81. The Turing Test is intended to address the question

a. of whether computers were smarter than humans.
b. "How can we recognize machine thought?"
c. Do computers think in the same ways that humans do?
d. Can machines think?




















82. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the relative strengths of machine intelligence?

a. Computers are better at low-level cognitive tasks, like vision and language.
b. Computers are better at high-level cognitive tasks, like game-playing and decision-making.
c. Computers are equally adept at high-level and low-level cognitive tasks.
d. Computers are equally inept at high-level and low-level cognitive tasks.




















83. When compared with the human brain, computer memories

a. have greater storage capacity
b. are more complex from an connection standpoint
c. operate much more quickly
d. far surpass human capabilities




















84. The Eliza program successfully demonstrated a computer's ability to

a. understand natural language
b. conduct psychiatric interviews
c. carry out natural-sounding conversations
d. perform simple, syntactic manipulations of text




















85. State space descriptions are particularly useful for describing

a. rule-based games, like checkers and chess
b. syntactic analysis of natural language
c. connected-speech recognition systems
d. semantic networks




















86. The programming language Prolog grew out of early AI research in

a. language translation
b. game playing
c. theorem proving
d. expert systems




















87. The General Problem Solver (GPS) program demonstrated the utility of which problem-solving technique?

a. generate-and-test
b. means-ends analysis
c. frames
d. look-ahead




















88. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the relatively slow progress made in the field of computer vision?

a. Cameras do not have resolutions approaching that of the human eye.
b. Researchers have limited understanding of how humans understand visual data.
c. Visual data are voluminous.
d. Understanding visual data requires other kinds of knowledge about the world.




















89. When compared to algorithm-based and rule-based learning programs, neural networks are

a. easier to program
b. more reliable
c. more reflective of the brain's structure and workings
d. take less time to train




















90. Which of the following is NOT a motivating factor for future AI development?

a. scientific inquiry
b. environmental and ecological concerns
c. economic factors
d. the value of commercial byproducts of AI




















 
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