Agentic AI: Pick a Multi-Agent Pattern (Or Decide You Need One Agent)

End-of-lesson check

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1. What is the main idea of "Agentic AI: Pick a Multi-Agent Pattern (Or Decide You Need One Agent)"?

   1. Compare orchestrator-worker, peer-debate, and pipeline patterns and choose based on the failure mode you most want to avoid.
   2. Use AI as the final authority for the whole decision
   3. Avoid checking the answer once it sounds polished
   4. Focus only on speed instead of judgment

2. Which concept is most central to "Agentic AI: Pick a Multi-Agent Pattern (Or Decide You Need One Agent)"?

   1. agent debate
   2. orchestrator-worker
   3. pipeline
   4. coordination cost

3. Which use of AI fits this topic best?

   1. Predict emergent coordination bugs in your stack
   2. Let the AI decide what matters without your review
   3. Describe orchestrator-worker, debate, and pipeline patterns
   4. Use the answer before checking whether it fits the situation

4. Which limitation should you watch for in this topic?

   1. Describe orchestrator-worker, debate, and pipeline patterns
   2. Explain the topic in plain language
   3. Organize a draft for human review
   4. Predict emergent coordination bugs in your stack

5. What should a careful learner remember about "Prompt: pattern selection"?

   1. Use AI to draft or organize ideas about orchestrator-worker, then verify before acting.
   2. Skip the context so the tool can guess faster
   3. Treat the output as private even after sharing it online
   4. Use the answer without checking the source

6. You want to use AI after this lesson. What is the safest next step?

   1. Act immediately because the AI answer is written clearly
   2. Use AI for drafting and comparison, but verify before publishing or relying on it.
   3. Hide uncertainty so the final answer looks cleaner
   4. Use private or sensitive details before checking permission

7. How should AI output about orchestrator-worker be treated?

   1. As proof that no other source is needed
   2. As a replacement for context, consent, or expert review
   3. As a draft or helper output that still needs human judgment and verification
   4. As something that becomes correct when it sounds confident

8. Name one way to verify an AI answer about orchestrator-worker.

9. Which action would help you apply "Agentic AI: Pick a Multi-Agent Pattern (Or Decide You Need One Agent)" responsibly?

   1. Replace integration testing of agent-to-agent handoffs
   2. Use the tool to avoid thinking through the tradeoff
   3. Keep going even if the output conflicts with a trusted source
   4. Match each to the failure mode it best mitigates

10. Which choice is a bad use of AI for this lesson?

    1. Replace integration testing of agent-to-agent handoffs
    2. Describe orchestrator-worker, debate, and pipeline patterns
    3. Ask for a plain-language explanation of agent debate
    4. Compare the answer with a trusted source