AIF-C01 Applications of Foundation Models Practice Question
A data scientist uses Amazon Bedrock. The model responses are too long. Which parameter should they adjust to limit the output length?
⚠ Common exam trap
AWS often tests the distinction between parameters that control output length (`max_tokens`) versus those that control output randomness or diversity (`temperature`, `top_p`), leading candidates to confuse 'limiting length' with 'limiting creativity'.
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max_tokens
The `max_tokens` parameter directly controls the maximum number of tokens (words or subwords) the model can generate in a single response. By reducing this value, the data scientist caps the output length, preventing overly long responses. Temperature and top_p affect randomness and diversity, not length, while stop sequences define when generation halts but do not enforce a hard token limit.
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temperature
Why it's wrong here
Temperature affects randomness, not length.
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max_tokens
Why this is correct
Reducing max_tokens directly caps the output length.
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stop sequences
Why it's wrong here
Stop sequences terminate generation but do not limit length by themselves.
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top_p
Why it's wrong here
top_p controls nucleus sampling, not length.
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