Artificial intelligence MCQs

 

The area of AI that investigates methods of facilitating communication between people and computers is  natural language processing symbolic processing decision support robotics       _____________________________________________________________________________________

LISP was created by:  John McCarthy Marvin Minsky Alan Turing Allen Newell and Herbert Simon       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Who is considered to be the "father" of artificial intelligence?  Fisher Ada John McCarthy Allen Newell Alan Turning       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The finding of a path start state to a goal state is known as  Search Classification Simulation None of these       _____________________________________________________________________________________

An AI technique that allows computers to understand associations and relationships between objects and events is called  heuristic processing cognitive science relative symbolism pattern matching       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Let Q(x, y) denote “x + y = 0” and let there be two quantifications given as (i) $y"x Q(x, y) (ii) "x$y Q(x, y) where x & y are real numbers. Then which of the following is valid ?  (i) is true & (ii) is false. (i) is false & (ii) is true. (i) is false & (ii) is also false. both (i) & (ii) are true       _____________________________________________________________________________________

A KES knowledge base contains information in the form of:  associations actions free text All of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Which kind of planning consists of successive representations of different levels of a plan?  hierarchical planning non-hierarchical planning project planning None of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Which search may find many solutions.If many solutions exist ,minimal solution can be found  Breadth first search Depth first search Best first search None of these       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Which of the following is an advantage of using an expert system development tool?  imposed structure knowledge engineering assistance rapid prototyping All of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

KEE is a product of:  Teknowledge IntelliCorpn Texas Instruments Tech knowledge       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The common property of functional language and logical programming language  Both are declarative Both are based on l-calculus Both are procedural Both are functional       _____________________________________________________________________________________

In Delta Rule for error minimization  Weights are adjusted w.r.to change in the output Weights are adjusted w.r.to difference between desired output and actual output Weights are adjusted w.r.to difference between input and output None of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Which particular generation of computers is associated with artificial intelligence?  Fourth Third Fifth Second       _____________________________________________________________________________________

A series of AI systems developed by Pat Langley to explore the role of heuristics in scientific discovery.  RAMD BACON MIT DU       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Shaping teaching techniques to fit the learning patterns of individual students is the goal of  decision support automatic programming intelligent computer-assisted instruction expert systems       _____________________________________________________________________________________

DEC advertises that it helped to create  the world  first expert system routinely used in an industrial environment  called XCON or  PDP-11 Rl VAX MAGNOM       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The strategy used to reduce the number of tree branches and the number of static evaluations applied in case of a game tree is  Minmax strategy Alpha-beta pruning strategy Constraint satisfaction strategy Static max strategy       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Which search algorithm find solutions among all possible ones?  Heuristics Learning Optismistic Blind       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Artificial intelligence is  the embodiment of human intellectual capabilities within a computer. a set of computer programs that produce output that would be considered to reflect intelligence if it were generated by humans. the study of mental faculties through the use of mental models implemented on a computer. All of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

In LISP, the function (copy-list <list>)  returns a new list that is equal to <list> by copying the top-level element of <list> returns the length of <list> returns t if <list> is empty. All of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Which of the following have computers traditionally done better than people?  storing information responding flexibly computing numerically both (a) and (c)       _____________________________________________________________________________________

In LISP, the addition 3 + 2 is entered as  3 + 2 3 add 2 3 + 2 = (+ 3 2)       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Natural language processing can be divided into the two subfields of  context and expectations generation and understanding semantics of pragmatics recognition and synthesis       _____________________________________________________________________________________

____________ is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do.  Nanoscience Nanotechnology Simulation Artificial intelligence       _____________________________________________________________________________________

An intelligent robot  Respond to changes in its environment Follows instruction Possesses no more intelligent than a dishwasher All of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Which of the following function returns t if the object is a number in LISP?  (number <object>) (numberp <object>) (numericp <object>) (numeric <object>)       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The transform which possesses the highest ‘energy compaction’ property is  Slant transform Cosine transform Fourier transform Karhunen-Loeve transform       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The company that grew out of research at the MIT AI lab is:  AI corp LMI Symbolics both (b) and (c)       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The field that investigates the mechanics of human intelligence is  history cognitive science psychology sociology       _____________________________________________________________________________________

In LISP, which of the following function assigns the value 10 to the symbol a?  (setq a 10) (a = b) where b = 10 (a = 10) (d) (setq 10 a) None of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

ART (Automatic Reasoning Tool) is designed to be used on:  LISP machines personal computers microcomputers All of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

In LISP, the function (endp <list>)  returns a new list that is equal to <list> by copying the top-level element of <list> returns the length of <list> returns t if <list> is empty. All of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

In which of the following situations might a blind search be acceptable?  real-life situation complex game small search space All of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

A robots arm is also known as its:  end effector actuator manipulator servomechanism       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The primary method that people use to sense their environment is  reading writing speaking speaking       _____________________________________________________________________________________

In LISP, the function returns t if <object> is a CONS cell and nil otherwise  (cons <object>) (consp <object>) (eq <object>) (cous = <object>)       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The first widely-used commercial form of Artificial Intelligence (Al) is being used in many popular products like microwave ovens, automobiles and plug in circuit boards for desktop PCs. It allows machines to handle vague information with a deftness that mimics human intuition. What is the name of this AI?  Boolean logic Human logic Fuzzy logic Functional logic       _____________________________________________________________________________________

What was originally called the "imitation game" by its creator?  The Turing Test LISP The Logic Theorist Cybernetics       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The original LISP machines produced by both LMI and Symbolics were based on research performed at  CMU MIT Stanford University RAMD       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Elementary linguistic units which are smaller than words are  allophones phonemes syllables All of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

To invoke the LISP system, you must enter  AI LISP CL (Common Lisp) both b and c       _____________________________________________________________________________________

In LISP, the function assigns . the value of a to b is  (setq a b) (setq b a ) (b = a) (set b = a)       _____________________________________________________________________________________

Which of the following is being investigated as a means of automating the creation of a knowledge base?  automatic knowledge acquisition simpler tools discovery of new concepts All of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The symbols used in describing the syntax of a programming language are  0 { } < > " "       _____________________________________________________________________________________

One definition of AI focuses on problem-solving methods that process:  smell symbols touch       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The explanation facility of an expert system may be used to  construct a diagnostic model expedite the debugging process explain the system reasoning process both (b) and (c)       _____________________________________________________________________________________

In a rule based system,procedural domain knowledge is in the form of  Production rules Rule interpreters Control rules Meta rules       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The component of an ICAI (Intelligent Computer-Asslsted Instruction) presenting information to the student is the:  student model problem-solving expertise tutoring module All of the above       _____________________________________________________________________________________

The characteristics of the computer system capable of thinking, reasoning and learning is known is  machine intelligence human intelligence artificial intelligence virtual intelligence