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Nonmetallic mining support test request data for AI

A support provider may receive a request to change the scope of a test without approval to perform it.

By Fiund · Updated 2026-11-05

NAICS 213115 · Support Activities for Nonmetallic Minerals (except Fuels) Mining

A support provider may receive a request to change the scope of a test without approval to perform it. FHWA publishes materials testing forms, and USGS documents industrial mineral reporting context. A synthetic sample can show how the contractor separates request, authorization and result. FHWA materials testing forms · USGS mineral commodity summaries

Create two fictional requests and a result for one. Give the other a proposed revision but no approval. Ask which scope the result supports and what a reviewer would need before associating the other record. Score the request version and documented authority separately.

Keep client contracts, locations, quality results, procedures, and commercial specifications private. Use independently written forms and no operational testing instructions.

Describe a test request exercise

Original Fiund exercise

A proposed scope revision is not an authorized test result

A support-provider exercise separates a request, approval and resulting report. All test names and measurements are invented, and no testing procedure is provided.

Fictional records supplied to the evaluator
RecordSourceWhat it records
NM1Approved request N-3 revision AAuthorizes measure J for specimen P under scope A.
NM2Proposed request N-3 revision BWould add measure K for specimen P; approval field blank.
NM3Fictional result R-9Reports J=6 practice units for P, referencing approved revision A. Another request N-4 names specimen Q.

Question for the model

Which request scope does R-9 support, and can it be presented as completion of revision B or the separate specimen-Q request?

Show the reference answer and checks

NM3 explicitly references specimen P and approved revision A, so it supports the authorized J result in NM1. NM2 proposes adding K but contains no approval or K result. R-9 therefore does not establish completion of revision B. N-4 concerns Q, for which no matching result is supplied. Request, authorization and completion should retain separate states.

  • Selecting the alphabetically latest revision without checking its approval state.
  • Reusing P's result to close Q's separate request because the test name is similar.

Fields to preserve

Request version and approval state
Keeps proposed scope distinct from authorized scope.
Requested versus reported measure
Makes an absent K result visible.
Specimen identity
Prevents cross-request reuse of P's observation.
Report's explicit request reference
Preserves the documentary link used in the answer.

Test another case

Approve revision B after R-9 was issued but supply no new report. The correct answer should recognize the new authorization while leaving the added K work unverified.

Exclude actual client authorizations, procedures, contracts, locations, specifications and quality results. This fictional packet makes no operational testing recommendation.

Download this fictional example and answer key (JSON)

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