Domain 6
Prompt and Context Engineering
Read the material that has been authored for this domain, alongside its published exam value.
- Exam weight
- 11%
- Approximate items
- About 6 items
Notes are not yet written
This domain has no authored note sections. The blueprint below shows what the domain measures while the notes are being contributed.
What this domain covers
| Sub-skill | Exam weight | Approximate items | What it measures | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prompt Engineering | 4.6% | About 2.4 items | Instruction clarity; few-shot examples; system vs. user placement; output constraints; prompt placement across components; iterative refinement; input sanitization | Scaffolded |
| Context Engineering | 3.8% | About 2 items | Context window management; preventing context drift and bloat (tool-output pruning, compaction); context isolation via subagents or multi-step agentic workflows | Scaffolded |
| Output Handling | 2.6% | About 1.4 items | Structured output patterns; response validation; defensive parsing; skepticism toward confident output | Scaffolded |
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Practice
This domain's self-check has two halves. Its recall prompts come from the notes and you grade yourself on them. Its quiz asks 6 items — this domain's share of a 53-item mock — and is scored by the same rule the mock uses. Only the scored quiz feeds a readiness signal.
The bank holds 6 of the 6 items the quiz asks for.