Deck 15: Artificial Intelligence

Question 1

A formal language representation has the disadvantage of extracting the essentials.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

____ is the branch of computer science that explores techniques for incorporating aspects of intelligence into computer systems.

A)Internet technology
B)Neural networks
C)Database technology
D)Artificial intelligence

Answer 2

D

Question 3

____ is the study of how we as humans think and learn.

A)Artificial intelligence
B)Cognitive science
C)Social science
D)Neuroscience

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Building a machine that can beat a human at chess was viewed as the last of the "easy" hard problems.

Question 5

A brute force approach is commonly used for intelligent chess-playing strategy.

Question 6

Computers are better than humans where there seems to be a high level of complexity, approximation, or ambiguity.

Question 7

A neuron is a cell capable of receiving stimuli, in the form of sensory input, from other neurons through its many dendrites.

Question 8

In some areas of the brain, an individual neuron may collect signals from as many as 100,000 other neurons and send signals to equally large number of other neurons.

Question 9

The Turing test is used to determine if a machine exhibits behavior indistinguishable from __________.

A)another machine
B)a human
C)an insect
D)a rodent

Question 10

Proponents of the reactive strategy of robotics argue that a robot cannot react meaningfully without processing the stimulus and planning a reaction based on its internal representation of the environment. _________________________

Question 11

If an output neuron fires when it is not supposed to, then the positive input values coming into it are adjusted upward . _________________________

Question 12

Any knowledge representation scheme we select must be relatively easy to extend to include new knowledge.

Question 13

To be considered a robot, it must be in some way humanoid in design.

Question 14

In a neural network, both the knowledge representation and also the "programming" are stored in the network itself as the weights of the connections and the thresholds of the neurons.

Question 15

The term ____ means the language of formal logic.

A)graphical scheme
B)natural language
C)logic scheme
D)formal language

Question 16

Cause and effect relationships are translated into "for every" statements. _________________________

Question 17

The human brain uses a ____ architecture, characterized by a large number of simple "processors" with multiple interconnections.

A)neural
B)network
C)connectionist
D)Victorian

Question 18

Forward chaining begins with assertions and tries to match those assertions to the "if" clauses of rules, thereby generating new assertions. _________________________

Question 19

Computational tasks are tasks for which accurate answers need not be found. _________________________

Question 20

Complex recognition tasks are easy for computers to perform.

Question 21

A(n)____, also called an expert system, attempts to mimic the human ability to engage pertinent facts and string them together in a logical fashion to reach some conclusion.

A)inference engine
B)back propagation system
C)intelligent agent
D)rule-based system

Question 22

A(n)____ begins to not merely wait for user commands but initiates communication, takes action, and performs tasks on its own on the basis of its increasing knowledge of your needs and preferences.

A)personalized web server
B)intelligent agent
C)computer personal assistant
D)wizard

Question 23

The term ____ means "method of assertion."

A)QED
B)forward chaining
C)knowledge engineering
D)modus ponens

Question 24

____ is a well-known humanoid robot built by Honda Motor Company.

A)ROBOTO
B)ISSAC
C)ASIMO
D)CIVIC

Question 25

The ____ causes the network to settle into a stable state where it can correctly respond, to any desired degree of accuracy, to all inputs in the training set.

A)back propagation algorithm
B)decision tree
C)connectionist architecture
D)solution path

Question 26

A ____ takes us from the initial state to a winning configuration, and the graph nodes along the way represent the intermediate configurations.

A)heuristic
B)brute force approach
C)solution path
D)state-space graph

Question 27

A(n)____ is a form of software technology that is designed to interact collaboratively with a user somewhat in the mode of a personal assistant.

A)intelligent agent
B)wizard
C)knowledge-based system
D)rule-based system

Question 28

A ____ for a search algorithm illustrates the possible next choices of items to search if the current item is not the target.

A)back propagation algorithm
B)connectionist architecture
C)Set of training data
D)decision tree

Question 29

Each ____________________ can be thought of as an extremely simple computational device with a single on/off output.

Question 30

Prolog is a(n)____________________ programming language.

Question 31

____ begins with assertions and tries to match those assertions to the "if" clauses of rules.

A)Decision making
B)Backward chaining
C)Knowledge engineering
D)Forward chaining

Question 32

____________________ with a hidden layer of neurons are useful for recognition tasks, where we desire a certain pattern of output signals for a certain pattern of input signals.

Question 33

Although ____________________ incorporate a body of knowledge to "filter" their choices and thereby appear to capture certain aspects of human reasoning, they still perform relatively limited tasks.

Question 34

A __________ is presented with training data, for which the correct outputs are known.

A)cognitive network
B)Turing network
C)neural network
D)machine learning network

Question 35

Intelligent searching involves applying some ____ to evaluate the differences between the present state and the goal state, and to move us to a new state that minimizes those differences.

A)heuristic
B)brute force
C)swarm intelligence
D)back propagation

Question 36

We seek to perform a(n)____ to find a solution path through the graph.

A)decision tree search
B)state-space search
C)graph traversal
D)intelligent search

Question 37

At periodic time intervals, ____ technology downloads updated, personalized information on your screen.

A)search engine
B)push
C)spider
D)wizard

Question 38

A(n)____ approach for a solution path traces all branches of the state-space graph so that all possible choices are tested and no test cases are repeated.

A)heuristic
B)push technology
C)intelligent
D)brute force

Question 39

A(n)____________________ language sacrifices richness of expression for precision of expression.

Question 40

A(n)____ contains facts about a specific subject domain to narrow the scope to a manageable size.

A)explanation facility
B)modus ponens
C)knowledge base
D)intelligent agent

Question 41

What are the required components of an expert system?

Question 42

Explain what a drone is and give some examples of how they can be used.

Question 43

Explain in detail what swarm intelligence is.

Question 44

It has been said of intelligent agent technology that once a sufficient level of trust has been achieved, and when human users are willing to allow their software to make independent decisions, we will begin to see exciting new applications. List one.

Question 45

Explain the characteristics that any knowledge representation scheme that we select must have.

Question 46

Talk about some of the current applications for robots. What may robots do for us in the future?

Question 47

Provide at least three examples of an intelligent agent.

Question 48

Explain each of the ways in which inference engines for expert systems can proceed.

Question 49

Discuss why a brute force method for the playing of chess is unmanageable at this juncture.

Question 50

Explain the idea of the Turing test.