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Practice Questions
Q1
Machine Learning is a subset of Artificial Intelligence that:
- A. Programs explicit rules for every situation
- B. Enables systems to learn from data and improve without being explicitly programmed
- C. Only handles image recognition
- D. Requires quantum computers
Q2
CRISPR-Cas9 is a gene editing tool that works by:
- A. Adding new chromosomes to cells
- B. Precisely cutting DNA at specific locations to edit genes
- C. Inserting entire genomes from one species to another
- D. Using radiation to mutate genes
Q3
Quantum computers are fundamentally different from classical computers because they use:
- A. Transistors instead of vacuum tubes
- B. Qubits that can be in superposition (both 0 and 1 simultaneously)
- C. Faster processors only
- D. Optical computing only
Q4
Nanotechnology works at scales of:
- A. 1 millimetre
- B. 1-100 nanometres (10⁻⁹ m)
- C. 1 micrometre
- D. 1 picometre
Q5
3D printing (additive manufacturing) creates objects by:
- A. Cutting from solid block (subtractive)
- B. Adding layers of material based on digital design
- C. Chemical deposition only
- D. Injection moulding
Q6
Gene therapy refers to:
- A. Treating diseases with herbal genes
- B. Treating disease by inserting, altering, or replacing genetic material within cells
- C. Using genetics to predict disease only
- D. Cloning patients
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