Recent questions tagged artificial-intelligence

Description : The hardware feature of LISP machines generally includes _____________ a) Large memory and high-speed processorb) Letter quality printers and eight-inch disk drives c) A mouse and specialized keyboard d) A mouse and specialized keyboard, Letter quality printers and eight-inch disk drives

Last Answer : d) A mouse and specialized keyboard, Letter quality printers and eight-inch disk drives

Description : In which of the following situations might a blind search be acceptable? a) Real life situation b) Complex game c) Small search space d) All of the mentioned

Last Answer : c) Small search space

Description : The component of an ICAI (Intelligent Computer Assisted Instruction) presenting information to the student is the? a) Student model b) Problem solving expertise c) Tutoring module d) All of the mentioned

Last Answer : c) Tutoring module

Description : Which kind of planning consists of successive representations of different levels of a plan? a) Hierarchical planning b) Non-hierarchical planning c) Project planning

Last Answer : a) Hierarchical planning

Description : When a top-level function is entered, the LISP processor does? a) It reads the function entered b) It prints the result returned by the function c) Large memory and high-speed processor d) All of the mentioned

Last Answer : b) It prints the result returned by the function

Description : How can you evaluate 1.25 + sqrt (144) in LISP? a) 1.25+sqrt (1.44) b) (1.25+sqrt (1.44)) c) (+1.25 sqrt (1.44) d) All of the mentioned

Last Answer : c) (+1.25 sqrt (1.44)

Description : In LISP, the square root of X is referenced as _____________ a) sqrt(x) b) (sqrt x) c) x/2 d) x/3

Last Answer : b) (sqrt x)

Description : Which of the following contains output segments of AI programming? a) Printed language and synthesized b) Manipulation of physical object c) Locomotion d) All of the mentioned

Last Answer : d) All of the mentioned

Description : The cray X-MP, IBM 3090 and connection machine can be characterized as ____________ a) SISD b) SIMD c) MISD d) MIMD

Last Answer : b) SIMD

Description : The Newell and Simon program that proved theorems of Principal Mathematical was ____________ a) Elementary Perceiver b) General Problem Solver c) Logic Theorist d) Boolean Algebra

Last Answer : c) Logic Theorist

Description : The primary method that people use to sense their environment is ____________ a) reading b) writing c) speaking d) seeing

Last Answer : d) seeing

Description : Which technique is being investigated as an approach to automatic programming? a) generative CAI b) specification by example c) non-hierarchical planning d) all of the mentioned

Last Answer : b) specification by example

Description : The company that grew out of research at the MIT AI lab is ____________ a) AI corp b) LMI c) Symbolics d) Both LMI & Symbolics

Last Answer : d) Both LMI & Symbolics

Description : Computers normally solve problem by breaking them down into a series of yes-or-no decisions represented by 1s and 0s. What is the name of the logic that allows computers to assign numerical values that fail ... 0 and 1? a) Human logic b) Fuzzy logic c) Boolean logic d) Operational logic

Last Answer : b) Fuzzy logic

Description : In which of the following areas may ICAI programs prove to be useful? a) educational institutions b) corporations c) department of Defense d) all of the mentioned

Last Answer : d) all of the mentioned

Description : Visual clues that are helpful in computer vision include __________ a) color and motion b) depth and texture c) height and weight d) color and motion, depth and texture

Last Answer : d) color and motion, depth and texture

Description : The explanation facility of an expert system may be used to ____________ a) construct a diagnostic model b) expedite the debugging process c) explain the system’s reasoning process d) explain the system’s reasoning process & expedite the debugging process

Last Answer : d) explain the system’s reasoning process & expedite the debugging process

Description : In 1985, the famous chess player David Levy beat a world champion chess program in four straight games by using orthodox moves that confused the program. What was the name of the chess program? a) Kaissa b) CRAY BLITZ c) Golf d) DIGDUG

Last Answer : b) CRAY BLITZ

Description : Idempotency law is I. P Ú P = P. II. P Ù P = P. III. P + P = P. a) Only (I) b) Only (II) c) Only (III) d) Both (I) and (II)

Last Answer : a) Only (I)

Description : Knowledge may be I. Declarative. II. Procedural. III. Non-procedural. a) Only (I) b) Only (II) c) Only (III) d) Both (I) and (II)

Last Answer : d) Both (I) and (II)

Description : An algorithm A is admissible if ___________ a) It is not guaranteed to return an optimal solution when one exists b) It is guaranteed to return an optimal solution when one exists c) It returns more solutions, but not an optimal one d) It guarantees to return more optimal solutions

Last Answer : b) It is guaranteed to return an optimal solution when one exists

Description : What is the problem space of means-end analysis? a) An initial state and one or more goal states b) One or more initial states and one goal state c) One or more initial states and one or more goal state d) One initial state and one goal state

Last Answer : a) An initial state and one or more goal states

Description : The traveling salesman problem involves n cities with paths connecting the cities. The time taken for traversing through all the cities, without knowing in advance the length of a minimum tour, is ___________ a) O(n) b) O(n2) c) O(n!) d) O(n/2)

Last Answer : c) O(n!)

Description : Which is true regarding BFS (Breadth First Search)? a) BFS will get trapped exploring a single path b) The entire tree so far been generated must be stored in BFS c) BFS is not guaranteed to find a solution if exists d) BFS is nothing but Binary First Search

Last Answer : b) The entire tree so far been generated must be stored in BFS

Description : An algorithm is complete if ____________ a) It terminates with a solution when one exists b) It starts with a solution c) It does not terminate with a solution d) It has a loop

Last Answer : a) It terminates with a solution when one exists

Description : What is a Cybernetics? a) Study of communication between two machines b) Study of communication between human and machine c) Study of communication between two humans d) Study of Boolean values

Last Answer : b) Study of communication between human and machine

Description : For speech understanding systems to gain widespread acceptance in office automation, they must feature ____________ a) speaker independence b) speaker dependence c) isolated word recognition d) all of the mentioned

Last Answer : a) speaker independence

Description : In the 16th century, a Czech rabbi reportedly created a living clay man whose name has become a synonym for an artificial human. What was the clay man’s name? a) Frankenstein b) Golem c) Paracelsus

Last Answer : b) Golem

Description : The area of AI that investigates methods of facilitating communication between people and computers is ___________ a) natural language processing b) symbolic processing c) decision support d) robotics

Last Answer : a) natural language processing

Description : What part of the manufacturing process relate to each stage of the process and to the process as a whole? a) field service b) design c) distribution d) project management

Last Answer : d) project management

Description : The characteristics of the computer system capable of thinking, reasoning and learning are known as ____________ a) machine intelligence b) human intelligence c) artificial intelligence d) virtual intelligence

Last Answer : c) artificial intelligence

Description : Which of the following have computers traditionally done better than people? a) storing information b) responding flexibly c) computing numerically d) both storing information & computing numerically

Last Answer : d) both storing information & computing numerically

Description : Which of the following function returns t if the object is a number in LISP? a) (number ) b) (numberp ) c) (numericp ) d) (numeric )

Last Answer : b) (numberp )

Description : How many ALU(s) is/are control by one control unit is SIMD (single instruction stream, multiple data stream) architecture? a) one or more ALUs b) One ALU c) Only two ALU d) Impossible to say

Last Answer : a) one or more ALUs

Description : What are the two subfields of Natural language processing? a) context and expectations b) generation and understanding c) semantics of pragmatics d) recognition and synthesis

Last Answer : b) generation and understanding

Description : If the English Philosopher Thomas Hobbes could be called ‘grandfather’ of artificial intelligence, then who could be called its father? a) A.M. Turning b) John McCarthy c) Allen Newell d) Herbert Simon

Last Answer : a) A.M. Turning

Description : Special programs that assist programmers are called ____________ a) heuristic processors b) symbolic programmers c) intelligent programming tools d) program recognizers

Last Answer : c) intelligent programming tools

Description : In LISP, the function (minusp (-20 4 8 8 1)) returns? a) T b) F

Last Answer : a) T

Description : In AI programming, a list may contain ___________ a) cells b) fields c) pointers d) all of the mentioned

Last Answer : d) all of the mentioned

Description : A KES knowledge base contains information in the form of ___________ a) associations b) actions c) free text d) all of the mentioned

Last Answer : d) all of the mentioned

Description : Which approach to speech recognition avoids the problem caused by the differences in the way words are pronounced according to context? a) continuous speech recognition b) connected word recognition c) isolated word recognition d) speaker-dependent recognition

Last Answer : c) isolated word recognition

Description : The expert system developed at MIT to solve mathematical problems is known as ___________ a) RAND b) ISIS c) MACSYMA d) MOLGEN

Last Answer : c) MACSYMA

Description : In LISP, the atom that stands for “False” is ___________ a) t b) nil c) y d) time

Last Answer : b) nil

Description : In LISP, which of the following function assigns the value 10 to the symbol a? a) (setq a 10) b) (a = b) where b = 10 c) (a = 10) (d) (setq 10 a) d) All of the mentioned

Last Answer : a) (setq a 10)

Description : In LISP, the following function (minusp (-20 4 8 8 1)) returns? a) T b) F c) NIL d) -20

Last Answer : a) T

Description : One of the leading American robotics centers is the Robotics Institute located at? a) CMU b) MIT c) RAND d) SRI

Last Answer : a) CMU

Description : In LISP, what is the function assigns the symbol x to y? a) (setq y x) b) (set y = ‘x’) c) (setq y = ‘x’) d) (setq y ‘x’)

Last Answer : d) (setq y ‘x’)

Description : If a robot can alter its own trajectory in response to external conditions, it is considered to be ____________ a) intelligent b) mobile c) open loop d) non-servo

Last Answer : a) intelligent

Description : In LISP, the function returns t if is a CONS cell and nil otherwise ________ a) (cons ) b) (consp ) c) (eq ) d) (cous =)

Last Answer : b) (consp )

Description : What is Weak AI? a) the embodiment of human intellectual capabilities within a computer b) a set of computer programs that produce output that would be considered to reflect intelligence if it ... the study of mental faculties using mental models implemented on a computer d) all of the mentioned

Last Answer : c) the study of mental faculties using mental models implemented on a computer