AI at Work Quiz: Are You Getting the Most From AI Productivity Tools?

An analyst needs to quickly understand the key findings of a 40-page industry report. Which AI use case is most appropriate?

Ask AI to write an email about the report without reading it Search for the report's conclusions using a general web search Document summarization — paste or upload the report and ask the AI for a structured summary of key findings Use AI to generate a new industry report based on training data

What is the biggest risk when an AI produces a confident-sounding analysis of your business?

AI doesn't know your actual organizational context — it analyzes the concept you described, not the specific realities of your situation AI analysis is too long — it always produces 10+ pages The AI may refuse to complete an analysis if the business is in a regulated industry AI may accidentally leak your business data to competitors

Which description best captures the proper role of AI in professional work?

AI handles all tasks so professionals can focus on building relationships AI should be used equally for all task types to maximize efficiency AI handles tasks below your professional ceiling — freeing your time and attention for the work that genuinely requires your expertise and judgment AI handles complex tasks; professionals handle simple formatting and administration

A small business wants to use AI for drafting responses to customer complaints that include customer names and order details. What is the simplest way to reduce privacy risk while still using AI?

Use AI only on Tuesdays when server load is lower and data is more secure Ask the AI not to store the customer's name after the session Never use AI for any customer-related communications Anonymize the data — replace the customer name with 'Customer' and describe the order generically — before sending to the AI tool

A strategy team wants to use AI to stress-test a business plan. Which prompt is most effective for this goal?

'Act as a skeptical board member. What are the three riskiest assumptions in this plan, and what evidence would change your view?' 'Tell me if this business plan will succeed' 'Summarize this business plan in three paragraphs' 'What improvements can you make to this plan?'

A company builds a prompt library in Notion with 30 useful templates. After 3 months, some templates produce worse results than they used to. What is the most likely cause and solution?

All templates expire after 3 months due to API policy AI model updates changed behavior — review and update templates when models are upgraded, and record a version history The team is using too many templates — reduce to fewer than 10 Notion is not a suitable storage tool for prompt templates

A company uses AI to screen resumes and notice that the tool systematically ranks candidates from certain universities higher. What is the most likely cause?

The AI was trained on historical hiring data where those universities were over-represented among successful hires — encoding past selection bias The AI is correctly identifying the objectively better universities There is no cause — AI resume screening is required to be unbiased by design The university ranking reflects the AI's access to university prestige databases

Which prompting technique best helps a professional use AI to identify blind spots in their own analysis?

Ask AI to summarize the analysis back in its own words Ask AI to score the analysis out of 10 Ask AI to write a better version of the analysis Ask AI to list the critical assumptions the analysis relies on, then ask what would happen if those assumptions were wrong

What does SOC 2 certification indicate about an AI tool vendor?

The vendor stores data in the US and is subject to US law The vendor has undergone an independent security audit verifying their security controls, data availability, processing integrity, and confidentiality The vendor's AI models are certified as bias-free The vendor is approved by the US government for handling classified data

What is the MOST important mitigation when an AI system is used to make decisions that affect people's opportunities (hiring, lending, parole)?

Add a disclaimer that AI was used in the decision Maintain meaningful human review and oversight of individual decisions — automated consequential decisions require accountability Use the newest, most capable AI model available Increase the volume of decisions made by AI to reduce human bias