Problem-solving artificial intelligence quiz

1. Which of the following have computers traditionally done better than people?

1. strong information

2. responding flexibly

3. computing numerically

4. A and C above

2. Which of the following have people traditionally done better than computers?

1. recognizing relative importance

2. finding similarities

3. resolving ambiguity

4. all of the above

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

1. artificial science

2. cognitive science

3. psychology

4. sociology

4. The brain contains about _________cells.

1. one thousand

2. one million

3. one billion

4. 100 billion

5. One definition of AI focuses on problem-solving methods that process:

1. numbers

2. symbols

3. actions

4. algorithms

6. A key elements of AI is a/an________, which is a "rule of thumbs".

1. heuristic

2. cognition

3. algorithm

4. digiton

7. A computer program that contains expertise in a particular domain is called an:

1. automatic processor

2. intelligent planner

3. expert system

4. operational symbolizer

8. Natural language processing is divided into the two sub-fields of:

1. time and motion

2. algorithm and heuristic

3. symbolic and numeric

4. understanding and generation

9. In the 16th century, a Czech rabbi reportedly created a living clay man whose name has become a synonym for an artificial human. The clay man's name was: ___________.

1. Frankenstein

2. Golem

3. Hal

4. Paracelsus

10. Who is considered to be the "father" of artificial intelligence?

1. George Boole

2. John McCarthy

3. Allen Newell

4. Alan Turing

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

1. The Turing Test

2. LISP

3. Cybernetics

4. The Logic Theorist

12. An expert system differs from a database program in that only an expert system:

1. contains declarative knowledge

2. contains procedural knowledge

3. features the retrieval of stored information

4. expects users to draw their own conclusion

13. Which of the following is a components of an experts system?

1. inference engine

2. knowledge base

3. user interface

4. all of the above

14. A problem is first connected to its proposed solution during the _________stage.

1. identification

2. conceptualization

3. formalization

4. testing

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

1. production rules

2. rule interpreters

3. control rules

4. meta-rules