that enables users to determine a person’s position.
a) Bluetooth
b) Wireless application protocol
c) Short message service
d) Wi-Fi
e) Global positioning system
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
48) Which of the following is not an advantage of radio?
a) No metallic wires are needed.

b) Radio waves propagate easily through office walls.
c) Radio devices are inexpensive.
d) Radio waves do not create electrical interference problems.
e) Radio devices are easy to install.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
49) GPS is a wireless system that uses ________ satellites.
a) GEO
b) LEO
c) MEO
d) NEO
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
50) The main problem with radio transmission is which of the following?
a) Radio waves cannot travel through walls.

b) When you travel too far from the source, the signal fades.
c) Devices are difficult to install.
d) Radio waves are slow.
e) Devices are expensive to install.
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
51) Pick the answer that puts the satellites in order from smallest number to largest number to cover
the earth.
a) GEO, MEO, LEO

b) LEO, MEO, GEO
c) GEO, LEO, MEO
d) LEO, GEO, MEO
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
52) The most common wireless technology for TV and DVD remote control devices is _______.
a) Bluetooth
b) Ultra-wideband
c) Near-field communications
d) WiMAX
e) Infrared
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
53) ______________ satellites maintain a relatively fixed position.
a) GEO
b) LEO
c) MEO
d) NEO
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
54) Pick the answer that puts the satellites in order from closest to the earth’s surface to farthest from
the earth’s surface.
a) GEO, MEO, LEO

b) LEO, MEO, GEO
c) GEO, LEO, MEO
d) LEO, GEO, MEO
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
55) _____ is a wireless standard that enables temporary, short-range connection between mobile
devices.
a) Bluetooth
b) Wireless application protocol
c) Short message service
d) Wi-Fi
e) Global positioning system
Answer: a
network.
Difficulty: Easy
56) Which of the following is the most appropriate wireless networking standard for creating personal
area networks?
a) Wi-Fi
b) Cellular radio
c) Microwave
d) Bluetooth
e) WiMAX
Answer: d
network.
Difficulty: Easy
57) Which of the following is the most appropriate wireless technology for real-time location of
caregivers and mobile equipment in healthcare environments?
a) Wi-Fi
b) Microwave
c) Ultra-wideband
d) Infrared
e) Bluetooth
Answer: c
network.
Difficulty: Medium
58) _________ wireless networks are the familiar Wireless LANs.
a) Short-range
b) Medium-range
c) Long-range
d) Wide-area
Answer: b
network.
Difficulty: Medium
59) _____, with the shortest range of any wireless network, is designed to be used with contactless
credit cards.
a) Near-field communications
b) Bluetooth
c) Ultra-wideband
d) Wi-Fi
e) Infrared
Answer: a
network.
Difficulty: Easy
60) Which of the following statements about Wi-Fi is not correct?
a) Wi-Fi provides simple Internet access.

b) Laptop PC scans contain chips that can send and receive Wi-Fi signals.
c) Many companies offer free Wi-Fi access in their stores.
d) Wi-Fi requires encryption for secure transmissions.
e) Wi-Fi is expensive to set up.
Answer: e
network.
Difficulty: Medium
61) Bluetooth is an example of a _________ wireless network.
a) Short-range
b) Medium-range
c) Long-range
d) Near-range
Answer: a
network.
Difficulty: Easy
62) Which of the following is not inhibiting faster Wi-Fi expansion?
a) Users cannot roam from hotspot to hotspot if the hotspots use different Wi-Fi network services.
b) A lack of security.
c) The growth of WiMAX
d) Unless the service is free, users have to log on to separate accounts for each hotspot.
e) Wi-Fi services may not survive in the face of free hotspot access.
Answer: c
network.
Difficulty: Hard
63) A small geographical perimeter within which a wireless access point provides service to a number of
users is called a ________.
a) Transceiver
b) Hotspot
c) Local reception node

d) Wireless network
e) GPS location
Answer: b
network.
Difficulty: Easy
64) Cellular radio is an example of a ____________ wireless network.
a) Short-range
b) Medium-range
c) Long-range
d) Wide-area
Answer: d
network.
Difficulty: Easy
65) Today, most wireless local area networks use the _____ standard, which can transmit up to 54 Mbps
and has a range of about 300 feet.
a) 802.11a
b) 802.11b
c) 802.11c
d) 802.11g
e) WiMAX
Answer: d
network.
Difficulty: Easy
66) The following is NOT an advantage of WiMAX over wireline.

a) Cost
b) Aesthetics
c) Rural access
d) All of the above are advantages of WiMAX
Answer: d
network.
Difficulty: Easy
67) _____ networks use multiple Wi-Fi access points to create a wide area network.
a) Mesh
b) Pervasive
c) Global
d) Fixed
e) Ubiquitous
Answer: a
network.
Difficulty: Easy
68) _____ communicate(s) via radio waves using radio antennas placed within adjacent geographic
areas.
a) Bluetooth
b) Cell phones
c) A satellite
d) Ultra-wideband
e) Near-field communications
Answer: b
network.
Difficulty: Easy
69) The _____ standard can transmit up to 75 Mbps and has a range of 31 miles.
a) Wi-Fi
b) 802.11b
c) 802.11c
d) 802.11g
e) WiMAX
Answer: e
network.
Difficulty: Easy
70) ___________ is a small, portable, wireless device that provides users with a permanent Wi-Fi
hotspot wherever they go.
a) MiFi
b) Wi-Fi Direct
c) Wireless mesh network
d) Wireless NIC
Answer: a
network.
Difficulty: Easy
71) The two major characteristics that differentiate mobile computing from other forms of computing
are ______ and ________.
a) Mobility, broad reach

b) Mobility, lack of expense
c) Security, broad reach
d) Security, mobility
e) Broad reach, localization
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
72) Which of the following is NOT a driver of m-commerce?
a) Bandwidth improvement
b) Cell phone culture
c) Higher prices of smart phones
d) Widespread availability
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
73) With regard to mobile computing, _____ means that it is easy and fast to access the Web and other
mobile devices.
a) Ubiquity
b) Convenience
c) Instant connectivity
d) B and C
e) A, B, and C
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
74) _________________ is a technology that allows cardholders to make purchases with a single click
from their mobile devices.
a) Cyberbanking
b) Micropayments
c) Mobile banking
d) Mobile wallets
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
75) With regard to mobile computing, _____ means that knowing where a user is physically located is a
key to offering relevant products and services.
a) Ubiquity
b) Convenience
c) Instant connectivity
d) Personalization
e) Localization of products and services
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
76) The development of mobile commerce is driven by all of the following factors except:
a) The widespread availability of mobile devices.

b) The cell phone culture.
c) Increasing prices.
d) Bandwidth improvement.
e) It eliminates the need for a PC.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
77) Which of the following is not a mobile application in financial services?
a) Transaction processing systems

b) Mobile banking
c) Wireless electronic payment systems
d) Micropayments
e) Wireless wallets
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
78) ___________ portal aggregates and provides content and services for mobile users.
a) Mobile
b) Service
c) Technology
d) Voice
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
79) Parking meters that you can pay via your mobile telephone are an example of _________.
a) Mobile banking
b) Wireless electronic payment
c) Wireless wallets
d) Brokerage service
e) Money transfer
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
80) If you buy a hot dog at a concession stand using your contactless credit card, you are using a
________.
a) Wireless money transfer

b) Wireless wallet
c) Wireless bill payment
d) Micropayment
e) Wireless electronic payment system
Answer: e
Difficulty: Medium
81) Putting ads on top of taxicabs in New York City that change as the cabs travel around the city is an
example of ________.
a) Viral marketing
b) Permission advertising
c) Geographical advertising
d) Location-based advertising
e) Direct marketing
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
82) Which of the following is NOT a benefit of location-based services at shopping malls?
a) Create product groups

b) Guaranteed lower prices
c) Receive live updates on sales
d) Advertise 2-hour sales to attract people to high-end product purchases
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
83) _____ refer(s) to the wireless communication of location-based information and control messages to
and from vehicles and other mobile assets.
a) Location-based services
b) Telematics
c) Pervasive services
d) RFID
e) Wi-Fi
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
84) Sense networks track users via all of the following technologies except _______.
a) GPS
b) Traffic cameras
c) Cell towers
d) Wi-Fi networks
e) None of these
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
85) _____ is the science that measures physical remoteness by means of wireless transmission from a
remote source to a receiving station.
a) Telemetry
b) Wireless access point
c) Near-field communications
d) Microwave
e) Wireless positioning
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
86) Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage to OnStar, Sync, and Blue Link?
a) It is expensive
b) You lose a sense of privacy
c) It can be a distraction
d) It can be controlled by other motorists
Answer: D
Difficulty: Medium
87) The generic term for technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify individual items is
__________.
a) Telemetry
b) Bar codes
c) Shipping labels
d) Radio-frequency identification
e) Wireless access points
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
88) ______________ technology allows manufacturers to attach tags with antennas and computer
chips.
a) DSL
b) RFID
c) Satellite
d) Smart card
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
89) Which of the following is not a limitation of barcodes?
a) They require line-of-sight to the scanning device.

b) They are printed on paper.
c) They identify the manufacturer, product, and item.
d) They are difficult to use in a manufacturing plant.
e) They are useless in determining expiration date.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
90) __________ RFID tags are more expensive but can be read over greater distances.
a) Active
b) Distance
c) Passive
d) Reactive
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
91) The major problem with RFID has been _______.
a) Expense
b) Bandwidth
c) Location
d) RFID readers
e) RFID tags
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
92) What would be the best use of RFID in a business?
a) Transaction processing
b) Supply chain management
c) Personnel tracking
d) Enabling communications with customers
e) Decreasing network costs
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
93) Which of the following is NOT true of QR codes?
a) QR codes store much more information than barcodes.

b) Data is stored horizontally and vertically on QR codes.
c) QR codes are less resistant to damage than barcodes.
d) QR codes can be read from any direction or angle.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
94) _____ networks collect data from many points over an extended space.
a) Bluetooth
b) Ultra-wideband
c) Wireless sensor
d) WiMAX
e) Wi-Fi
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
95) Which of the following can be used for reading utility meters without a person having to get out of a
truck?
a) RuBee
b) ZigBee
c) Wi-Fi
d) Near-field communications
e) RFID
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
96) Pervasive computing can be described as ___________.
a) everywhere computing
b) ubiquitous computing
c) embedded computing
d) all of the above
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
97) The act of locating wireless local area networks while moving around a city is called ____.
a) Eavesdropping
b) War driving
c) RF jamming
d) Cybersquatting
e) Installing rogue access devices
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
98) A(n) _____ allows unauthorized entry into a wireless network.
a) Lack of encryption
b) Disgruntled employee
c) Open node
d) Illegal server
e) Rogue access point
Answer: e
Difficulty: Easy
99) _________ is an unauthorized access point to a wireless network.
a) Illegal access point

b) RF access point
c) Rogue access point
d) War drive access point
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
100) _____ refers to efforts by unauthorized users to access data traveling over wireless networks.
a) RF jamming
b) War driving
c) Eavesdropping
d) Telemetry
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
101) In _____, a person or a device intentionally or unintentionally interferes with your wireless network
transmissions.
a) RF jamming
b) War driving
c) Eavesdropping
d) Telemetry
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
102) _____ refers to efforts by unauthorized users to try to access data traveling over wireless networks.
a) Eavesdropping
b) RF jamming
c) Tapping
d) War driving
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
103) Although rogue access devices can be installed innocently, they can also be installed by an attacker
trying to gain unauthorized access to a wireless network. In such cases, these devices are called an
_____.
a) Unencrypted node
b) Evil twin
c) Open node
d) Illegal server
e) Unauthorized rogue access point
Answer: b
Learning Objective 1: 6.5 Identify the four major threats to wireless networks, and explain, with
examples, how each one can damage a business.
Difficulty: Easy
104) _____ is when a person or a device intentionally or unintentionally interferes with your wireless
network transmissions.
a) Eavesdropping
b) RF jamming
c) Tapping
d) War driving
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
105) Prior to implementing the Avenda system, Brigham Young University-Hawaii, used ____________
to identify and report violators of the Honor Code.
a) authentication
b) authorization
c) least privilege
d) had no way of identifying and reporting violators
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
106) The Battle for the Mobile Wallet: Which of the following statements concerning mobile wallets is
true?
a) Traditional credit card issuers have not shown a serious interest in this technology.
b) Individual companies cannot utilize this technology due to its prohibitive price.
c) Google has launched a program to manufacture its own smart phone chips.
d) Unlike traditional wallets, smart phones can be password protected.
e) Consumer advocates endorse mobile systems because they will lead to lower prices.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
107) Tacos, Trucks, and Tweets?: Kogi BBQ uses Twitter to inform customers:
a) What’s on the menu.

b) A truck’s location.
c) Where street parties are being held.
d) How to pay for their tacos.
e) Kogi BBQ uses Twitter for all of these reasons.
Answer: b
commerce.
Section Reference: IT’s About Small Business: Tacos, Trucks, and Tweets?
Difficulty: Easy
108) WiMAX Helps the People of Northern Thailand: Which of the following was not an outcome of
deploying WiMAX to the villages in Thailand?
a) E-books were made accessible.

b) Village schools collaborated with one another.
c) The Internet became available as a research tool.
d) Many villagers used computers for the first time.
e) MFL University could hold classes in outlying villages.
Answer: e
network.
Section Reference: IT’s About Business: 6.2WiMAX Helps the People of Northern Thailand
Difficulty: Medium
109) Location-Based Services at Shopping Malls: Which of the following statements is false?
a) The mall industry expects these services will prevent malls from losing shoppers to online retailers.
b) A current mall app helps shoppers remember where they parked.
c) Some current mall apps offer reward points.
d) A mall app can be a loyalty program.
e) A mall app can offer coupons based on shoppers location within the mall.
Answer: a
Section Reference: IT’s About Business: 6.3Location-Based Services at Shopping Malls
Difficulty: Medium
110) Your Car Becomes a Smartphone: General Motors’ OnStar is an example of ____________
technology.
a) Location-based
b) Workflow
c) Telemetry
d) Mobile portal
e) None of these
Answer: c
Section Reference: IT’s About Business: 6.4Your Car Becomes a Smartphone
Difficulty: Medium
111) Protecting an Open Wireless Network at Brigham Young University – Hawaii: Which of the
following statements is false?
a) BYU-Hawaii had a closed wireless campus network.

b) BYU-Hawaii could not track who was using the network.
c) BYU-Hawaii did not use Cisco Clean Access because it did not provide a virtual private network
capability.
d) BYU-Hawaii uses Avenda to provide virtual private networking for off-campus users.
e) BYU-Hawaii uses Avenda to evaluate network performance.
Answer: a
Section Reference: IT’s About Business: 6.5Protecting an Open Wireless Network at Brigham Young
University–Hawaii
Difficulty: Easy
112) The implementation of the mobile wallet has NOT been hindered by _____________.
a) a battle between US corporations

b) cost
c) retailer installation
d) social/cultural issues
Answer: b
commerce.
Difficulty: Easy
113) Which of the following is critical to a successful operation of Korean Taco?

a) Communication
b) Cost
c) Culture
d) Taste
Answer: a
commerce.
Difficulty: Easy
114) Michaela runs a dog-walking business. She has three employees, and she prides herself in
maintaining a high level of customer service. She gets about half of her business from last-minute
requests. When she receives such a request, she needs to know where her employees are so that she
can identify the nearest one who might be able to do the walk. Significantly, she needs this information
before she can confirm the walk with the client. Which of the following technologies will help her obtain
this information?
a) Radio transmission
b) Internet over Satellite
c) LEO constellation
d) GPS
e) Microwave
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
115) Frank and his wife, Paula, run a country store with a special room where husbands can sit while
their wives are shopping. The Men’s Corner already has a large-screen TV for sports viewing, but Frank
and Paula are considering adding Wi-Fi. Which of the following statements is false?
a) Their store would need to have broadband access.

b) Their store will need a wireless access point.
c) They could charge the customers for the service.
d) Wi-Fi is based on radio waves, so they will need a clear line-of-sight into the room.
e) They should consider using Wi-Fi Direct.
Answer: e
network.
Difficulty: Medium
116) Frank and his wife, Paula, run a country store in a high-foot-traffic area. Which of the following
would not be a beneficial use of mobile technology for their store?
a) Telemetry
b) Location-based
c) Wireless payments
d) Mobile app loyalty program
e) All of these could be used beneficial.
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
117) Frank and his wife, Paula, run a country store in a high-foot-traffic area. They are trying to
understand what the traffic in the store is by using technology. They are considering setting up a
wireless sensor network. Which of the following statements is false?
a) Motes can be locations throughout the store.

b) Once they have created the network, they cannot add additional sensors.
c) The data are moved from sensor to sensor to reach a central computer.
d) The sensors can tell the direction in which a person is moving.
e) The network will need a base station.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
118) Frank and his wife, Paula, run a country store with a special room where husbands can sit while
their wives are shopping. The Men’s Corner already has a large-screen TV for sports viewing, and they
recently added Wi-Fi. Which of the following is not a security issue?
a) A rogue access point

b) War driving
c) Motes
d) Eavesdropping
e) Radio-frequency jamming
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Essay
119) Discuss the differences between the traditional working environment and the wireless working
environment.
commerce.
Difficulty: Medium
120) Describe the convergence of functions in today’s smart phones.
Difficulty: Medium
121) Differentiate among the three types of satellites.
Difficulty: Medium
122) Define Bluetooth, and give examples of its uses.
Difficulty: Medium
123) Describe the 802.11 family of standards.
network.
Difficulty: Medium
124) Explain location-based commerce, and provide examples.
Section Reference: 6.3 Mobile Computing and Mobile Commerce: Mobile Commerce Applications
Difficulty: Medium
125) What are micropayments and mobile wallets? Provide examples of their uses.
Difficulty: Medium
126) What are mobile portals and voice portals? Provide examples of their uses.
Difficulty: Medium
127) What is telemetry, and how is it used.
Difficulty: Medium
128) How do wireless sensor networks work, and what are they used for?
Difficulty: Medium
129) What are the problems with Wi-Fi?
network.
Difficulty: Medium
130) What are the two characteristics of mobile computing, and what are the five value-added
attributes of mobile computing?
Difficulty: Medium
131) Explain the factors that are driving the development of mobile commerce.
Difficulty: Hard
132) Describe pervasive computing and the two technologies that provide its infrastructure.
Difficulty: Medium
133) Identify and discuss the four major threats to wireless networks.
Difficulty: Medium
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Question Type: True/False

1) Korean Tacos is an example of viral marketing.

2) Wireless computing does not really affect productivity.

6) Microwave transmissions are affected by environmental conditions such as storms.

7) The higher the orbit of a satellite, the larger its footprint.

8) The global positioning system is supported by GEO satellites.

9) Radio transmissions are highly secure.

10) Bluetooth is a LAN.

12) Ultra-wideband is useful in zero visibility environments.

14) Wi-Fi hotspots are two-dimensional.

15) Wi-Fi provides excellent security.

16) Near-field Communications facilitates contactless payments.

Section Reference: 6.3 Mobile Computing and Mobile Commerce

21) A mobile device doesn’t have to be wireless.

23) OnStar, Sync, and Blue are examples of mobile wallets.

26) Mesh networks are reliable, efficient, and fault tolerant.

32) Rogue access points can be set up by employees.

33) Wireless systems can be difficult to secure.

Question Type: Multiple Choice

a) To make use of time that was formerly wasted

a) They are too slow.

a) Phones, digital cameras

a) Low, long, broadcast

42) Internet over satellite uses ____________ satellites.

43) Which type of satellite has the largest footprint?

46) Line-of-sight is a characteristic of ___________ systems.

48) Which of the following is not an advantage of radio?

a) No metallic wires are needed.

49) GPS is a wireless system that uses ________ satellites.

a) Radio waves cannot travel through walls.

a) GEO, MEO, LEO

53) ______________ satellites maintain a relatively fixed position.

a) GEO, MEO, LEO

58) _________ wireless networks are the familiar Wireless LANs.

60) Which of the following statements about Wi-Fi is not correct?

a) Wi-Fi provides simple Internet access.

61) Bluetooth is an example of a _________ wireless network.

62) Which of the following is not inhibiting faster Wi-Fi expansion?

c) Local reception node

64) Cellular radio is an example of a ____________ wireless network.

66) The following is NOT an advantage of WiMAX over wireline.

a) Mobility, broad reach

72) Which of the following is NOT a driver of m-commerce?

a) The widespread availability of mobile devices.

77) Which of the following is not a mobile application in financial services?

a) Transaction processing systems

a) Wireless money transfer

a) Create product groups

89) Which of the following is not a limitation of barcodes?

a) They require line-of-sight to the scanning device.

91) The major problem with RFID has been _______.

92) What would be the best use of RFID in a business?

93) Which of the following is NOT true of QR codes?

a) QR codes store much more information than barcodes.

96) Pervasive computing can be described as ___________.

98) A(n) _____ allows unauthorized entry into a wireless network.

99) _________ is an unauthorized access point to a wireless network.

a) Illegal access point

a) What’s on the menu.

a) E-books were made accessible.

a) BYU-Hawaii had a closed wireless campus network.

a) a battle between US corporations