Beginner SML-201 ⏱ 6 weeks 📚 10 topics

Prompt Engineering Fundamentals Certification

Master prompt engineering from zero — learn to write effective prompts, control LLM behavior, and build reliable AI applications. Free 6-week beginner course.

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What You'll Demonstrate

  • Write prompts that reliably produce structured, high-quality output
  • Apply zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought techniques
  • Debug and fix common prompt failures like hallucinations and format drift
  • Build prompt pipelines for multi-step AI tasks
  • Evaluate and iterate on prompts systematically

Topics Covered by This Exam

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What is Prompt Engineering?

45 minutes

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Anatomy of a Prompt

60 minutes

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3

Zero-Shot and Few-Shot Prompting

75 minutes

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Chain-of-Thought Prompting

60 minutes

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System Prompts and Role Prompting

60 minutes

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Output Format Control

75 minutes

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Prompt Chaining and Pipelines

90 minutes

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Common Prompt Failures and Fixes

60 minutes

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Prompt Testing and Evaluation

75 minutes

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10

Capstone: AI Writing Assistant

180 minutes

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Adaptive Exam Format

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Progressive Difficulty

Questions advance from Easy → Medium → Hard as you proceed through the exam

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Single & Multi Select

Mix of single-answer and multi-answer questions to assess depth of knowledge

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Randomised Bank

Questions are drawn randomly from a larger question bank — no two exams are the same

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Badge & Certificate

Digital badge and printable certificate issued immediately upon passing