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SRI LANKA INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION
(Established in the Ministry of Higher Education, vide in Act No. 29 of 1995)
Higher National Diploma inAccountancy
Fourth year ,First Semester Examination – 2014
HNDA 4103-Business System 11
Instructions for Candidates:
Answer five (05) questions only
No. of questions : 06
No. of pages
: 04
Time
: 03 hours
Q1.“ABC Company sells goods in a brick-and-mortar store but not online.As the owner of ABC
Company now I know I am missing out on an incredible revenue-generating opportunity. So I
need to convert the selling method from brick-and-mortar store to click-and- mortar store.
My business is ready to launch an online store. It can be challenging for small businesses, which
are often short on time, budget and staff. I expect ecommerce vendors could help me todesign
and maintain an online store relatively simple and affordable.”
1. Briefly explain, what an online store is.
(Marks 04)
2. State three (03) characteristics of an online store.
(Marks 03)
3. Briefly explain the following terms
a. Click and mortar business model
b. Brick and mortar business model
(Marks 04)
4. What type of payment system should you recommend for this site?
(Marks 03)
5. How should the owner of ABC Company attract shoppers? (Marks 06)
(Total Marks 20)
Q2.
1. What is the E-business?
(Marks 04)
2. Define the term “Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
(Marks 02)
3. Giving two (02) examples for each, Explain the benefits of e-commerce for customers
and organizations.
(Marks 04)
4. Explain following terms
a. Cybermall
b. Viral marketing
c. Affiliate marketing
(Marks 06)
5. Publishing online advertisements is one of the promotional tools of E-marketing. State
four(04) types of advertisements which can published on the web site.
(Marks 04)
(Total Marks 20)
Q3.
1. Explain what online banking is.
(Marks 04)
2. State 04 reasons why customers refuse to utilize Internet Banking?
(Marks 04)
3. Describe briefly the “Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) Protocol”.
(Marks 04)
4. State two (02) types of e-payment methods
(Marks 02)
5. The basic requirement for e-payments are atomicity, good atomicity, non-repudiation.
Briefly explain those requirements.
(Marks 06)
(Total Marks 20)
Q4.
1. Briefly explain the term ‘Internet Security’.
(Marks 04)
2. Define the following terms
a. Phishing and pharming
b. Trojan horse
(Marks 04)
3. What is a digital certificate?
(Marks 02)
4. When exchanging data across a communication medium, security component which
should achieve is confidentiality, integrity, authentication and non-repudiation. Provide a
recommended solution for above case?
(Marks 02)
5. Draw suitable diagram and define the terms encryption, decryption, cipher text and plain
text.
(Marks 04)
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6. State two (02) features of Symmetric –key cryptography
(Marks 04)
(Total Marks 20)
Q5.
1. Define ‘Data communication ‘
(Marks 04)
2. State two (02) Characteristic for effective data communication?
(Marks 02)
3. Explain two (02) advantages and two (02) disadvantages of computer network
(Marks 04)
4. You have got the chance to implement network in the computer laboratory place at
educational institute. Following image explain the laboratory layout.
16ft
__________
_________2
2ft________
22ft
______________
1. State four (04) main types of network topologies
(Marks 02)
2. Suggest suitable topology for above laboratory and justify it
(Marks 02)
3. List the basic equipment and materialrequirements to implement LAN for above
laboratory
(Marks 04)
5. State two (02) factors which should you consider when implement a LAN
(Marks 02)
(Total Marks 20)
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Q6.
1. Briefly explain what Ethernet protocol is?
(Marks 04)
2. Define the followings
a. NIC
b. Router
c. MAC address
d. IPV6
(Marks 08)
3. Explain briefly ‘point-to-point’ and ‘multipoint’ connection in network
4. Briefly explain the function of the Modem
5. State two (02) benefits of sub netting?
(Marks 02)
(Marks 02)
(Marks 04)
(Total Marks 20)
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