Objective 1.1 Describe How Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Are Used to Solve Business (including Commercial, Government, Public Interest, and Research) Problems AIP-210 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a primary way that AI and ML are used to solve business problems?

   • ABy replacing all human decision-making with automated rules
   • BBy providing a user interface for business applications
   • CBy identifying patterns in data to make predictions or recommendations
   • DBy storing large amounts of data in a structured format
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2. 22expert · hard

   A state government agency wants to use ML to allocate funds for road maintenance. They have data on road conditions, traffic volumes, and past repair costs. Their goal is to minimize total long-term repair costs, but they also have a strict budget for the current year and a legal requirement to ensure that no district receives less than a minimum amount of funding. Which problem framing best captures these requirements?

   • AUse ML to predict the future cost of deferring maintenance for each road segment, then use an optimization model with the budget and minimum-funding rules as constraints.
   • BUse ML to forecast the total budget needed for the year and request that amount from the legislature.
   • CUse ML to cluster roads into groups and allocate an equal amount of funding to each cluster.
   • DUse ML to rank all road segments by current condition and allocate funds to the worst-condition roads first.
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4. 23application · medium

   A logistics company wants to optimize delivery routes for its fleet of trucks. They have data on delivery locations, traffic patterns, and package sizes. Their goal is to reduce fuel costs and delivery times. Which AI/ML problem framing is most appropriate?

   • AFrame it as an optimization problem, using ML to predict traffic conditions and an algorithm to find the most efficient routes.
   • BFrame it as a computer vision problem, using cameras on trucks to detect road obstacles.
   • CFrame it as a regression problem, predicting the total fuel cost for the entire fleet.
   • DFrame it as a classification problem, categorizing deliveries as 'on-time' or 'late'.
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5. 24foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a public interest application of AI/ML?

   • ARecommending movies on a streaming platform
   • BPredicting customer lifetime value for a subscription service
   • CDetecting cancer from medical imaging
   • DOptimizing supply chain routes for a logistics company
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6. 25application · medium

   A conservation group wants to monitor the population of an endangered bird species. They have thousands of audio recordings from sensors placed in the forest, but it takes experts a long time to listen to them. They want to automatically identify the presence of the bird in the recordings. Which AI/ML approach is most appropriate?

   • AUse a clustering algorithm to group similar sounds and have experts listen to one clip from each group.
   • BUse a computer vision model to analyze images from cameras placed in the forest.
   • CUse a natural language processing model to transcribe the audio into text and search for the bird's name.
   • DTrain a sound classification model on labeled audio clips to detect the bird's call in new recordings.
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