Which prompt best demonstrates role-based prompting?

Here are two examples of DDoS mitigation. Now explain a third.

You are a network security analyst. Explain how to mitigate a DDoS attack.

List the steps to configure OSPF on a Cisco router.

Explain DDoS mitigation in exactly 50 words.

A compliance officer needs the LLM to review a security policy document and list all instances where the word 'must' is used. The officer needs the output to be a bulleted list with the exact sentence for each instance. Which prompt is best?

"List every sentence in this policy that contains the word 'must'. Format the output as a bulleted list."

"Review this policy and find the word 'must'."

"Summarize the policy and mention where 'must' is used."

"Act as a compliance auditor. Review this policy."

A project manager needs the LLM to rewrite a technical troubleshooting guide so that it is easy to understand for new hires. The manager wants the tone to be encouraging and the language to be simple. Which prompt is most appropriate?

"Rewrite this guide. Make it shorter."

"You are a technical writer. Rewrite this guide."

"Rewrite this guide for new hires. Keep it simple."

"Act as a friendly mentor. Rewrite this troubleshooting guide for new hires, using simple language and an encouraging tone."

What is the key characteristic of few-shot prompting?

It restricts the output to a specific format.

It asks the model to reason step by step.

It provides several examples to guide the model's response.

It assigns a role to the model.

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Domain 2Objective 1

2.1 Understand Prompt Engineering Principles and Patterns (roles, Instructions, Constraints) AI-TECHNICAL-PRACTITIONER Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Prompt Engineering domain, which accounts for 15% of the AI-TECHNICAL-PRACTITIONER exam. Cisco does not publish an official question count, but from its 60-minute exam (~25–40 total, ~4–6 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 18 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 1–5

1foundation · easy
Which prompt best demonstrates role-based prompting?
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2application · medium
A compliance officer needs the LLM to review a security policy document and list all instances where the word 'must' is used. The officer needs the output to be a bulleted list with the exact sentence for each instance. Which prompt is best?
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3application · medium
A project manager needs the LLM to rewrite a technical troubleshooting guide so that it is easy to understand for new hires. The manager wants the tone to be encouraging and the language to be simple. Which prompt is most appropriate?
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4foundation · easy
What is the key characteristic of few-shot prompting?
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5foundation · easy
Which prompt pattern asks the model to break down a problem into intermediate reasoning steps?
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