A training coordinator wants an AI to create a study plan for a certification exam. The coordinator wants the plan to be a weekly schedule for 4 weeks, with specific topics and practice tests. Which prompt is best?

Create a 4-week study plan for the AIE certification, with weekly topics and a practice test at the end of each week, formatted as a table.

Create a study plan for the exam.

Give me a study plan with topics.

Which of the following prompts is the most clear and specific?

Write a 200-word story about a cat that learns to fly, in a humorous tone.

How can you resolve an ambiguous prompt?

By rephrasing it with more specific details or constraints

A business analyst needs a JSON output containing product names and prices from a catalog. The analyst submits: 'Extract product names and prices.' The AI returns a bulleted list. Which prompt best specifies the output format?

List product names and prices in a table.

Provide product names and prices in a paragraph.

Extract product names and prices from the catalog and return them as a JSON array of objects with keys 'name' and 'price'.

Extract the data and present it clearly.

Why would you specify 'respond in JSON format' in a prompt?

To make the response more human-readable

To ensure the response can be easily parsed by software

EC-CouncilArtificial Intelligence Essentials

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Crafting Effective Prompts AIE Practice Questions (Page 8)

Part of the Prompt Crafting for Effective AI Interactions domain, which makes up ~12% of our current practice bank.

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36application · medium
A training coordinator wants an AI to create a study plan for a certification exam. The coordinator wants the plan to be a weekly schedule for 4 weeks, with specific topics and practice tests. Which prompt is best?
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37foundation · easy
Which of the following prompts is the most clear and specific?
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38foundation · easy
How can you resolve an ambiguous prompt?
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39application · medium
A business analyst needs a JSON output containing product names and prices from a catalog. The analyst submits: 'Extract product names and prices.' The AI returns a bulleted list. Which prompt best specifies the output format?
Select an answer first
40foundation · easy
Why would you specify 'respond in JSON format' in a prompt?
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