Prompt Engineering quiz

Question 1

What is a 'prompt' when using AI?

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The text you give an AI to tell it what you want

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A type of computer keyboard

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A scoring system in video games

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A programming language for robots

Question 2

Why do specific prompts give better results than vague ones?

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Specific prompts remove guesswork and focus the AI on exactly what you need

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Vague prompts always give longer answers

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Specific prompts make AI work slower

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Vague prompts are better for creative tasks

Question 3

What is 'zero-shot prompting'?

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Asking an AI to do a task without giving any examples

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Asking an AI to do something with zero effort

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A type of photography prompt

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Asking an AI to forget everything it knows

Question 4

What is 'role prompting'?

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Telling the AI to act as a specific expert or character

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Asking the AI to replace your job

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A prompt written by an actor

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Asking the AI to roll a virtual dice

Question 5

What is the difference between 'open-ended' and 'closed-ended' prompts?

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Open-ended invites free responses; closed-ended asks for specific, limited answers

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Open-ended prompts use questions; closed-ended use statements

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Open-ended prompts are always better

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Closed-ended prompts only work in math

Question 6

What is 'prompt injection'?

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Hiding sneaky instructions in content to hijack an AI's behavior

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Adding an injection of code to speed up the prompt

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A type of prompt used in hospitals

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When a prompt causes the AI to crash

Question 7

What is 'iterative prompting'?

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Refining your prompt through several rounds based on AI responses

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Writing one perfect prompt on the first try

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Repeating the same prompt many times

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Deleting your prompt and starting over

Question 8

How does adding constraints improve a prompt?

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Constraints narrow AI options to produce exactly what you need

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Constraints make AI slower

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Constraints are only for advanced users

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Constraints prevent AI from giving any answer

Question 9

What is a 'negative prompt'?

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A prompt telling the AI what NOT to do or include

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A prompt that makes the AI sad

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A prompt that gets a negative result

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A prompt used to test AI failures

Question 10

What is a 'meta-prompt'?

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A prompt that asks the AI to help you write a better prompt

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A very long and detailed prompt

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The first prompt ever written

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A prompt about the universe

Question 11

What is 'prompt chaining'?

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Breaking a complex task into sequential prompts where each feeds the next

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Using the same prompt on multiple AI tools

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Copying prompts from the internet

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Linking two AI models together

Question 12

What happens if a prompt is too long?

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Very long prompts can confuse the AI or hit context window limits

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Longer prompts always give better results

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AI models prefer prompts with more than 1,000 words

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Long prompts always take less time to process

Question 13

What is the 'act as' technique in prompting?

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Instructing the AI to take on a specific persona or character

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Asking the AI to physically perform an action

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A legal term for AI contracts

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Asking the AI to act in a movie

Question 14

Why does saying 'think step by step' help an AI solve math problems?

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It makes the AI write out its reasoning, reducing logical errors

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It makes the AI process equations faster

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It gives the AI access to a calculator

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It makes the AI skip difficult steps

Question 15

How do you ask the AI to give you multiple options?

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Just ask the AI — for example, 'give me five different ways to...'

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You need special coding skills to request multiple options

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AI can only give one answer per prompt

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You must submit the same prompt five times separately

Question 16

What is the 'sandwich' prompt technique?

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Placing key instructions at the beginning and end of a long prompt

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Putting food references in your prompts

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Using exactly three prompts in a row

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A technique used only in food AI apps

Question 17

What is a 'summarize' prompt and when is it useful?

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A prompt asking the AI to condense long text into key points

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A prompt that makes the AI respond more briefly

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A prompt that deletes unnecessary words from code

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A prompt that replaces a whole document with one word

Question 18

What is 'prompt tuning' (in ML, not manual prompting)?

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Automatically learning the best prompt tokens using machine learning

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Manually editing prompts until they work

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Paying a professional to write prompts

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Resetting all prompts to factory settings

Question 19

What is a 'delimiter' in a prompt?

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Special markers that separate sections of a prompt, like backticks or brackets

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Characters used to delete parts of a prompt

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A type of punctuation only used in coding

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Spaces between words in a prompt

Question 20

Why is testing your prompt with different inputs important?

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Testing with varied inputs uncovers weaknesses you wouldn't otherwise find

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You only need to test a prompt once to confirm it works

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Testing prompts is only for professional engineers

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Only the first test matters

Question 21

What is the 'tree of thoughts' prompting technique?

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Asking the AI to explore multiple reasoning branches and pick the best

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Drawing a tree diagram before writing a prompt

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A prompt about botany and plants

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Using a mind-map app to organize prompts

Question 22

What prompt would you write to get the AI to generate a quiz?

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Include topic, difficulty, audience, number of questions, format, and any special instructions

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Topic and difficulty are enough for a good quiz prompt

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Only teachers can prompt AI to generate quizzes

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You should ask separately for each question

Question 23

How can prompts help you learn a new subject?

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Smart prompts turn AI into a personalized tutor that explains, examples, and tests you

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Prompts only work for creative writing, not learning

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AI cannot teach subjects it wasn't trained on

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You must only use official school AI tools for learning

Question 24

What is a 'prompt template' and how is it used in AI apps?

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A reusable prompt with placeholder slots filled in for each specific use

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A saved file of your best prompts

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A type of programming language for prompts

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A tutorial for writing prompts

Question 25

What does 'temperature 0' mean and when should you use it?

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Temperature 0 makes the AI always pick the most probable token, giving consistent reproducible outputs

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Temperature 0 makes the AI refuse to answer any question

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Temperature 0 makes outputs completely random

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Temperature 0 is only used in image generation

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