VTU M.
Tech Data Science - Artificial
Intelligence (MCS101)
Module-wise Previous Year / Important Questions
Module 1: Introduction to AI & Intelligent Agents
1. 1. Define AI and describe its goals and applications.
2. 2. Explain the characteristics of intelligent agents.
3. 3. Describe rationality in AI. How do rational agents differ from simple reflex agents?
4. 4. Define PEAS. Design a PEAS description for a robotic vacuum cleaner.
5. 5. List and describe the various types of AI environments with examples.
Module 2: Problem Solving and Search Strategies
6. 1. Describe the working of the A* algorithm with a sample graph and heuristic values.
7. 2. Differentiate between informed and uninformed search.
8. 3. Explain hill climbing and its variants.
9. 4. Describe best-first search. How does it differ from BFS and DFS?
10. 5. Discuss constraint satisfaction problems and provide an example.
Module 3: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
11. 1. Define knowledge representation. Explain different approaches with examples.
12. 2. Differentiate between propositional and first-order logic.
13. 3. Explain resolution and unification in predicate logic with examples.
14. 4. Discuss semantic networks and their use in AI.
15. 5. Explain how forward and backward chaining work in rule-based systems.
Module 4: NLP and Robotics
16. 1. What are the major components of Natural Language Processing (NLP)?
17. 2. Construct a parse tree and CYK table for a given sentence.
18. 3. Explain probabilistic context-free grammars with an example.
19. 4. Describe the architecture and sensors of robots.
20. 5. What is the role of motion planning in robots?
Module 5: Machine Learning, Planning, and Applications
21. 1. Explain supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning with examples.
22. 2. Discuss the STRIPS representation and provide an example of a planning problem.
23. 3. Describe applications of AI in agriculture, healthcare, and finance.
24. 4. Compare model-based and model-free learning approaches.
25. 5. What are the ethical issues related to AI?