CBSE Class 6 · Artificial Intelligence · 2026-27

Simple Pattern Recognition and Decision Making: Worksheet

Skills: Pattern recognition, Algorithmic thinking. Circle the correct answer. Show your working in the space beside each question.

  1. Sorting fruits into groups by their colour and shape is called…
    • (a) Classification
    • (b) Printing
    • (c) Deleting
    • (d) Translation
  2. A decision tree says: “If it is raining, take an umbrella. Otherwise, if it is sunny, take a cap. Otherwise, take nothing.” It is sunny. What do you take?
    • (a) An umbrella
    • (b) A cap
    • (c) Nothing
    • (d) Both
  3. Which clue would most help a spam filter spot a spam email?
    • (a) Words like “You won a prize! Click now!”
    • (b) The email was sent on a Tuesday
    • (c) The email uses full stops
    • (d) The email has a subject line
  4. To teach a computer to tell cats from dogs, what do you need first?
    • (a) Many photos of cats and dogs, each labelled correctly
    • (b) One photo of a cat
    • (c) A faster computer only
    • (d) Photos with no labels
  5. An app notices you watch cricket videos every evening. What will it most likely suggest?
    • (a) More cricket videos
    • (b) Cooking videos only
    • (c) Nothing at all
    • (d) Random videos with no pattern
  6. A model labels a photo of a wolf as a dog. What is the best explanation?
    • (a) It learned features that wolves and dogs share, and made a wrong prediction
    • (b) The model is broken and must be thrown away
    • (c) Wolves are dogs
    • (d) AI never makes mistakes, so the photo is wrong

Answer key: Simple Pattern Recognition and Decision Making

  1. (a) Classification – AI uses classification to sort photos, emails and more.
  2. (b) A cap – Take a cap.
  3. (a) Words like “You won a prize! Click now!” – Prize-and-urgency words are a strong pattern in spam.
  4. (a) Many photos of cats and dogs, each labelled correctly – Many correctly labelled cat and dog photos are needed.
  5. (a) More cricket videos – It suggests more cricket videos.
  6. (a) It learned features that wolves and dogs share, and made a wrong prediction – Models predict from patterns and can be wrong; more varied training data can help.