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Prompting and AI Workflow Design

Module 09 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 prompt patterns by task family to your own work, not whether you can recall the wording of a unit.

Questions

1. A pattern is…

A. a phrase to copy B. a reusable shape: which parts a prompt needs, in what order, with which review C. a saved conversation D. a tool setting

2. What separates a pattern from a template is…

A. its length B. the known failure line, which carries what you learned the hard way C. the file format D. who wrote it

3. The defining feature of the writing and editing family is that…

A. the output is long B. you supply the content and want help with the form C. it is low risk D. it needs no review

4. The characteristic failure of the writing family is…

A. invented citations B. content drift: figures move and caveats soften C. generic risks D. wrong reading level

5. The research family is the riskiest because…

A. it takes longest B. you do not hold the facts, so invention has nothing to contradict it C. sources are long D. it needs more context

6. The rule about citations in the research pattern is…

A. always request them B. never produce a citation, reference or URL C. request them and check later D. request only recent ones

7. The analysis pattern includes "change nothing" as an option because…

A. it fills the table B. it sometimes wins, and filling its columns clarifies what the problem costs C. it is polite D. reviewers expect it

8. A risk in an analysis table should be rejected when it is…

A. long B. generic rather than specific to that option C. negative D. uncertain

9. The teaching pattern's most useful slot is…

A. the length B. the sticking point: what people usually get wrong C. the role D. the format

10. Using the teaching pattern to learn something new is risky because…

A. it is slow B. you cannot check whether the explanation is correct C. it is too detailed D. it needs a source

Answers

1. B

Copied phrases are the magic-prompt idea this course rejects.

2. B

It is the part that cannot be guessed from first principles.

3. B

Which is why source-bounding and PRESERVE EXACTLY are its fixed rules.

4. B

Restate the KEEP lines in every follow-up, not just the first.

5. B

The pattern therefore asks for questions and directions, not facts.

6. B

They are the most common fabrication and the most damaging, because they look verifiable.

7. B

It is rarely offered unless asked for.

8. B

Generic risks are filler that looks like analysis.

9. B

It turns a generic explanation into a useful one.

10. B

Use it to generate questions to take to a source, not as the source.

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