Sample Ques Ns
Sample Ques Ns
2. Which of the following uses Machine Learning to personalize our news feed on Facebook?
A. Product Recommendation
B. Online Transportation
C. Email Spam Filtering
D. Social Media Services
Answer: D
3. Which of the following uses Machine Learning to compute the estimated cost and distance
of travel in apps like Uber?
A. Virtual Personal Assistant
B. Traffic Prediction
C. Online Transportation
D. Online Fraud Detection
Answer: C
Answer: b) Data that can be stored, accessed and processed in fixed format.
7. Which of the following is an example of structured data?
a) The output returned by a Google search
b) A heterogeneous data source containing a combination of simple text files, images, videos
etc.
c) An 'Employee' table in a database
d) Personal data stored in an XML file.
Answer: c) An 'Employee' table in a database.
8. What is unstructured data?
a) Data with unknown structure
b) Data that can be stored, accessed and processed in fixed format
c) Data that contains a combination of simple text files, images, videos etc.
d) Data represented in an XML file.
12. What is the meaning of the term "Velocity" in the context of Big Data?
a) How fast data is produced
b) Different forms of data
c) How much data is generated
d) The quality or accuracy of captured data
Answer: a) How fast data is produced.
13. What is the meaning of the term "Variety" in the context of Big Data?
a) How fast data is produced
b) Different forms of data
c) How much data is generated
d) The quality or accuracy of captured data
Answer: b) Different forms of data.
14. What is the meaning of the term "Veracity" in the context of Big Data?
a) How fast data is produced
b) Different forms of data
c) How much data is generated
d) The quality or accuracy of captured data
22. What kind of software tools and applications are used for Big Data analytics?
A) Traditional database and software methods
B) Applications for structured data only
C) Specialized software tools and applications for predictive analytics, data mining, text
mining, forecasting and data optimization
D) Applications for unstructured data only
Answer: C) Specialized software tools and applications for predictive analytics, data mining,
text mining, forecasting and data optimization
23. What is the biggest challenge of Big Data analysis for most organizations?
A) Identifying the data that is most important to the business
B) Combining different types of data to find patterns and other useful business information
C) Collecting data from different sources
D) Breaking down data silos to access all data an organization stores in different places and
often in different systems
Answer: D) Breaking down data silos to access all data an organization stores in different
places and often in different systems
24. Why is it difficult to process Big Data using traditional database and software methods?
A) Because the data is too small
B) Because the data is too simple
C) Because the data is too large
D) Because the data is too structured
Answer: C) Because the data is too large
25. Which of the following is the most effective method to predict future trends and patterns?
A) Ecommerce
B) Marketing
C) Analytics
D) Research
Answer: C) Analytics
26. Which of the following companies has helped millions of people to buy products from
any corner of the world?
A) Amazon
B) Google
C) Facebook
D) Walmart
Answer: A) Amazon
28. What is the main purpose of marketing?
A) To improve and facilitate online transactions
B) To predict future trends and patterns
C) To attract potential clients through various techniques
D) To understand consumer behavior better
Answer: C) To attract potential clients through various techniques
29. What is the main benefit of Customer Relationship Management?
A) To keep track of a customer's buying history and preferences
B) To understand consumer behavior better
C) To create a better relationship with the customers
D) To predict future trends and patterns
Answer: C) To create a better relationship with the customers
30. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Big Data?
A) Volume
B) Velocity
C) Variety
D) Validity
Answer: D) Validity (The correct characteristic is Veracity)
31. What is big data?
a) Data collected from a single source
b) Data collected from multiple sources and processed for various purposes
c) Data generated by desktop computers
d) Data generated by social media websites
Answer: b) Data collected from multiple sources and processed for various purposes
32. Who is a data scientist?
a) A person who collects data
b) A person who processes data
c) A person who analyzes and interprets complex data
d) A person who stores data
Answer: c) A person who analyzes and interprets complex data
33. What is the main source of data generation?
a) Desktop computers
b) Laptops
c) Mobile phones and tablets
d) Smartwatches
Answer: c) Mobile phones and tablets
34. What are the top 5 popular big data applications?
a) Ecommerce, Analytics, Marketing, Research, and Finance
b) Ecommerce, Analytics, Marketing, Research, and Customer Relationship Management
c) Ecommerce, Analytics, Finance, Research, and Customer Relationship Management
d) Analytics, Marketing, Research, Finance, and Customer Relationship Management
Answer: b) Data collected from multiple sources and processed for various purposes
42. What has led to the growth of big data?
a) Decrease in the use of internet
b) Decrease in the use of smartphones
c) Advancement in technologies
d) Decrease in the use of cloud storage
Answer: c) Advancement in technologies
43. What is the main source of data generation?
a) Desktop computers
b) Laptops
c) Mobile phones and tablets
d) Smartwatches
Answer: c) Mobile phones and tablets
44. What has increased the amount of data generation?
a) Decrease in the use of social media websites
b) Decrease in the use of online shopping websites
c) Increase in the use of social media websites and online shopping websites
d) Decrease in the use of mobile devices
Answer: c) Increase in the use of social media websites and online shopping websites
45. What is big data an amalgamation of?
a) Information gathered from a single source
b) Information gathered from multiple sources
c) Information generated by desktop computers
d) Information generated by social media websites
Answer: b) Information gathered from multiple sources
46. What is machine learning?
a) An application of artificial intelligence that involves algorithms and data that automatically
analyse and make decisions without human intervention.
b) A process of manually programming a computer to perform tasks.
c) A way to navigate on Mars without human expertise.
Answer: a
47. How is artificial intelligence generated in machine learning?
a) By human developers giving codes that instruct the system how to react to situations.
b) By the computer performing tasks based on previous experiences.
c) By gathering data from human expertise.
Answer: b
48. What is the difference between normal computer software and machine learning?
a) Normal computer software is trained by a large number of data.
b) Machine learning is trained by a large number of data.
c) Normal computer software is programmed to react to situations.
Answer: c
49. When is learning used in machine learning?
a) When there is a need to calculate payroll.
b) When humans are unable to explain their expertise.
c) When the solution needs to be adapted to particular cases.
Answer: b
50. What is the role of statistics in machine learning?
a) To efficiently represent and evaluate the model for inference.
b) To solve the optimization problem.
c) To infer from a sample.
Answer: c
51. What is the role of computer science in machine learning?
a) To efficiently represent and evaluate the model for inference.
b) To solve the optimization problem.
c) To infer from a sample.
Answer: a
52. What is the purpose of building a model in machine learning?
a) To gather data from human expertise.
b) To optimize a performance criterion using example data or past experience.
c) To program a computer to react to situations.
Answer: b
53. Which of the following is not an advantage of Machine Learning?
A. Fast
B. Accurate
C. Requires human intervention
D. Efficient
Answer: C
54.What is one of the disadvantages of Machine Learning?
A. Fast processing time
B. Easy to rectify errors
C. Difficult data acquisition
D. Requires less time and space for result interpretation
Answer: C
55. What is Artificial Intelligence?
a) The study of algorithms that improve their performance at some task with experience.
b) A concept of creating intelligent machines that simulate human behaviour.
c) The process of labelling input data and expected output data.
Answer: b
Answer: a
Answer: a
Answer: b
Answer: c
Answer: c
61. What is Regression in Machine Learning?
a) A technique where Y is categorical (qualitative).
b) A technique where Y is continuous (quantitative).
c) A technique where the program is given rewards from a sequence of actions.
Answer: b
Answer: a
Answer: c
Answer: b
65. What is Clustering in Machine Learning?
a) A technique where Y is categorical (qualitative).
b) A technique where Y is continuous (quantitative).
c) Grouping similar instances without any pre-existing labels.
Answer: c
66. What is the main difference between Supervised and Unsupervised Learning?
a) Supervised Learning requires labelled input data, while Unsupervised Learning does not.
b) Unsupervised Learning requires labelled input data, while Supervised Learning does not.
c) Both require labelled input data.
Answer: a
Answer: c
Answer: a
Answer: a
60. What is Big Data analytics?
a) The process of collecting, organizing, and analyzing small sets of data
b) The process of collecting, organizing, and analyzing large sets of data
c) The process of collecting, organizing, and analyzing medium-sized sets of data
Answer: b) The process of collecting, organizing, and analyzing large sets of data.
71. What specialized software tools and applications are typically used for Big Data
analytics?
a) Spreadsheet software
b) Word processing software
c) Specialized software tools and applications for predictive analytics, data mining, text
mining, forecasting and data optimization
Answer: c) Specialized software tools and applications for predictive analytics, data mining,
text mining, forecasting and data optimization.
78. What is the advantage of using Deep Learning techniques over other machine learning
techniques?
a) They require less training data.
b) They are easier to implement.
c) They outperform other techniques in certain domains.
Answer: c) They outperform other techniques in certain domains.
Answer: b) Back propagate the errors, update the network weights, and get more accurate
predictions.
80. How can gradient descent be used to optimize the weights in a Deep Learning network?
a) Adding a fraction of the gradient moves you towards the (local) minimum of the cost
function.
b) Subtracting a fraction of the gradient moves you towards the (local) minimum of the cost
function.
c) Multiplying a fraction of the gradient moves you towards the (local) minimum of the cost
function.
Answer: b) Subtracting a fraction of the gradient moves you towards the (local) minimum of
the cost function.
81. What is the purpose of non-linearities in Neural Networks?
a) To make the NN a linear function
b) To learn complex representations of data
c) To make the NN faster
82. What is the relationship between the number of layers and neurons in a NN and its ability
to approximate complex functions?
a) The more layers and neurons, the less complex functions it can approximate
b) The more layers and neurons, the more complex functions it can approximate
c) The number of layers and neurons does not affect its ability to approximate functions
Answer: b) The more layers and neurons, the more complex functions it can approximate
Answer: c) Sigmoid
86. What is the advantage of using ReLU as an activation function over Sigmoid and Tanh?
a) ReLU is more expensive to implement
b) ReLU is less expressive
c) ReLU prevents the gradient vanishing problem and is less expensive to implement
Answer: c) ReLU prevents the gradient vanishing problem and is less expensive to
implement
Answer: a) A collection of data that is too large and complex for traditional data processing
tools
Answer: d) Value
89. What is the term used to describe the process of extracting meaningful insights from big
data?
a) Data mining
b) Data warehousing
c) Data cleansing
d) Data validation
Answer: a) Structured data is organized and easy to analyze, while unstructured data is messy
and hard to work with
Answer: b) A neural network can handle more complex data than a decision tree
Answer: c) Q-learning
103. Which of the following is NOT a step in the k-nearest neighbors algorithm?
a) Calculate the distance between the new data point and each existing data point
b) Choose the k closest data points
c) Assign the new data point to the category that appears most frequently among the k closest
data points
d) Fit a line or curve to the data points
Answer: c) A mathematical function that takes input values and produces an output value
109. What is the difference between a shallow neural network and a deep neural network?
a) A shallow neural network has fewer layers than a deep neural network
b) A shallow neural network has more layers than a deep neural network
c) A shallow neural network is only used for classification tasks, while a deep neural network
can be used for both classification and regression tasks
d) There is no difference between a shallow neural network and a deep neural network
Answer: a) A shallow neural network has fewer layers than a deep neural network
Answer: a) To update the weights of the neurons based on the error in the output
110. Which of the following is NOT a type of deep learning algorithm?
a) Convolutional neural networks
b) Recurrent neural networks
c) Decision trees
d) Generative adversarial networks
113. What is the difference between supervised learning and unsupervised learning in deep
learning?
a) In supervised learning, the network is trained on labeled data, while in unsupervised
learning, the network is trained on unlabeled data
b) In supervised learning, the network is used for classification tasks, while in unsupervised
learning, the network is used for clustering tasks
c) In supervised learning, the network is more complex than in unsupervised learning
d) There is no difference between supervised learning and unsupervised learning in deep
learning
Answer: a) A function that determines the output of a neuron based on its inputs
Answer: a) A method for training the network by adjusting the weights of the connections
between neurons
Answer: a) A type of artificial neuron network where the information flows in one direction,
from input to output
Answer: a) A type of artificial neuron network commonly used in image recognition tasks
Answer: a) A type of artificial neuron network that can process sequences of inputs
Answer: a) A type of artificial neuron network that can generate new data samples
Answer: a) A type of machine learning that uses artificial neuron networks with many layers
Answer: a) A technique for reusing a pre-trained artificial neuron network on a new task
1. What is a feed-forward network?
a) A type of neural network where data flows from the inputs to the outputs
b) A type of neural network where data flows from the outputs to the inputs
c) A type of neural network where data flows in a circular pattern
d) A type of neural network where data flows randomly
Answer: a) A type of neural network where data flows from the inputs to the outputs
Answer: a) Fixed
Answer: a) A type of neural network that can have connections that go backward from output
nodes to input nodes
130. What is the difference between a feed-forward network and a recurrent network?
a) A feed-forward network does not have memory, while a recurrent network does
b) A feed-forward network has backward connections, while a recurrent network does not
c) A feed-forward network has arbitrary connections between nodes, while a recurrent
network does not
d) A feed-forward network has loops, while a recurrent network does not
Answer: a) A feed-forward network does not have memory, while a recurrent network does
134. What is the difference between a feed-forward network and a recurrent network in terms
of data flow?
a) In a feed-forward network, data flows from the inputs to the outputs, while in a recurrent
network, data can flow in any direction
b) In a feed-forward network, data flows from the outputs to the inputs, while in a recurrent
network, data flows from the inputs to the outputs
c) In a feed-forward network, data flows in a circular pattern, while in a recurrent network,
data flows randomly
d) In a feed-forward network, data flows randomly, while in a recurrent network, data flows
in a circular pattern
Answer: a) In a feed-forward network, data flows from the inputs to the outputs, while in a
recurrent network, data can flow in any direction
135. What is the main advantage of a recurrent network's memory?
a) It can process sequences of data
b) It is faster than a feed-forward network
c) It is more accurate than a feed-forward network
d) It can handle larger datasets than a feed-forward network
Answer: a.
Answer: a.
138. What is the difference between human brain and artificial neural network?
a. Human brain is more powerful than artificial neural network.
b. Artificial neural network is more powerful than human brain.
c. Both are equally powerful.
d. None of the above.
Answer: a.
Answer: a.
Answer: a.
Answer: a.
151. What is the benefit of using artificial neural networks in machine learning?
a. They help machines learn from the tasks they perform.
b. They can process any type of data, regardless of its structure.
c. They can make decisions faster than humans.
d. None of the above.
Answer: a.
Answer: b.
Answer: a.
Answer: a.
155. What are the two basic reasons for building artificial neural networks?
a. Technical viewpoint and biological viewpoint.
b. Technical viewpoint and computational viewpoint.
c. Computational viewpoint and biological viewpoint.
d. None of the above.
Answer: a.
156. What kind of problems require massively parallel and adaptive processing?
a. Problems related to character recognition.
b. Problems related to predicting future states of a system.
c. Both a and b.
d. None of the above.
Answer: c.
Answer: a.
Answer: a.
Answer: a.
Answer: a.
Answer: d.
162. What is the strength of the signal that reaches the next neuron dependent on?
a. The amount of neurotransmitter.
b. The type of neurotransmitter.
c. The frequency and phase of the electric impulses.
d. None of the above.
Answer: a.
Answer: c.
Answer: a.
165. What is the function of dendrites in artificial neural networks?
a. They represent nodes.
b. They represent weights.
c. They represent inputs.
d. None of the above.
Answer: c.
166. What is the function of the cell nucleus in artificial neural networks?
a. They represent nodes.
b. They represent weights.
c. They represent inputs.
d. None of the above.
Answer: a.
Answer: b.
Answer: d.
Answer: a.
Answer: a.
Answer: c.
Answer: a.
Answer: c.