Cisco AI Technical Practitioner Sample Questions:

1. A developer provides AI with three examples of a log entry mapped to a specific error category before asking AI to categorize a new log entry. Which technique is being used?

A) chain-of-thought
B) zero-shot prompting
C) metaprompting
D) few-shot prompting

2. What is fine-tuning in generative AI?

A) Replacing CPUs
B) Encrypting prompts
C) Training a pre-trained model on specialized data
D) Formatting storage drives

3. A practitioner uses self-consistency by running the same prompt three times and comparing the results. What is the goal of this strategy?

A) to increase the response speed
B) to verify the output reliability
C) to bypass the context window
D) to increase the model creativity

4. Why is a Human-in-the-Loop requirement essential for AI governance in high-stakes environments like healthcare or finance?

A) to prevent unauthorized access to data
B) to protect sensitive customer data
C) to increase the speed of AI response
D) to ensure the validity of AI decisions

5. What is a use case for generative AI in the testing phase of the software development lifecycle?

A) performing static code analysis
B) drafting user stories
C) generating automated documentation
D) generating synthetic test data

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