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24
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OpenAI API solutions lab
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A customer support portal starts a long-running Responses API request with background set to true. The creation call returns HTTP 200 with status queued, and the UI renders an empty answer as if the work had finished.

How should the application wait for the answer and determine whether generation succeeded?

  1. APoll the response by ID until output_text is non-empty, then render whatever came back
  2. BSet background to false so the creation call blocks until the model finishes the answer
  3. CRetry the creation call whenever the response comes back with an empty output array again
  4. DPoll the response by ID while status is queued or in_progress, then read its final status
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What this lab covers

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  1. Reasoning Models & Effort Control30%
  2. Structured Outputs & Strict JSON Schemas25%
  3. Responses API & Vector Stores25%
  4. Fine-Tuning vs RAG vs Prompt Caching20%

Weights are from the provider's published exam guide.

Who this is for. Developers working with OpenAI APIs and retrieval applications.

How to study. Review the current API documentation alongside each answer. Treat model-specific limits and older API names as version-sensitive.

Our bank has 24 questions and uses single-answer multiple choice. Official exams may use additional formats. This is an independent practice set.

All 24 practice questions

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Reasoning Models & Effort Control 5
  1. What is the appropriate repair?medium
  2. Which change targets the hard cases?medium
  3. Which effort level should ship?medium
  4. Which token category accounts for the other 2.7 million output tokens?medium
  5. What should the agent include in each follow-up request?medium
Structured Outputs & Strict JSON Schemas 7
  1. Which combination stops the concurrent calls and enforces the required order?medium
  2. Which configuration enforces the schema on a completed, non-refusal response?medium
  3. Which strict-mode requirement does this schema violate?medium
  4. Which check should the client make before reading the claim fields?medium
  5. Which tool design constrains the model's output to the filter language?hard
  6. How should the team model the optional parameter?medium
  7. What should the client check before parsing the output text?medium
Responses API & Vector Stores 8
  1. How should the application wait for the answer and determine whether generation succeeded?medium
  2. Which chunking settings give retrieval the most cross-boundary context?hard
  3. How should the 188 missing records be reconciled?medium
  4. Which request setting exposes those results?medium
  5. Which input item returns the result to that call?medium
  6. Which state-management approach meets this requirement?medium
  7. Which change limits each agent's file search to their own state's documents?medium
  8. Which change retires idle stores without adding a cleanup service?medium
Fine-Tuning vs RAG vs Prompt Caching 4
  1. Which design meets both requirements?medium
  2. Which change restores cache hits on the shared policy?medium
  3. Which approach raises the number of requests the service can make per minute?medium
  4. Why does the first request of every run miss the cache?medium

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What can I practice for OpenAI API Solutions Skills?

24 independent single-answer practice questions covering selected topics: Reasoning Models & Effort Control, Structured Outputs & Strict JSON Schemas, Responses API & Vector Stores, Fine-Tuning vs RAG vs Prompt Caching. Each includes an explanation and source link.

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