Question 1

This type of agent resides inside a data warehouse in an attempt to discover changes in business trends.

Accepted Answer

A)   semiautonomous agent
B)   cooperative agent
C)   data mining agent
D)   filtering agentE) None of the above
F) A) and B) C

Question 2

An expert system contains _________ knowledge whereas the knowledge processed by an intelligent agent is _____________

Accepted Answer

A)   personal, general
B)   general, personal
C)   direct, indirect
D)   indirect, directE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Data mining techniques and intelligent agents are similar in that they

Accepted Answer

A)   are both used for hypotheses testing.
B)   both have the ability to learn.
C)   are goal directed.
D)   both build models from data.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

An agent's ability to choose its actions in the context of other agents.

Accepted Answer

A)   autonomy
B)   cooperation
C)   adaptivity
D)   coordinationE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Autonomy is an agent's ability to

Accepted Answer

A)   react to a changing environment.
B)   act without direct intervention from others.
C)   confer with other agents.
D)   react to sensory information received from the environment.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D) B

Question 6

A fundamental difference between a data mining approach to problem solving and an expert systems approach is

Accepted Answer

A)   the output of an expert system is a set of rules and the output of a data mining technique is a decision tree.
B)   a data mining technique builds a model without the aid of a human expert.
C)   a model built using a data mining technique can explain how decisions are made but an expert system cannot.
D)   an expert system is built using inductive learning whereas a data mining model is built using one or several deductive techniquesE) A) and D)
F) A) and B) B

Exam 14: Intelligent Agents

This type of agent resides inside a data warehouse in an attempt to discover changes in business trends.

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An expert system contains _ knowledge whereas the knowledge processed by an intelligent agent is _____

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Data mining techniques and intelligent agents are similar in that they

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An agent's ability to choose its actions in the context of other agents.

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Autonomy is an agent's ability to

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A fundamental difference between a data mining approach to problem solving and an expert systems approach is

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This type of agent resides inside a data warehouse in an attempt to discover changes in business trends.

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An expert system contains _________ knowledge whereas the knowledge processed by an intelligent agent is _____________

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Data mining techniques and intelligent agents are similar in that they

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An agent's ability to choose its actions in the context of other agents.

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Autonomy is an agent's ability to

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A fundamental difference between a data mining approach to problem solving and an expert systems approach is

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An expert system contains _ knowledge whereas the knowledge processed by an intelligent agent is _____

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