Deck 13: Intelligent Information Systems

Question 1

An expert system is an excellent choice when well-structured numerical problems are involved.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Rules used in the Artificial intelligence (AI) field come from a diverse group of experts in areas such as mathematics,psychology,economics,anthropology,medicine,engineering,and physics.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Decision makers use "what-is" analysis to monitor the effect of a change in one or more variables.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The knowledge acquisition facility component of a typical expert system manipulates a series of rules by using techniques,such as forward and backward chaining.

Question 5

Robots are inconsistent when used in the workplace.

Question 6

Robots are one of the most successful applications of artificial intelligence (AI).

Question 7

What-is analysis is used in systems that have the capability to report real-time information and predict what could happen in the future.

Question 8

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are only concerned with storing,retrieving,and working with data.

Question 9

An expert system is not a good choice when a lot of human expertise is needed to tackle a problem and a single expert cannot tackle the problem on his or her own.

Question 10

Problems involving the five senses,such as taste or smell are not suitable for expert systems.

Question 11

For expert systems to be successful,they must be applied to an activity that human experts have not handled in the past.

Question 12

Personal robots have unlimited mobility and unlimited vision.

Question 13

The user interface component provides user-friendly access to an expert system.

Question 14

In backward chaining,an expert system evaluates all the "if-then-else" conditions before making the final recommendation.

Question 15

Developments in artificial intelligence-related fields,such as expert systems and natural-language processing,will affect the future development of the robotics industry.

Question 16

Some robots have limited vision that is useful for locating and picking up objects,as long as the objects are isolated from other objects.

Question 17

The explanation facility component of an expert system works with the knowledge base management system (KBMS) to ensure that the knowledge base is as up to date as possible.

Question 18

An expert system duplicates and preserves the expertise of scarce experts and can incorporate the expertise of many experts.

Question 19

Artificial intelligence (AI) applications and technologies offer true human intelligence.

Question 20

Case-based reasoning (CBR) systems solve a problem by going through a series of if-then-else rules.

Question 21

One of the requirements of a computer that can support artificial intelligence (AI) is to _____.

A) derive solutions to problems by examining all possible outcomes
B) anticipate human needs and respond to them
C) communicate non-verbally with humans
D) be able to deal with new situations based on previous learning

Question 22

In the context of the decision-making analyses that use information technology,_____ analysis is available in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel.

A) cause-and-effect
B) lookup
C) what-is
D) what-if

Question 23

Personal agents can serve as search engines,site reminders,or personal surfing assistants.

Question 24

Every artificial neural network (ANN) has to be trained,and when organizational policies change,the network needs to be retrained so that it can mimic the new policies.

Question 25

_____ perform well at simple,repetitive tasks and can be used to free workers from tedious or hazardous jobs.

A) Robots
B) Neural networks
C) Natural language processors
D) Knowledge bases

Question 26

_____ is a programming language for controlling robots.

A) Extensible Markup Language (XML)
B) Variable Assembly Language (VAL)
C) C++
D) Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

Question 27

In the artificial intelligence (AI) field,_____ engineers try to discover "rules of thumb" that enable computers to perform tasks usually handled by humans.

A) computer
B) data
C) systems
D) knowledge

Question 28

Fuzzy logic is designed to help computers simulate certainty in common situations.

Question 29

Genetic algorithms (GAs) can examine complex problems without any assumptions of what the correct solution should be.

Question 30

Intelligent agents demonstrate autonomy,which is the ability to work and cooperate with other agents to achieve a common objective.

Question 31

_____ was the first expert system developed to determine the chemical structure of molecules.

A) FuzzyCLIPS
B) SHINE
C) DENDRAL
D) COGITO

Question 32

Genetic algorithms (GAs) are already used with neural networks and fuzzy logic systems to solve scheduling,engineering design,and marketing problems.

Question 33

Artificial neural networks (ANNs) can supply an explanation for the solution it finds.

Question 34

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can only be integrated into the model base component of a decision support system (DSS).

Question 35

_____ is an expert system used for monitoring consumer sentiments in blogs,comment sections,and Web-based articles.

A) DENDRAL
B) ASIMO
C) COGITO
D) PortBlue

Question 36

Which of the following statements is true of personal robots?

A) They have limited mobility.
B) They have infinite vision.
C) They have no speech capabilities.
D) They are used mostly in the manufacturing industry.

Question 37

_____ is an example of an expert system that can be applied to various financial applications.

A) DENDRAL
B) ASIMO
C) Shyster
D) PortBlue

Question 38

_____ systems have been one of the most successful artificial intelligence (AI)-related technologies.

A) Management information
B) Supply chain management
C) Agent
D) Expert

Question 39

Intelligent agents are used for virtual catalogs.

Question 40

Fuzzy logic has been used in search engines,chip design,and database management systems.

Question 41

The _____ characteristic of an intelligent agent demonstrates the agent's ability to learn from previous knowledge and go beyond information given previously.

A) autonomy
B) reactivity
C) adaptability
D) mobility

Question 42

_____ can serve as search engines,site reminders,or personal surfing assistants.

A) Monitoring and surveillance agents
B) Personal agents
C) Data-mining agents
D) Shopping and information agents

Question 43

The _____ characteristic of an intelligent agent demonstrates its capability to interact with users in a more natural language.

A) collaborative behavior
B) humanlike interface
C) adaptability
D) reactivity

Question 44

In the context of expert systems,_____ consists of common sense,rules of thumb,educated guesses,and instinctive judgments.

A) heuristics
B) meta-knowledge
C) nanomaterial
D) quantitative knowledge

Question 45

The _____ characteristic of an intelligent agent demonstrates the agent's ability to migrate from one platform to another with a minimum of human intervention.

A) humanlike interface
B) adaptability
C) mobility
D) reactivity

Question 46

_____ is a knowledge base component of an expert system and enables an expert system to learn from experience and examine and extract relevant facts to determine the path to a solution.

A) Meta-knowledge
B) Heuristic knowledge
C) Factual knowledge
D) Expert knowledge

Question 47

Intelligent agents are also known as _____.

A) experts
B) reactors
C) bots
D) heuristics

Question 48

The _____ characteristic of an intelligent agent demonstrates the agent's ability to operate with minimum input.

A) collaborative behavior
B) mobility
C) autonomy
D) adaptability

Question 49

_____ agents usually track and report on computer equipment and network systems to predict when a system crash or failure might occur.

A) Fuzzy logic
B) Monitoring and surveillance
C) Shopping and information
D) Data-mining

Question 50

A(n) _____ can be used to automatically fill out Web forms.

A) surveillance agent
B) shopping agent
C) information agent
D) personal agent

Question 51

In forward chaining technique used by the inference engine component of an expert system,the _____ condition is evaluated first.

A) if
B) then
C) what
D) else

Question 52

In backward chaining technique used by the inference engine component,an expert system starts with the _____ condition.

A) if
B) then
C) else
D) what

Question 53

In the context of an expert system,a(n) _____ works with the knowledge base management system to ensure that the knowledge base is as up to date as possible.

A) explanation facility
B) knowledge acquisition facility
C) inference engine
D) meta-knowledge system

Question 54

In the context of the components of an expert system,a(n) _____ is similar to the model base component of a decision support system (DSS).

A) inference engine
B) knowledge base
C) user interface
D) explanation facility

Question 55

_____ are software capable of reasoning and following rule-based processes.

A) Case-based reasoning (CBR) systems
B) Intelligent agents
C) Nanomaterials
D) QR (quick response) codes

Question 56

A _____ catalog displays product descriptions based on customers' previous experiences and preferences.

A) fuzzy
B) logical
C) virtual
D) heuristic

Question 57

Data-mining agents work with a _____,detecting trends and discovering new information and relationships among data items that were not readily apparent.

A) data filter
B) data catalog
C) knowledge base
D) data warehouse

Question 58

The knowledge base component of an expert system must include _____,which consists of rules related to a problem or discipline.

A) meta-knowledge
B) heuristic knowledge
C) factual knowledge
D) expert knowledge

Question 59

Intelligent agents demonstrate _____,the ability to select problems or situations that need attention and act on them.

A) adaptability
B) collaborative behavior
C) mobility
D) reactivity

Question 60

The _____ component of an expert system is important because it helps give users confidence in the system's results.

A) explanation facility
B) knowledge acquisition facility
C) inference engine
D) meta-knowledge

Question 61

_____ allows a smooth,gradual transition between human and computer vocabularies and deals with variations in linguistic terms by using a degree of membership.

Question 62

TVs that adjust screen color and texture for each frame and stabilize the volume based on the viewer's location in the room are demonstrating _____.

A) fuzzy logic
B) artificial neural capabilities
C) personal agent qualities
D) case-based reasoning

Question 63

In essence,_____ computing allows for tailoring a course of action to a user in a particular situation and environment based on what it knows about the user.

A) contextual
B) grid
C) cloud
D) utility

Question 64

_____ is a problem-solving technique that matches a new case (problem) with a previously solved case and its solution stored in a database.

Question 65

In a natural-language processing (NLP) system,the _____ activity involves accepting human language as input,carrying out the corresponding command,and generating the necessary output.

Question 66

In the context of components of a typical expert system,a(n) _____ performs tasks similar to what a human expert does by explaining to end users how recommendations are derived.

Question 67

In the context of the types of decision -making analyses,the _____ analysis is used in decision support systems.

Question 68

In the context of the different techniques used by an inference engine to manipulate a series of rules,in _____,a series of "if-then-else" condition pairs is performed.

Question 69

_____ was developed so that users could communicate with computers in human language.

A) Natural-language processing
B) Genetic Algorithms
C) Virtual language technology
D) Personal agent technology

Question 70

Explanation capabilities can be added to a decision support system (DSS) by integrating it with a(n) _____.

A) expert system
B) artificial neural network
C) natural-language processing system
D) intelligent agent

Question 71

_____ are search algorithms that mimic the process of natural evolution.They are used to generate solutions to optimization and search problems using such techniques as mutation,selection,crossover,and chromosome.

Question 72

In the context of components of a typical expert system,a(n) _____ is similar to a database,but in addition to storing facts and figures,it keeps track of rules and explanations associated with facts.

Question 73

In the context of the types of decision-making analyses,the _____ analysis is commonly used in transaction-processing systems and management information systems.

Question 74

_____ consists of related technologies that try to simulate and reproduce human thought behavior,including thinking,speaking,feeling,and reasoning.

Question 75

_____ are networks that learn and are capable of performing tasks that are difficult with conventional computers.

Question 76

In the context of components of a typical expert system,a(n) _____ is a software package with manual or automated methods for acquiring and incorporating new rules and facts so that the expert system is capable of growth.

Question 77

The size and complexity of the human language has made developing _____ systems difficult.

A) natural-language processing
B) genetic algorithm
C) artificial neural network
D) personal language

Question 78

_____ systems mimic human expertise in a particular field to solve a problem in a well-defined area.

Question 79

A(n) _____ system provides a question-and-answer setting that is more natural and easier for people to use than a graphical user interface (GUI).

Question 80

_____ is designed to help computers simulate vagueness and uncertainty in common situations.

A) Virtual reality
B) Nanotechnology
C) Fuzzy logic
D) Robotics