UPDATE 2025-2026
1. Many organizations actively attempt to convert explicit knowledge to tacit knowledge.
a. True
b. False - Answers False
2. A group of people with common interests who come together to create, store, and share
knowledge of a specific topic is known as a community of practice.
a. True
b. False - Answers True
3. Artificial intelligence involves the development of machines and computer systems that can
simulate human intelligence processes.
a. True
b. False - Answers True
4. A perceptive system allows a machine to approximate the way a person sees, hears, and
feels objects.
a. True
b. False - Answers True
5. Although computers excel at numerical calculations, they are not as good at dealing with
symbols and three- dimensional objects.
a. True
b. False - Answers True
6. Expert systems, robotics, vision systems, natural language processing, learning systems, and
neural networks are all part of the broad field of artificial intelligence.
a. True
b. False - Answers True
7. Robotics involves developing mechanical or computer devices that can paint cars, make
precision welds, and perform tasks that require a high degree of precision or are tedious or
hazardous for humans.
a. True
, b. False - Answers True
8. Vision systems include hardware and software that permit computers to capture, store, and
process visual images.
a. True
b. False - Answers True
9. Learning systems allow a computer to change how it reacts to situations based on the
feedback it receives.
a. True
b. False - Answers True
10. A genetic algorithm can be used to search the vast resources of the Internet to find
information on any topic.
a. True
b. False - Answers False
11. A neural network relies on massively parallel processing to enable a computer to simulate
the function of a human brain.
a. True
b. False - Answers True
12. Expert systems use heuristics to arrive at conclusions or make recommendations.
a. True
b. False - Answers True
13. The overall purpose of an inference engine is to seek information and relationships from the
knowledge base and to provide answers, predictions, and suggestions similar to the way a
human expert would.
a. True
b. False - Answers True
14. An expert system can use a case-based solution process to develop the solution to a
problem by finding cases stored in the knowledge base that are similar to the problem at hand
and then modifying the solution to the cases to fit the current problem.
a. True