CS453, E-Commerce, Sumer 2009
Exam 1 topics:

Exam 1 is worth 15% of the course grade.
See course notes page

Part I. Business Issues. About 25% of the exam.
Slide sets "b" and "c", and the "Chapter 1 handout".
Look at what you did for HW1 and how that ties into concepts discussed in slides and the readings.

Part II.  The internet and basic web technologies, e.g.:
HTML.  Forms.  JavaScript. CSS. Cookies. About 35% (Nothing on CGI scripts or other server side processing.)
Slides sets "d", "e" and "f".

Part III. Encryption (20%)
Slide sets "g", "h" and "i".
(Handout) Chapter 13 through p. 235 (symmetric key encryption).  Nothing on public-key encryption.

Part IV. Take home portion (20%):  You'll be asked to create an HTML document with JavaScript and webforms.  This part of the exam will be released at the time the in-class exam is given. (Study what you've done for HW2.)

Part IV (take-home) of the examination is pledged as follows.  All work must be your own.  This part is open book, open notes, and you may freely examine all class materials and your own homeworks and notes.  You may use the Internet to access your own information or other information that is freely available and intended for public access. You may NOT utilize the class notes, class homeworks, or class files authored by any person other than yourself or your homework partner.  You may NOT consult with any person other than the course instructor and teaching assistant. 

Your work will be submitted through Collab by Weds., 1 pm (two days after in-class exam).  Contact the instructor if your schedule (travel, interviews, etc.) causes problems with this.  It may be possible to get this part of the exam a bit earlier if you wish.