Exam 10: Decision Support Systems

Most business decision situations are either structured or unstructured.

According to the text, all of the following are considered benefits of an expert system except:

Data that are incomplete or ambiguous are often referred to as __________ data.

Which of the following represents knowledge in the form of statements of fact, typically in the form of premise and conclusion?

All of the following are suitability criteria for expert systems except:

Which of the following is an example of a robotics application of AI?

Genetic algorithms were first used to simulate millions of years in _______________ evolution in just a few minutes on a computer.

In _______________ analysis, a user makes changes to variables, or relationships among variables, and observes the resulting changes in the values of other variables.

__________ analysis involves making repeated changes to selected variables until a chosen variable reaches a target value.

Management information systems provide ad hoc, flexible, and adaptable reports.

Neural networks are computing systems modeled after the brain's meshlike network of interconnected processing elements, called _______________.

Within an expert system, the _______________ contains facts about a specific subject area and rules that express the reasoning procedures of an expert on the subject.

_______________ decisions involve situations where it is not possible to specify in advance most of the decision procedures to follow.

Knowledge engineers perform a role similar to that of systems analysts in conventional information systems development.

The purpose of _______________ is to determine what products customers purchase together with other products.

Companies should have clear criteria for determining when cases cannot be addressed through automation and who should deal with the exceptions.

A weekly sales report is a typical example of a(n) _______________ report.

The use of intelligent agents is growing rapidly as a way to do all of the following except:

DSS systems are designed to be ad hoc, quick-response systems that are initiated and controlled by business decision makers.

The type of information required by decision makers in a company is directly related to the level of management decision making and the amount of _______________ in the decision situations they face.