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Course Week 8 Assignment 8
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Due on 2025-09-17, 23:59 IST.
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Assignment submitted on 2025-09-17, 20:19 IST
How does an 1) In kNN algorithm, which distance metric is most commonly used? 1 point
NPTEL online
course work? Cosine similarity
() Jaccard index
Euclidean distance
Week 1
Hamming distance
Introduction ()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Week 2 Score: 1
Search Accepted Answers:
Strategies () Euclidean distance
Week 3 2) The Euclidean distance between two points (10, 13, 6)𝑡 and (7, 11, 2)𝑡 is the square 1 point
Genetic root of
Algorithms ()
24
Week 4 35
Proposotional 29
and Predicate 30
Logic ()
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 5 Expert
Accepted Answers:
Systems and
29
Planning ()
3) What is the primary advantage of rule-based classification? 1 point
Week 6
Knowledge High accuracy
Representatio
Ability to handle complex relationships
n ()
Explainability and transparency
Fast training time
Week 7
Decisions () Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Week 8 Accepted Answers:
Learning and Explainability and transparency
Introduction 4) What is the main objective of a Support Vector Machine (SVM) in classification? 1 point
to Neural
Networks () To minimize the classification error on the training data
To find the optimal hyperplane that maximizes the margin between different classes
Introduction to
Learning (unit? To cluster data points into groups based on similarity
unit=33&lesson To predict continuous values for a given input
=44)
Yes, the answer is correct.
Learning Score: 1
Algorithms Accepted Answers:
(unit? To find the optimal hyperplane that maximizes the margin between different classes
unit=33&lesson
=88)
5) What is the "margin" in SVM? 1 point
Learning
Algorithms
The distance between the decision boundary and the origin
(unit? The decision between the decision boundary and farthest data point
unit=33&lesson
The number of support vectors used in the model
=89)
The distance between the decision boundary and the nearest data points (support vectors) of
Ensemble each class
Learning (unit?
unit=33&lesson Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
=90)
Accepted Answers:
Introduction to The distance between the decision boundary and the nearest data points (support vectors) of each
Neural class
Networks (unit?
unit=33&lesson
6) What is the primary goal of ensemble learning? 1 point
=91)
Week 8 Lecture
To reduce model complexity
Material (unit? To increase training time
unit=33&lesson
To improve model performance and robustness
=99)
To eliminate the need for feature engineering
Quiz: Week 8
Assignment 8
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
(assessment?
Accepted Answers:
name=102)
To improve model performance and robustness
Weekly
Feedback Form 7) Given entropy of parent = 1 , weights averages = ( 3 , 1
) and entropy of children = 1 point
4 4
(unit?
(0.9, 0). What is the information gain?
unit=33&lesson
=87)
0.675
Week 9 0.75
Multilayer 0.325
perceptron 0.1
neural
network and Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
its
Accepted Answers:
Implementatio
0.325
n ()
8) In a neural network, what is the purpose of the activation function? 1 point
Week 10 Deep
Learning To initialize weights
Hands-on and To compute gradients
Models ()
To optimize the learning rate
Week 11 To introduce non-linearity
Fuzzy Sets Yes, the answer is correct.
and NLP () Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
Week 12 To introduce non-linearity
Natural 9) In a feed forward network, the number of nodes in the input layer is 10 and the hidden 1 point
language
layer has 5 nodes. The maximum number of connections from the input layer to the hidden layer are:
processing,
ethics, swarm Less than 50
intelligence
50
and multi-
agent More than 50
systems () It is an arbitrary value
Yes, the answer is correct.
Video Score: 1
Downloads () Accepted Answers:
50
Live Session ()
10) In the context of classification, what does "overfitting" refer to? 1 point
The model performs poorly on both training and test data
The model performs poorly on training data but well on test data
The model performs well on both training and test data
The model performs well on training data but poorly on test data
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
Accepted Answers:
The model performs well on training data but poorly on test data
