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1. The Secure Electronic Transaction protocol is used for

  • credit card payment
  • cheque payment
  • electronic cash payments
  • payment of small amounts for internet services

2. In SET protocol a customer encrypts credit card number using

  • his private key
  • bank’s public key
  • bank’s private key
  • merchant’s public key

3. In SET protocol a customer sends a purchase order

  • encrypted with his public key
  • in plain text form
  • encrypted using Bank’s public key
  • using digital Signature system

4. One of the problems with using SET protocol is

  • the merchant’s risk is high as he accepts encrypted credit card
  • the credit card company should check digital signature
  • the bank has to keep a database of the public keys of all customers
  • the bank has to keep a database of digital signatures of all customers

5. The bank has to have the public keys of all customers in SET protocol as it has to

  • check the digital signature of customers
  • communicate with merchants
  • communicate with merchants credit card company
  • certify their keys

6. In electronic cheque payments developed, it is assumed that most of the transactions will be

  • customers to customers
  • customers to business
  • business to business
  • banks to banks

7. In cheque payment protocol, the purchase order form is signed by purchaser using

  • his public key
  • his private key
  • his private key using his signature hardware
  • various public keys

8. In the NetBill’s protocol for small payments for services available in the internet
(i) the customer is charged only when the information is delivered
(ii)the vendor is guaranteed payment when information is delivered
(iii) the customer must have a certified credit card
(iv) the customer must have a valid public key

  • i, ii
  • i, ii, iii
  • i, ii, iii, iv
  • i, ii, iv

9. In NetBill’s protocol for small payments for internet services
(i) Key to decrypt information is sent to customer by NetBill only when there is enough amount in debit account
(ii) The vendor supplies the key to NetBill server when he receives payment
(iii) Checksum of encrypted information received by customer is attached to his payment order
(iv) Vendor does not encrypt information purchased by customer

  • i, ii
  • i, ii, iii
  • i, ii, iii, iv
  • i, ii, iv

10. In Electronic cash payment

  • a debit card payment system is used
  • a customer buys several electronic coins which are digitally signed by coin issuing bank
  • a credit card payment system is used
  • RSA cryptography is used in the transactions
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