Prompt Engineering Essentials · v0.5

Final knowledge check

Complete the cumulative Prompt Engineering Essentials knowledge check and review the approved explanations.

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Final knowledge check

Complete this final check before looking at the answers. Choose A, B, or C for Questions 1–7. Write one sentence for Question 8. Then use the answer key to check both your choice and your reason.

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1. A prompt produces the requested table but invents two missing dates. What should change first?
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Best answer: B. Define what the model should do when dates are missing and forbid invented commitments.

2. A model cites a current policy. What is the most important next step?
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Best answer: A. Open the authoritative source and confirm that it exists, is current, and supports the claim.

3. You want an AI to summarize a webpage that may contain hidden instructions. What is the strongest approach?
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Best answer: B. External content is untrusted. Structure helps, but permissions, tool limits, validation, and review provide the real defense.

4. Which prompt is most appropriate for a reasoning-capable model?
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Best answer: A. Direct instructions, a clear end goal, and observable success criteria are broadly useful. Hidden chain-of-thought is neither necessary nor a substitute for evidence.

5. An image contains small account numbers. What should you do?
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Best answer: B. OCR and vision can misread small text. Verify against the original and respect authorization and privacy.

6. An AI tool can send email. Which sequence best preserves control?
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Best answer: B. Draft -\> exact preview -\> confirmation -\> action -\> verification preserves human control.

7. A prompt works on one example. What supports repeatability?
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Best answer: A. Representative cases and scoring criteria turn prompt improvement into evidence rather than anecdote.

8. In one sentence, explain the difference between a useful AI self-check and independent verification.

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A self-check asks the model to inspect its own work; independent verification compares important factual claims against a sufficiently separate authoritative source, calculation, tool, or qualified reviewer.

Finish this final knowledge check

Mark this final knowledge check complete when you have attempted every activity you intend to complete and reviewed your work against the v0.5 guidance.