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PYQ NPTEL Artificial Intelligence : Search Methods For Problem solving Assignment Answers 2022
    About Lesson

    1. “I think that tastes, odors, colors, and so on are no more than mere names so far as the object in which we locate them are concerned, and that they reside in consciousness. Hence if the living creature were removed, all these qualities would be wiped away and annihilated”. Who said it?

    • Alan Turing
    • Blaise Pascal
    • Galileo Galilei
    • Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
    Answer :- Galileo Galilei

    2. Who first said that reasoning is manipulation of symbols, reasoning is computation?

    • Galileo Galilei
    • Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
    • John McCarthy
    • Thomas Hobbes
    Answer :- Thomas Hobbes

    3. Who said the following? – “Thoughts themselves are symbolic representations”

    • Galileo Galilei
    • Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
    • John McCarthy
    • Rene Descartes
    Answer :- Rene Descartes

    4. Who invented the Stepped Drum in 1673, which was used until the mid-1970s?

    • Alan Turing
    • Blaise Pascal
    • Galileo Galilei
    • Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
    Answer :- Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

    5. Augusta Ada Byron _________ .

    • is also known as Ada Lovelace
    • was a mathematician
    • is often referred to as the “first programmer”
    • has a programming language named after her, called ADA
    Answer :- is also known as Ada Lovelace

    was a mathematician

    is often referred to as the “first programmer”

    has a programming language named after her, called ADA

    6. Alan Turing _________ .

    • said that the question whether machines can think is itself “too meaningless”
    • proposed a method to test a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. He called it “imitation game” and now it is called “Turing Test”
    • coined the term “Artificial Intelligence”
    • wrote the first checkers playing program
    Answer :- said that the question whether machines can think is itself “too meaningless”

    proposed a method to test a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. He

    7. The “Universal Grammar” is __________.

    • a grammar that describes the structure of the universe
    • a theory by Chomsky that says: all humans are born with an inbuilt grammar
    • a worldwide standard for English grammar
    • a grammar to describe the images from the James Webb telescope
    Answer :- a theory by Chomsky that says: all humans are born with an inbuilt grammar

    8. The “Logic Theorist” is ________.

    • a computer program to find proofs
    • a mathematician who works on Logic
    • a program designed by Herbert Simon and Alan Newell
    • a logic based chess player
    Answer :- a computer program to find proofs

    a program designed by Herbert Simon and Alan Newell

    9. Which of the following statements is/are true about “Physical Symbol System Hypothesis”?

    • A physical symbol system understands the laws of physics.
    • It is an approach to AI, based on the assumption that all aspects of intelligence can be achieved by the manipulation of symbols.
    • It was proposed by Allen Newell and Herbert Simon.
    • The three laws of robotics were especially devised for physical symbol systems.
    Answer :- It is an approach to AI, based on the assumption that all aspects of intelligence can be achieved by the manipulation of symbols.

    It was proposed by Allen Newell and Herbert Simon.

    10. What is true of the first checkers program written in 1952 by Arthur Samuel?

    • It was written in Java SE 17 programming language
    • It improved as it played more and more games
    • It eventually beat its creators in the game of checkers
    • It evolved to a point of devising new board games (like snakes and ladders, etc.)
    Answer :- It improved as it played more and more games

    It eventually beat its creators in the game of checkers

    11. ________ was the first general-purpose mobile robot to move around autonomously.

    • Blue Gene
    • ELIZA
    • SHAKEY
    • SHRDLU
    Answer :- SHAKEY

    12. Which of the following were devised to test whether a machine is intelligent? Select the correct answers.

    • Rorschach Test
    • Loebner Prize
    • Turing Test
    • Winograd Schemas
    Answer :- Loebner Prize

    Turing Test

    Winograd Schemas

    13. Which of the following AI agents first demonstrated that machines can beat the very best humans at chess?

    • Blue Gene
    • Chess Machine
    • Deep Blue
    • Deep Thought
    Answer :- Deep Blue

    14. As discussed in the “Artificial Intelligence: Search Methods for Problem Solving – Prologue”, this course is about

    • Problem solving
    • Model Based Reasoning
    • Experience Based Reasoning
    • Memory Based Reasoning
    Answer :- Problem solving

    Model Based Reasoning

    15. Jack informed Dan that his flight was cancelled. Whose flight was cancelled?

    Jack’s flight
    Dan’s flight
    Cannot say

    Answer :- Cannot say

    16. Jack informed Maya that his flight was cancelled. Whose flight was cancelled?

    • Jack’s flight
    • Maya’s flight
    • Cannot say
    Answer :- Jack’s flight

    17. The dog chased the cat, which ran up a tree. It waited at the top. Who does “It” refer to?

    • The dog
    • The cat
    • Cannot say
    Answer :- The cat

    18. The dog chased the cat, which ran up a tree. It waited at the bottom. Who does “It” refer to?

    • The dog
    • The cat
    • Cannot say
    Answer :- The Dog

    19. After Pascal’s death Leibniz started to work on his calculator. Who’s calculator?

    • Leibniz’s calculator
    • Pascal’s calculator
    • Cannot say
    Answer :- Cannot say

    20. The above five questions involve anaphora resolution. For a computer program to answer the above five questions correctly it would

    • need to be able to search over the internet for similar sentences.
    • need a lot of common-sense knowledge about the world.
    • need to understand the semantics of gender when talking about people and languages (in many Indian languages nouns and verbs have gender associated with them).
    • need to be able to use data science effectively.
    Answer :- need a lot of common-sense knowledge about the world.

    need to understand the semantics of gender when talking about people and languages (in many Indian languages nouns and verbs have gender associated with them).
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