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  • 1. What primary technology do neural net-based simulations use for creatures to grow and learn?
A) First principles
B) Physical ontology
C) Cellular automata
D) Neural nets or derivatives
  • 2. What is the primary focus of many neural net-based simulations?
A) Economic modeling
B) Learning
C) Evolutionary hardware
D) Natural selection
  • 3. Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of mathematical models mentioned?
A) Grey-box
B) White-box
C) Transparent-box
D) Black-box
  • 4. What is another name for a black-box model?
A) First-principles
B) Axiomatic
C) Phenomenological
D) Mechanistic
  • 5. What characterizes a white-box model?
A) Hidden mechanisms
B) Ignoring internal structure
C) Transparent walls
D) Non-transparent nature
  • 6. What is a defining feature of black-box models?
A) They allow micro-level visibility
B) They show first principles
C) They reveal subsystem interactions
D) They are non-mechanistic
  • 7. What happens to the internal structure of a system in a black-box model?
A) It is derived from axioms
B) It is automatically inferred
C) It is highlighted
D) It is ignored
  • 8. Which model type is described as an intermediate approach?
A) Grey-box
B) White-box
C) Black-box
D) Phenomenological
  • 9. Why can't subsystem interactions be investigated in black-box models?
A) Because of their non-transparent nature
B) Because they are too simple
C) Because they only use cellular automata
D) Because they ignore first principles
  • 10. What is required before creating a white-box model?
A) Black-box mathematical methods
B) Non-deterministic logic
C) A priori basic knowledge
D) Arbitrary logical rules
  • 11. What is considered a necessary but not sufficient condition for a white-box model?
A) Phenomenological derivation
B) Black-box methods
C) Deterministic logical cellular automata
D) Arbitrary logical cellular automata
  • 12. What is the second necessary prerequisite for a white-box model?
A) Phenomenological structure
B) Randomized logic
C) Physical ontology
D) Neural net training
  • 13. How is white-box modeling described in relation to first principles?
A) Black-box statistical analysis
B) Non-mechanistic data fitting
C) Automatic hyper-logical inference
D) Randomized phenomenological estimation
  • 14. What is the main purpose of white-box modeling?
A) Hide internal structures
B) Prioritize phenomenological results
C) Avoid logical systems
D) Derive concrete mechanistic knowledge
  • 15. What distinguishes white-box cellular automata from arbitrary ones?
A) Lack of clear rules
B) Formulation of an intrinsic axiomatic system
C) Use of hidden variables
D) Reliance on black-box methods
  • 16. What happens if cellular automata rules are not formulated from first principles?
A) The model reveals hidden interactions
B) The model becomes a white-box model
C) The model may have weak relevance
D) The model becomes perfectly accurate
  • 17. Which effect describes the symbiosis between learning and evolution in higher organisms?
A) Parallelization effect
B) Baldwin effect
C) Mutation effect
D) Butterfly effect
  • 18. What type of language is typically used for the 'genome' in program-based simulations?
A) Turing complete computer program
B) Natural language
C) Fixed parameter sets
D) Machine learning weights
  • 19. How are mutations typically implemented in program-based artificial life simulations?
A) Pre-programmed evolution paths
B) Environmental triggers
C) Manual editing by the user
D) Random changes to the code
  • 20. What do module-based simulators generally emphasize over mutation and evolution?
A) User creation and accessibility
B) Raw processing power
C) Turing completeness
D) Neuroevolution
  • 21. In parameter-based simulations, how are organisms constructed?
A) Through module assembly
B) Using Turing complete languages
C) With pre-defined and fixed behaviors
D) With fully autonomous code
  • 22. Who named the discipline of Artificial Life?
A) Alan Turing
B) Vladimir Georgievich Red'ko
C) Christopher Langton
D) John von Neumann
  • 23. In what year was the field of Artificial Life named?
A) 1986
B) 1990
C) 1987
D) 1985
  • 24. Where was the first conference on Artificial Life held in 1987?
A) Los Alamos, New Mexico
B) New York, New York
C) Palo Alto, California
D) Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 25. What does 'soft' artificial life refer to?
A) Software
B) Simulation theories
C) Social structures
D) Surface modeling
  • 26. What does 'hard' artificial life refer to?
A) Humanoid robotics
B) Heuristic algorithms
C) Hardware
D) Hybrid systems
  • 27. What does 'wet' artificial life refer to?
A) Weather patterns
B) Wetware computing
C) Water-based systems
D) Biochemistry
  • 28. Who proposed generalizing the modeling distinction to any process?
A) IEEE Symposium Committee
B) Christopher Langton
C) Charles Darwin
D) Vladimir Georgievich Red'ko
  • 29. What is the acronym for Open-Ended Evolution?
A) OPE
B) EVE
C) OEV
D) OEE
  • 30. What is a central goal in the philosophy and modeling of artificial life?
A) Replicating human intelligence
B) Achieving Open-Ended Evolution
C) Perfecting biomimicry in art
D) Creating a stable equilibrium
  • 31. What is considered a hallmark of natural life that current artificial systems have yet to fully replicate?
A) Open-Ended Evolution
B) Biochemical synthesis
C) Collective system properties
D) Hardware reliability
  • 32. What does 'hard' artificial life primarily consist of?
A) Robots
B) Computer software
C) Minimal cells
D) Synthetic DNA
  • 33. What is the primary field of study for biochemical-based ('wet') artificial life?
A) Computer science
B) Mechanical engineering
C) Robotics
D) Synthetic biology
  • 34. What is the term 'wet' artificial life an extension of?
A) Middleware
B) Wetware
C) Hardware
D) Software
  • 35. Which bacteria was used as a base for creating minimal cells?
A) Escherichia coli
B) Salmonella
C) Bacillus subtilis
D) Mycoplasma laboratorium
  • 36. In 2019, researchers reduced the number of codons in Escherichia coli from 64 to what number?
A) 59
B) 61
C) 60
D) 63
  • 37. How many amino acids were the modified Escherichia coli codons designed to encode?
A) 15
B) 25
C) 20
D) 30
  • 38. What unique capability did the biological robots reported in 2021 demonstrate?
A) Digital communication
B) Emotional intelligence
C) Kinematic self-replication
D) Photosynthesis
  • 39. What is the traditional approach of artificial intelligence compared to artificial life?
A) Middle out
B) Top down
C) Randomized
D) Bottom up
  • 40. How does artificial life generally work?
A) Using only hardware
B) Exclusively through mathematical simulation
C) From the top down
D) From the bottom up
  • 41. Who criticized artificial life in 1994 as 'fact-free science'?
A) Douglas Blackiston
B) Mario Bunge
C) John Maynard Smith
D) Sam Kriegman
  • 42. What did Mario Bunge criticize as part of his critique of computationalism?
A) Synthetic DNA research
B) Strong artificial life
C) Weak artificial life
D) Robotics
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