ICT Applications: Expert System

What is the primary purpose of an expert system in medicine?

• Entertainment purposes

• Assisting doctors in diagnosis and treatment

• Sending automated messages to patients

• • Replacing human doctors entirely

Which component of an expert system is responsible for reasoning and decision-making?

• Knowledge Base

• Data Warehouse

• User Interface

• Inference Engine

What is a disadvantage of expert systems?

• They lack common sense and human intuition

• They can learn from experience like humans

• They can solve problems in multiple unrelated fields

• They are cheap to develop and maintain

In which area are expert systems commonly used?

• Playing video games

• Writing news articles

• Medical diagnosis

• Editing photos

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

• It interacts with the user to provide output

• It stores facts and rules used for decision-making

• It processes natural language input

• It replaces human judgment entirely

Expert systems can think creatively like humans.

• True

• False

The inference engine in an expert system applies logical rules to reach conclusions.

• True

• False

Expert systems are widely used in the medical field for diagnosing diseases.

• True

• False

The knowledge base of an expert system updates itself automatically without human intervention.

• True

• False

Expert systems can provide explanations for their decisions.

• True

• False