➨ Artificial Intelligence Section 1

1. What is the term used for describing the judgmental or commonsense part of problem solving?

A. Heuristic B. Critical C. Value based D. Analytical - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option A Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

2. What stage of the manufacturing process has been described as "the mapping of function onto form"?

A. Design B. Distribution C. project management D. field service - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option A Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

3. Which kind of planning consists of successive representations of different levels of a plan?

A. project planning B. non-hierarchical planning C. All of the mentioned D. hierarchical planning - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option D Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

4. What was originally called the "imitation game" by its creator?

A. LISP B. The Turing Test C. Cybernetics D. The Logic Theorist - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option B Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

5. Decision support programs are designed to help managers make:

A. budget projections B. visual presentations C. business decisions D. vacation schedules - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option C Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

6. PROLOG is an AI programming language which solves problems with a form of symbolic logic known as predicate calculus. It was developed in 1972 at the University of Marseilles by a team of specialists. Can you name the person who headed this team?

A. Alain Colmerauer B. Nicklaus Wirth C. Seymour Papert D. John McCarthy - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option A Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

7. Programming a robot by physically moving it through the trajectory you want it to follow is called:

A. contact sensing control B. continuous-path control C. robot vision control D. pick-and-place control - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option B Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

8. To invoke the LISP system, you must enter

A. AI B. LISP C. CL (Common Lisp) D. LISP and CL (Common Lisp) - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option D Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

9. DEC advertises that it helped to create "the world's first expert system routinely used in an industrial environment," called XCON or:

A. PDP-11 B. Rl C. VAX D. MAGNOM - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option B Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

10. Prior to the invention of time sharing, the prevalent method of computer access was:

A. batch processing B. telecommunication C. remote access D. All of the above - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option A Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

11. Seymour Papert of the MIT AI lab created a programming environment for children called:

A. BASIC B. LOGO C. MYCIN D. FORTRAN - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option B Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

12. The Strategic Computing Program is a project of the:

A. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency B. National Science Foundation C. Jet Propulsion Laboratory D. All of the above - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option A Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

13. The original LISP machines produced by both LMI and Symbolics were based on research performed at:

A. CMU B. Stanford University C. MIT D. RAMD - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option C Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

14. In LISP, the addition 3 + 2 is entered as

A. 3 + 2 B. 3 add 2 C. 3 + 2 = D. (+ 3 2) - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option D Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

15. Weak AI is

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 were generated by humans. C. the study of mental faculties through the use of mental models implemented on a computer. D. None of the above - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option C Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

16. In LISP, the function assigns the symbol x to y is

A. (setq y x) B. (set y = 'x') C. (setq y = 'x') D. (setq y 'x') - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option D Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

17. In LISP, the function returns t if <object> is a CONS cell and nil otherwise:

A. (cons <object>) B. (consp <object>) C. (eq <object>) D. (cous = <object>) - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option B Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

18. In a rule-based system, procedural domain knowledge is in the form of:

A. production rules B. rule interpreters C. meta-rules D. control rules - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option A Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

19. If a robot can alter its own trajectory in response to external conditions, it is considered to be:

A. mobile B. intelligent C. open loop D. non-servo - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option B Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

20. One of the leading American robotics centers is the Robotics Institute located at:

A. CMU B. MIT C. RAND D. SRI - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option A Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

21. In LISP, the function returns the first element of a list Is

A. set B. first C. car D. second - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option C Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

22. Nils Nilsson headed a team at SRI that created a mobile robot named:

A. Robitics B. Dedalus C. Shakey D. Vax - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option C Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

23. An AI technique that allows computers to understand associations and relationships between objects and events is called:

A. heuristic processing B. cognitive science C. relative symbolism D. pattern matching - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option D Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

24. The new organization established to implement the Fifth Generation Project is called:

A. ICOT (Institute for New Generation Computer Technology) B. MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry) C. MCC (Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation) D. SCP (Stategic Computing Program) - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option A Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer

25. The field that investigates the mechanics of human intelligence is:

A. history B. cognitive science C. psychology D. sociology - Answer&Explanation Answer:Option B Explanation : No answer description available for this question. View Answer