TOPIC 1

EASY

In LISP, the function returns the list that results after the first element is removed (the rest f the list),
is

a) car

b) last

c) cons

d) cdr

Answer: d

LISP was created by:

a) John McCarthy

b) Marvin Minsky

c) Alan Turing

d) Allen Newell and Herbert Simon

Answer: a

Expert Ease was developed under the direction of:

a) John McCarthy

b) Donald Michie

c) Lofti Zadeh

d) Alan Turing

Answer: b

How many control unit(s) is/are available in SISD (single data stream, single data stream)
architecture?

a) one

b) two

c) more than one

d) None
Answer: a

A.M. turing developed a technique for determining whether a computer could or could not
demonstrate the artificial Intelligence, Presently, this technique is called

a) Turing Test

b) Algorithm

c) Boolean Algebra

d) Logarithm

Answer: a

Which of these schools was not among the early leaders in Artificial Intelligence research?

a) Dartmouth University

b) Harvard University

c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

d) Stanford University

Answer: b

A certain Professor at the Stanford University coined the word ‘artificial intelligence’ in 1956 at a
conference held at Dartmouth College. Can you name the Professor?

a) David Levy

b) John McCarthy

c) Joseph Weizenbaum

d) Hans Berliner

Answer: b

Which of the following, is a component of an expert system?

a) inference engine

b) knowledge base

c) user interface

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

A computer vision technique that relies on image templates is:

a) edge detection

b) binocular vision

c) model-based vision

d) robot vision

Answer: c

One method of programming a computer to exhibit human intelligence is called modelling or:

a) Simulation

b) Cognitization

c) Duplication

d) Psychic amelioration

Answer: a

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

Answer: c

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

Answer: a

9. A robot’s “arm” is also known as its:

a) End effector
b) Actuator

c) Manipulator

d) Servomechanism

Answer: c

10. KEE is a product of:

a) Teknowledge

b) IntelliCorpn

c) Texas Instruments

d) Tech knowledge

Answer: b

Which of the following systems mimics human thinking?

A) Artificial intelligence

B) Intelligent agent

C) Bot

D) Database management system

ANS A)

Which AI system provides a diagnosis to a specific problem?

A) Intelligent agent

B) Expert system

C) Geographical information system

D) Data mining system

ANS B)

Which AI system finds and identifies patterns; for instance; in the words you use?

A) Expert system

B) Intelligent system

C) Neural network

D) Fuzzy logic
ANS C)

Which AI system will work for you to find information on the internet?

A) Intelligent agent

B) Neural network

C) Genetic algorithm

D) Expert system

ANS A)

Which AI system will continue to analyze a problem until it finds the best solution?

a. Genetic algorithm

B) Neural network

C) Intelligent agent

D) Expert system

ANS A)

Which Intelligent Agent will monitor systems and report back to you when there is a problem?

A) Shopping bot

B) Buyer agent

C) Information agent

D) Predictive agent

ANS D)

Which Intelligent Agent can play an Internet game on your behalf?

A) Information agent

B) User agent

C) Predictive agent

D) Game agent

ANS B)

What is Artificial intelligence?

a) Putting your intelligence into Computer

b) Programming with your own intelligence

c) Making a Machine intelligent

d) Playing a Game

e) Putting more memory into Computer

Answer: c

2. Which is not the commonly used programming language for AI?

a) PROLOG

b) Java

c) LISP

d) Perl

e) Java script

Answer: d

3. Which instruments are required for perceiving and acting upon the environment?

a) Sensors and Actuators

b) Sensors

c) Perceiver

d) None of the above

Answer: a

4. Artificial Intelligence has its expansion in the following application.

a) Planning and Scheduling

b) Game Playing

c) Diagnosis

d) Robotics

e) All of the above

Answer: e

An omniscient agent knows the actual outcome of its actions and can act accordingly; but
omniscience is impossible in reality. Rational Agent always does the right thing; but Rationality is
possible in reality. State true or false

a) True

b) False

Answer: a

The Task Environment of an agent consists of

a) Sensors

b) Actuators

c) Performance Measures

d) All of the above

Answer: d

What could possibly be the environment of a Satellite Image Analysis System?

a) Computers in space and earth

b) Image categorization techniques

c) Statistical data on image pixel intensity value and histograms

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

How many types of agents are there in artificial intelligence?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

Answer: d
What is perception sequence of an agent?

a) A periodic inputs sets

b) a complete history of everything the agent has ever perceived

c) Both a) and b)

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c

Agents behaviour can be best described by

a) Perception sequence

b) Agent function

c) Sensors and Actuators

d) Environment in which agent is performing

Answer: b

Rational agent is the one who always does the right thing. State true or false

a) True

b) False

Answer: a

9. Performance Measures are fixed for all agents. State true or false

a) True

b) False

Answer: a

Categorize Crossword puzzle in Fully Observable / Partially Observable.

a) Fully Observable

b) partially Observable

c) All of the above

d) None of the above

Ans: A

Answer: b

Satellite Image Analysis System is (Choose the one that is not applicable).

a) Episodic

b) Semi-Static

c) Single agent

d) Partially Observable

Answer: d

What is the rule of simple reflex agent?

a) Simple-action rule

b) Condition-action rule

c) Both a & b

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b

An agent is composed of,

a) Architecture

b) Agent Function

c) Perception Sequence

d) Architecture and Program

Answer: d

In which of the following agent does the problem generator is present?

a) Learning agent

b) Observing agent

c) Reflex agent
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

INTERMEDIATE

Output segments of Artificial Intelligence programming contain(s)

a) Printed language and synthesized speech

b) Manipulation of physical object

c) Locomotion

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d.

An Artificial Intelligence system developed by Terry A. Winograd to permit an interactive dialogue

about a domain he called blocks-world.

a) SHRDLU

b) SIMD

c) BACON

d) STUDENT

Answer: a

MLMenu, a natural language interface for the TI Explorer, is similar to:

a) Ethernet

b) NaturalLink

c) PROLOG

d) The Personal Consultant

Answer: b

DARPA, the agency that has funded a great deal of American Artificial Intelligence research, is part of
the Department of:

a) Defense

b) Energy,
c) Education

d) Justice

Answer: a

Graphic interfaces were first used in a Xerox product called:

a) InterLISP

b) Ethernet

c) Smalltalk

d) ZetaLISP

Answer: c

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

Answer: d

Which of the following systems helps you with making a decision about a non-structured problem?

A) Artificial intelligence

B) Neural network

C) Genetic algorithm

D) Decision support system

ANS D)

Which of the following systems analyzes spatial information?

 A) Neural network

B) Genetic algorithm

C) Intelligent agent

D) Geographical information system

ANS D)

Generally, AI systems analyze imprecise and subjective information. This information is called _____.

A) Blurred data

B) Inclusive information

C) Fuzzy logic

D) Dirty data

ANS A)

DIFFICULT

Strong Artificial Intelligence is

a) The embodiment of human intellectual capabilities within a computer.

b) a set of computer programs that produce output that would be considered to reflect intelligence
if it were generated by humans.

c) the study of mental faculties through the use of mental models implemented on a computer.

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

A series of Artificial Intelligence systems, developed by Pat Langley to explore the role of heuristics in
scientific discovery is ________.

a) RAMD

b) BACON

c) MIT

d) DU

Answer: b

A Personal Consultant knowledge base contain information in the form of:

a) parameters

b) contexts

c) production rules

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Which approach to speech recognition avoids the problem caused by the variation in speech
patterns among different speakers?

a) Continuous speech recognition

b) Isolated word recognition

c) Connected word recognition

d) Speaker-dependent recognition

Answer: d

In LISP, the function (copy-list <list>)

a) returns a new list that is equal to <list> by copying the top-level element of <list>

b) returns the length of <list>

c) returns t if <list> is empty.

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a

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

Answer: d

An ‘agent’ is anything that,

a) Perceives its environment through sensors and acting upon that environment through actuators

b) Takes input from the surroundings and uses its intelligence and performs the desired operations

c) A embedded program controlling line following robot

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

What is rational at any given time depends on

a) The performance measure that defines the criterion of success

b) The agent’s prior knowledge of the environment

c) The actions that the agent can perform

d) All of the above

Answer: D
TOPIC 2
EASY

Which of the following is an advantage of using an expert system development tool?

a) imposed structure

b) knowledge engineering assistance

c) rapid prototyping

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

The “Turing Machine” showed that you could use a/an _____ system to program any algorithmic
task.

a) binary

b) electro-chemical

c) recursive

d) semantic

Answer: a

In his landmark book Cybernetics, Norbert Wiener suggested a way of modeling scientific
phenomena using not energy, but:

a) mathematics

b) intelligence

c) information

d) history

Answer: c
Input segments of AI programming contain(s)

a) sound

b) smell

c) touch

d) sight and taste

e) All of the mentioned

Answer: e

Characteristics of Expert Systems include:

a. High performance, Adequate response time, Reliability and Understandable

b. Low performance and Understandable
c. Adequate tasks, Reliability and Understandable
d. None of the above

Ans: A

……..is a special purpose tool designed based on the requirements of particular applications?

a. Shell
b. Low performance
c. Tasks
d. None of the above

Ans: A

One Advantage of an Expert System is:

a. Cheap
b. Slow
c. Non reliable
d. None of the above

Ans: A

The 2 types of knowledge found in knowledge systems include:

a. procedural knowledge and declarative knowledge

b. Explicit and Tacit
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

Ans: A

…… is passive knowledge in the form of statements of facts about the world

 a. procedural knowledge
b. declarative knowledge
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

Ans: B

…..are rules of thumb or tricks.

a. procedural knowledge
b. Heuristic knowledge
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

Ans: B

….refers to a system capable of acquiring and integrating the knowledge automatically.

a) Representation scheme

b) Training scenario

e) Type of feedback

d) Good data structures

e) Machine learning

Answer: e

………..is the study of the kinds of things that exist.

a) Representation scheme

b) Ontology

e) Expert Learning

d) Epistemology

e) Machine learning

Answer: b

………. is a way of trying to discover something or an idea imbedded in a program.

a) Representation scheme
b) Ontology

e) Expert Learning

d) Heuristics

e) Machine learning

Answer: d

……..is a technique for getting programs to solve a task by mating random Lisp programs and
selecting fittest in millions of generations.
a) Genetic Programming

b) Ontology

e) Expert Learning

d) Heuristics

e) Machine learning

Answer: A

Machine learning is

a) The autonomous acquisition of knowledge through the use of computer programs

b) The autonomous acquisition of knowledge through the use of manual programs

e) The selective acquisition of knowledge through the use of computer programs

d) The selective acquisition of knowledge through the use of manual programs

e) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

2. Factors which affect the performance of learner system does not include

a) Representation scheme used

b) Training scenario

e) Type of feedback

d) Good data structures

e) Learning algorithm
Answer: d

Different learning methods does not include

a) Memorization

b) Analogy

e) Deduction

d) Introduction

e) Acceptance

Answer: d

In language understanding, the levels of knowledge that does not include

a) Phonological

b) Syntactic

e) Semantic

d) Logical

e) Empirical

Answer: e

Perception involves

a) Sights, sounds, smell and touch

b) Hitting

e) Boxing

d) Dancing

e) Acting

Answer: a

INTERMEDIATE

…… is a trained person or a computer program that is able to produce the correct output.
a) Representation scheme

b) Training scenario
e) Expert Learning

d) Standard System

e) Machine learning

Answer: d

………is a study of the kinds of knowledge that are required for solving problems in the world.
a) Representation scheme

b) Training scenario

e) Expert Learning

d) Epistemology

e) Machine learning

Answer: d

Semantic grammars

a) Encode semantic information into a syntactic grammar

b) Decode semantic information into a syntactic grammar

e) Encode syntactic information into a semantic grammar

d) Decode syntactic information into a semantic grammar

e) Encode syntactic information into a logical grammar

Answer: a

A model of language consists of the categories which does not include

a) Language units

b) Role structure of units

e) System constraints

d) Structural units

e) Components

Answer: d
The applications in the Strategic Computing Program include:

a) Battle management

b) Autonomous systems

c) Pilot’s associate

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

What is a top-down parser?

a) Begins by hypothesizing a sentence and successively predicting lower level constituents until
individual preterminal symbols are written

b) Begins by hypothesizing a sentence and successively predicting upper level constituents until
individual preterminal symbols are written

e) Begins by hypothesizing lower level constituents and successively predicting a sentence

d) Begins by hypothesizing upper level constituents and successively predicting a sentence

e) All the mentioned

Answer: a

DIFFICULT

1. In LISP, the function returns t if <integer> is even and nil otherwise:

a) (evenp <integer>)

b) (even <integer>)

c) (numeven <integer>)

d) (numnevenp <integer>)

Answer: a

MCC is investigating the improvement of the relationship between people and computers through a
technology called:

a) computer-aided design

b) human factors

c) parallel processing
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b

The first widely-used commercial form of Artificial Intelligence (Al) is being used in many popular
products like microwave ovens, automobiles and plug in circuit boards for desktop PCs. It allows
machines to handle vague information with a deftness that mimics human intuition. What is the
name of this Artificial Intelligence?

a) Boolean logic

b) Human logic

c) Fuzzy logic

d) Functional logic

Answer: c

In LISP, the function evaluates <object> and assigns this value to the unevaluated <sconst>.

a) (constant <sconst> <object>)

b) (defconstant <sconst> <object>)

c) (eva <sconst> <object>)

d) (eva <object> <sconst>)

Answer: b

Among the following which is not a horn clause?

a) p

b) Øp V q

e) p ? q

d) p ? Øq

e) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

The action ‘STACK(A, B)’ of a robot arm specify to

a) Place block B on Block A

b) Place blocks A, B on the table in that order

e) Place blocks B, A on the table in that order

d) Place block A on block B

e) POP A, B from stack.

Answer: d
TOPIC 3
EASY
A truth table is a ...... used in logic specifically in connection with Boolean algebra, Boolean functions,
and propositional calculus

a. Mathematical table
b. Logic table
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

Ans: A

.........is an operation on one logical value, typically the value of a proposition, that produces a value
of true if its operand is true and a value of false if its operand is false

a. Logical Identity
b. Logic table
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

Ans: A

........is an operation on one logical value, typically the value of a proposition that produces a value of
true if its operand is false and a value of false if its operand is true.

a. Logical Negation
b. Logic table
c. Truth Table
d. None of the above

Ans: A

.....is an operation on two logical values, typically the values of two propositions, that produces a
value oftrue if both of its operands are true.

a. Logical Negation
b. Logical Conjunction
c. Truth Table
d. None of the above

Ans: B

………. .....or the material conditional are both associated with an operation on two logical values,
typically the values of two propositions, that produces a value of false just in the singular case the
first operand is true and the second operand is false.
 a. Logical implication
b. Logical Conjunction
c. Truth Table
d. None of the above

Ans: A

......(also known as biconditional) is an operation on two logical values, typically the values of two
propositions, that produces a value of true if both operands are false or both operands are true.

a. Logical equality
b. Logical Conjunction
c. Truth Table
d. None of the above

Ans: A

....an operation on two logical values, typically the values of two propositions, that produces a value
of true if one but not both of its operands is true.

a. Logical Disjunction
b. Logical Conjunction
c. Truth Table
d. None of the above

Ans: A

Which of the following logical operations is represented by the + sign in Boolean algebra?

A. inversion

B. AND

C. OR

D. complementation

Answer: Option C

What does the small bubble on the output of the NAND gate logic symbol mean?

A. open collector output

B. tristate

C. The output is inverted.

D. none of the above

Answer: Option C

What is a Cybernetics?

a) Study of communication between two machines

b) Study of communication between human and machine

c) Study of communication between two humans

d) Study of Boolean values

e) Study of communication between logic circuits

Answer: b

2. What is the goal of artificial intelligence?

a) To solve real-world problems

b) To solve artificial problems

c) To explain various sorts of intelligence

d) To extract scientific causes

e) To restrict problems

Answer: c

An algorithm is complete if

a) It terminates with a solution when one exists

b) It starts with a solution

c) It does not terminate with a solution

d) It has a loop

e) It has a decision parameter

View Answer

Answer: a

Which is true regarding BFS (Breadth First Search)?

a) BFS will get trapped exploring a single path

b) The entire tree so far been generated must be stored in BFS

c) BFS is not guaranteed to find a solution, if exists

d) BFS is nothing but Binary First Search

e) BFS is one type of sorting

View Answer

Answer: b

What is a heuristic function?

a) A function to solve mathematical problems

b) A function which takes parameters of type string and returns an integer value

c) A function whose return type is nothing

d) A function which returns an object

e) A function that maps from problem state descriptions to measures of desirability

Answer: e

The problem space of means-end analysis has

a) An initial state and one or more goal states

b) One or more initial states and one goal state

c) One or more initial states and one or more goal state

d) One initial state and one goal state

e) No goal state

Answer: a

An algorithm A is admissible if

a) It is not guaranteed to return an optimal solution when one exists

b) It is guaranteed to return an optimal solution when one exists

c) It returns more solutions, but not an optimal one

d) It guarantees to return more optimal solutions

e) It returns no solutions at all

Answer: b

Different learning method does not include:

a) Memorization

b) Analogy

c) Deduction

d) Introduction

Answer: d

Which of the following is the model used for learning?

a) Decision trees

b) Neural networks

c) Propositional and FOL rules

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Automated vehicle is an example of ______.

a) Supervised learning

b) Unsupervised learning

c) Active learning

d) Reinforcement learning

Answer: a

Following is an example of active learning:

a) News recommendation system

b) Dust cleaning machine

c) Automated vehicle

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a

In which of the following learning the teacher returns reward and punishment to learner?

a) Active learning

b) Reinforcement learning

c) Supervised learning

d) Unsupervised learning

Answer: b

Decision trees are appropriate for the problems where:

a) Attributes are both numeric and nominal

b) Target function takes on a discrete number of values.

c) Data may have errors

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Which of the following is not an application of learning?

a) Data mining

b) WWW

c) Speech recognition

d) None of the mentioned

Answer: d

Which of the following is the component of learning system?

a) Goal

b) Model

c) Learning rules

d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d

Following is also called as exploratory learning:

a) Supervised learning

b) Active learning

c) Unsupervised learning

d) Reinforcement learning

Answer: c

INTERMEDIATE

Output will be a LOW for any case when one or more inputs are zero for a(n):

A. OR gate

B. NOT gate

C. AND gate

D. NOR gate

Answer: Option C

The format used to present the logic output for the various combinations of logic inputs to a gate is
called a(n):

A. Boolean constant

B. Boolean variable

C. truth table

D. input logic function

Answer: Option C

If a 3-input AND gate has eight input possibilities, how many of those possibilities will result in a
HIGH output?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 7

D. 8

Answer: Option A

DIFFICULT

The traveling salesman problem involves n cities with paths connecting the cities. The time taken
for traversing through all the cities, without knowing in advance the length of a minimum tour, is

a) O(n)

b) O(n2)

c) O(n!)

d) O(n/2)

e) O(2n)

Answer: c

The truth table for p XOR q (also written as p ⊕ q, Jpq, or p ≠ q) is as follows:

p q p⊕q
T T F
T F T
F T T
F F F

For two propositions, XOR can also be written as:

 a. (p = 1 ∧ q = 0) ∨ (p = 0 ∧ q = 1)
b. (p = 2 ∧ q = 0) ∨ (p = 0 ∧ q = 1)
c. (p = 1 ∧ q = 0) ∨ (p = 0 ∧ p = 1)
d. None of the above
Ans: A

The truth table for p OR q (also written as p ∨ q, Apq, p || q, or p + q) is as follows:

p q p∨q

T T T
T F T

F T T
F F F

Stated in English:

a. if p, then p ∨ q is p, otherwise p ∨ q is q.
b. if q, then p ∨ p is p, otherwise p ∨ q is q.
c. if p, then p ∨ q is p, otherwise p ∨ q is r.
d. None of the above

Ans: A

The output of an OR gate with three inputs, A, B, and C, is LOW when ________.

A. A = 0, B = 0, C = 0

B. A = 0, B = 0, C = 1

C. A = 0, B = 1, C = 1

D. all of the above

Answer: Option A