SCXT 350

Exam #3 Review


Disclaimer: I have attempted to be comprehensive in the following, but important items may have been omitted by mistake. If you see such an omission, please let me know, but you are responsible for all of the lecture material to date.


The third hour exam will be held on Friday, Dec. 1. It will cover


Be able to

  1. Describe the architecture of an expert system
  2. Describe what rules are in an expert system and how they might be used.
  3. Describe the relation (if any) between expert systems and human expertise.
  4. Describe the different sorts of memory systems, the difference between recollection and priming, and the experiences of H.M. (Professor Reinitz's lecture).
  5. Use basic grammars to generate and parse expressions
  6. Describe and use a finite state automaton
  7. Give a description of Turing machines
  8. State and discuss the physical symbol system hypothesis
  9. Describe the Turing-Church hypothesis
  10. Describe the Chinese Room thought-experiment and say what it is intended to demonstrate.


There may be more, but I think that's it. If you have any questions, please ask.