Section 6 — Use the estimator primitive
12% of the exam · ≈ 8 of 68 questions · 30 verified practice questions
What the exam expects
- Set estimator primitive options such as resilience levels (
s6o1) - Understand the theoretical background behind the estimator primitive (
s6o2)
Scope notes — what to actually master
- EstimatorV2: PUB = (circuit, observables, parameter_values, precision)
- Precision <-> shots relationship (halving precision quadruples shots)
- resilience_level 0/1/2; Zero Noise Extrapolation (ZNE), PEC; error suppression vs mitigation
- Observables: SparsePauliOp, apply_layout for ISA alignment
Learn — official resources
The exam is based on these official IBM materials. Study them first; the drills below tell you when you're done.
| Resource | Type |
|---|---|
| Runtime options overview | guide |
| Configure error mitigation | guide |
| Configure error suppression | guide |
| Error mitigation and suppression techniques | guide |
| Specify observables in the Pauli basis | guide |
Drill — verified practice
Every code-bearing question below was executed against a pinned Qiskit 2.x stack at build time; explanations show the actual execution evidence.
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