1. Which type of actuator generates a good deal of power but tends to be messy ?

A. electric
B. hydraulic
C. pneumatic
D. (B) and (c) above

Answer. hydraulic



2. Research scientists all over the world are taking steps towards building computers with circuits patterned after the complex interconnections existing among the human brain's nerve cells. What name is given to such type of computers ?

Answer. Neural network computers



3. The integrated circuit was invented by Jack Kilby of ?

Answer. Texas Instruments



4. People overcome natural language problems by ?

Answer. both understanding ideas in context & identifying with familiar situations



5. The Cedar, BBN Butterfly, Cosmic Cube and Hypercube machine can be characterized as ?

Answer. MIMD



6. A series of AI systems, developed by Pat Langley to explore the role of heuristics in scientific discovery is ?

Answer. BACON



7. The new organization established to implement the Fifth Generation Project is called ?

Answer. Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation



8. What is the field that investigates the mechanics of human intelligence ?

Answer. psychology



9. What is the name of the computer program that simulates the thought processes of human beings ?

Answer. Expert system



10. What is the name of the computer program that contains the distilled knowledge of an expert ?

Answer. Database management system



11. Claude Shannon described the operation of electronic switching circuits with a system of mathematical logic called ?

Answer. LISP