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Large Language Models · Quiz 2 · 23 Nov 2025 · September 2025 term

Question 9: Which decoding method ensures the same response every tim…

Question 9

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Which decoding method ensures the same response every time for a given prompt (assuming no randomness in model weights)? Select all that apply.

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Top-k with k = 3, temperature > 1

  2. B

    Top-k with k = 3, temperature = 1

  3. C

    Top-p with p = 0.2, Temperature > 1

  4. D

    Top-p with p = 0.2, Temperature = 1

  5. E

    Beam Search with beam-size = 5

  6. F

    Beam Search with beam-size = 1

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Correct answers

  • E

    Beam Search with beam-size = 5

  • F

    Beam Search with beam-size = 1

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Question 9 of 22 in the IIT Madras BS Large Language Models (LLM) Quiz 2 paper sat on 23 Nov 2025, in the September 2025 term (IIT M DEGREE AN EXAM QDB2 23 Nov 2025 NEW). It carries 2 marks.

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