AI in Procedural Content Generation for Games Quiz

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1. What does PCG stand for in game development?
   • Procedural Content Generation
   • Player Controlled Gaming
   • Physical Computing Graphics
   • Public Cloud Gaming
2. Which early game is a classic example of procedurally generated dungeons?
   • Pong
   • Rogue (1980)
   • Tetris
   • Pac-Man
3. How does a game like No Man's Sky create a near-limitless universe without storing every planet?
   • It downloads planets from a server
   • It pre-renders every planet on disc
   • It uses deterministic seeds and procedural rules to regenerate worlds on demand
   • It uses blockchain
4. What are noise functions like Perlin noise used for in PCG?
   • Compressing audio files
   • Detecting cheating players
   • Rendering text
   • Generating smooth, natural-looking random terrain
5. Why does Spelunky use constraint-based level generation?
   • To ensure randomized levels are always completable
   • To make levels look pretty only
   • To reduce download size only
   • To add multiplayer
6. What is the 'oatmeal problem' in procedural generation?
   • A bug that crashes breakfast-themed games
   • Generating lots of content that is technically varied but feels bland and samey
   • A pathfinding error
   • A networking lag issue
7. What distinguishes PCG via machine learning (PCGML) from a hand-written rule-based generator?
   • It stores every possible level as a separate file
   • It relies only on fixed geometric constraints
   • It learns generation patterns from existing game content using machine-learning models
   • It requires a player to place every object manually
8. Which game-content categories can procedural generation cover beyond terrain and dungeon layouts?
   • Only network passwords and player account records
   • Only processor instructions
   • Only tournament schedules
   • Textures, 3D assets, narratives, and sounds