Quiz 5

Question 1

A ____ is a representation of the system being studied, which we claim behaves much like the original.

Answer 1

Model

Question 2

Computational models are also called ____ models

Answer 2

Simulation

Question 3

When a system contains ____, it means that there are parts of the system that display random behavior.

Answer 3

Stochastic Components

Question 4

A random integer V that takes on one of the values 1, 2, 3, …. , 100, with equal likelihood is called a _____.

Answer 4

Uniform Random Number

Question 5

The field of ____ is concerned with the issue of how to visualize data in a way that highlights its important characteristics and simplifies its interpretation.

Answer 5

scientific visualization

Question 6

A row of the table containing data about one instance of an entity is called a ____.

Answer 6

tuple

Question 7

To change information in an existing tuple, you use the SQL ____ command.

Answer 7

UPDATE

Question 8

_____ is the time for the correct sector to rotate under the read/write head.

Answer 8

Latency

Question 9

A standard data DVD holds ____ GB of data

Answer 9

4.7

Question 10

The human brain uses a ____ architecture, characterized by a large number of simple “processors” with multiple interconnections.

Answer 10

connectionist

Question 11

A neural network is presented with ____. for which the correct outputs are know.

Answer 11

training data

Question 12

We seek to perform a ____ to find a solution path through the graph.

Answer 12

state-space search

Question 13

A ____ begins to not merely wait for user commands but initiates communication, takes action, and performs tasks on it won on the basis of its increasing knowledge of your needs and preferences.

Answer 13

intelligent agent

Question 14

At periodic time intervals, ____ technology downloads updated, personalized information on your screen.

Answer 14

push

Question 15

in 1965 Digital Equipment Crop. (DEC) rolled out the PDP-8, the world’s first “____”

Answer 15

minicomputer

Question 16

King Kong’s movements in the 1933 film were created using a manual technique called ____.

Answer 16

stop-motion animation

Question 17

in stop-motion animation, a single photograph is called a ____.

Answer 17

frame

Question 18

The branch of computer graphics that studies methods for creating images at a rate matching that of the real world is called ____.

Answer 18

real-time graphics

Question 19

Typically, a ____ has its own dedicated random access memory where it stores its image data and which is separate from primary memory.

Answer 19

GPU

Question 20

The most widely used and well-known metaverse is ____, a virtual world created by Linden Labs in 2003

Answer 20

Second Life