Artificial
Intelligence Questions and Answers – History – 3
1. The conference that launched the AI
revolution in 1956 was held at?
a) Dartmouth
b) Harvard
c) New York
d) Stanford
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
2. Texas Instruments Incorporated produces a
low-cost LISP machine called __________
a) The Computer-Based Consultant
b) The Explorer
c) Smalltalk
d) The Personal Consultant
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: None.
3. When a top-level function is entered, the
LISP processor do(es)?
a) It reads the function entered
b) It evaluates the function and the function’s operands
c) It prints the results returned by the function
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: None.
4. One method of programming a computer to
exhibit human intelligence is called modeling or __________
a) simulation
b) cognitization
c) duplication
d) psychic amelioration
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
5. Graphic interfaces were first used in a
Xerox product called __________
a) InterLISP
b) Ethernet
c) Smalltalk
d) ZetaLISP
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
6. The Al researcher who co-authored both the
Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and The Fifth Generation is __________
a) Bruce Lee
b) Randy Davis
c) Ed Feigenbaum
d) Mark Fox
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
7. Which of the following is being
investigated as a means of automating the creation of a knowledge base?
a) automatic knowledge acquisition
b) simpler tools
c) discovery of new concepts
d) all of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: None.
8. The CAI (Computer-Assisted Instruction)
technique based on programmed instruction is __________
a) frame-based CAI
b) generative CAI
c) problem-solving CAI
d) intelligent CAI
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
9. A robot’s “arm” is also known as its
__________
a) end effector
b) actuator
c) manipulator
d) servomechanism
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.
10. KEE is a product of __________
a) Teknowledge
b) IntelliCorpn
c) Texas Instruments
d) Tech knowledge
View Answer
Answer: b
Explanation: None.
11. In LISP, the function X (x). (2x+l) would
be rendered as __________
a) (lambda (x) (+(*2 x)l))
b) (lambda (x) (+1 (* 2x)
c) (+ lambda (x) 1 (*2x))
d) (* lambda(x) (+2×1)
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
12. A natural language generation program must
decide __________
a) what to say
b) when to say something
c) why it is being used
d) both what to say & when to say something
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
13. The hardware features of LISP machines
generally include __________
a) large memory and a high-speed processor
b) letter-quality printers and 8-inch disk drives
c) a mouse and a specialized keyboard
d) large memory and a high-speed processor & a mouse and a specialized
keyboard
View Answer
Answer: d
Explanation: None.
14. In which of the following areas may ICAI
programs prove to be useful?
a) educational institutions
b) corporations
c) department of Defense
d) all of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer: a
Explanation: None.
15. A network with named nodes and labeled
arcs that can be used to represent certain natural language grammars to
facilitate parsing.
a) Tree Network
b) Star Network
c) Transition Network
d) Complete Network
View Answer
Answer: c
Explanation: None.