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QUIZ(小测验) ：From Chap01-Chap12(从第一章到第十二章) The group of logical, related, and sequential activities and transactions in which businesses engage are often collectively referred to as _____. Answer: business processes _____ occurs when one business transmits computer-readable data in a standard format to another business. Answer: Electronic data interchange (EDI) Businesses that engage in EDI with each other are called _____. Answer: trading partners The combination of store design, layout, and product display knowledge is called _____. Answer: merchandising _____ are the total of all costs that a buyer and seller incur as they gather information and negotiate a purchase-sale transaction. Answer: Transaction costs Economists have found that most activities yield less value as the amount of consumption increases. This characteristic of economic activity is called the _____. Answer: law of diminishing returns True or false: Network organizations are particularly well suited to technology industries that are information intensive. Answer: True The practice of an existing firm replacing one or more of its supplier markets with its own hierarchical structure for creating the supplied product is called _____. Answer: vertical integration A(n) _____ is any technology that allows people to connect computers to each other. Answer: computer network The _____ is a large system of interconnected computer networks that spans the globe. Answer: Internet True or false: A newsgroup is an e-mail address that forwards any message it receives to any user who has subscribed to the list. Answer: False A(n) _____ is a computer that stores files written in the hypertext markup language and lets other computers connect to it and read these files. Answer: hypertext server Networks of computers that are connected over greater distances are called _____. Answer: wide area networks (WANs) (n) _____ is a collection of rules for formatting, ordering, and error-checking data sent acr