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Module 07 Knowledge Check

Questions: 10 Pass mark: 8 out of 10 Retries: allowed after reading feedback

Instructions

Choose the best answer. The goal is to check whether you can apply iteration and follow-up questions to your own work, not whether you can recall the wording of a unit.

Questions

1. A disappointing first answer is usually a signal about…

A. the tool's quality B. the request C. the subject D. the time of day

2. Rewording the prompt from scratch is worse than a targeted follow-up because…

A. it takes longer to type B. it throws away what was already working C. tools penalise it D. it loses the tone

3. A good follow-up names…

A. what you want B. what was wrong C. how you feel about it D. the tool's limitations

4. The three triage categories are wrong facts, wrong shape, and…

A. wrong length B. wrong judgement C. wrong tool D. wrong language

5. If three follow-ups have not converged, the right move is to…

A. try five more B. stop, because the task is unclear or a poor fit C. start a new conversation D. shorten the prompt

6. Asking for clarifying questions before the answer works because…

A. it is polite B. it converts hidden assumptions into visible questions C. it produces shorter output D. tools answer better when asked twice

7. The clause "state the assumption you will use instead" matters because…

A. it is shorter B. you will not answer every question, and you want to know what filled the gap C. it improves tone D. it is required

8. Asking for three versions without naming an axis produces…

A. genuine variety B. three near-identical drafts C. an error D. one long answer

9. Asking for critique before revision is useful because…

A. critique is shorter B. it separates diagnosis from treatment C. it is more polite D. revisions are unreliable

10. A fix that has appeared three times in your log should be…

A. noted and forgotten B. promoted into the saved prompt permanently C. escalated D. reversed

Answers

1. B

The same is true when a colleague misses what you wanted.

2. B

The conversation still holds the context.

3. B

"Make it better" invites a rewrite that may lose what was good.

4. B

Each has a different fix, and fixing them together produces a fourth problem.

5. B

Continuing costs more than writing it yourself, and makes rejection harder.

6. B

You see the gaps first and fill the ones that matter.

7. B

Unanswered questions get filled silently otherwise.

8. B

Name what they should differ on.

9. B

A revision hides what was wrong.

10. B

That is how a library gets good.

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