Craft Effective Prompts GH-300 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–24

1. 21expert · hard

   A developer is using GitHub Copilot Chat to debug a complex issue in a microservices architecture. The conversation history includes several messages about a different service. The developer now wants to ask a question about the current service. What is the best approach to ensure the response is relevant?

   • AAsk the question in the same session, relying on Copilot to filter out irrelevant history.
   • BStart a new chat session and provide a concise description of the current service and the issue.
   • CProvide a summary of the previous service's issues to give context.
   • DUse a system instruction to tell Copilot to ignore the previous conversation.
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2. 22foundation · easy

   What is 'context' in prompt engineering?

   • AThe output format that the model should follow
   • BThe model's internal training data that influences its predictions
   • CThe additional information provided to the model that shapes its understanding of the task
   • DThe specific wording of the instruction that tells the model what to do
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4. 23foundation · easy

   Which of the following is an example of a zero-shot prompt?

   • A'Using the few examples provided, generate a poem in the same style.'
   • B'Given the following examples of code, write a function that calculates factorial: ...'
   • C'Here are two examples of sentiment analysis: 'I love this' -> Positive, 'I hate this' -> Negative. Now classify: 'It's okay'.
   • D'Translate the following sentence to French: Hello, how are you?'
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5. 24application · medium

   In a GitHub Copilot Chat session, a developer asks a question about a specific function. The conversation history includes several previous questions about other functions. How does Copilot determine the context for the current question?

   • AIt only uses the current user input, ignoring previous messages.
   • BIt uses the current user input and the system instructions, but not the conversation history.
   • CIt uses the conversation history and the current user input, but not the system instructions.
   • DIt uses the entire conversation history, the current user input, and any system instructions.
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