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124) How many types of random variables are there in Fuzzy logic?
1. 2
2. 4
3. 1
4. 3
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Answer: d) 3
Explanation: There are three types of random variables, i.e., Boolean, discrete, and
continuous variables.
128) Which of the following fuzzy operators are utilized in fuzzy set theory?
1. AND
2. OR
3. NOT
4. EX-OR
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Answer: a), b) and c)
Explanation: In fuzzy logic, the AND, OR, and NOT operators represent the minimum,
maximum, and complement.
129) What is the name of the operator in fuzzy set theory, which is found to be linguistic in
nature?
1. Lingual Variable
2. Fuzz Variable
3. Hedges
4. None of the above
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Answer: c) Hedges
Explanation: None.
130) Where can we use the Bayes rule?
1. To increase the complexity.
2. To decrease the complexity.
3. To solve queries
4. To answer the probabilistic query
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Answer: d) To answer the probabilistic query
Explanation: Based on the given evidence, the Bayes rule can be utilized to answer the
probabilistic queries.
134) Name the algorithms that acquire from complex environments to generalize,
approximate and simplify solution logic.
1. Ecorithms
2. Fuzzy set
3. Fuzzy Relational DB
4. None of the above
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Answer: b) Fuzzy set
Explanation: Rather than being associated with exponential growth, local structures are
generally linked with linear growth in terms of complexity.
135) Which of the following condition can directly influence a variable by all the others?
1. Fully connected
2. Local connected
3. Partially connected
4. None of the above
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Answer: a) Fully Connected
Explanation: None.
140) What are the advantages of neural networks over conventional computers?
I. Neural networks learn from examples
II. They are more fault-tolerant
III. They are well suited for real-time operation due to their high computational rates
1. (i) and (ii) are correct
2. (i) and (iii) are correct
3. Only (i)
4. All of the above
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Answer: d) All of the above
Explanation: Since neural networks learn by example, they are more fault-tolerant than
conventional computers because they always respond, and small changes in the input do not
hamper the output. Neural networks encompass parallel architecture, so it is pretty easy to
achieve high computational rates.
141) Backpropagation can be defined as _________
1. It is another name given to the curvy function in the perceptron.
2. It is the transmission of errors back through the network to adjust the inputs.
3. It is the transmission of error back through the network to allow weights to be adjusted so
that the network can learn.
4. None of the above
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Answer: c) It is the transmission of error back through the network to allow weights to be
adjusted so that the network can learn.
Explanation: Backpropagation is an efficient approach used to compute loss function's stress
with respect to the parameters of neural networks. In order to minimize the loss function,
backpropagation is mainly used to tune the weights of deep neural networks.
142) Which of the following is not the promise of an artificial neural network?
1. It can survive the failure of some nodes
2. It can handle noise
3. It can explain the result
4. It has inherent parallelism
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Answer: c) It can explain the result
Explanation: The artificial neural networks fail to explain the results.
143) Having multiple perceptrons can solve the XOR problem satisfactorily because each
perceptron can partition off a linear part of the space itself, and they can then combine their
results.
1. True - This works always, and these multiple perceptrons learn to classify even complex
problems.
2. False - Perceptrons are mathematically incapable of solving linearly inseparable functions, no
matter what you do
3. True - Perceptron can do this but are unable to learn to do it - they have to be explicitly hand-
coded
4. False - Just having a single perceptron is enough
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Answer: c) True - Perceptron can do this but are unable to learn to do it - they have to be
explicitly hand-coded
Explanation: None
144) Based on _________ membership function can be used to solve empirical problems.
1. Knowledge
2. Learning
3. Examples
4. Experience
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Answer: d) Experience
Explanation: The membership function of a fuzzy set is a generalization of the indicator
function for classical sets.
145) A 3-input neuron is trained to output a 0 when the input is 110 and a 1 when the input is
111. After generalization, the output will be 0, when and only when the input is:
1. 000 or 110 or 011 or 101
2. 000 or 010 or 110 or 100
3. 100 or 111 or 101 or 001
4. 010 or 100 or 110 or 101
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Answer: b) 000 or 010 or 110 or 100
Explanation: Before generalization, the truth table is as follows:
Here, $ represents the don't know cases, and the output is random.
After generalization, the truth table will be:
146) A 4-input neuron has weights 1, 2, 3, and 4. The transfer function is linear, with the
constant of proportionality being equal to 2. The inputs are 4, 10, 5, and 20, respectively. The
output will be:
1. 76
2. 238
3. 123
4. 119
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Answer: b) 238
Explanation: In order to find out the output, we multiply the weights with their respective
inputs, add the results and then further multiply them with their transfer function.
Thus, output= 2*(1*4 + 2*10 + 3*5 + 4*20) = 238
148) What is the name of the network, which includes backward links from the output to the
inputs as well as the hidden layers?
1. Perceptron
2. Self-organizing maps
3. Multi-layered perceptron
4. Recurrent neural network
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Answer: d) Recurrent Neural Network
Explanation: A recurrent neural network is yet another kind of artificial neural network,
where the output derived from the previous step is fed as an input to the current step.
158) _________ helps in modifying the performance element, assisting in making a better
decision.
1. Learning element
2. Performance element
3. Changing element
4. None of the above
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Answer: a) Learning element
Explanation: Learning elements assist in making a better decision by modifying the
performance element.
159) Which of the following is considered while determining the nature of the learning
problem?
1. Problem
2. Feedback
3. Environment
4. All of the above
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Answer: b) Feedback
Explanation: The feedback is utilized to determine the nature of the learning problem faced
by the agent.
160) Which of the following is chosen among the multiple consistent hypotheses?
1. Ockham razor
2. Learning element
3. Razor
4. None of the above
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Answer: a) Ockham razor
Explanation: Ockham razor prefers the simplest hypothesis consistent with the data
intuitively.
161) Which of the following takes input as an object described by a set of attributes?
1. Graph
2. Decision graph
3. Tree
4. Decision tree
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Answer: d) Decision tree
Explanation: The decision tree takes input as an object described by a set of attributes
followed by returning a decision.
163) Feature of ANN in which ANN creates its own organization of representation of
information it receives during learning time is
1. Adaptive Learning
2. What-if analysis
3. Self-Organization
4. Supervised learning
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Answer: c) Self-Organization
Explanation: The term self-organization refers to how people unify their common behavior
to form global order by interacting among themselves instead of interacting through external
intervention and instruction.
165) Each connection link in ANN is linked with ________ that contains statics about the
input signal.
1. Neurons
2. Activation function
3. Weights
4. Bias
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Answer: c) Weights
Explanation: Weights in artificial neural networks play an efficient role as they are
responsible for transmuting the input data within the network's hidden layers.
166) Artificial neurons are capable enough to model original neurons networks similarly as
they are found in the human brain
1. True
2. False
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Answer: a) True
Explanation: None.
167) Name the input function received by neurons, which is also known as the neuron's
internal state.
1. Weight
2. Bias
3. Activation or neuron's activity level
4. None of the above
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Answer: c) Activation or neuron's activity level
Explanation: None.
168) What is the name of the process that represents modified elements of the DNA?
1. Selection
2. Mutation
3. Recombination
4. None of the above
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Answer: b) Mutation
Explanation: Mutation can be defined as a change in the DNA that is responsible for
bringing about benefits, harm, or nothing.
170) What is the name of the operator that is functioned on the population?
1. Recombination
2. Reproduction
3. Mutation
4. None of the above
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Answer: b) Reproduction
Explanation: A genetic algorithm initializes the population by utilizing random values
followed by running each individual from the population through the fitness function. Then
the fittest one gets selected among the population to reproduce by using the reproduction
function. The process of evaluation and reproduction is repeated until a desired number of
iterations have been passed.
174) ________ helps in converting a given bit pattern into another bit pattern by using logical
bit-wise operation.
1. Masking
2. Segregation
3. Conversion
4. Inversion
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Answer: a) Masking
Explanation: None
175) The ________ causes all the bits in the first operand to shift to the left by the number of
positions indicated by the second operand.
1. Shift right
2. Shift left
3. Shift operator
4. None of the above
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Answer: b) Shift left
Explanation: None
176) Which of the following is not a specified method used for selecting the parents?
1. Tournament Selection
2. Steady-state
3. Elitism
4. Boltzmann selection
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Answer: b) Steady-state
Explanation: None.
177) ________ deals with uncertainty problems with its own merits and demerits
1. Neuro-fuzzy
2. Neuro-genetic
3. Fuzzy-genetic
4. None
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Answer: a) Neuro-fuzzy
Explanation: Neuro-fuzzy refers to the amalgamation of neural networks and fuzzy logic in
the field of artificial intelligence. It is nothing but a fuzzy system whose parameters learn
through the learning algorithms acquired from the neural networks.
178) What does FAM stand for?
1. Fuzzy Association Memory
2. Fuzzy Associative Memory
3. Fuzzy Assist Memory
4. None of the above
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Answer: b) Fuzzy Associative Memory
Explanation: Fuzzy associative memory is a kind of neural network that stores the
associations of patterns. It recalls the stored patterns from the noisy inputs.
179) Which of the following exhibits non-linear functions to any desired degree of accuracy?
1. Neuro-fuzzy
2. Neuro-genetic
3. Fuzzy-genetic
4. None of the above
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Answer: c) Fuzzy-genetic
Explanation: Fuzzy-genetic can be identified as a system built with the help of genetic
algorithms, assisting in imitating the process of natural evolution, which is necessary for
identifying its parameter and structures.