Similarities and Differences Between Human and Artificial Intelligence AIE Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–25

1. 21application · medium

   A hospital uses an AI system to recommend treatment plans for patients with a rare disease. The system calculates probabilities based on thousands of similar cases. A senior physician reviews the recommendation and decides to override it because the patient has a unique combination of symptoms and a strong personal preference for a less aggressive treatment. What does this scenario best illustrate?

   • AThe physician uses intuitive and heuristic reasoning, while the AI uses probabilistic reasoning based on data patterns.
   • BBoth the physician and the AI use the same reasoning process, but the physician has more experience.
   • CThe AI system is more reliable because it processes more data than any human could.
   • DThe physician's decision is based on emotion, while the AI's decision is purely logical and therefore superior.
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2. 22application · medium

   A hospital is evaluating two systems to support triage decisions in the emergency department. System A provides a probability score for each possible diagnosis based on patient data and historical outcomes. System B provides a recommended diagnosis based on a senior physician's experience with similar cases. The hospital wants to combine both approaches to improve decision-making. Which statement best describes the complementary strengths of the two systems?

   • ASystem A is faster but less accurate, while System B is slower but always correct.
   • BSystem A offers logical reasoning based on rules, while System B offers probabilistic reasoning based on data.
   • CSystem A is based on human-like intuition, while System B is based on algorithmic pattern recognition.
   • DSystem A offers probabilistic, data-driven reasoning, while System B offers intuitive, heuristic reasoning based on experience.
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4. 23foundation · easy

   What is a key aspect of human social intelligence that AI lacks?

   • AThe ability to process large amounts of data quickly
   • BThe ability to perform repetitive tasks without fatigue
   • CThe ability to follow predefined rules
   • DThe ability to understand and respond to unspoken social cues
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5. 24application · medium

   A retail company wants to build a system that learns to identify fraudulent transactions. The data science team has a large dataset of labeled transactions and wants the system to improve its detection accuracy over time as new fraud patterns emerge. The company also wants the system to adapt to new fraud patterns without requiring a complete rebuild each time. Which approach best matches the learning mechanism described?

   • AUse a simple lookup table of known fraudulent transaction IDs and add new IDs as they are discovered.
   • BDeploy a system that relies on human analysts to review each transaction and manually update the fraud criteria.
   • CTrain a supervised machine learning model on historical labeled transactions and periodically retrain it with newly labeled data.
   • DImplement a rule-based expert system with manually coded fraud indicators that experts update monthly.
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6. 25foundation · easy

   Which feature is considered a key component of human intelligence?

   • AEmotional understanding and empathy
   • BZero tolerance for ambiguity
   • CHigh-speed arithmetic computation
   • DExact replication of data patterns
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