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Choose onboarding facts for the quiz

Context should contain the smallest sufficient set of trustworthy inputs.

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A prompt with a job
RoleTaskContextFormat

Role + task + context + format = clearer output

For an onboarding quiz, the squad supplies the approved handbook excerpt, audience, learning goal, and answer policy:

Using only SOURCE, create five questions for new support agents.
Each answer must quote the supporting sentence.
If SOURCE does not support a question, omit it.
SOURCE: ...

They exclude unrelated meeting notes and mark the handbook version. More context is not always better; irrelevant or conflicting text can obscure the task.

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Guided practice

Given a handbook, old slide deck, manager’s guess, and current policy page, choose what belongs in the packet. Explain the authority and date of each included source.

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Independent transfer

Create a context packet for a task of your own. Label each item required, useful, or distracting. Remove the distracting items.

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Page assessment

Answer from memory. Completion is saved from this evidence, not from opening the next page.

Why should the prompt require a supporting sentence for every answer?

1. What is one idea from this page you would apply, and what evidence would you check?

All responses are required.