Expert Systems Activity

What is the main processing element of an expert system?

• Inference engine

• User interface

• Rules base

• Knowledge base

What is the purpose of the knowledge base in an expert system?

• To store all the knowledge about an area of expertise

• To gather information from the user

• To interact with the user

• To draw conclusions

What is the main function of the inference engine in an expert system?

• To make reasoned conclusions from data in the knowledge base

• To store vast amounts of ideas and facts

• To ask a series of questions

• To act like a search engine examining the knowledge base for information/data

What is the purpose of the rules base in an expert system?

• To interact with the user

• To store all the knowledge about an area of expertise

• To draw conclusions

• To make reasoned conclusions from data in the knowledge base

What is the main method by which the expert system interacts with a user?

• All of the above

• Other input methods

• Command prompts

• Dialogue boxes

What is the main advantage of expert systems?

• All of the above

• High level of expertise

• High accuracy

• Consistent results

What is a potential disadvantage of expert systems?

• Low accuracy

• Low response times

• All of the above

• High set up and maintenance costs

What is the purpose of gathering information from human experts or written sources in setting up an expert system?

• To develop the user interface

• To create a knowledge base

• To create a rules base

• To fully test the system

What is the main function of the user interface in an expert system?

• To ask a series of questions

• To store vast amounts of ideas and facts

• To interact with the user

• To make reasoned conclusions from data in the knowledge base

What is the main function of the rules base in an expert system?

• To make reasoned conclusions from data in the knowledge base

• To draw conclusions

• To store all the knowledge about an area of expertise

• To interact with the user