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Prompt Engineering & LLMBeginnerTier 2 · $99

Zero-Shot Prompting

Getting a correct first answer with a single instruction and an explicit output contract.

3 modules115 minutes of material10 exam questions · 80% to pass

Syllabus

01Instruction clarity

40 min
  • Write one unambiguous instruction
  • Remove unstated assumptions

02Output contracts

40 min
  • Specify shape, length and refusal behaviour
  • Test against the contract

03Ambiguity surfacing

35 min
  • Decide when the model should ask
  • Compare against a few-shot baseline

Assessed concepts

The exam tests these directly. Definitions are summarised here; the exact answer key stays on the server.

Instruction clarity

Constraint statement

Output contract

Ambiguity surfacing

Few-shot contrast

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$99

Charged only after you pass. Studying, practice and the exam are free.

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