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Computers
9th -
12thgrade
iGCSE Computer Science: AI & Emerging Trends
25 questions
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Choose all the areas of research in Artificial Intelligence ...
Natural Language Processing
Neural networks
Intelligent robotics
Machine learning
Text-to-Speech synthesis
- 2. Multiple Choice
Select all the emerging trends in Computing you need to know about for iGCSE Computer Science ...
Artificial Intelligence
Quantum Computing
DNA Computing
Nanotechnology
Parallel computing
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which is the BEST definition of Artificial Intelligence?
The science of building intelligent robots
The study of game-playing programs that can beat humans in games like chess and Go.
The science of whatever hasn't been done yet
The part of Computer Science concerned with making computers behave like human beings
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who first proposed the question: "Can machines think?"
- 5. Multiple Choice
An AI program made by Google DeepMind beat the human world champion of what game in 2016?
- 6. Multiple Choice
What type of AI technology does the Google DeepMind project use?
Neural networks
Expert systems
Natural language processing
Computer vision
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the defining characteristic of narrow AI (also known as 'weak' AI)?
It displays intelligent behaviour in many different tasks
It is able to display intelligent behaviour in just one particular task
It does not exhibit any intelligent behaviour
It exhibits artificial general intelligence similar to a human being
- 8. Multiple Choice
Moore's Law provides one of the reasons for finding alternatives to traditional modes of computation. What does Moore's Law state?
Number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles about every two years
Processor speeds double roughly every two years
Size of transistors shrink by half every two years
Cost of processor manufacture doubles every ten years
- 9. Multiple Choice
Qubits are the building blocks of Quantum Computing. How are qubits different from normal binary bits?
Qubits can change their values more quickly than binary bits
Qubits can store more data than binary bits
Qubits can represent more values than just 0 or 1
Qubits can be in more than one state at the same time
- 10. Multiple Choice
What feature of quantum computing is this describing?
"any two (or more) quantum states can be added together and the result will be another valid quantum state; and conversely, that every quantum state can be represented as a sum of two or more other distinct states."
Entanglement
Superposition
Supremacy
Annealing
- 11. Multiple Choice
What feature of Quantum Computing is this:
"a physical phenomenon that occurs when pairs or groups of Qubits are generated, interact, or share spatial proximity in ways such that the quantum state of each Qubit cannot be described independently of the state of the others."
Superposition
Entanglement
Supremacy
Annealing
- 12. Multiple Choice
What type of problems are quantum computers ideally suited for solving?
Optimisation problems
Unsolveable problems
Real-time problems
Exponential problems
- 13. Multiple Choice
The D-Wave 2000Q™ System is the most advanced quantum computer in the world. How much do you think one costs?
Between 10 and 20 million dollars
Between 5 and 10 million dollars
Over 20 million dollars
- 14. Multiple Choice
What sciences combine together in the field of DNA Computing?
Computer science
Biochemistry
Molecular biology
Chemistry
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which researcher initially developed the idea of DNA Computing?
Francis Crick
Marvin Minsky
Richard J. Stallman
Leonard Adleman
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the basis for data storage in DNA Computing?
Qubits
Binary bits (0, 1)
Sequences of 4 bases (G, A, T, C)
Any number base is possible
- 17. Multiple Choice
What might be the potential memory capacity of a DNA-computer with one liter of fluid containing six grams of DNA?
1024 gigabytes
2048 terabytes
5096 petabyes
3072 exabytes
- 18. Multiple Choice
Seelct all the main advantages of DNA computing over traditonal silicon-based computing ...
Massive parallelism is possible
Very small in volume and light in weight
Very little power is required
Very few errors are expected
- 19. Multiple Choice
Select all the disadvantages of DNA computing ...
Slow processing speed, even for simple calculations
Hard to analyse the results of computations
Computations more prone to error
Only good for single-instance problems
- 20. Multiple Choice
What is this describing?
"The engineering of functional systems at a molecular scale"
Artificial Intelligence
Quantum computing
DNA computing
Nanotechnology
- 21. Multiple Choice
Nanotech materials are defined to be those in the range from 1 to how many nanometers (nm)?
100
1000
10,000
10
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of these are accurate measurements for 1 nanometer (1 nm)?
Ration of planet Earth to a marble is same as ratio of 1 metre to 1 nanometer
An eyeblink is to a year what a nanometer is to a metre stick
1 nanometer is a million times smaller than the length of an ant
1 nanometer is 2.5 times thinner than a strand of DNA
- 23. Multiple Choice
What are the two main approaches to nanotechnology construction called?
inside-out and outside-in
left-right and right-left
bottom-up and top-down
front-back and back-front
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which if these computing enhancements could nanotechnology potentially contribute to?
Increasing storage space on solid-state drives
Making smaller, more energy efficient processor chips
Making thinner and more flexible LED screens
Shield users of devices from electromagnetic emissions
Building self-programming computers
- 25. Multiple Choice
Select all the potential dangers of nanotechnology ...
More accessible and destructive atomic weaponry is possible
Respiratory and health problems from breathing in nano particles
Nano particles can destroy important bacteria in natural eco-systems
Risk of swarming behaviours from artificially intelligent nano particles
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