Explore topic-wise MCQs in Artificial Intelligence.

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101.

What among the following could the universal instantiation of ___________ For all x King(x) ^ Greedy(x) => Evil(x)

A. King(John) ^ Greedy(John) => Evil(John)
B. King(y) ^ Greedy(y) => Evil(y)
C. King(Richard) ^ Greedy(Richard) => Evil(Richard)
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
102.

Inference algorithm is complete only if,

A. It can derive any sentence
B. It can derive any sentence that is an entailed version
C. It is truth preserving
D. It can derive any sentence that is an entailed version & It is truth preserving
Answer» E.
103.

‘α |= β ‘(to mean that the sentence α entails the sentence β) if and only if, in every model in which α is _____ β is also _____

A. True, true
B. True, false
C. False, true
D. False, false
Answer» B. True, false
104.

Wumpus World is a classic problem, best example of ____

A. Single player Game
B. Two player Game
C. Reasoning with Knowledge
D. Knowledge based Game
Answer» D. Knowledge based Game
105.

A) Knowledge base (KB) is consists of set of statements. B) Inference is deriving a new sentence from the KB. Choose the correct option.

A. A is true, B is true
B. A is false, B is false
C. A is true, B is false
D. A is false, B is true
Answer» B. A is false, B is false
106.

What form of negation does the prolog allows?

A. Negation as failure
B. Proposition
C. Substitution
D. Negation as success
Answer» B. Proposition
107.

Which is omitted in prolog unification algorithm?

A. Variable check
B. Occur check
C. Proposition check
D. Both Occur & Proposition check
Answer» C. Proposition check
108.

How many possible sources of complexity are there in forward chaining?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» D. 4
109.

When the resolution is called as refutation-complete?

A. Sentence is satisfiable
B. Sentence is unsatisfiable
C. Sentence remains the same
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Sentence remains the same
110.

What will happen if two literals are identical?

A. Remains the same
B. Added as three
C. Reduced to one
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
111.

What kind of clauses are available in Conjunctive Normal Form ?

A. Disjunction of literals
B. Disjunction of variables
C. Conjunction of literals
D. Conjunction of variables
Answer» B. Disjunction of variables
112.

What can be viewed as single lateral of disjunction ?

A. Multiple clause
B. Combine clause
C. Unit clause
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
113.

Which form is called as conjunction of disjunction of literals?

A. Conjunctive normal form
B. Disjunctive normal form
C. Normal form
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Disjunctive normal form
114.

What can be viewed as single lateral of disjunction?

A. Multiple clause
B. Combine clause
C. Unit clause
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
115.

The adjective “first-order” distinguishes first-order logic from ___________ in which there are predicates having predicates or functions as arguments, or in which one or both of predicate quantifiers or function quantifiers are permitted.

A. Representational Verification
B. Representational Adequacy
C. Higher Order Logic
D. Inferential Efficiency
Answer» D. Inferential Efficiency
116.

Translate the following statement into FOL. “For every a, if a is a philosopher, then a is a scholar”

A. ∀ a philosopher(a) scholar(a)
B. ∃ a philosopher(a) scholar(a)
C. All of the mentioned
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. ∃ a philosopher(a) scholar(a)
117.

Which function is used to calculate the feasibility of whole game tree?

A. Evaluation function
B. Transposition
C. Alpha-beta pruning
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Transposition
118.

Which is identical to the closed list in Graph search?

A. Hill climbing search algorithm
B. Depth-first search
C. Transposition table
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
119.

Which search is equal to minimax search but eliminates the branches that can’t influence the final decision?

A. Depth-first search
B. Breadth-first search
C. Alpha-beta pruning
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
120.

Which approach is to pretend that a pure divide and conquer algorithm will work?

A. Goal independence
B. Subgoal independence
C. Both Goal & Subgoal independence
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Both Goal & Subgoal independence
121.

What is the other name of backward state-space search?

A. Regression planning
B. Progression planning
C. State planning
D. Test planning
Answer» B. Progression planning
122.

The complexity of minimax algorithm is

A. Same as of DFS
B. Space – bm and time – bm
C. Time – bm and space – bm
D. Same as BFS
Answer» B. Space – bm and time – bm
123.

General algorithm applied on game tree for making decision of win/lose is _______

A. DFS/BFS Search Algorithms
B. Heuristic Search Algorithms
C. Greedy Search Algorithms
D. MIN/MAX Algorithms
Answer» E.
124.

Which of the following algorithm is generally used CSP search algorithm?

A. Breadth-first search algorithm
B. Depth-first search algorithm
C. Hill-climbing search algorithm
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Hill-climbing search algorithm
125.

When do we call the states are safely explored?

A. A goal state is unreachable from any state
B. A goal state is denied access
C. A goal state is reachable from every state
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
126.

Backtracking is based on,

A. Last in first out
B. First in first out
C. Recursion
D. Both Last in first out & Recursion
Answer» E.
127.

Language/Languages used for programming Constraint Programming includes

A. Prolog
B. C#
C. c
D. Fortrun
Answer» B. C#
128.

Flexible CSPs relax on _______

A. Constraints
B. Current State
C. Initial State
D. Goal State
Answer» B. Current State
129.

____________ is/are useful when the original formulation of a problem is altered in some way, typically because the set of constraints to consider evolves because of the environment.

A. Static CSPs
B. Dynamic CSPs
C. Flexible CSPs
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Flexible CSPs
130.

Solving a constraint satisfaction problem on a finite domain is an/a ___________ problem with respect to the domain size.

A. P complete
B. NP complete
C. NP hard
D. Domain dependent
Answer» C. NP hard
131.

Constraint satisfaction problems on finite domains are typically solved using a form of ___________

A. Search Algorithms
B. Heuristic Search Algorithms
C. Greedy Search Algorithms
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
132.

To overcome the need to backtrack in constraint satisfaction problem can be eliminated by

A. Forward Searching
B. Constraint Propagation
C. Backtrack after a forward search
D. Omitting the constraints and focusing only on goals
Answer» B. Constraint Propagation
133.

Consider a problem of preparing a schedule for a class of student. This problem is a type of

A. Search Problem
B. Backtrack Problem
C. CSP
D. Planning Problem
Answer» D. Planning Problem
134.

The term ___________ is used for a depth-first search that chooses values for one variable at a time and returns when a variable has no legal values left to assign.

A. Forward search
B. Backtrack search
C. Hill algorithm
D. Reverse-Down-Hill search
Answer» C. Hill algorithm
135.

What among the following constitutes to the incremental formulation of CSP?

A. Path cost
B. Goal cost
C. Successor function
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
136.

Which of the Following problems can be modeled as CSP?

A. 8-Puzzle problem
B. 8-Queen problem
C. Map coloring problem
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
137.

_________________ are mathematical problems defined as a set of objects whose state must satisfy a number of constraints or limitations.

A. Constraints Satisfaction Problems
B. Uninformed Search Problems
C. Local Search Problems
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Uninformed Search Problems
138.

Random mutation & Fitness function

A. Offline agent
B. Online agent
C. Both Offline & Online agent
D. Goal Based & Online agent
Answer» E.
139.

___________ algorithm keeps track of k states rather than just one.

A. Hill-Climbing search
B. Local Beam search
C. Stochastic hill-climbing search
D. Random restart hill-climbing search
Answer» C. Stochastic hill-climbing search
140.

Hill-Climbing approach stuck for the following reasons

A. Local maxima
B. Ridges
C. Plateaux
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
141.

Hill climbing sometimes called ____________ because it grabs a good neighbor state without thinking ahead about where to go next.

A. Needy local search
B. Heuristic local search
C. Greedy local search
D. Optimal local search
Answer» D. Optimal local search
142.

______________ Is an algorithm, a loop that continually moves in the direction of increasing value – that is uphill

A. Up-Hill Search
B. Hill-Climbing
C. Hill algorithm
D. Reverse-Down-Hill search
Answer» C. Hill algorithm
143.

In many problems the path to goal is irrelevant, this class of problems can be solved using,

A. Informed Search Techniques
B. Uninformed Search Techniques
C. Local Search Techniques
D. Informed & Uninformed Search Techniques
Answer» D. Informed & Uninformed Search Techniques
144.

Greedy search strategy chooses the node for expansion

A. Shallowest
B. Deepest
C. The one closest to the goal node
D. Minimum heuristic cost
Answer» D. Minimum heuristic cost
145.

In greedy approach evaluation function is

A. Heuristic function
B. Path cost from start node to current node
C. Path cost from start node to current node + Heuristic cost
D. Average of Path cost from start node to current node and Heuristic cost
Answer» B. Path cost from start node to current node
146.

What is the space complexity of Greedy search?

A. O(b)
B. O(bl)
C. O(m)
D. O(bm)
Answer» E.
147.

Heuristic function h(n) is ____

A. Lowest path cost
B. Cheapest path from root to goal node
C. Estimated cost of cheapest path from root to goal node
D. Average path cost
Answer» D. Average path cost
148.

Which search method will expand the node that is closest to the goal?

A. Best-first search
B. Greedy best-first search
C. A* search
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. A* search
149.

Which is used to improve the performance of heuristic search ?

A. Quality of nodes
B. Quality of heuristic function
C. Simple form of nodes
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Simple form of nodes
150.

Which is used to improve the performance of heuristic search?

A. Quality of nodes
B. Quality of heuristic function
C. Simple form of nodes
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Simple form of nodes