42.
Which type of artificial intelligent system mimics the evolutionary, survival-
of-the-fittest process to generate increasingly better solutions to a
problem?
43.
Jake needs to analyze the types of career paths he wishes to follow. There
are hundreds of different possibilities based on the geographical area,
industry, salary, etc. What type of artificial intelligence system can Jake
employ to find a suitable career?
44.
What is the difference between an expert system and a genetic algorithm?
45.
A(n) _____ is a small piece of software that acts on your behalf (on behalf of
another piece of software) performing tasks assigned to it.
46.
Which of the following software agents can adapt and alter the manner in
which it attempts to achieve its assigned task?
47.
A(n) ______ works on multiple distinct computer systems.
48.
A(n) _____ is a software agent that can relocate itself onto different
computer systems.
49.
What are the best known information agents?
50.
If your Internet business helped customers find the right product for their
needs and then suggested other products based on the information you’ve
gathered on this customer and similar customers, what intelligent agent
would you be using?
51.
What type of intelligence agent constantly observes and reports on some
entity of interest, a network, or manufacturing equipment?
52.
When the aircraft manufacturer, Porco Rosso uses intelligent agents to
observe inventory levels and help identify and solve potential problems,
Porco Rosso is using a(n) _____ agent.
53.
_____ agents are intelligent agents that take action on your behalf.
54.
What type of intelligent agent operates in a data warehouse discovering
information?
55.
_____ is the concept of learning from ecosystems and adapting their
characteristics to human and organizational situations.
56.
_____ is the collective behavior of groups of simple agents that are capable
of devising solutions to problems as they arise, eventually leading to
coherent global patterns.
True / False Questions
57.
The intelligence phase is the diagnostic phase of decision making.
58.
The design phase of decision making is the stage at which a course of
action is prescribed.
59.
In the implementation phase of decision making, analytics takes on the role
of quality control, allowing you to gather information regarding your solution
to ensure that it’s staying on target.
60.
The four phases of decision making are linear and once one phase is
complete it does not return.
61.
A company with “maximum growth” as its goal is using a satisficing strategy
while a company with “high growth” as its goal is using an optimizing
strategy.
62.
Most decisions fall somewhere between structured and unstructured.
63.
Unstructured elements of a decision for choosing a job include
consideration of such things as salary and signing bonus.
64.
A recurring decision is one that happens repeatedly, and often periodically,
whether weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly.
65.
A decision support system (DSS) is a highly flexible and interactive IT
system that is designed to support decision making when the problem is not
structured.
66.
The user interface management component of a DSS allows you to
communicate with the DSS.