Question

Which of the following is NOT a key activity during the scoping phase of an AI model life-cycle?

• A. Defining the business objectives
• B. Aligning stakeholders’ expectations
• C. Cleaning and preparing the data
• D. Evaluating Return On Investment (ROI)

Hint:

Tip: Scoping = define goals, align teams, check ROI — data prep comes later!

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

The scoping phase of an AI project involves planning and defining what the project aims to achieve.
Key activities include clarifying business goals, setting success criteria, and making sure all stakeholders have aligned expectations.
Evaluating ROI can also be part of scoping to check if the project is worth pursuing.
However, cleaning and preparing the data is not part of scoping — it happens later during the data preparation phase.
Data cleaning involves removing errors, handling missing values, and transforming raw data into usable form.
Scoping is about answering “what” and “why”; data cleaning answers “how” during the build phase.
So, the correct answer is option (C) — Cleaning and preparing the data is not a scoping activity.