The Claude model family

Practice questions

Original questions written for this lesson, in the exam’s style. Answer first, then open the reasoning — every option is explained, including why the wrong ones are tempting.

1. Question 1

   A logistics company runs an automated step that classifies 60,000 short delivery-exception notes a day into twelve categories. The classification rules are simple, accuracy on a sample is already above 98%, and the step must complete within seconds.

   Which tier best fits this workload?

   1. AThe Opus tier, because accuracy matters in a customer-facing process.
   2. BThe Haiku tier, because volume, latency and cost are the binding constraints.
   3. CThe Sonnet tier, because it balances speed and intelligence for all workloads.
   4. DAlternating tiers so that no single model carries the whole load.
   Show answer and reasoning

   1. AIncorrect. Accuracy is already high and the task is simple, so the extra capability buys nothing while multiplying cost and latency.
   2. BCorrect. This is the documented use case for the fastest, cheapest tier: high-volume, latency-sensitive, cost-sensitive processing.
   3. CIncorrect. It is the sensible default for varied work, but here volume and latency dominate and the task is easy.
   4. DIncorrect. Alternating adds inconsistency and complexity without addressing any stated constraint.

2. Question 2

   A colleague argues that the team should always use the most capable model available, because “if it is better at hard things it is better at easy things too, so we will never be caught out”.

   Which response is most accurate?

   1. AHe is right; the only reason to use a smaller model is when the larger one is unavailable.
   2. BHe is right about quality but wrong about tone, which differs between tiers.
   3. CCapability rises with the tier, but so do cost and latency, and easy tasks gain little from it.
   4. DSmaller models cannot handle business documents, so his rule is safe for office work.
   Show answer and reasoning

   1. AIncorrect. This ignores the cost, speed and usage-allowance differences that are the whole point of having tiers.
   2. BIncorrect. Tone is not a documented difference between tiers; all current models are general-purpose across languages and tasks.
   3. CCorrect. The trade-off is three-sided; on simple, high-volume work the lighter tier is already accurate and is faster and cheaper.
   4. DIncorrect. All current models handle text and images and are used for business documents; the difference is depth, not permission.

3. Question 3

   A compliance team must analyse three years of incident reports against a new regulatory framework, reconciling contradictory records and producing findings that the regulator may examine. The work runs once a quarter and takes several hours of model time.

   Which TWO considerations most support choosing the capability tier here? (Select 2.)

   1. AThe reasoning is multi-step and ambiguous, which is where depth of capability actually pays.
   2. BThe task runs four times a year, so the cost difference is small against the stakes.
   3. COnly the capability tier can read long documents at all.
   4. DThe capability tier removes the need to verify the findings before submission.
   5. EUsing the top tier will make the analysis faster to produce.
   6. FThe regulator requires the most capable model available to be used.
   Show answer and reasoning

   1. ACorrect. Hard, multi-step, ambiguous analysis is the documented positioning of the top tiers.
   2. BCorrect. Cost pressure comes from volume; at four runs a year the premium is negligible next to a regulatory error.
   3. CIncorrect. All tiers read documents; context window sizes differ, but capability is not a prerequisite for reading.
   4. DIncorrect. No model tier removes verification, and regulated output is exactly where human review matters most.
   5. EIncorrect. More capable models are generally slower, not faster; speed is the lighter tiers’ advantage.
   6. FIncorrect. No such requirement is described anywhere; this is an invented constraint.

4. Question 4

   A new user on a Team plan cannot find one of the models a colleague at another company mentioned, and assumes something is broken with her account.

   What is the most likely explanation?

   1. AModels appear only after a certain amount of usage on an account.
   2. BModel availability varies by plan, and administrators can restrict which models an organisation sees.
   3. CThe model list is identical everywhere, so her colleague is mistaken about the name.
   4. DShe needs to raise the effort setting before additional models appear.
   Show answer and reasoning

   1. AIncorrect. Nothing in the documentation ties model availability to accumulated usage.
   2. BCorrect. Enterprise plans may have restricted availability based on administrator configuration, and the selector differs by plan.
   3. CIncorrect. The list is not identical; availability differs by plan and organisation settings.
   4. DIncorrect. Effort changes thoroughness within a model and does not reveal other models.

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