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Machine Learning Foundations · Quiz 1 · 15 Mar 2026 · January 2026 term

Question 10: Suppose you are building a credit card fraud detection s…

Question 10

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Suppose you are building a credit card fraud detection system and have two approaches: (i) Manually writing rules such as "If transaction amount is above Rs. 50,000 and the location is overseas, mark it as fraud.” (ii) Training a model using millions of past transactions labeled as fraud or not fraud. Which of the following options is/are correct?

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Approach (i) is not machine learning.

  2. B

    Approach (ii) is machine learning.

  3. C

    Both approaches are machine learning.

  4. D

    Neither approach is machine learning.

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Correct answers

  • A

    Approach (i) is not machine learning.

  • B

    Approach (ii) is machine learning.

Question 10 of 18 in the IIT Madras BS Machine Learning Foundations (MLF) Quiz 1 paper sat on 15 Mar 2026, in the January 2026 term (Machine Learning Foundations 15 Mar 26). It carries 2 marks.

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