2.1 Understand Prompt Engineering Principles and Patterns (roles, Instructions, Constraints) AI-TECHNICAL-PRACTITIONER Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–18

1. 16foundation · easy

   A prompt includes the phrase 'Respond with a maximum of 200 characters.' Which prompt engineering principle is being applied?

   • AFew-shot prompting
   • BConstraint-based prompting
   • CInstruction-based prompting
   • DRole-based prompting
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2. 17application · medium

   A support team wants to use an LLM to classify incoming tickets into exactly one of three categories: 'Hardware', 'Software', or 'Network'. They need the output to be a single word, with no explanation. Which prompt is most effective?

   • A"Read this ticket and tell me what you think the problem is."
   • B"What category does this ticket belong to? Hardware, Software, or Network?"
   • C"Classify this ticket: 'Laptop won't boot.'"
   • D"Classify this ticket into one of these categories: Hardware, Software, Network. Respond with only the category name. Ticket: 'Laptop won't boot.'"
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3. 18expert · hard

   A network engineer is using an LLM to convert a high-level design document into a set of specific configuration commands for a Cisco router. The engineer wants the model to first identify the relevant sections of the document, then generate the commands, and finally verify that the commands match the design. Which prompt pattern is most appropriate?

   • A"Generate the configuration commands from this design document."
   • B"Act as a network architect. Generate the commands."
   • C"Here is an example of a design document and its commands. Now do the same for this document."
   • D"First, identify the relevant sections of this design document. Second, generate the configuration commands for those sections. Third, verify that the commands match the design intent. Provide the output for each step."
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