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Artificial intelligence software: |
| | A) | Always make and executes the decision without your intervention. |
| | B) | Can make decisions for you on its own. |
| | C) | Handles repetitive tasks such as searching and retrieving, and monitoring. |
| | D) | Handle tasks involved in office automation. |
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An inventory reorder decision would be best described as a(n): |
| | A) | Unstructured decision. |
| | B) | Semistructured decision. |
| | C) | Structured decision. |
| | D) | Judgmental decision. |
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A decision in which the decision maker has to provide judgment, evaluation, and insighwould be a(n): |
| | A) | Genetic decision. |
| | B) | Knowledge-level decision. |
| | C) | Structured decision. |
| | D) | Unstructured decision. |
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When using a spreadsheet to analyze different values and their outcomes, you could be performing a(n): |
| | A) | What-if analysis. |
| | B) | Goal seeking analysis. |
| | C) | Optimization analysis. |
| | D) | Any of the above. |
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Which one of the following is not typically a part of a DSS? |
| | A) | Decision models. |
| | B) | Specialized databases. |
| | C) | A user interface. |
| | D) | Neural networks. |
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The model management component of a DSS system: |
| | A) | Creates models for you. |
| | B) | Allows you to communicate with the DSS. |
| | C) | Stores and maintains the DSS's models. |
| | D) | Stores and maintains the DSS's information. |
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Which one of the following is a characteristic of decision support systems? |
| | A) | Provides indirecsupport designed for many managers. |
| | B) | Uses the past to peek into the future and decide how best to proceed. |
| | C) | Supports structured decisions. |
| | D) | Provides information in a pre-specified fixed format. |
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The component of a DSS that provides the ability to create, maintain, and manipulate mathematical models is called the: |
| | A) | Model managemencomponent. |
| | B) | Knowledge base management component. |
| | C) | Database management module. |
| | D) | Report management module. |
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GISs combine information from spreadsheets and databases and represent the information in: |
| | A) | Cells. |
| | B) | Tables. |
| | C) | Charts. |
| | D) | Layers. |
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The science of making machines imitate human thinking and behavior is known as: |
| | A) | Executive information system. |
| | B) | Artificial intelligence. |
| | C) | Managemenreporting system. |
| | D) | Decision supporsystem. |
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An artificial intelligence device with simulated human senses capable of taking action on its own is a: |
| | A) | Neurocomputer. |
| | B) | Learning system. |
| | C) | Robot. |
| | D) | Knowledge base system. |
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Which one of the following is not a characteristic of artificial intelligence? |
| | A) | Mimicing some specific aspect of human thinking. |
| | B) | Providing instanexpertise in medicine, science, and other fields. |
| | C) | Ability to learn. |
| | D) | Computers thacan truly replace human thinking, reasoning, and creativity. |
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A common type of expert system is a rule-based expert system, which consists of a set of ________ statements, called "rules." |
| | A) | what-if |
| | B) | if-then |
| | C) | optimization |
| | D) | goal seeking |
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A physician wants an information system that can help in the diagnosis of rare diseases by suggesting diagnostic procedures and helping the physician to interpret the symptoms. This type of information system is called a(n): |
| | A) | Expert system. |
| | B) | Executive information system. |
| | C) | End user information system. |
| | D) | Integrated information system. |
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AI systems based on the human brain's ability to differentiate patterns are called: |
| | A) | Robotic systems. |
| | B) | Fuzzy logic systems. |
| | C) | Neural networks. |
| | D) | Expert systems. |
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Genetic algorithms: |
| | A) | Replace programmers. |
| | B) | Learn by memorizing patterns of classification. |
| | C) | Handle imprecise data. |
| | D) | Mimic the survival-of-the-fittest process. |
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A mathematical method that can deal with imprecision is called a(n): |
| | A) | Neural network. |
| | B) | Fuzzy logic. |
| | C) | Expert system. |
| | D) | Robotic system. |
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Software that assists you, or acts on your behalf, to perform repetitive computer-related tasks is a(n): |
| | A) | Intelligenagent. |
| | B) | Robot. |
| | C) | Fuzzy logic. |
| | D) | Genetic algorithm. |
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Intelligent agents can: |
| | A) | Collecinformation on the Web. |
| | B) | Find information and bring it back to you. |
| | C) | Take action on your behalf. |
| | D) | Perform all of the above. |
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Discovering new information, trends, and relationships within a data warehouse without necessarily apply a specific mathematical model is the task of a: |
| | A) | Buyer agent or shopping bot. |
| | B) | Robot. |
| | C) | Data-mining agent. |
| | D) | Surveillance bot. |
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