Generative AI: Uses, Limits and Academic Honesty

Question 1

A text generator returns a fluent paragraph within seconds. What is it mainly doing as it produces the paragraph?

Accepted Answer

Choosing likely next words from patterns learned in training data

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Looking up and copying sentences from a stored encyclopedia

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Proving each sentence from logic rules written by programmers

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Searching the live web for the best matching page

Question 2

Why can a generative model write a convincing paragraph about a topic it does not truly understand?

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It can reproduce language patterns without verifying that its statements are true

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It checks every claim against a library database before responding

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It understands topics only when a prompt contains enough details

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It asks a human expert to approve each sentence

Question 3

A model continues "The rain stopped, so the players..." differently from "The rain got heavier, so the players...". Why do the two continuations differ?

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Its prediction of what comes next depends on the words already in the prompt

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It checks the current weather before writing each continuation

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It is retrained on each new sentence before it answers

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It applies a rule that every story must end happily

Question 4

What role does training data have in a generative AI model?

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It provides many examples from which the model learns patterns

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It gives the model a guaranteed list of current facts

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It stores a separate answer for every prompt a user might type

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It prevents the model from ever producing unfamiliar wording

Question 5

Which description best distinguishes a generative model from a search engine?

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A generative model creates a response from learned patterns, while a search engine retrieves links or documents

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A generative model only works with numbers, while a search engine only works with words

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A generative model always has newer information than a search engine

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A generative model verifies sources, while a search engine invents them

Question 6

A model gives two different wordings when asked the same open-ended question twice. Which feature of generative AI best explains this?

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It can generate more than one plausible continuation for the same prompt

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It changes the facts in its training data after every question

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It reads a different live webpage for every response

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It can only answer questions with one correct wording

Question 7

A model supplies three book titles, authors, and page numbers, but none can be found in a library catalog. What most likely happened?

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It generated citation-like text without checking that the sources exist

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The library catalog removed all books written before this year

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The model located the books but intentionally hid their records

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The page numbers prove the books exist even if titles differ

Question 8

A student asks for today's bus schedule, and a model gives a confident answer from last year. What limitation caused the problem?

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Its information may be outdated and not connected to current schedules

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It cannot process questions containing dates

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It only generates schedules that have been approved by bus drivers

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It changes current information into historical information on purpose

Question 9

An image generator repeatedly shows "a scientist" as a man despite prompts requesting varied scientists. What is a likely cause?

Accepted Answer

Patterns and bias in its training data influenced its output

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The generator can only create images of real named people

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Scientists are classified as a single gender in all datasets

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The prompt automatically deletes occupations from image requests

Question 10

A chatbot gives a detailed explanation of a historical event but includes a date that conflicts with a museum's official timeline. What does the conflict show?

Accepted Answer

Fluent output is not proof that every claim is accurate

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The museum timeline must be wrong because the chatbot used more words

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A detailed explanation is always more reliable than a primary source

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Historical dates cannot be checked after a model states them

Question 11

A model summarizes an article that was never included in the prompt, but it claims the article supports a specific conclusion. Why should the claim be treated cautiously?

Accepted Answer

The model may be guessing from patterns rather than reading that specific article

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Models can read every article ever published without being given access

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A summary automatically becomes a primary source

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An article's conclusion changes whenever it is summarized

Question 12

A student asks a model to calculate a budget and notices that the total does not equal the listed expenses. What limitation is illustrated?

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Generated output can contain calculation errors and needs checking

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A model cannot read any numbers in a prompt

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A budget becomes correct whenever it is written in a table

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The model is required to round every total to the nearest hundred

Question 13

A model invents a quotation and assigns it to a real person. What is the best name for this kind of failure?

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A hallucination

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A representative sample

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A classification label

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An attribution

Question 14

School policy: AI may be used to brainstorm and check grammar, but AI-generated wording submitted in an assignment must be disclosed. A student submits model-rewritten paragraphs without a note. What is the finding?

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A policy breach because submitted AI-generated wording was not disclosed

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No breach because the original ideas belonged to the student

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No breach because rewriting is always the same as grammar checking

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A breach because the policy prohibits all AI use

Question 15

School policy: Students may ask AI for practice questions, but may not submit AI answers as their own work. A student uses a model to create quiz questions, answers them independently, and submits only her own responses. What is the finding?

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Allowed use because the AI created practice material, not submitted answers

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A breach because any AI-created text is automatically submitted work

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A breach because practice questions must always be written by a teacher

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Not allowed because independently answering practice questions is plagiarism

Question 16

School policy: AI may be used only after a teacher gives permission for a specific assignment. Without permission, a student asks a model to outline her report but writes every sentence herself. What is the finding?

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A policy breach because she used AI without the required permission

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No breach because she wrote the final sentences herself

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No breach because outlines are never part of an assignment

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A breach only if the model also corrected her spelling

Question 17

School policy: Students may use AI to identify grammar errors but must make the revisions themselves. A student accepts every suggested rewrite without reading it. What does this amount to?

Accepted Answer

Use beyond the allowed grammar-checking role because the model made the revisions

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Allowed use because any rewrite is a grammar error correction

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Allowed use because the student clicked to accept the changes

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A policy breach only if the essay has no grammar errors

Question 18

School policy: AI-generated images may be used in a presentation only when they are labeled as AI-generated. A student includes a generated background image and labels it on the final slide. What is the finding?

Accepted Answer

Allowed use because the image was labeled as required

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A breach because generated images can never appear in presentations

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A breach because only text, not images, can be attributed

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Not allowed because background images do not need labels

Question 19

School policy: A student may use AI to explain a concept but must cite sources used as evidence in the final report. A student copies the model's explanation and lists the model as her only source. What is missing?

Accepted Answer

Reliable evidence sources that support the report's claims

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A longer prompt that asks the model to repeat the explanation

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A statement that the model used artificial intelligence

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A new title for the report

Question 20

School policy: AI may help brainstorm, but the submitted project must contain the student's own final design decisions. A student asks for ten app ideas, compares them, and develops one with her own features. What is the finding?

Accepted Answer

Allowed use because brainstorming is permitted and she made the final design decisions

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A breach because any idea suggested by AI cannot be developed

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A breach because comparing several ideas counts as submitting AI work

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Not allowed because app designs must have only one possible feature

Question 21

School policy: AI use is prohibited during a take-home test unless the teacher explicitly says otherwise. A student asks a model to explain one test question and then answers it. What is the finding?

Accepted Answer

A policy breach because AI was used during the test without permission

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Allowed use because the model explained rather than answered the question

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Allowed use because the test was completed at home

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A breach only if the student copied the model's exact wording

Question 22

A model states that a Supreme Court case occurred in a certain year. Before using the year in a report, what should a student do?

Accepted Answer

Verify it with a reliable source and cite that source

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Ask the model again and trust the year if it repeats it

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Rewrite the claim in different words so it needs no source

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Cite the model instead of checking the case record

Question 23

A model gives a student four possible thesis statements. What is the best next step?

Accepted Answer

Evaluate the ideas against the assignment and revise one into the student's own thesis

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Submit all four statements so the teacher can choose

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Assume the most detailed statement is automatically accurate

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Use one unchanged without considering whether it fits the evidence

Question 24

A model produces code for a simple program. What should the student do before relying on it?

Accepted Answer

Read, test, and debug the code to see whether it works as intended

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Assume it runs because the syntax looks professional

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Submit it without testing because code generators verify all output

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Delete all comments because comments cause program errors

Question 25

A model summarizes a news article for a presentation. What is the strongest way to use that summary?

Accepted Answer

Use it as a starting point, then read and cite the original or another reliable source

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Treat the summary as evidence even if the article is unavailable

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Quote the summary as if it were written by the reporter

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Assume every omitted detail was unimportant

Question 26

Which task is least appropriate to hand to a text generator on its own?

Accepted Answer

Reporting the exact result of a student-council vote held yesterday

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Drafting several slogan ideas for a school event

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Suggesting questions for a class discussion

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Rewriting a teacher-approved notice in shorter sentences

Question 27

For which task can generative AI be a useful starting tool, if a student reviews the result?

Accepted Answer

Generating several possible titles for an original story

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Confirming the current closing time of a local business without checking

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Providing the final evidence for a science claim without sources

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Deciding whether a student's private medical symptom needs treatment

Question 28

A class needs a short explanation of a difficult vocabulary word, but accuracy matters. Which approach best uses generative AI?

Accepted Answer

Ask for a draft explanation, then check it against a reliable reference

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Use the first response as the definition because it sounds clear

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Ask for more detailed wording instead of checking the meaning

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Assume a generated definition is more reliable than a dictionary

Question 29

A student pastes a classmate's draft essay into a public AI tool for feedback. Beyond academic honesty, what has the student done?

Accepted Answer

Shared another person's work with a company whose terms may allow the content to be retained

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Deleted the classmate's file from the school drive

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Made the essay automatically searchable by everyone on the internet

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Converted the essay into a document that no one can read

Question 30

Before pasting an unpublished club budget into a public AI tool, what privacy issue should students consider?

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The tool provider may collect or retain the information entered

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The budget will automatically become a legally binding contract

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The tool will erase the club's original budget file

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Public AI tools cannot process numbers or tables

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Zombie Escape

Avalanche

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