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Start Generative AI Optimization PracticeYou are developing a RAG pipeline and notice that the model often hallucinates when retrieving documents with low relevance. Which prompt engineering technique should you implement to improve grounding?
Explanation: Few-shot prompting with explicit negative constraints helps the model understand the boundaries of its knowledge base.
Which cost-tracking tool in the Azure portal allows you to view usage by specific Azure OpenAI deployments?
Explanation: Azure Cost Analysis is the native cost management tool in the Azure portal that lets you slice and dice spending by resource, resource group, tag, and — critically — by service and meter, which includes Azure OpenAI deployments. Because Azure OpenAI usage is metered per deployment (by model, tokens, and PTU/standard tier), Cost Analysis can group costs by the deployment resource or by the 'Azure OpenAI' service meter. This makes it the correct tool for viewing usage tied to specific deployments.
You are optimizing prompt latency by reducing tokens. Which of the following is the most effective way to reduce input token count for a recurring task?
Explanation: Moving static task instructions to the system message is the most effective way to reduce input token count for a recurring task because the system message is cached and reused across requests in Azure OpenAI, so the static instructions are not re-billed as input tokens on every call. This leverages prompt caching, which stores the system message prefix and reduces both latency and cost for repeated tasks.
Which THREE parameters directly affect the output structure or style of an LLM response?
Explanation: Temperature (C) is correct because it scales the logits before softmax, directly controlling the randomness/creativity of token selection and thus the stylistic character of the response. frequency_penalty (D) is correct because it penalizes tokens proportionally to how often they have already appeared, directly shaping word choice and reducing repetition in the output. presence_penalty (E) is correct because it applies a flat penalty to any token that has already appeared at least once, directly influencing whether the model introduces new topics or reuses existing tokens, which alters the response's style. By contrast, top_k (A) is a sampling parameter that restricts the candidate token pool but is not among the marked correct answers here, and max_tokens (B) only caps the response length rather than shaping its structure or style, so neither belongs to the set of correct options.
You are fine-tuning a model on Azure OpenAI and notice the training loss curve is fluctuating significantly. What is the most likely cause?
Explanation: A fluctuating training loss curve is typically caused by a learning rate that is too high. When the learning rate is too high, the optimization algorithm takes large steps and may overshoot the minimum, causing the loss to oscillate or even diverge. Reducing the learning rate often stabilizes training.
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