VPAID Studio Certification Exam Study Guide
The VPAID Certification exam guide covers key concepts about VPAID ads in DoubleClick Studio, including:
About VPAID
How to get started with VPAID
VPAID assets
Video and VPAID
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1.) What is the difference between the VPAID Linear format and the VPAID Non-Linear format?
- A) The VPAID Non-Linear format allows the video that is playing within it to be primary, so that the publisher’s player can control it.
- B) The VPAID Linear format runs pre-roll or post-roll, or interrupts the publisher’s video content, while the VPAID Non-Linear format overlays the publisher’s video content.
- C) The VPAID Non-Linear format runs pre-roll or post-roll, or interrupts the publisher’s video content, while the VPAID Linear format overlays the publisher’s video content.
- D) The VPAID Linear format can be developed in ActionScript 3, while the VPAID Non-Linear format can be developed in both ActionScript 3 and ActionScript 2.
2.) Which ActionScript version is supported by the VPAID creative format?
- A) ActionScript 2 only
- B) ActionScrip 1, ActionScript 2, and ActionScript 3
- C) ActionScript 3 only
- D) ActionScript 2, and ActionScript 3
3.) What happens to the aspect ratio of a VPAID creative when the size does not match the dimensions of the publisher’s video player?
4.) Which statement is not valid VPAID best practice spec?
5.) How can you set a primary video to play when there are multiple videos in the VPAID creative?
6.) The Studio Video Player component has video smoothing enabled as a default setting.
7.) The DoubleClick Studio components and API for full screen don’t function in VPAID creatives.
8.) VPAID creatives use which Enabler?
9.) You should use the Loader component setting called “Wait for page load…” to polite load assets into a VPAID creative.
10.) How many videos in a VPAID linear creative can be controlled by the publisher’s player controls at any one time?
11.) What does calling enabler.setInteractive(true) do?
12.) You should always add a skip button in your creative.
13.) What’s the best description of the behavior that occurs when you select the “Close the creative when the video completes” option in the Studio video component?
14.) Fill in the blanks for the following code snippet to make an expanding non-linear VPAID change into VPAID Linear mode upon expansion using our Studio API.
expandButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, expandClickHandler);
function expandClickHandler(event::MouseEvent):void {
enabler.setLinear(____);
}
15.) Fill in the blanks for the following code snippet to make a VPAID Linear ad close using our Studio API.
closeButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, closeClickHandler);
function closeClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
enabler.____();
}
16.) Drag-and-drop the code order displayed when flash traces the output logs of a collapsing an expanding non-linear VPAID ad.
17.) When should the StudioEvent.START event listener be added in Flash for VPAID non-linear auto expand ads?
18.) Which Studio VPAID API method allows VPAID Linear ads to remain open, rather than closing when it reaches the Duration time specified in the Studio UI?
19.) Which VPAID specs are priority when developing a creative?
20.) What reporting is available for VPAID creatives?
21.) When can a companion banner for VPAID creative be uploaded?
22.) The duration for a creative can be adjusted after a creative has been pushed from Studio to DFA.
23.) How can you ensure that your creative runs only as long as the length of the video?
24.) VPAID Creatives can reference the parent flash player or the publishers flash player code libraries.
25.) If a publisher says your linear VPAID creative “isn’t firing the Ad Stopped event,” what is mostly likely the issue?
26.) In the Studio Preview tab, how do you turn off the controls of the video player when previewing a VPAID creative?
27.) You can set a custom width and height for the VPAID player in the Studio UI Preview tab.
28.) For VPAID Linear creatives, you can’t control the playback of the primary video with the Studio API or Studio components.
29.) Which Studio VPAID API method retrieves the amount of time that has elapsed in the ad, if supported by the environment?
30.) Which Studio VPAID API method updates and reports the amount of time that has elapsed in the ad, if supported by the environment?
31.) Which Studio Event API gets fired when the ad is supposed to stop playing animations, videos, and audio?
32.) When building a VPAID linear creative, how do you set the primary video to be controlled by the publisher’s video controls?
33.) What function should be called when a VPAID Linear creative is done playing?
34.) The Studio Video Player Advanced component has video smoothing enabled by default.
