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1. What is the essential contrast between traditional AI and Agentic AI?
Question 1A. Traditional AI predicts; Agentic AI actsB. Traditional AI is free; Agentic AI is paidC. Traditional AI uses text; Agentic AI uses only imagesD. Traditional AI acts; Agentic AI only predictsE. Traditional AI runs locally; Agentic AI runs only in the cloud
2. What does the word 'agentic' mean in Agentic AI?
Question 2A. Being controlled by a human agent at all timesB. Having agency: the ability to decide, adapt and operate with autonomy in a live environmentC. Being sold through an agencyD. Producing only agent-based simulationsE. Being unable to use external tools
3. Which sequence correctly lists the steps of the Agent Loop followed by most agentic systems?
Question 3A. Plan, Observe, Reflect, Act, AdjustB. Act, Observe, Plan, Adjust, ReflectC. Observe, Plan, Act, Reflect, AdjustD. Reflect, Plan, Observe, Act, AdjustE. Observe, Act, Plan, Adjust, Reflect
4. In the Agent Loop, what happens during the Act step?
Question 4A. The agent takes in input from users or systemsB. The agent breaks the goal into stepsC. The agent evaluates what worked or did notD. The agent uses tools, APIs or sub-agents to perform tasksE. The agent updates its memory and repeats
5. Which of the following is NOT one of the five core ingredients of an agentic system?
Question 5A. AutonomyB. PlanningC. ToolsD. MemoryE. Advertising
6. In an agentic system, what role does Memory play?
Question 6A. Remembering context or prior stepsB. Interacting with apps, APIs, files or the webC. Acting without constant human controlD. Creating and revising strategiesE. Making decisions using logic and constraints
7. Which shift in systems does Agentic AI represent?
Question 7A. From 'help me reach my goal' systems to 'do what I say' systemsB. From 'do what I say' systems to 'help me reach my goal' systemsC. From cloud systems to on-premises systemsD. From automated systems to fully manual systemsE. From text systems to voice systems
8. Which of the following is listed as a risk of poorly designed agents?
Question 8A. Refusing to ever use a toolB. Being too transparent about their reasoningC. Failing silentlyD. Asking for human oversight too oftenE. Working only during office hours
9. What is meant by wanting 'glass boxes' rather than 'black boxes' in Agentic AI?
Question 9A. Agents should be stored in transparent hardwareB. Agents should have no memoryC. Agents should never escalate to humansD. Agents should explain their thinking, escalate when unsure and act with careE. Agents should be visible to all competitors
10. As agentic systems scale, what progression is described?
Question 10A. From ecosystems to teammates to toolsB. From prompts to chatbots to calculatorsC. From hardware to software to firmwareD. From humans to robots to machinesE. From tools to teammates to ecosystems, networks of agents that talk to each other and evolve together