20 MCQ Questions On Knowledge Representation In AI

This set of multiple-choice questions includes the collections of the top 20 MCQ questions on knowledge representation in AI along with the answers of each. It includes objective-type questions on different types of knowledge representation models, implicit and explicit knowledge, knowledge representation properties and schemes, and the advantages and disadvantages of procedural knowledge. It also includes the most important questions on generating new information from the given information and the attributes that guarantee a unique value.

1. The knowledge representation models are based on which of the following.
i. Logic
ii. Rules
iii. Frames
A) i and ii only
B) ii and iii only
C) i and iii only
D) All i, ii and iii

2. State whether the following statements about implicit knowledge are True or False.
i. The implicit knowledge is difficult to communicate and share.
ii. The implicit knowledge exists outside a human being.
iii. The implicit knowledge is hard to steal to copy
A) i-True, ii-True, iii-True
B) i-True, ii-False, iii-False
C) i-True, ii-False, iii-True
D) i-False, ii-True, iii-True

3. State whether the following statements about explicit knowledge are True or False.
i. The explicit knowledge is drawn from experience, action, or subjective insight.
ii. the explicit knowledge can be shared, copied, processed, and stored.
A) i-True, ii-True
B) i-True, ii-False
C) i-False, ii-False
D) i-False, ii-True

4. A knowledge representation system should have which of the following properties.
i. Representation Adequacy
ii. Inferential Adequacy
iii. Inferential Efficiency
A) i and ii only
B) ii and iii only
C) i and iii only
D) All i, ii and iii

5. … is the ability to represent all kinds of knowledge that are needed in that domain.
A) Representation Adequacy
B) Inferential Adequacy
C) Inferential Efficiency
D) Acquisitional Efficiency

6. … is the ability to manipulate the representational structures to derive new structures corresponding to new knowledge inferred from the old.
A) Representation Adequacy
B) Inferential Adequacy
C) Inferential Efficiency
D) Acquisitional Efficiency

7. … is the ability to acquire new knowledge using automatic methods wherever possible rather than reliance on human intervention.
A) Representation Adequacy
B) Inferential Adequacy
C) Inferential Efficiency
D) Acquisitional Efficiency

8. State whether the following statements about the relational knowledge are True or False.
i. It is the simplest way to represent declarative facts.
ii. It provides a framework to compare two objects based on equivalent attributes.
A) i-True, ii-True
B) i-True, ii-False
C) i-False, ii-False
D) i-False, ii-True

9. Any instance in which two different objects are compared is a … type of knowledge.
A) inheritable
B) relational
C) inferential
D) procedural

10. State whether the following statements about inheritable knowledge are True.
i. Here the knowledge elements inherit attributes from their parents.
ii. The basic knowledge representation is not required to be augmented with an inference mechanism.
iii. The classes are organized in a generalized hierarchy.
A) i and ii only
B) ii and iii only
C) i and iii only
D) All i, ii and iii

11. Which of the following generates new information from the given information?
A) Inheritable knowledge
B) Relational knowledge
C) Inferential knowledge
D) Procedural knowledge

12. Which of the following are the advantages of inferential knowledge?
i. It has a set of strict rules.
ii. It can be used to derive more facts.
iii. Here the truths of new statements can be verified.
A) i and ii only
B) ii and iii only
C) i and iii only
D) All i, ii and iii

13. … is a representation in which the control information, to use the knowledge is embedded in the knowledge itself.
A) Inheritable knowledge
B) Relational knowledge
C) Inferential knowledge
D) Procedural knowledge

14. Which of the following are the advantages of procedural knowledge?
i. Here the heuristic or domain-specific knowledge can be represented.
ii. The extended logical inferences, such as default reasoning are facilitated.
iii. There is guaranteed correctness.
A) i and ii only
B) ii and iii only
C) i and iii only
D) All i, ii and iii

15. Which of the following are the disadvantages of procedural knowledge?
i. Not all the cases may be represented in procedural knowledge.
ii. Not all the deductions may be correct in procedural knowledge.
iii. Modularity is sacrificed.
A) i and ii only
B) ii and iii only
C) i and iii only
D) All i, ii and iii

16. … is the ability to incorporate additional information into the knowledge structure that can focus the attention of the inference mechanisms in the most promising direction.
A) Representation Adequacy
B) Inferential Adequacy
C) Inferential Efficiency
D) Acquisitional Efficiency

17. Which of the following is a specific attribute guaranteed to take a unique value?
A) Inverses
B) Existence in an ISA hierarchy
C) Techniques for reasoning about values
D) Single-valued attributes

18. … is about consistency check, while a value is added to one attribute.
A) Inverses
B) Existence in an ISA hierarchy
C) Techniques for reasoning about values
D) Single-valued attributes

19. The problem-solving requires which of the following.
i. Formal knowledge representation
ii. Conversion of informal knowledge to formal knowledge
iii. Conversion of formal knowledge to informal knowledge
A) i and ii only
B) ii and iii only
C) i and iii only
D) All i, ii and iii

20. Computer programs, directions, and recipes are examples of …
A) Inheritable knowledge
B) Relational knowledge
C) Inferential knowledge
D) Procedural knowledge

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