Which of the following is not an example of Simulation and Modeling?
2021
Which of the following is not an example of Simulation and Modeling?
- A.
Video game
- B.
Computer table
- C.
Logical gates
- D.
Flight simulator
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Correct answer: B
Concept: Simulation and modeling means using a computer program to build a virtual representation of a real-world system, process, or environment, so its behaviour can be studied, predicted, or trained on without needing the physical original.
Application: Checking each option against this definition, three of them are software or logic-based constructs that imitate or model real-world behaviour, and one is a plain physical object with no computational or representational role at all — that one is the exception the question asks for.
Video game: runs a software engine that simulates an environment, physics, and character interactions in real time — a simulation.
Logical gates: circuit-simulation software builds and tests models of logic-gate networks, predicting how signals propagate through a digital system before it is physically built — an application of simulation and modeling.
Flight simulator: purpose-built to replicate real aircraft flight dynamics and cockpit response for pilot training — the textbook simulation example.
Computer table: a physical piece of furniture that just holds hardware; it computes nothing and represents no system or process.
Cross-check: Every other option names a software or logic-based construct that imitates real-world behaviour; only the furniture item has no simulation or modeling function, which confirms it as the one that does not belong.