Exam 11: Knowledge Management and Specialized Information Systems

____________________ workers are people who create, use, and disseminate knowledge.

Alex has been hired to help the chief accountant enter the necessary expense amounts for different departments.He has also been asked to create contact listings for the organization's clients.What type of worker is Alex?

One limitation of virtual reality systems is that they enable just one user at a time to move and react in a computer simulated environment.

The genetic algorithm approach is based on the theory of evolution that requires variation and which of the following?

Expert systems, robotics, vision systems, natural language processing, learning systems, and neural networks are all part of the broad field of artificial intelligence.

The ability to learn from experiences, apply knowledge acquired from those experiences, handle complex situations, solve problems when important information is missing, and to be creative and imaginative is considered to be ____________________.

Analog and older digital formats need not be converted into a newer digital format before they can be edited and processed by today's multimedia software.

For over 20 years, expert system shells have been available to lessen the burden of programming, allowing nonprogrammers to develop and benefit from the use of expert systems.

____________________ involves converting sounds waves into words.

Who has the expertise or knowledge that an expert tries to capture?

Which part of the expert systems will look for clues in a given situation, analyze the information, and attempt to formulate a response based on accumulated experience?

An expert system, using the knowledge acquisition facility, can indicate all the facts and rules that were used in reaching a conclusion.

No computer has passed the Turing Test, which attempts to determine whether the responses from a computer with intelligent behaviour are indistinguishable from responses from a trained laboratory monkey.

Wesley is a specialist in the area of informatics and was able to build a system that could behave and reason just as he does.What is this system called?

A study found that a consulting firm was able to earn greater than 1,000 percent return on its knowledge management system.

Software for expert systems development has evolved greatly since 1980, from traditional programming languages to expert system shells.

What process involves converting sound waves into words?

Jet has developed a system that mimics the senses of a human.What is this ability of the system called?

Discuss some of the factors that go into designing a multimedia application.

A(n) ____________________ is a collection of software packages and tools used to design, develop, implement, and maintain expert systems.