ENSC 100 – Fall 2019

Quiz 2, Version 1, December 2, 2019

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For each question/statement, select the best answer from the options given. Each question has only one correct answer. Marks for
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1) The method of depth-first search, used to solve such problems as chess playing and tic-tac-toe, is the best example of:
a) Algorithmic computing
b) Heuristic computing
c) Non-linear programming
d) Parallel programming
e) Machine learning

2) After the first successful mission to put a living being into orbit, Liaka was
a) Returned to Earth safely and greeted by her family.
b) Returned to Earth safely and shunned by her family because of fears related to radiation.
c) Returned to Earth, but died because of radiation poisoning.
d) Returned to Earth, but died upon re-entry.
e) Euthanized in space by design because there was no easy way to bring her back.

3) Your friend gets the worst haircut you have ever seen. They ask you if you like it. Although you know it will hurt their feelings,
you answer “No” because you believe you should never tell a lie. You most likely applied
a) Rights ethics
b) Duty ethics
c) Utilitarianism
d) Situational Ethics
e) Virtue ethics

4) Performing a cost-benefit analysis, like the ford pinto ethics case, is an example of
a) Rights ethics
b) Duty ethics
c) Utilitarianism
d) Situational Ethics
e) Virtue ethics

5) A stylized graphic shows the energy efficiency changing from 50 to 100 for a certain device. These numbers are visually
represented in a graph with lengths of 10 and 20, respectively. The lie factor for this graph is
a) 0.2
b) 0.5
c) 1
d) 2
e) 5

6) Given the following three statements:

“My saucepans are the only things I have made of tin”
“I find all your presents very useful”
“None of my saucepans is of the slightest use”

Which one of the following statements must be true?

a) None of your presents to me was made of tin.
b) Nothing made of tin is of any use.
c) All of my saucepans are made of tin.
d) The only useless things I have are my saucepans.
e) None of the above.

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7) In 1989, Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons held a news conference at the University of Utah to announce that they had
discovered
a) A way of fusing deuterium nuclei at room temperature.
b) A new form of radiation, which they called the “N-Ray”.
c) A new form of explosive, intermediate in power between TNT and a fission weapon.
d) A way to produce mechanical power by the interaction of moving magnetic fields.
e) None of the above.

8) What are Tufte’s Three Measures?

a) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
b) Maximize Redundancy, Maximize Performance, Maximize Reliability
c) Maximize Data-Ink Ratio, Maximize Data Density, Minimize Lie Factors
d) Exploratory Experiment, Move-Testing Experiment, Controlled Experiment
e) None of the Above

9) A chaotic process is typically

a) Deterministic but unpredictable.
b) Deterministic and predictable.
c) Random but predictable.
d) Random and unpredictable.

10) Which incorrectly includes an example that is not AI

a) Breadth First Search, Expert System
b) Potential Fields, Neural Network
c) Graph/Tree Search, Deep Learning
d) Depth First Search, Support Vector Machine
e) Algorithms, Self-Driving Cars

11) For all engineers in Canada, what is the most important tenant to follow?
a) Public Safety
b) Truth and Honesty
c) Protection of the Environment
d) A & B
e) A & C

12) The diagram below shows the last two ply in a chess game between you and Kasparov. You currently have a choice of moves
B or C. Then it is Kasparov’s turn to move, after which the game will be in one of the positions shown in the four leaf nodes at the
bottom. The numbers in the leaf nodes give the value, to you, of each position. Using a minimax analysis, answer:
What is the value for node A?
a) 20
b) 45
c) 110
d) 125

13) An IF-THEN statement is an example of:

a) Zeroth-order logic
b) First-order logic
c) Second-order logic
d) Third-order logic
e) Fourth-order logic

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14) ‘∀’ represents ‘for all’, and the symbol ‘∃’ represents ‘There is at least one’. The symbols ‘∧’ and ’∨’ represent ‘and’ and ‘or’
respectively. F is the function ‘lays eggs’, G is the function ‘can fly’, and each of the variables ‘x’ and ‘y’ can stand for any animal.
These representations are examples of:
a) Zeroth-order logic
b) First-order logic
c) Second-order logic
d) Third-order logic
e) Fourth-order logic

15) In Chapter 16, the future and decline of civilization is discussed. Which topic is discussed?
a) Death of engineering
b) Creating more engineers
c) Climate change
d) The Big Bang Theory
e) Death of science

16) The problem with the Therac 25 was eventually determined to be

a) Improper use by the operators
b) Poor design between software and hardware
c) Not installing a safety latch
d) Electronic components not meeting the electrical code
e) No disclosure that the technology used radiation

17) Lady Ada Lovelace is best known as

a) The inventor of the “Stepped Reckoner”.
b) The inventor of the steam loom.
c) The inventor of the sub-routine.
d) The inventor of the punch card machine.
e) The inventor of algebra.

18) According to the lecture about military engineering, one advantage of military engineering research is
a) Projects you work on clearly demonstrates your abilities to future, civilian employers.
b) Projects force you to work with out-of-date technology because of reliability issues associated with newer technology.
c) Funding of such projects tends to be easier to justify compared to inquiry-based science.
d) Job prospects from academia are generally easier to receive.
e) Publications from military engineering are more prestigious than academia.

19) Removing the hair from a person and then determining when they went bald or removing individual grains of sand from a pile
of sand to determine if a heap still exists, is similar to
a) Sorites Paradox
b) Toulman’s concept of reasoning
c) Schon’s idea regarding a reflective practitioner
d) Polanyi’s concept of tacit knowledge
e) Russells’ Paradox

20) In the morning, you notice puddles everywhere. You conclude that it probably rained last night. This is an example of
a) Deductive Reasoning
b) Inductive Reasoning
c) Abductive Reasoning (guess work)
d) Reductive Reasoning
e) Duckductive Reasoning

21) A group of tribal people see aid brought to nearby villages every time a plane landed. To receive aid, the tribal people built
wooden planes on land. This is an example of
a) Deductive Reasoning
b) Inductive Reasoning (Probability)
c) Abductive Reasoning
d) Reductive Reasoning
e) Duckductive Reasoning

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22) Which of the following statements does not fit the philosophy of the American space program?
a) Maximize performance even if this makes the design fragile.
b) Use the highest technology available even in the early stages.
c) Concentrate on electronics.
d) Trade off performance for ruggedness.
e) Simplify the design and improve analysis.

23) An issue with AI is

a) Generalizing a problem for a machine
b) Machines turning on the human race
c) Machines developing feelings/emotions
d) Machines developing consciousness
e) All of the above

24) Comparing AI research in the Seventies and Eighties with AI research in the Fifties, one of the things we notice in the later
decades is
a) Increase emphasis on the role of knowledge, as opposed to reason.
b) Realizing intelligence has to be housed in a robotic body in order to interact effectively with the world.
c) Several easier AI problems, such as vision, are completely solved.
d) A concentration on solvable puzzles, like tic-tac-toe.
e) A rejection of the existence of NP problems.

25) MIR went out of service because

a) It was no longer functioning as designed.
b) It was unsafe with respect to radiation shielding.
c) It was a condition imposed in order for Russia to join the International Space Station.
d) Russia no longer wanted to be in the space program.

26) Under copyright, a CAD drawing is considered

a) Literary work.
b) Dramatic work.
c) Musical work.
d) Technical work.
e) Artistic work.

27) Imagine that you try to start your car while it is in the “Drive” position. The car will not start because the engineers designing
the system incorporated a
a) Interlock
b) Outerlock
c) Lock-in
d) Lockout
e) Disruptive technology

28) The Russian space program initially used this material for a heat shield
a) Hard Wood
b) Aluminum Plates
c) Asbestos Tiles
d) Ceramic Tiles
e) Gypsum Tiles

29) What is the difference between algorithmic and heuristic reasoning?

a) One uses intelligence while the other does not
b) One is associated to AI while the other is not
c) One uses a function to quickly solve a problem while the other does not
d) One solves P problems while the other solves NP problems
e) One uses knowledge engineering while the other does not

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30) The VW Vehicle Emissions ethics case demonstrates an example of
a) Duty Ethics
b) Unexpected, unintentional harm
c) Expected, unintentional harm
d) Expected, intentional harm
e) Rights Ethics

31) Giambattista Vico proposed a “Universal Law” to describe society’s progress with four ages. Which age is incorrect?
a) Devine Age, a savage and lawless state
b) Heroic Age, alliances are formed
c) Human Age, democracy arises
d) Golden Age, peak of production
e) Ricorso Age, cycle over the ages again

32) What is AI’s goal?

a) AI tries to develop logic to replace human thought
b) AI tries to define logic for human intelligence
c) AI tries to define rules for human intelligence
d) AI tries to define rules for human logic for a machine to follow those rules
e) None of the above

33) Konstantin Tsiolkovski is best remembered as

a) The composer of the opera Eugene Onegin.
b) The premier of the USSR from 1959 to 1968.
c) The engineer who designed the Chernobyl nuclear reactor.
d) The Russian father of cosmonautics.
e) None of the above

34) What describes negligence?

a) One wrong committed by one person to another.
b) One owes a duty of care and damages occurred.
c) One owes a duty of care and breached that duty for a reasonable standard.
d) One owes a duty of care for a reasonable standard and damages occurred.
e) One owes a duty of care, breached that duty for a reasonable standard, and damages occurred.

35) The USA and the UK were the first western countries to stop exporting instruments used for torture.
a) True
b) False

36) The design and shape of the butterfly mine intends to

a) Camouflage in grass
b) Camouflage in bushes
c) Look like a butterfly
d) Look like a toy
e) Spring when triggered

37) Being prompted to save your file before exiting a program is an example of
a) Interlock
b) Outerlock
c) Lock-in
d) Lockout
e) Disruptive technology

38) A patent’s function (or purpose) must be useful.

a) True
b) False

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39) In Canada, professions are regulated under the
a) Municipal Government
b) Provincial Government
c) Federal Government
d) Canadian Universities
e) World Engineering Association

40) Tenet 5, which deals with appropriate and adequate compensation, means that APEGBC can come after engineers who are
deemed to be not charging enough for their services
a) True
b) False

41) Sleep deprivation over the course of a lifetime can increase your risk of cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and heart disease.
a) True
b) False

42) 8 hours of sleep is optimal but 6 hours is enough to protect yourself from sleep deprivation.
a) True
b) False

43) Sleeping in late on the weekends is a good way to catch up on lost sleep.
a) True
b) False

44) It does not matter what time of day you sleep, as long as you get sufficient sleep.
a) True
b) False

45) What is not true about post WWII and Germany’s V-Series of Rockets
a) Workers would steal fuel to drink
b) Leading scientists defected to USA
c) German workers and some engineers defected to Russia
d) Russia imprisoned German engineers in the Gulag
e) V2 was the first rocket to change from a curved-body to cylindrical-body