SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND DECISION
MAKING COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM
ANALYSIS REVIEW SHEET FULL SOLUTIONS
●● What areas do AI technologies apply to?
Answer: Knowledge, perception, reasoning, understanding, and
cognitive abilities.
●● What is 'what-is' analysis in AI?
Answer: An analysis used in transaction-processing systems and
management information systems.
●● What is 'what-if' analysis in AI?
Answer: An analysis used in decision support systems to answer
questions about actions and outcomes.
●● Name an application of AI in the energy sector.
Answer: Neural networks used to help pinpoint oil and gas deposits.
●● How does the Internal Revenue Service use AI?
Answer: Software used to read tax returns and spot fraud.
,●● What AI application is used in human services?
Answer: Expert systems used to decide if applicants should receive
welfare benefits.
●● What is a common application of AI in marketing?
Answer: Neural networks used to determine the most likely buyers.
●● How does American Airlines utilize AI?
Answer: Expert systems used to schedule routine maintenance of
airplanes.
●● What is a key advantage of robots in the workplace?
Answer: They can function in dangerous environments and have no
interpersonal issues.
●● What is the role of Variable Assembly Language (VAL) in robotics?
Answer: It is a computer program that controls robots.
●● What are soft robots typically used for?
Answer: High-speed food handling, precise pick and place, and
warehouse logistics.
●● What defines an expert system?
, Answer: Programs that mimic human expertise in specific areas.
●● What is heuristic data in expert systems?
Answer: Data that encourages applying knowledge based on experience
to solve problems.
●● What is the knowledge acquisition facility in an expert system?
Answer: Software for acquiring and incorporating new rules and facts.
●● What does the knowledge base of an expert system store?
Answer: Facts, figures, associated rules, and explanations.
●● What are the components of an expert system?
Answer: Knowledge acquisition facility, knowledge base, and inference
engine.
●● What is the purpose of the inference engine in an expert system?
Answer: To apply logical rules to the knowledge base to deduce new
information.
●● What is the significance of AI in decision-making?
Answer: AI enhances decision-making through analyses like what-is and
what-if.
MAKING COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM
ANALYSIS REVIEW SHEET FULL SOLUTIONS
●● What areas do AI technologies apply to?
Answer: Knowledge, perception, reasoning, understanding, and
cognitive abilities.
●● What is 'what-is' analysis in AI?
Answer: An analysis used in transaction-processing systems and
management information systems.
●● What is 'what-if' analysis in AI?
Answer: An analysis used in decision support systems to answer
questions about actions and outcomes.
●● Name an application of AI in the energy sector.
Answer: Neural networks used to help pinpoint oil and gas deposits.
●● How does the Internal Revenue Service use AI?
Answer: Software used to read tax returns and spot fraud.
,●● What AI application is used in human services?
Answer: Expert systems used to decide if applicants should receive
welfare benefits.
●● What is a common application of AI in marketing?
Answer: Neural networks used to determine the most likely buyers.
●● How does American Airlines utilize AI?
Answer: Expert systems used to schedule routine maintenance of
airplanes.
●● What is a key advantage of robots in the workplace?
Answer: They can function in dangerous environments and have no
interpersonal issues.
●● What is the role of Variable Assembly Language (VAL) in robotics?
Answer: It is a computer program that controls robots.
●● What are soft robots typically used for?
Answer: High-speed food handling, precise pick and place, and
warehouse logistics.
●● What defines an expert system?
, Answer: Programs that mimic human expertise in specific areas.
●● What is heuristic data in expert systems?
Answer: Data that encourages applying knowledge based on experience
to solve problems.
●● What is the knowledge acquisition facility in an expert system?
Answer: Software for acquiring and incorporating new rules and facts.
●● What does the knowledge base of an expert system store?
Answer: Facts, figures, associated rules, and explanations.
●● What are the components of an expert system?
Answer: Knowledge acquisition facility, knowledge base, and inference
engine.
●● What is the purpose of the inference engine in an expert system?
Answer: To apply logical rules to the knowledge base to deduce new
information.
●● What is the significance of AI in decision-making?
Answer: AI enhances decision-making through analyses like what-is and
what-if.
