Final exam: AI for software developers

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1. A developer pastes a production database export with customer emails into a chatbot to find a bug. What is the main problem?
Customer data was shared with a tool that may not be approved for itThe bug is more likely caused by the chatbot than by the production codeChatbots cannot parse structured database exports at all, only plain proseThe export file is too large for the chatbot to process and will be cut off midway
2. The assistant writes a function that calls a library method you cannot find in the documentation. What is the best next step?
Assume the documentation is outdated and keep the method because the assistant sounded confidentDelete the whole file and start again from a blank page with a different assistantCheck the official documentation and run the code before trusting itAsk the assistant to confirm the method exists and trust the answer if it repeats itself
3. You ask for unit tests and every test passes on the first run. What should you do?
Merge immediately, since passing on the first run shows the code is solidAsk for many more tests of the same kind to raise the total test countDelete half the tests so the suite runs faster and is easier to maintainBreak the function on purpose to confirm the tests can fail
4. Which task is most likely to stay with a human developer?
Drafting a README from existing code and commentsConverting a snippet from one programming language into anotherWriting a regular expression that matches a described patternDeciding with stakeholders what not to build this quarter
5. Your team lead says only approved AI tools are allowed. A free tool would save you time. What should you do?
Paste code with company names removed so nobody can trace where it came fromFollow the policy and ask whether the tool can be reviewed for approvalUse it only on personal time and personal devices so work is not affectedUse it quietly with small snippets, since small pieces cannot cause real harm
6. Which prompt is strongest for a debugging task?
Here is the code. Find every bug in it and fix them all so I do not need to test anythingHere is the error, the code and what changed; give three ranked causes with a check for eachThe page is broken again. Tell me the single most likely cause and give me the fixed fileMy app crashed after the update and I am stressed, so please rewrite the whole thing cleanly
7. An interviewer asks how you use AI. What answer builds the most trust?
I use it for drafts and review help, and I verify with tests and my own readingI use it a lot but I could not really explain how it works or where it goes wrongI avoid it completely because using it would show I cannot do the work myselfIt writes most of my code now, and I mostly accept what it produces after a quick look
8. A generated login function builds its SQL query by joining strings. What is the right response?
Accept it as written, since it passed the login test you tried and the demo worksKeep the string joining but put the app behind a firewall so attackers cannot reach itRemove the password check from the query so there is nothing left for an attacker to injectAsk for a parameterized version and review it for injection risks

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