Practice Test: Question Set - 09
1. Claude Shannon described the operation of electronic switching circuits with a system of mathematical logic called:
- (A) LISP
- (B) XLISP
- (C) Boolean
algebra
- (D) Neural
networking
2. In which of the following situations might a blind search be acceptable?
- (A) Real-life
situation
- (B) Complex
game
- (C) Small
search space
- (D) All
of the above
3. A computer program that contains expertise in a particular domain is called an:
- (A) Intelligent
planner
- (B) Automatic
processor
- (C) Expert
system
- (D) Operational
symbolizer
4. The primary interactive method of communication used by humans is:
- (A) Reading
- (B) Writing
- (C) Speaking
- (D) All of the
above
5. In LISP, the function (minusp (-20 4 8 8 1) returns
- (A) T
- (B) F
- (C) NIL
- (D) -20
6. Elementary linguistic units which are smaller than words are:
- (A) Allophones
- (B) Phonemes
- (C) Syllables
- (D) All of the
above
7. Ambiguity may be caused by:
- (A) Syntactic
ambiguity
- (B) Multiple
word meanings
- (C) Unclear
antecedents
- (D) All
of the above
8. Which company offers the LISP machine considered to be "the most powerful symbolic processor available"?
- (A) LMI
- (B) Symbolics
- (C) Xerox
- (D) Texas
Instruments
9. Input segments of AI programming contain(s)
- (A) Sound
- (B) Smell
- (C) Touch
- (D) All of the
above
10. What of the following is considered to be a pivotal event in the history of AI?
- (A) 1949, Donald
O, The organization of Behaviour
- (B) 1950,
Computing Machinery and Intelligence
- (C) 1956,
Dartmouth University Conference Organized by John McCarthy
- (D) 1961,
Computer and Computer Sense
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