Prompting & Examples — CCAO-F Practice Question
A representative Claude Certified Associate - Foundations (CCAO-F) exam question on Prompting & Examples. Work through it below, then read why each option is right or wrong.
Short answer
The correct answer is B. Attach the examples and ask Claude to follow their structure and tone while using only facts from the new resume.
A small set of representative examples plus a factuality constraint teaches the target pattern without flooding the context. Vague instructions and excessive examples are less reliable.
The Question
A recruiting team needs candidate summaries in a house style that is difficult to describe but has three excellent approved examples. Which prompt design is most effective?
Why B is correct
A small set of representative examples plus a factuality constraint teaches the target pattern without flooding the context. Vague instructions and excessive examples are less reliable.
Why the other options are wrong
Option A does not satisfy the requirement in the scenario. Review the explanation above: the correct choice (B) is the only one that fully meets every constraint stated in the question.
Option C does not satisfy the requirement in the scenario. Review the explanation above: the correct choice (B) is the only one that fully meets every constraint stated in the question.
Option D does not satisfy the requirement in the scenario. Review the explanation above: the correct choice (B) is the only one that fully meets every constraint stated in the question.
Key idea: Prompting & Examples
A small set of representative examples plus a factuality constraint teaches the target pattern without flooding the context. Vague instructions and excessive examples are less reliable. On the CCAO-F exam, questions in the "Prompting and Task Execution" domain test whether you can map a scenario's constraints to the right choice. Read the requirement carefully, eliminate options that violate any single constraint, and pick the one that satisfies all of them with the least operational overhead.
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