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Effective AI Prompting Questions

Practice questions for Effective AI Prompting topic in Professional Scrum Master - AI Essentials. 50 questions covering this domain.

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Q1
medium

Why is specifying the desired output format (e.g., bullet list, table, markdown headings) considered good prompting practice?

Q2
medium

A Scrum Master asks an LLM to "think step by step" before producing a final recommendation on a complex impediment. Which prompting style is this?

Q3
medium

A team wants AI to answer questions specifically using their own engineering handbook rather than the model's general knowledge. The simplest promptin...

Q4
easy

Which option best describes a "prompt" when working with a generative AI model?

Q5
medium

What is the difference between "zero-shot" and "few-shot" prompting?

Q6
easy

Which of the following is most likely to improve the quality of an LLM response?

Q7
hard

A Scrum Master wants the LLM to write Sprint Retrospective summaries in a consistent structure (Glad / Sad / Mad). Which prompting technique most dire...

Q8
medium

A Scrum Master wants a stakeholder update written for a non-technical executive audience. Which prompt refinement most directly addresses this need?

Q9
hard

In Scrum.org's FOCUS model for creating a Sprint Goal prompt, what does the "F" stand for?

Q10
medium

Why does effective prompting usually require iteration?

Q11
hard

Which option best summarizes the FOCUS model used in the "6 Professional AI Prompts for Scrum Masters" for crafting a Sprint Goal?

Q12
hard

Which of the following is a prompting anti-pattern called out in the PSM-AI material?

Q13
medium

A team wants outputs that are easy to paste into a wiki. Which prompting technique best supports this?

Q14
medium

An impediment-removal prompt is being prepared. According to the official Scrum.org guidance, which set of items should be included to get the best re...

Q15
medium

A Scrum Master wants the AI's draft DoD to cover all the right categories. Which prompt structure aligns with the official 6 Professional AI Prompts g...

Q16
medium

Which prompting practice best addresses the non-deterministic nature of LLMs when crafting a Sprint Retrospective facilitation plan?

Q17
hard

A Scrum Master wants to use AI to create a DoD that also covers AI features being added to the product. How should the prompt be extended beyond the s...

Q18
easy

Which letter in the FOCUS model emphasizes that the Sprint Goal must express a single common objective rather than multiple competing ones?

Q19
hard

A Scrum Master prepares a Sprint Goal using FOCUS but the AI keeps producing multiple competing objectives. Which FOCUS dimension should be emphasized...

Q20
medium

A Scrum Master wants to write a conflict-resolution prompt aligned with the official 6 Professional AI Prompts guidance. Which two staging questions s...

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