Genetic Algorithms

question 58

Multiple Choice

Genetic algorithms:

• A)represent knowledge as groups of characteristics.
• B)are software programs that work in the background to carry out specific, repetitive tasks.
• C)develop solutions to particular problems using techniques such as mutation, crossover, and selection.
• D)"learn" patterns from large quantities of data by sifting through data.

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Definitions:

Biotechnology

The use of living organisms or other biological systems in the production of drugs, agricultural products, and technologies.

Atomic Bomb

A weapon of mass destruction that releases energy through nuclear reactions, causing significant destruction and radiation exposure.

Robert Oppenheimer

A physicist known as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project, the World War II project that developed the first nuclear weapons.

Leslie Groves

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer and the director of the Manhattan Project, the project during World War II that developed the first nuclear weapons.