Core Prompting Techniques for Software Testing CT-GENAI Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–24

1. 21foundation · easy

   A tester writes the prompt: 'Generate test cases for a function that calculates the factorial of a number.' No examples are included. Which prompting technique is being used?

   • AChain-of-thought prompting
   • BRole prompting
   • CZero-shot prompting
   • DFew-shot prompting
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2. 22foundation · easy

   What is a key characteristic of zero-shot prompting?

   • AIt provides several examples to guide the model
   • BIt requires the model to reason step-by-step
   • CIt assigns a specific role to the model
   • DIt relies on the model's pre-trained knowledge to perform the task
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4. 23foundation · easy

   A tester generates test cases, reviews them, and then modifies the prompt to ask for more boundary value tests. This process is an example of which technique?

   • AFew-shot prompting
   • BZero-shot prompting
   • CChain-of-thought prompting
   • DIterative refinement
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5. 24expert · hard

   A tester is using an AI to generate test cases for a critical financial calculation. The initial prompt produced test cases that were logically correct but missed some boundary conditions. The tester needs to ensure the AI's reasoning is transparent and that the boundary conditions are covered. What is the best approach?

   • AUse zero-shot prompting with a request for all boundary values
   • BUse role prompting to assign the model the role of 'financial auditor'
   • CUse few-shot prompting with examples of boundary tests from another domain
   • DUse chain-of-thought prompting and then iteratively refine based on the missing boundary conditions
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