Learn with Q · Practical AI For Work · Lesson 1Choose A Useful Task And Tool · Practice Sheets
MAT02 · Sort Information First
Keep tools closed. All real-data items below are category descriptions only; no real sensitive records or secrets are supplied. Classify each item before any tool activity.
Use: supplied fictional practice / permission or restriction check needed (keep out now) / keep out.
INFO01
Supplied fictional Harbor Desk Supplies notes
Classification and reason:
INFO02
A real customer complaint with only the name removed
Classification and reason:
INFO03
A password or access key, represented by a category label only
Classification and reason:
INFO04
A confidential real sales forecast, represented by a category label only
Classification and reason:
INFO05
A public document you found online, represented by a category label only
Classification and reason:
INFO06
A private employee record, represented by a category label only
Classification and reason:
MAT04 · Fictional Case Brief
Harbor Desk Supplies is fictional. Dates are part of an April 2026 exercise, not current real deadlines. Prepare an unsent manager briefing of at most 150 words.
Supplied Notes
NOTE01: Operations team will confirm the O108 return count. No deadline was agreed.
NOTE02: Sales lead will prepare a product-mix note by 2026-04-10.
NOTE03: No new promotion decision was made.
NOTE04: Weekly briefing due 2026-04-13. Communications role owns the draft. All communications remain unsent.
Required Result
- At most 150 words
- Both agreed actions retain their owners
- Operations deadline explicitly not agreed
- Sales note deadline April 10 preserved
- No invented promotion decision
- No sending/real record changes
Write your manual briefing below. Preserve every source qualification.
MAT01 · Safe Task Card
Main Point: start with a task you understand and can check.
Complete after sorting MAT02; use MAT04. No purchase, real-data upload or external action is required.
Task and purpose
Audience and output form
Permitted source information
Acceptance criteria
Consequence if wrong
Responsible reviewer
Manual fallback
Choice and evidence
MAT03 · Compare Routes
Four questions: What result do I need? What information and actions are permitted? Which tool fits? How will I check whether it helped?
First write and check a manual brief. If an actual tool is permitted and its data scope established, test only the supplied fictional case. Otherwise use the prepared example after completing your own attempt. Unknown fields stay unknown.
| Evidence | Manual route | Permitted assistant route |
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| Task/form/acceptance criteria | | |
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| Actual tool/account/version/date | | |
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| Permission and data-handling evidence | | |
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| Current official documentation | | |
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| Accessibility/edit/export test | | |
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| Cost basis and usage limits | | |
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| Exact input and instruction | | |
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| Output and source checks | | |
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| Required corrections | | |
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| Preparation + writing/generation + checking + correction time (measured/unknown) | | |
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| Choice and evidence | | |
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Combined / hybrid route
What useful role would each tool or person take? Record the same criteria, preparation, drafting, checking, correction and total evidence; do not infer a saving. Note trial order and learning effects.
Information access and actions
Record what may be read separately from what may be sent, scheduled or updated. Approved business information may be appropriate in an authorized workflow. The exercise uses supplied fiction and unsent drafts.
Do not infer a time saving from a polished draft or one test. Keep all communications unsent. Record stopping or choosing the manual route as a valid decision.
Learning Checks
PRACTICAL-AI-WORK-L01-Q01
Learning check one. You have the supplied fictional notes, a real customer complaint with a name removed, and an access key. Which input may you use in this exercise, and what should happen to the other two? Pause and decide before the explanation.
PRACTICAL-AI-WORK-L01-Q02
Learning check two. You now need accurate totals from a table of one hundred fictional orders, followed by a short explanation. The tools are permitted. One approach gives you fluent prose but no inspectable calculation. Another provides spreadsheet formulas you can check. Which approach fits the calculation, and what evidence would justify adding an assistant for the explanation?