Module 1 and 2 Sample questions
1. For the following activities, give a PEAS description of the task environment and
characterize it in terms of the task environment properties.
a) Part picking robot.
2. Describe any two ways to represent states and the transitions between components in
agent programs.
3. How to evaluate the performance of a search algorithm.
4. Differentiate informed and uninformed search.
5. Explain the significance of Turing test in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
6. Discuss any three applications of Artificial Intelligence.
7. Explain the concept of Uniform cost search.
8. With diagram compare model-based reflex agent and simple reflex agent programs in
intelligent systems.
9. For the following activities, give a PEAS description of the task environment and
characterize it in terms of the task environment properties.
a) Interactive English tutor
10. Describe any two ways to represent states and the transitions between components in
agent programs.
11. Explain Turing Test approach and Cognitive modelling approach in terms of Artificial
Intelligence.
12. State and explain the 5 components of a well-defined AI problem. Write the standard
formulation for 8-queens problem.
13. State the different conditions for optimality for A* search. Explain A* search with an
example.
14. Define heuristic function? Give an example.
15. Discuss the difference between Tree Search and Graph search strategies for finding
solutions to AI problems. Write the pseudocodes for Tree Search and Graph Search.
16. With the help of diagrams, compare goal-based agent and utility-based agent programs
in intelligent systems.
17. List and explain any three disciplines that contributed ideas, viewpoints, and techniques
to AI.
18. List and explain the different types of task environments.
19. Explain the working of a learning agent with help of a diagram.
20. List and explain the parameters for evaluating the performance of an AI search
algorithm.
21. How is Depth Limited Search different from Depth First Search? Explain the steps
followed in both cases, using an example.
22. Illustrate how a heuristic can be derived from a relaxed problem, using the example of
8 puzzle problem.
23. With the help of diagram Explain Goal based reflex agent in Intelligent Systems.
24. Define PEAS representation. Illustrate the PEAS representation of the following agent
types (i) Medical diagnosis system (ii)Refinery controller.
25. Explain the components of a well-defined AI problem with an example.
26. Illustrate A* algorithm with an example. Also explain the optimality of A* algorithm.
27. Discuss any two uninformed search strategies
28. Explain the working of Best First Search with an example.
29. Discuss the iterative deepening search with an example.
30. List and explain any three applications of AI.