F451: Generic Applications Software

Question 1

Name the 3 parts which make up the Knowledge based system

Answer 1

HCI
Rule Base
Inference Engine

Question 2

Describe HCI

Answer 2

Allows for data or queries to be input and for the results to be output

Question 3

Describe the Rules Base

Answer 3

Contains all the rules that can be applied to the knowledge base

Question 4

Describe the Inference Engine

Answer 4

Software which uses the rules in the rule base and performs searches through the knowledge base

Question 5

What is a Character Code?

Answer 5

They are the symbols that the computer can use, and each symbol is unique, and they normally determinable by reference to characters on a keyboard. e.g. ASCII or UNICODE

Question 6

Give two examples of applications that require a character set

Answer 6

> Word Processor

> ATM machine

Question 7

Explain the use of codes for these applications

Answer 7

Each character requires a unique Binary code. The number of bits to represent the code establishes the size of a byte. For example ASCII uses 8 bits per character. This allows keys to have different characters.