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Start ML Model Development PracticeA team is fine-tuning a large language model using reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) in SageMaker. Which THREE components are essential for the RLHF pipeline? (Select THREE.)
Explanation: The standard RLHF pipeline for fine-tuning an LLM requires three components: a policy network (the LLM being fine-tuned), a reward model (provides human feedback), and a reference model (used for KL divergence to prevent reward hacking). Among the given options, only the Policy network (A) and Reward model (E) are essential. The Value network (B) is not a standard component in RLHF; it is used in some reinforcement learning algorithms like PPO but not as a core part of RLHF for LLMs. The Feature store (C) and Hyperparameter tuner (D) are useful but not essential to the RLHF pipeline. Since only two of the three essential components are listed, the correct selections are A and E.
A company is using SageMaker to train a model with a custom container. The training script requires a specific version of a Python library that is not included in the default SageMaker containers. How should they provide this library?
Explanation: Using a custom container (BYOC) allows bundling all dependencies, including specific library versions, into a Docker image that SageMaker can run.
A machine learning engineer wants to use SageMaker Clarify to analyze bias in their training data and model predictions. They want to detect bias before training. Which TWO types of analysis can SageMaker Clarify perform on the data?
Explanation: SageMaker Clarify can compute pre-training bias metrics such as class imbalance and feature skew directly on the training data before any model is trained. This is the only type of analysis among the options that is performed before training. Feature importance (SHAP values) and explainability reports require a trained model, so they are post-training analyses. Model monitoring for data drift is a separate feature of SageMaker. Post-training bias metrics also require model predictions. Therefore, only option A qualifies as a pre-training analysis.
A machine learning engineer is deploying a custom PyTorch model using SageMaker script mode. The training script requires specific dependencies not included in the default PyTorch container. Which TWO actions can the engineer take to ensure the dependencies are available? (Select TWO.)
Explanation: Building a custom container that extends the SageMaker PyTorch container and pushing it to Amazon ECR allows you to include any dependencies not available in the default container. Option B is correct: Including a requirements.txt file in the source directory causes SageMaker to automatically install those dependencies during training. Option C is incorrect: Lifecycle configurations are only applicable to notebook instances, not training jobs. Option D is incorrect: While you can specify a custom Docker image using the image_uri parameter, the action of building the container is covered by option A; option D is not a separate valid action to ensure dependencies. Option E is incorrect: The source_dir argument is for pointing to a directory containing training code, not for specifying a separate container.
A data science team is using SageMaker Experiments to track hyperparameters and metrics for a model training project. They need to compare multiple trials and identify the best model. Which THREE actions are part of a typical workflow? (Select THREE.)
Explanation: Logging hyperparameters and metrics during training is essential for tracking. Option C is correct: using the SageMaker SDK to list and compare trials allows identifying the best model. Option D is correct: creating an experiment is the first step in organizing trials. Option B is incorrect: confusion matrices are not automatically generated; they must be computed manually. Option E is incorrect: deployment to an endpoint is not part of SageMaker Experiments; it is a separate step.
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