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Performance – 2018 Smart Assessment Answers
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Stay up to speed on the latest performance products and trends from Google. Learn how to drive efficiency with automation, target the right customers and engage users across screens.

Master Performance knowledge

Understand the Google Ads Auction
Increase Relevance with Search Ad Extensions
Search Automated Bidding: Increase Bidding Efficiency
RLSA: Efficiently Reach Higher-Value Audiences
Dynamic Search Ads: Simplify Campaign Management
Reach Customers on the Google Display Network & Gmail
Display Remarketing: Re-engage Past Visitors
Drive Full Automation with Universal App Campaigns

Performance – 2018 Smart Assessment

40 questions

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81.) Which of these customers likely has the highest potential value to bid on when searching for flowers?

Customer that abandoned a shopping cart yesterday
New visitor to your client’s site
Customer that visited a product page last week
A visitor that has added products to their wish list

80.) What is the minimum list size for search required to run RLSA?

2,000
1,000
500
1,500

79.) Match each explanation to its key benefit of using display responsive ads in a remarketing campaign.

Deliver a great experience with native ads – Advertisers can match the look and feel of the content where their ad appears.
Greater creative input for advertisers – Advertisers can upload images, headlines and descriptions that meet your brand guidelines.
Easily reach people on millions of sites and apps – Advertisers can potentially see a 15% increase in reach at similar performance compared to standard text ads.

78.) Match each display targeting solution to its targeted audience.

Custom Affinity Audiences – Surfing fanatics.
In-market Audiences – Intended to book hotels.
Remarketing – Re-engage with existing site or app visitor.
Affinity Audiences – Travel enthusiasts

77.) Match each display targeting solution to its targeted audience.

Long-tail automation – The client wants users to find him even on his long-tail products.
Incremental reach – The client wants to make sure his ads appear for all relevant user searches.
Full automation – The client to run a very effective marketing campaign despite having limited resources.
Rapid expansion – The client wants to enter new markets quickly.

76.) Which of these statements are TRUE? Select all that apply.

Machine Learning involves finding patterns in old data and utilizing models in new data
Machine Learning builds systems that learn from data
Machine Learning builds systems that synthesize a broad codebase
Machine Learning is all about Learning from examples and observations

75.) What are some broad revenue generators in an app?

Notification-based ads, native ads, and banner ads
Subscriptions, Publishing ads, Hybrid model, In-app purchases, Paid apps
Paid content, paywalls, and paid features
Cross-app affiliate revenue share, cash back offers, and splash ads

74.) It’s important to wait at least two weeks after implementation before measuring the results of a Smart Bidding campaign.

True
False

73.) Indicate one difference on conversion tracking between iOS apps and Android apps.

Android apps can track app conversions with Google Play without needing to edit an app’s code or use a third-party analytics tool
iOS apps can implement conversion tracking using Custom server-to-server tracking
Android apps need an engineering team to work with them to implement tracking
iOS apps can implement conversion tracking using Custom server-to-server tracking

72.) Which settings should be removed to optimize a remarketing campaign performance?

Language settings
All answers are correct
Frequency caps
Location settings

71.) Why is Target CPA the recommended choice for a remarketing bidding solution?

It can save an advertiser time and potentially drive 20% more conversions at the same or lower CPA
Target CPA guarantees lower conversion costs versus other Smart Bidding strategies
The system will take care of the hard work by identifying the users that are more likely to convert at any day or time in order to achieve the CPA goal
With tCPA, advertisers can be totally hands off and never have to optimize with the bidding solution

70.) With UAC, we recommend setting a CPA bid using the average CLV of a customer who completes the ‘Success Action’

True
False

69.) Match each of the “Big Three” ad rank recommendations to their definition.

Expected CTR – The likelihood that the ad will be clicked.
Ad relevance – How closely the ad matches the intent behind a user’s search.
Landing page experience – How relevant, transparent and easy to navigate the page is for users.

68.) Which of the following best practices should be followed when applying target CPA to a campaign?

Have enough budget headroom for the campaign to grow
Have enough impression headroom for the campaign to grow
All answers are correct
Set up a Target CPA that is slightly lower than your historical CPA

67.) If a client wants to add a layer of auction-time optimization to their 3rd-party autobidding system, what autobidding strategy should they use?

Target CPA
Maximize conversions
eCPC
Maximize clicks

66.) How can you improve Quality Score?

All answers are correct
Increase maximum CPC
Address landing page experience
Enter less competitive keyword auctions

65.) Including a logo in a responsive ad…

Is encouraged
Is mandatory
Is not recommended, as it decreases the number of eligible placements
Is not possible

64.) What is dynamic remarketing?

Dynamic remarketing is the ability to capture insights from users’ interactions with a website, showing a dynamic ad later on to invite them to come back and complete an action
Dynamic remarketing is the ability to show ads with a generic image to a customer’s past visitors as they browse sites and apps on the Display Network
Dynamic remarketing allows clients to re-engage past site visitors as long as they have completed a conversion within the last 90 days
Dynamic remarketing is the ability to engage with new users with personalized, high-performance, dynamic ads

63.) What are the three universal ad extensions that every marketer should be using to enhance their text ad?

Callouts, call extensions and location extensions
Sitelinks, structured snippets and location extensions
Sitelinks, callouts and structured snippets
Sitelinks, callouts and call extensions

62.) When should a max conversions bidding strategy be pitched?

When advertisers have constrained budgets and want to reach a specific CPA
When advertisers have “always-on” campaigns
When advertisers want to acquire as much traffic within a given budget
When advertisers don’t know what their CPA target should be

61.) Sort the following ways to target a client’s website with DSA, from the largest coverage to the most narrow.

All webpages
Recommended categories
URL contains
Page feed

60.) Match each autobidding strategy to the right campaign goal.

Conversions – Target CPA.
Traffic – Maximize clicks.
Visibility – Target Outranking Share.
Revenue – Target ROAS.

59.) Match the client goal to the correct ad extension.

Price Extension – The client is interested in showcasing their services and range of products with the respective prices.
Structured Snippets – The client wants to describe the features of a specific product their business offers before customers click on the ad.
Promotion Extension – The clients want to quickly and prominently display information about offers without having to update every single ad.
Callout Extension – The client wants their ads to highlight valuable attributes about their business to potential customers.

58.) Match the client goal to the correct ad extension.

Message Extension – The client wants to easily connect with potential customers that prefer to text.
Location Extension – The client operates many retail stores and wants potential customers to see the distance from their location to the stores.
Sitelink Extension – The client is interested in directing people to specific pages on their website.
Call Extension – The client is focused on driving phone calls to their business.

57.) Which part of the search ad is not automatically generated by DSA?

Destination URL
Headline
Description line
All of these are automatically generated

56.) Match each of the following statements to its corresponding DSA benefit.

Reach and performance – On average, 86% of DSA traffic is incremental.
Coverage security – DSA makes sure you don’t miss any relevant queries.
Efficiency and time saving – No need to pause or create ads based on available inventory on the website, seasonality or demand.
Transparency and control – The Search Query report shows which queries were matched with a DSA ad.

55.) Match the appropriate solution to the client’s issue when investgating internal factors in the client’s Google Ads account.

Check the average click-through rate (CTR) – Ads are less visible.
Check the Change History report – Advertiser has made changes that can affect their Ad Rank.
Check the volume of impressions and impression share – Impressions are fluctuating.

54.) Match the appropriate solution to the client’s issue when investgating internal factors in the client’s AdWords account.

Check the volume of impressions and impression share – Impressions are fluctuating.
Check the average click-through rate (CTR) – Ads are less visible.
Check the Change History report – Advertiser has made changes that can affect their Ad Rank.

53.) Since DSA is an automation solution, there’s no need to add audience lists to the campaign.

False
True

52.) Which list size metric should be examined to see if a list can be actively used in RLSA?

Size: Video
Size: Search or Size: Display, whichever is smaller
Size: Display
Size: Search

51.) Why do search ad extensions matter to clients?

They guarantee a higher engagement for advertisers
They increase engagement and influence ad quality
They increase the ad quality and drive lower conversion costs
The CPC on ad extensions is lower than on a search ad headline

50.) How many extension types can show up in any given ad auction?

6 extensions
4 extensions
10 extensions
3 extensions

49.) What are the three key benefits of RLSA?

Automatically show the most relevant ad, Convert on new keywords, Cover more queries
Automatically show the most relevant ad, Screen real estate, Cover more queries
Bid based on audience, Import audiences from third party, Convert on new keywords
Bid based on audience, Convert on new keywords, Tailor your message

48.) Gmail targeting includes signals from which of the following?

Locations visited from Maps
Search
Emails
Browsing history

47.) Which policies apply when recommending RLSA? Select all that apply.

Minimum traffic policy for bid landscapes
User list size privacy threshold
No lists based on sensitive categories
Ads cannot collect personally-identifiable information

46.) If an advertiser wants to cover generic keywords or seasonal keywords that they normally couldn’t afford with RLSA, what is the best recommendation?

They should increase all their keyword bids
They should use the list as an exclusion
They should use bid-only to reach all users who search for the keywords
They should use target and bid to only reach those searchers who are in their audience list

45.) Google users can visit the Ads Preferences Manager to manage ad personalization.

True
False

44.) Which of the following statements is true?

33% of GDN ad placements can serve text ads only
Responsive ads are shown on YouTube and Gmail
Responsive ads capture user interactions and provide detailed reporting in Google Ads
18% of GDN inventory is text only

43.) Which of the following statements is true?

Responsive ads capture user interactions and provide detailed reporting in AdWords
18% of GDN inventory is text only
33% of GDN ad placements can serve text ads only
Responsive ads are shown on YouTube and Gmail

42.) Match examples of app activities to the corresponding vertical.

Dating/Communication – Profile completion, Specific session start or session duration, Community engagement, Add payment, and Subscription/Purchase
Retail/Classifieds – Item search, Became active after inactivity, Registration/Sign-In, Wishlist, Create listing, Contacted/Called, Add to cart, Coupon redemption, Add payment, Referral, Checkout initiated, and Subscription/Purchase
Gaming – Tutorial/Demo completion, Became active after inactivity, Invites users/Shared app, Level up/Game score, Community engagement, Level completion, Add payment, and Spend virtual currency/Purchase
Entertainment – Specific session start or session duration, Became active after inactivity, Video/Audio played, Invites users/Shared app, Engagement with special content, Add payment, and Subscription/Purchase

41.) Put the following steps in order to show how static display remarketing works.

Visitor comes to your site
Visitor is added to your list
Visitor leaves your site
Your ad shows across the GDN

40.) What are the three main factors that determine ad quality?

Expected clickthrough rate, ad formats, and ad relevance
Expected clickthrough rate, max CPC bid, and landing page experience
Expected clickthrough rate, landing page experience, and ad relevance
Max CPC bid, landing page experience, and ad relevance

39.) How should you pitch your clients on ad formats if they are using image or HTML5 ads today?

Use responsive ads together with image ads
Use Enhanced Text Ads with image/HTML5 ads
Use responsive ads instead of image ads
Expand the Image/HTML5 ad sizes

38.) Which attributes describe a good landing page experience? Select all that apply.

Easy to navigate
Transparent about the client’s business
Relevant and original content
High amount of user traffic

37.) Which of the following signal is currently NOT used by our algorithm to set up bids automatically?

Weekday
Operating system
They are all used
Household revenue

36.) Which of the following is not considered a “Smart Bidding” strategy?

These are all Smart Bidding strategies
Maximize clicks
eCPC
Target CPA

35.) Match the recommended option to tag your advertisers GDN remarketing campaigns to the Google product.

Google Analytics – For clients who are already running Google Analytics.
One Google Tag – For new advertisers that want to use Google Ads, Campaign Manager, and/or Google Analytics.
Google Ads – For clients who are already running remarketing lists for search ads (RLSA) or want to enable remarketing only.
Google Tag Manager – For clients who are placing an entirely new tag on their site.

34.) Match the recommended option to tag your advertisers GDN remarketing campaigns to the Google product.

Google Analytics – For clients who are already running Google Analytics.
Google AdWords – For clients who are already running remarketing lists for search ads (RLSA) or want to enable remarketing only.
One Google Tag – For new advertisers that want to use AdWords, DoubleClick, and/or Google Analytics.
Google Tag Manager – For clients who are placing an entirely new tag on their site.

33.) Why should an advertiser consider automated bidding? Select all that apply.

The search auction is dynamic and finding the right bid is challenging
Many signals influence user behavior and intent
For a set context, user likelihood to convert is fairly similar
Keyword bids directly impact performance

32.) Which of the following is a core benefit of Google Ads autobidding?

Auction-time bidding
Daily budget pacing
User ID-based bidding
Impression share-based bidding

31.) Which of the following is a core benefit of AdWords autobidding?

Auction-time bidding
User ID-based bidding
Impression share-based bidding
Daily budget pacing

30.) What is automatically included in optimized lists?

Nothing is automatically included in optimized lists. It uses a manual process to set up across all tag types
Optimized lists automatically include all new source data added to a Google Ads account
Optimized lists automatically include all users across the tag types, including Google Ads remarketing tool, GA tag, and app tracking that’s sent to Google
Optimized lists will update on a weekly basis based on your audience performance

29.) What is automatically included in optimized lists?

Optimized lists will update on a weekly basis based on your audience performance
Nothing is automatically included in optimized lists. It uses a manual process to set up across all tag types
Match the appropriate solution to the client’s issue when investigating internal factors in the client’s Google Ads account.
Optimized lists automatically include all new source data added to a Google Ads account

28.) What is automatically included in AdWords optimized lists?

AdWords optimized lists automatically include all new source data added to an AdWords account
Nothing is automatically included in AdWords optimized lists. It uses a manual process to set up across all tag types
AdWords optimized lists will update on a weekly basis based on your audience performance
AdWords optimized lists automatically include all users across the tag types, including AdWords remarketing tool, GA tag, and app tracking that’s sent to Google

27.) Identify which remarketing solution you would use for each scenario.

Dynamic Remarketing – Advertiser has a wide selection of products, categories or services and wants to share tailored/personalized ads.
Dynamic Remarketing – Advertiser has a wide selection of products, categories or services.
Static Remarketing – There’s a promotion, or advertiser wants to focus on the brand.
Static Remarketing – Advertiser only sells a few products or services.

26.) Match the following autobidding strategy to the right client objective.

Maximize conversions – The client wants more conversions within their budget.
Target ROAS – The client is focused on revenue, and profit is their key metric.
Target CPA – The client knows how much they are willing to pay for each conversion.
eCPC – The client wants to get more conversions at a stable CPA without exceeding their max CPC.

25.) DSA is fully compatible with target CPA, and it’s a best practice to combine this smart bidding option with DSA.

True
False

24.) Match the client’s objective to the DSA solution.

Full automation – The client to run a very effective marketing campaign despite having limited resources.
Long-tail automation – The client wants users to find him even on his long-tail products.
Incremental reach – The client wants to make sure his ads appear for all relevant user searches.
Rapid expansion – The client wants to enter new markets quickly.

23.) How should an advertiser exercise control over DSA campaigns?

Set a daily budget that’s 20% lower than the maximum desired investment
Select subcategories and add negative keywords
Add at least five broad-match keywords to each campaign
Disable automated bidding

22.) Which of the following user trends is NOT a rationale for advertisers to use DSA?

Relevant ad headlines draw more clicks
15% of daily queries are new
Voice search impacts the way that users search
Users consult an average of six websites before converting

21.) If an advertiser wants to maximize performance and also has branding guidelines, what would be a good recommendation?

Image ads and responsive ads (with color and format controls)
Image ads and text ads
Responsive ads and text ads
Image ads

20.) Which of the following targeting options is NOT available in Gmail?

Life Events
Custom Intent Audiences
Consumer Patterns
Remarketing

19.) What does GDN’s inventory include?

AdSense
Facebook
Google’s owned and operated digital properties, like YouTube and Gmail
The world’s largest ad exchange and app network

18.) Match each recommended display auto-bidding strategy to its corresponding lead client.

eCPC >> Client has not determined a cost per conversion goal or is using a 3P bidder
tCPA >> Client has a cost per action goal
tROAS >> Client passes conversion values to Google

17.) Identify how UAC uses Machine Learning.

It boosts lifetime value by understanding when users make in-app purchases
It targets ads precisely and controls ad exposure frequency
It reduces app churn by steering users away from apps rated less than 3.8
It automatically optimizes your bids and ads for users based on data signals

16.) What is the difference between a “Success Action” and a “Proxy Action”?

The Success Action is the most valuable in-app action for your business and the Proxy Action is highly likely going to lead to your Success Action
The Success Action is the primary goal for your business and the Proxy Action is the secondary that helps advance a user toward the third goals
The Proxy Action is the primary goal for your business and the Success Action is the secondary that helps advance a user toward the primary goals
The Proxy Action is the most valuable in-app action for your business and the Success Action is highly likely going to lead to your Proxy Action

15.) When calculating customer value, other valuable actions, such as friend referral should not be included.

True
False

14.) Which option allows advertisers to use their list in an existing campaign by applying a bid adjustment to modify their remarketing list members?

Target and bid (Targeting in the new Google Ads experience)
Bid Optimizer
Bid Manager
Bid Only (Observations in the new Google Ads experience)

13.) Which option allows advertisers to use their list in an existing campaign by applying a bid adjustment to modify their remarketing list members?

Bid Optimizer
Bid Only (Observations in the new AdWords experience)
Bid Manager
Target and bid (Targeting in the new AdWords experience)

12.) RLSA lists should start with all site visitors. Further segments can follow the advertiser’s website structure, which usually groups visitors at various stages in the conversion cycle.

True
False

11.) Explain what “observations” are in the new AdWords experience.

Observations allow the option to adjust bids and can get reports on additional items without narrowing the reach of an ad group
Observations are actually called “bid-only” in the new AdWords experience, and allows only the adjustment of bids
Observations narrow the reach of an ad group to specific audiences, and get reports, with the option to adjust bids
Observations allow you to see bid adjustment changes without having to access the change history

10.) What can be customized with audience signals to make the acquisition of website visitors more efficient and ensure that users who are searching are re-acquired before they visit any competitor sites?

Keywords
All answers are correct
Bids
Creatives

9.) Identify when it is appropriate to use target and bid for targeting in the new Google Ads experience.

A client wants to target new audiences
A client wants to continue to reach all users searching for their keywords
A client wants to test new keywords or direct returning users to a new landing page
A client wants to use bid only

8.) Identify when it is appropriate to use target and bid for targeting in the new AdWords experience.

A client wants to continue to reach all users searching for their keywords
A client wants to test new keywords or direct returning users to a new landing page
A client wants to target new audiences
A client wants to use bid only

7.) Put the following steps in order to describe how RLSA works.

Client places an Google Ads tag on their site
Client defines audience list
Client applies audience list to Google Ads search campaign

6.) Put the following steps in order to describe how RLSA works.

Client places an AdWords tag on their site
Client defines audience list
Client applies audience list to AdWords search campaign

5.) Which of the following allows advertisers to test out new keywords or ad copy that will serve only to specific audience members?

Bid optimizer
Target and Bid (Targeting in the new Google Ads experience)
Bid Modifiers (Bid Management in the new Google Ads experience)
Bid Only (Observations in the new Google Ads experience)

4.) Which of the following allows advertisers to test out new keywords or ad copy that will serve only to specific audience members?

Bid Modifiers (Bid Management in the new AdWords experience)
Target and Bid (Targeting in the new AdWords experience)
Bid Only (Observations in the new AdWords experience)
Bid optimizer

3.) What is the recommended range of lists to apply to ensure that management and reporting is not overly difficult?

4-5
5-10
1-3
No Limit

2.) What are prohibited categories you should avoid pitching RLSA to?

Auto Insurance
Pharmaceuticals
Travel
All answers are correct

1.) Order the four steps used to maximize an advertisers investment in RLSA.

Start with an ‘All Visitors’ list and segment it to create relevant sub-segments
Apply the lists to all campaigns and ad groups
Adjust bids to maximize ROI
Evaluate results and upsell