CCS 3350 Artificial Intelligence 2
CCS 3350 Artificial Intelligence 2
QUESTION ONE
a) Describe the following machine learning techniques (6 Marks)
i. supervised,
ii. unsupervised
iii. reinforcement learning.
b) Explain the concept of generative AI and how does it differ with other AI’s (2 marks)
c) outline any five application areas of Generative AI (5 Marks)
d) Define the term Knowledge Engineering, and explain its importance in the field of artificial
intelligence (3 Marks)
e) Elaborate the following four items that need to be specified before defining a search problem
(4 Marks)
i. Goal Condition
ii. State space
iii. Start Node
iv. Rules
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f) Artificial intelligence is a multi-disciplinary domain, discuss any five areas that contribute to
Artificial intelligence (5 Marks)
g) Show any five application areas of Artificial Intelligence in the industry today (5 marks)
QUESTION TWO
a) Explain the difference between procedural knowledge and declarative knowledge in the
context of knowledge engineering. Provide examples of each. (4 Marks)
b) define expert system, and explain how it relates to knowledge engineering (2 marks)
c) Discuss the four criteria for evaluating search strategy (8 Marks)
d) Describe the following types of inferencing (6 marks)
i. Reasoning from signs
ii. Cause and effect:
iii. Reasoning by analogy
QUESTION THREE
a) Using a suitable drawing, show how DFS search algorithm works (3 marks)
b) In the context of rule-based systems, when multiple rules in the conflict set are eligible for
execution, various strategies can be employed to determine which rule should be fired or
executed. Discuss any four strategies that can be applied (8 marks
c) Describe the following Knowledge representation schemes giving a suitable example for each
i. Frames (2 Marks)
ii. Semantic Networks (2 Marks)
b. Use the image below to explain the structure of a deep learning model (5 marks)
QUESTION FIVE
a) Represent the following sentences into a semantic network (6 Marks)
Birds are animals.
Birds have feathers, fly and lay eggs.
Albatros is a bird.
Donald is a bird.
Tracy is an albatros.
b) Discuss any four Knowledge Engineering activities (4 marks)
c) Explain the following types of reasoning (6 marks)
I. Reasoning by Analogy
II. Cause and effect
III. Reasoning by Example
d) Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a broad field that encompasses various subfields and approaches.
e) Describe the following Types of Artificial Intelligence (4 marks)
i. Narrow or Weak AI
ii. Strong AI
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