Final exam: Getting good at Claude

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1. You want a short announcement for your club. Which first message is best?
Make a friendly announcement for my club that sounds good and gets people to come along to the next run on Tuesday.Write a long announcement about our club, our history and every change coming soon, covering all the details members might want.Write an announcement for my running club about the changes coming up soon, and make it sound exciting and professional.Write a three-sentence announcement for members of my Tuesday running club about a route change this week. Friendly tone.
2. Claude summarizes a contract and says there is no early exit fee. What is the best next step?
Ask it to quote the relevant clause and then read that clause yourself.Ask it to summarize the contract again in fewer words, then rely on that.Ask it the same question again and use the answer that appears most often.Trust it, since it read the whole file and has no reason to leave out a fee.
3. You use the same background in every chat about your small business. What helps most?
Paste your whole customer list at the start of every chat so Claude knows everyone.Retype the background by hand at the start of every single chat you open.Save it as standing context, such as a project or instructions, if your version offers it.Use a different chatbot for every task so each one starts fresh.
4. Claude invents a book title when you ask for sources. What does this show?
Claude searched the web and found a rare book that few people know.Claude can state false details confidently, so sources need checking.The book must exist but is hard to find, so keep searching for it.You asked for too many sources at once, so it ran out of real titles to give you.
5. A teacher wants to use Claude with a student's essay and name. What is the safest approach?
Email it to a colleague who has a personal account and ask them to run it.Remove only the essay title, then paste the rest into your own account.Follow school policy and use an approved tool for student data.Paste it all into a personal account, since the teacher is the one marking it.
6. You upload a photo of a price list and Claude reads one price oddly. What is wise?
Ask Claude to estimate the price from similar items.Accept it, since Claude read the image directly.Compare the numbers to the photo before using them.Re-upload the photo and trust whichever reading looks neater.
7. Which request makes Claude a useful critic of your plan?
Summarize my plan in fewer words and keep the main points the same.Tell me what is good about my plan and why it will work well for me.List the steps of my plan in order, with a short note on who should do each one and when.What is the strongest argument against this plan, and what would change your mind?
8. You reach a usage limit mid-task. What is the sensible reaction?
Send the same long request repeatedly until it finally works.Open a second account to keep working while the first one is blocked.Wait, then continue with a shorter chat and only the key facts.Switch to another tool and paste in everything, including private files.
9. A table Claude built for your group will be shared with the public. Before sharing you should
Add contact details so people can reach each member.Remove Claude's name from it before it goes out.Share it right away and fix mistakes if anyone notices.Check it works and remove private details.
10. Your manager asks if you used AI for a report. What is best?
Tell the truth and explain how you checked it.Say the tool is responsible for any errors in it.Say you only used it for ideas, even if it wrote most of it.Say you cannot remember whether you used any tool.

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