McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Science in Computer Science (MSc CS) .
| 101. |
The company that grew out of research at the MIT AI lab is: |
| A. | ai corp |
| B. | lmi |
| C. | symbolics |
| D. | both b & c |
| Answer» D. both b & c | |
| 102. |
Which technique is being investigated as an approach to automatic programming? |
| A. | generative cai |
| B. | specification by example |
| C. | all of the above |
| D. | non-hierarchical planning |
| Answer» B. specification by example | |
| 103. |
One definition of AI focuses on problem-solving methods that process: |
| A. | smell |
| B. | symbols |
| C. | touch |
| D. | algorithms |
| Answer» B. symbols | |
| 104. |
Artificial intelligence 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. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. all of the mentioned | |
| 105. |
The primary method that people use to sense their environment is: |
| A. | reading |
| B. | writing |
| C. | speaking |
| D. | seeing |
| Answer» D. seeing | |
| 106. |
The Newell and Simon program that proved theorems of Principia Mathematica was: |
| A. | elementary perceiver |
| B. | general problem solver |
| C. | logic theorist |
| D. | boolean algebra |
| Answer» C. logic theorist | |
| 107. |
In LISP, the function assigns . the value of a to b is |
| A. | (setq a b) |
| B. | (setq b a ) |
| C. | (b = a) |
| D. | (set b = a) |
| Answer» B. (setq b a ) | |
| 108. |
The cray X-MP, IBM 3090 and connection machine can he characterized as |
| A. | sisd |
| B. | simd |
| C. | misd |
| D. | mimd |
| Answer» B. simd | |
| 109. |
Ambiguity may be caused by: |
| A. | syntactic ambiguity |
| B. | multiple word meanings |
| C. | unclear antecedents |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. all of the mentioned | |
| 110. |
Which company offers the LISP machine considered to be “the most powerful symbolic processor available”? |
| A. | lmi |
| B. | symbolics |
| C. | xerox |
| D. | texas instruments |
| Answer» B. symbolics | |
| 111. |
What of the following is considered to be a pivotal event in the history of Artificial Intelligence. |
| A. | 1949, donald o, the organization of behavior, |
| B. | 1950, computing machinery and intelligence. |
| C. | 1956, dartmouth university conference organized by john mccarthy |
| D. | 1961, computer and computer sense. |
| Answer» C. 1956, dartmouth university conference organized by john mccarthy | |
| 112. |
Natural language processing is divided into the two subfields of: |
| A. | symbolic and numeric |
| B. | time and motion |
| C. | algorithmic and heuristic |
| D. | understanding and generation |
| Answer» D. understanding and generation | |
| 113. |
High-resolution, bit-mapped displays are useful for displaying: |
| A. | clearer characters |
| B. | graphics |
| C. | more characters |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» D. all of the mentioned | |
| 114. |
A bidirectional feedback loop links computer modeling with: |
| A. | artificial science |
| B. | heuristic processing |
| C. | human intelligence |
| D. | cognitive science |
| Answer» D. cognitive science | |
| 115. |
In LISP, the function evaluates both and is |
| A. | set |
| B. | setq |
| C. | add |
| D. | eva |
| Answer» A. set | |
| 116. |
Which company offers the LISP machine considered “the most powerful symbolic processor available”? |
| A. | lmi |
| B. | symbolics |
| C. | xerox |
| D. | texas instruments |
| Answer» B. symbolics | |
| 117. |
What of the following is considered a pivotal event in the history of Artificial Intelligence? |
| A. | 1949, donald o, the organization of behavior |
| B. | 1950, computing machinery and intelligence |
| C. | 1956, dartmouth university conference organized by john mccarthy |
| D. | 1961, computer and computer sense |
| Answer» C. 1956, dartmouth university conference organized by john mccarthy | |
| 118. |
Natural language processing is divided into the two sub-fields of: |
| A. | symbolic and numeric |
| B. | time and motion |
| C. | algorithmic and heuristic |
| D. | understanding and generation |
| Answer» C. algorithmic and heuristic | |
| 119. |
Which of the following have people traditionally done better than computers? |
| A. | recognizing relative importance |
| B. | finding similarities |
| C. | resolving ambiguity |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. resolving ambiguity | |
| 120. |
Which type of actuator generates a good deal of power but tends to be messy? |
| A. | electric |
| B. | hydraulic |
| C. | pneumatic |
| D. | both b & c |
| Answer» B. hydraulic | |
| 121. |
Research scientists all over the world are taking steps towards building computers with circuits patterned after the complex inter connections existing among the human brain’s nerve cells. What name is given to such type of computers? |
| A. | intelligent computers |
| B. | supercomputers |
| C. | neural network computers |
| D. | smart computers |
| Answer» C. neural network computers | |
| 122. |
Which search is equal to minimax search but eliminates the branchesthat can’t influence the final decision? |
| A. | depth-first search |
| B. | breadth-first search |
| C. | alpha-beta pruning |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. alpha-beta pruning | |
| 123. |
Which values are independant in minimax search algorithm? |
| A. | pruned leaves x and y |
| B. | every states are dependant |
| C. | root is independant |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» A. pruned leaves x and y | |
| 124. |
To which depth does the alpha-beta pruning can be applied? |
| A. | 10 states |
| B. | 8 states |
| C. | 6 states |
| D. | any depth |
| Answer» D. any depth | |
| 125. |
Which search is similar to minimax search? |
| A. | hill-climbing search |
| B. | depth-first search |
| C. | breadth-first search |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. depth-first search | |
| 126. |
Which value is assigned to alpha and beta in the alpha-beta pruning? |
| A. | alpha = max |
| B. | beta = min |
| C. | beta = max |
| D. | both a & b |
| Answer» D. both a & b | |
| 127. |
Where does the values of alpha-beta search get updated? |
| A. | along the path of search |
| B. | initial state itself |
| C. | at the end |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» A. along the path of search | |
| 128. |
How the effectiveness of the alpha-beta pruning gets increased? |
| A. | depends on the nodes |
| B. | depends on the order in which they are executed |
| C. | both a & b |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» A. depends on the nodes | |
| 129. |
What is called as transposition table? |
| A. | hash table of next seen positions |
| B. | hash table of previously seen positions |
| C. | next value in the search |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. hash table of previously seen positions | |
| 130. |
Which is identical to the closed list in Graph search? |
| A. | hill climbing search algorithm |
| B. | depth-first search |
| C. | transposition table |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. transposition table | |
| 131. |
Which function is used to calculate the feasibility of whole game tree? |
| A. | evaluation function |
| B. | transposition |
| C. | alpha-beta pruning |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» A. evaluation function | |
| 132. |
What is the action of task environment in artificial intelligence? |
| A. | problem |
| B. | solution |
| C. | agent |
| D. | observation |
| Answer» A. problem | |
| 133. |
What is the expansion if PEAS in task environment? |
| A. | peer, environment, actuators, sense |
| B. | perceiving, enivornment, actuators, sensors |
| C. | performance, environment, actuators, sensors, |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. performance, environment, actuators, sensors, | |
| 134. |
What kind of observing environments are present in artificial intelligence? |
| A. | partial |
| B. | fully |
| C. | learning |
| D. | both a & b |
| Answer» D. both a & b | |
| 135. |
What kind of environment is strategic in artificial intelligence? |
| A. | deterministic |
| B. | rational |
| C. | partial |
| D. | stochastic |
| Answer» A. deterministic | |
| 136. |
What kind of environment is crossword puzzle? |
| A. | static |
| B. | dynamic |
| C. | semidynamic |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» A. static | |
| 137. |
What kind of behavior does the stochastic environment posses? |
| A. | local |
| B. | deterministic |
| C. | ratioanl |
| D. | primary |
| Answer» A. local | |
| 138. |
Which is used to select the particular environment to run the agent? |
| A. | environment creator |
| B. | environment generator |
| C. | both a & b |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. environment generator | |
| 139. |
Which environment is called as semidynamic? |
| A. | environment does not change with the passage of time |
| B. | agent performance changes |
| C. | environment will be changed |
| D. | both a & b |
| Answer» D. both a & b | |
| 140. |
Where does the performance measure is included? |
| A. | rational agent |
| B. | task environment |
| C. | actuators |
| D. | sensor |
| Answer» B. task environment | |
| 141. |
Which is used to provide the feedback to the learning element? |
| A. | critic |
| B. | actuators |
| C. | sensor |
| D. | none of the mentioned |
| Answer» A. critic | |
| 142. |
Parts-of-Speech tagging determines |
| A. | part-of-speech for each word |
| B. | part-of-speech for each word dynamically as per sentence structure and meaning |
| C. | all part-of-speech for a specific word given as input |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» C. all part-of-speech for a specific word given as input | |
| 143. |
Many words have more than one meaning; we have to select the meaning which makes the most sense in context. This can be resolved by |
| A. | fuzzy logic |
| B. | word sense disambiguation |
| C. | shallow semantic analysis |
| D. | all of the mentioned |
| Answer» B. word sense disambiguation | |
| 144. |
In linguistic morphology, _____________ is the process for reducing inflected words to their root form. |
| A. | rooting |
| B. | stemming |
| C. | text-proofing |
| D. | both a & b |
| Answer» B. stemming | |
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