Safety and AI CT-AI Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1application · medium

   A company is developing an AI system for autonomous vehicles and wants to sell it in the European Union. The company is aware of the EU AI Act. Which requirement of the EU AI Act is most relevant to ensuring safety?

   • AThe system must be open source.
   • BThe system must undergo a conformity assessment before being placed on the market.
   • CThe system must be trained on data from the EU only.
   • DThe system must be certified by an ISO standard.
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2. 2foundation · easy

   Why is safety particularly important for AI-based systems compared to traditional software?

   • ABecause AI systems are required by law to be safer than traditional software.
   • BBecause AI systems can operate in unpredictable environments and their behavior may not be fully specified in advance.
   • CBecause AI systems are always connected to the internet and thus more vulnerable to hacking.
   • DBecause AI systems are typically more expensive to develop than traditional software.
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4. 3application · medium

   An AI system controls a robotic arm in a factory. The arm occasionally moves in an unexpected way, but it has never caused an injury. The safety team wants to implement a technique that can detect and respond to such anomalies in real time. Which technique is most appropriate?

   • AFormal verification of the control algorithm.
   • BPeriodic offline testing of the system.
   • CRuntime monitoring with predefined safety rules that trigger an emergency stop when violated.
   • DAdversarial training of the control model.
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5. 4application · medium

   A medical device company is developing an AI-based system to detect diabetic retinopathy from retinal images. The system will be used in clinics with varying image quality. According to safety standards for medical devices, which set of safety requirements is most appropriate?

   • AThe system must achieve a sensitivity of at least 95% on the test set used during development.
   • BThe system must be certified by an external auditor before deployment.
   • CThe system must be trained on the largest possible dataset to ensure high accuracy.
   • DThe system must maintain a minimum sensitivity and specificity across a range of image qualities, and must provide a confidence score that triggers human review when uncertain.
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6. 5expert · hard

   A company is developing an AI system for autonomous vehicles and wants to sell it in both the EU and the US. The company is trying to comply with both the EU AI Act and US regulations. Which statement best describes the compliance challenge?

   • AThe company must meet the requirements of both the EU AI Act and US regulations, which may conflict and require careful navigation.
   • BThe company can choose to comply with only one set of regulations if it sells in only one market.
   • CThe EU AI Act and US regulations are identical, so the company can comply with both by following one set of rules.
   • DThe company must comply with the stricter of the two sets of regulations, which is always the EU AI Act.
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