Q.1

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

  • CMU
  • MIT
  • Stanford University
  • RAMD
  • None of the above
Q.2

The explanation facility of an expert system may be used to:

  • construct a diagnostic model
  • expedite the debugging process
  • explain the system's reasoning process
  • All of the above
  • both (b) and (c)
Q.3

To invoke the LISP system, you must enter

  • AI
  • LISP
  • CL (Common Lisp)
  • both b and c
  • None of the above
Q.4

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

  • production rules
  • rule interpreters
  • meta-rules
  • control rules
  • None of the above
Q.5

In LISP, the function evaluates both <variable> and <object> is

  • set
  • setq
  • add
  • eva
  • None of the above
Q.6

Which type of actuator generates a good deal of power but tends to be messy?

  • electric
  • hydraulic
  • pneumatic
  • (B) and (c) above
  • None of the above
Q.7

In LISP, the addition 3 + 2 is entered as

  • 3 + 2
  • 3 add 2
  • 3 + 2 =
  • (+ 3 2)
  • None of the above
Q.8

A process that is repeated, evaluated, and refined is called:

  • diagnostic
  • descriptive
  • interpretive
  • iterative
  • None of the above
Q.9

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

  • PDP-11
  • Rl
  • VAX
  • MAGNOM
  • None of the above
Q.10

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

  • intelligent
  • mobile
  • open loop
  • non-servo
  • None of the above
Q.11

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?

  • Intelligent computers
  • Supercomputers
  • Neural network computers
  • Smart computers
  • None of the above
Q.12

Weak AI is

  • the embodiment of human intellectual capabilities within a computer.
  • a set of computer programs that produce output that would be considered to reflect intelligence if it were generated by humans.
  • the study of mental faculties through the use of mental models implemented on a computer.
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.13

Visual clues that are helpful in computer vision include:

  • colour and motion
  • depth and texture
  • height and weight
  • a and b above
  • None of the above
Q.14

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

  • batch processing
  • telecommunication
  • remote access
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.15

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

  • CMU
  • MIT
  • RAND
  • SRI
  • None of the above
Q.16

A problem is first connected to its proposed solution during the _____ stage.

  • conceptualization
  • identification
  • formalization
  • implementation.
  • testing
Q.17

Ambiguity may be caused by:

  • syntactic ambiguity
  • multiple word meanings
  • unclear antecedents
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.18

In LISP, the function X (x). (2x+l) would be rendered as

  • (lambda (x) (+(*2 x)l))
  • (lambda (x) (+1 (* 2x)
  • (+ lambda (x) 1 (*2x))
  • (* lambda(x) (+2x1)
  • None of the above
Q.19

What is the name of the computer program that simulates the thought processes of human beings?

  • Human logic
  • Expert reason
  • Expert system
  • Personal information
  • None of the above
Q.20

Which company offers the LISP machine considered to be "the most powerful symbolic processor available"?

  • LMI
  • Symbolics
  • Xerox
  • Texas Instruments
  • None of the above
Q.21

A natural language generation program must decide:

  • what to say
  • when to say something
  • why it is being used
  • both (a) and (b)
  • None of the above
Q.22

What is the name of the computer program that contains the distilled knowledge of an expert?

  • Data base management system
  • Management information System
  • Expert system
  • Artificial intelligence
  • None of the above
Q.23

What of the following is considered to be a pivotal event in the history of AI.

  • 1949, Donald O, The organization of Behaviour,
  • 1950, Computing Machinery and Intelligence.
  • 1956, Dartmouth University Conference Organized by John McCarthy
  • 1961, Computer and Computer Sense.
  • None of the above
Q.24

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

  • Fisher Ada
  • John McCarthy
  • Allen Newell
  • Alan Turning
  • None of the above
Q.25

Claude Shannon described the operation of electronic switching circuits with a system of mathematical logic called:

  • LISP
  • XLISP
  • Boolean algebra
  • neural networking
  • None of the above
Q.26

Natural language processing is divided into the two subfields of:

  • symbolic and numeric
  • time and motion
  • algorithmic and heuristic
  • understanding and generation
  • None of the above
Q.27

In which of the following areas may ICAI programs prove to be useful?

  • educational institutions
  • corporations
  • department of Defence
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.28

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

  • intelligent planner
  • automatic processor
  • expert system
  • operational symbolizer
  • None of the above
Q.29

High-resolution, bit-mapped displays are useful for displaying:

  • clearer characters
  • graphics
  • more characters
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.30

A network with named nodes and labeled arcs that can be used to represent certain natural language grammars to facilitate parsing.

  • Tree Network
  • Star Network
  • Transition Network
  • Complete Network
  • None of the above
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