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01 / The exam

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Two tasks with the assistant and one set of questions, over 20 minutes.

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1A task with the assistantBasic
2A task with the assistantBasic
3Questions about the workBasic

The clock does not pause. The only AI you may use is the one the exam provides. At zero we submit work saved on the server by the deadline. You then answer the examiner's question about each draft.

Task 1

Write the holiday-hours notice

Write a short, friendly email to all patients about the public-holiday closure, the Saturday opening and the new physiotherapist. Your manager approves it before it goes out.

Source material · 51 words

From: the clinic notes. Facts: - Closed Friday 22 August, public holiday. - Open Saturday 23 August, 9:00–13:00 as normal. - Cancellations: free up to 24 hours before; S$30 after. - Dr Lim, physiotherapist, starts Monday 25 August. - Mr Okafor has an outstanding balance on a payment plan. Send to: all registered patients, by email.

Write a short email to all our registered patients about the holiday hours. Keep it friendly and plain, under 100 words. My manager approves it before it goes out. Here are the clinic notes: Closed Friday 22 August, public holiday. Open Saturday 23 August, 9:00–13:00 as normal. Cancellations: free up to 24 hours before; S$30 after. Dr Lim, physiotherapist, starts Monday 25 August. Mr Okafor has an outstanding balance on a payment plan.

AI tool

Subject: Holiday hours and a new physiotherapist Dear patients, The clinic is closed for the long weekend and reopens Monday 25 August. Cancellations are free of charge at any time, so let us know if your plans change. We are pleased to welcome Dr Lim, our new physiotherapist, from Monday 25 August. A friendly reminder: patients with outstanding balances, such as Mr Okafor, can settle their accounts at reception. Warm regards, The team at Kestrel Lane Clinic

Handed in · Email to patients

Subject: Holiday hours and our new physiotherapist Dear patients, The clinic is closed on Friday 22 August for the public holiday. We are open on Saturday 23 August, 9:00 to 13:00, as normal. Dr Lim, our new physiotherapist, starts on Monday 25 August. Cancellations are free up to 24 hours before your appointment. After that, the fee is S$30. Kind regards, The team at Kestrel Lane Clinic

Follow-up 1

AI examiner · Follow-up question

Name one thing in the assistant's draft the clinic notes did not support, and how you knew.

It said cancellations are free at any time. The notes say free up to 24 hours before, then S$30. I read the draft against the notes line by line.

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Reaching further: Using the assistant to produce work beyond what you could have produced alone, rather than the same work faster.
Briefing the assistant: Giving the assistant the reader, purpose and source facts the work depends on, and the form, length and contents you need back.
The finished piece: Turning the assistant's output into something a colleague could use: editing it, combining it and adding original thinking.
Checking its work: Checking the assistant's claims, figures and assumptions against the source before the work is used.
Safety and confidentiality: Handling confidential and personal data, seeing compliance, ethical and reputational risk, and declining unsafe requests.
Knowing what to delegate: Deciding what to hand to the assistant and what to keep, and at what stakes, before any output exists.

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