Major Milestones in AI Evolution AIE Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · easy

   A robotics engineer is designing a navigation system for a robot that must avoid obstacles in a dynamic environment. The engineer is considering using a neural network trained on sensor data. The engineer recalls that early AI research on neural networks was limited by the inability to train multi-layer networks, which was later solved by a key algorithm. Which algorithm should the engineer use to train the neural network?

   • AThe Turing test
   • BThe expert system inference engine
   • CBackpropagation
   • DThe perceptron learning rule
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2. 17foundation · easy

   What was a major impact of the development of expert systems in the 1970s and 1980s on AI applications?

   • AThey enabled machines to learn from unstructured data without human intervention.
   • BThey demonstrated that AI could be commercially useful in specialized domains like medicine and finance.
   • CThey introduced the concept of neural networks to the AI community.
   • DThey solved the problem of common-sense reasoning in AI.
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4. 18application · medium

   A policy advisor is studying how past AI milestones have influenced current regulations. Which milestone's limitations directly led to the development of explainable AI (XAI) as a research area?

   • AGenerative models, because they always produce biased outputs, requiring regulation.
   • BDeep learning models, because their decision-making processes are often opaque.
   • CThe Turing test, because it proved machines can think, making regulation unnecessary.
   • DExpert systems, because their rules were too complex for humans to understand.
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5. 19application · easy

   A student is creating a study guide for AI history. They want to include the milestone that marked the beginning of AI as a formal field of study. Which event should they highlight?

   • AThe invention of the perceptron in 1958
   • BThe development of expert systems in the 1970s
   • CThe release of the first iPhone in 2007
   • DThe Dartmouth workshop in 1956
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6. 20application · medium

   A company is evaluating whether to use an expert system for a loan approval process. Which characteristic of expert systems is most relevant to this decision?

   • AThey can learn from new loan data automatically without human intervention.
   • BThey are guaranteed to outperform deep learning models on all tasks.
   • CThey require large amounts of labeled data to train before they can be used.
   • DThey provide transparent, rule-based reasoning that can be audited by regulators.
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