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crazycityslicker

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What is distinctive about the General Problem Solver (GPS)?
 
  a. It was one of the first computer programs made to solve problems.
  b. It as a complete failure.
  c. It has not had to be modified at all over the decades.
  d. It illustrates the catastrophic consequences of arrogance and hubris in some academics.

Question 2

What is meansends analysis?
 
  a. keeping in mind the end goal state and working through the changes that will move you from that state to the current state
  b. getting to the end of problem by any means necessarily to solve it successfully
  c. using the end state of the problem as a means of solving it
  d. repeatedly determining the difference between the current and goal state and finding a way to reduce that difference



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d



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