Friday, April 21, 2017

Google Analytics Certification Questions and Answers 2017

Google Analytics Certification has been updated in April 2017, there are new Analytics course with course material, transcriptions and video tutorial with totally new updated questions for certification exam.


By default, which of these is NOT considered a “source” in Google Analytics?

email
googlemerchandisestore.com
google
(direct)

What is a “dimension” in Google Analytics?

The total amount of revenue a business has made in a given date range.
A comparison of data between two date ranges.
A report that offers information about your audience
An attribute of a data set that can be organized for better analysis.

Which report shows users who initiated sessions over 1-day, 7-day, 14-day, and 30-day periods?

Active Users report
User Explorer report
Users Flow report
Cohort Analysis report

What is the set of rules that determines how sales and conversions get attributed based on Touch-points in the conversion path?

Conversion tracking
Multi-Channel Funnels
Attribution modeling
Channel Groupings

Which kinds of hits does Google Analytics track?

Page-tracking hit
Event-tracking hit
Ecommerce-tracking hit
All of the above

What is the “Bounce Rate” in Google Analytics?

The percentage of total site exits
The number of times unique users returned to your website in a given time period
The percentage of visits when a user landed on your website and exited without any interactions
The percentage of sessions in which a user exits from your homepage

Which of these user characteristics CANNOT be used to create a Custom Segment?

Users who have children
Users that viewed a page on your website and then watched a video
Users 25 to 34 years of age who have their browser set to Spanish
Users that engaged in your social media or email campaigns

Which reports require you to activate Advertising Features?

Cohort Analysis reports
Real-time reports
Demographics and Interests reports
Geo reports

If a filter excludes data from a view, that data can never be recovered for that view.

True
False

Filters may be applied retroactively to any data that has been processed.

True
False

To collect how many times users downloaded a product catalog, what would you set up?

Event Tracking
Custom Report
Custom Dimension
Calculated Metrics

What will happen if a user clears the Analytics cookie from their browser?

Analytics will not be able to associate user behavior data with past data collected
Analytics will set a new unique ID the next time a browser loads a tracked page
Analytics will set a new browser cookie the next time a browser loads a tracked page
All of the above

Segments are applied before sampling in reports.

True
False

What is required for User ID to track users across different devices?

Google Tag Manager
Sign-in that generates and sets unique IDs
A new Analytics account for reporting
All of the above

What feature would you set up to collect company-specific data such as Member Status?

Event Tracking
Custom Metric
Custom Dimension
Custom Filter

Filters let you include, exclude, or modify the data you collect in a view.

True
False

Which report would you use to determine where users start or exit the conversion funnel?

Cohort Analysis report
Treemaps report
Goal Flow report
User Timings report

Smart Goals are created automatically by Google’s machine-learning algorithms

True
False

Views can include website data from before the view was created.

True
False

How would you reduce the time it takes to compile reports in Google Analytics?

Choose “Faster response” in the sampling pulldown menu
Choose “Greater precision” in the sampling pulldown menu
Remove any Secondary Dimensions you have added to the report
Remove any filters you have added to the view

Which reports show websites that send traffic to your pages?

Behavior
Demographics
Geo
All Traffic

What is a “secondary dimension” in Google Analytics?

An additional dimension you can add to a report for more specific analysis.
A visualization that allows you to understand the impact of your data
An additional widget you can add to a dashboard for more specific analysis.
An additional metric you can add to a report for more specific analysis.

Which of these is NOT possible when you link your AdWords account to Google Analytics?

Adjust keyword bids inside Google Analytics
Import Analytics goals and transactions into AdWords as conversions
Create remarketing lists in Analytics to use in AdWords campaigns
View AdWords click and cost data alongside your site engagement data in Google Analytics

If you want to track users and sessions across multiple domains, what must you set up?

Data Import
Cross-domain tracking
AdWords Linking
Ad Exchange Linking

To recognize users across different devices, what feature must you enable?

Attribution Models
Audience Definitions
User ID
AdWords Linking

If a user watches a video with event tracking three times in a single session, Analytics will count how many Unique Events?

0
1
2
3

If the Google Merchandise Store sets up a URL goal of “/ordercomplete” and a Match Type of “Begins with”, which of the following pages on www.googlemerchandisestore.com will NOT count as a goal?

/ordercomplete/thank_you.html
/ordercomplete/index.html
/ordercomplete.php
/order/complete.php

What URL tag does AdWords add to the destination URL using autotagging?

gclid=
urlid=
adid=
utm=

By default, which of these traffic source dimensions does Google Analytics capture for each user that visits your website?

Source, Medium, Campaign, and Ad Content
Campaign and Ad Content
Source and Medium
Campaign and Medium

If you wanted to track what search terms customers used to find products on your website, what would you set up?

Search filters
Enhanced Ecommerce
Site Search
Data Import

When will the Analytics tracking code send an event hit to Google Analytics?

Every time a user makes a reservation
Every time a user performs an action with pageview tracking implemented
Every time a user performs an action with event tracking implemented
Every time a user adds an event to their calendar

Which of these criteria CANNOT be used to create a Custom Segment?

Metrics
Ad type
Dimensions
Sequences of user actions

Which data table display compares report metrics to the website average?

Comparison
Pivot
Percentage
Performance

By default, when does an Analytics session expire?

After 30 minutes, regardless of user activity on your website
At noon every day
When a user opens another browser window
When a user is inactive on your website for more than 30 minutes

Once Google Analytics has processed the data it collects, you can still recover any data that was filtered out.

True
False

Which report shows the percentage of at has visited your site before?

Interests > Affinity categories report
All traffic > Referrals report
Behavior > New vs returning report
Behavior > Frequency and Recency report

Which of these CANNOT be collected by the default Analytics tracking code?

Device and operating system
Browser language setting
User’s favorite website
Page visits


Which reports can show you how website referrals, organic search, and ad campaigns assisted in the conversion process?

Ecommerce reports
Multi-Channel Funnel reports
Acquisition reports
Goals reports

When will the Analytics tracking code send a pageview hit to Google Analytics?

Every time a user clicks a video on a website
Every time a user searches on a website
Every time a user loads a webpage with embedded tracking code
Every time a user adds an item to an online shopping cart

By default, which of these are NOT Remarketing audiences that you can define?

Users who played a video on your website
Users who visited your physical store
Users who speak a particular language
Users who visited a specific page on your website

Which type of Custom Report shows a static sortable table with rows of data?

Map Overlay
Flat Table
Pivot Table
Explorer

Assigning a value to a Google Analytics Goal allows you to do which of the following?

Compare goal conversions and measure changes and improvements to your site
Track real-time revenue for your business
Analyze the conversion funnel on your website.
Track actual revenue from your conversions

What are the four scope levels available for dimensions and metrics in Google Analytics?

Hit-level, session-level, product-level, or user-level scope
Event-level, session-level, transaction-level, or user-level scope
Location-level, duration-level, product-level, or user-level scope
Event-level, duration-level, transaction-level, or user-level scope

What is a “metric” in Google Analytics?

The dates in your date range.
A dimension that can help you analyze site performance.
The numbers in a data set often paired with dimensions.
A segment of data separated out in a report for comparison.

Which report demonstrates how well specific parts of your website performed?

Content Drilldown report
Frequency and Recency report
Top Events report
Location report

How does Google Analytics credit a channel that contributes to a conversion prior to a transaction?

Assisted conversion
Second-to-last-click attribution
Last-click attribution
Primary conversion

Metrics cannot be paired with dimensions of the same scope.

True
False

Which of these are required for Multi-Channel Funnels?

Custom Dimensions
Advertising Features
Goals or Ecommerce
In-page Analytics

Which of these represents the hierarchical structure of a Google Analytics account?

Account > Property > View
Property > Account > View
View > Account > Property
Account > View > Property

Which tags does Google Analytics recommend to accurately track campaigns?

Medium, Source, and Campaign
Campaign, Content, and Term
Source, Content, and Term
Medium, Source, and Content

Custom Reports will NOT let you do what?

Use a Custom Dimension as a primary dimension
Use multiple dimensions together in the same report
Create a report with Custom Metrics
Pair metrics and dimensions of different scopes

Which of these is a scope for Custom Metrics?

Event
Hit
User
Session

You can only apply a Custom Dimension to data that was collected after you created the dimension.

True
False

Which of the following statements about segments is incorrect?

Segments are filters that permanently alter your data
Segments are either subsets of sessions or subsets of users
Segments let you isolate and analyze your data
You can use segments to build custom Remarketing lists

What four parameters can you include with an event hit for reporting?

Category, Action, Label, Value
Event, Category, Action, Label
Category, Action, Label, Unique Events
Category, Action, Label, Total Events

You may apply a new Custom Channel Group retroactively to organize data that has been previously collected.

True
False

If a user visits the home page of a website with a video embedded and leaves without clicking on anything, Google Analytics will count this session as a bounce.

True
False

What four types of Goals are available in Google Analytics?

Pageview, Event, Transaction, Social
Destination, Event, Pageview, Social
Destination, Event, Duration, Pages/Screens per Session
Location, Event, Time, Users per Session

Which campaigns require you to add manual tags to destination URLs for tracking?

AdWords campaigns
Email campaigns
AdWords and email campaigns
None of the above

Which of these can you NOT share using The Solutions Gallery?

Segments
Goals
Custom reports
Custom Dimensions

Which report can compare metrics based on user acquisition date over a series of weeks?

Active Users report
Cohort Analysis report
User Explorer report
Users Flow report

Auto-tagging is used to collect data from which kinds of traffic?

Social media traffic
AdWords Campaign traffic
Search engine traffic other than Google
Website referral traffic

You cannot change the default session timeout duration in Google Analytics.

True
False

Which report shows a visual representation of user interactions on your website?

Landing Pages report
Treemaps report
Content Drilldown report
Behavior Flow report

Which of these does Google Analytics use to distinguish new and returning users?

Artificial intelligence
Facial recognition technology
A randomly-assigned unique identifier and browser cookie
A sequentially-assigned unique identifier and browser cookie

Which of these can be imported to define a remarketing audience?

Custom Metric
Custom Report
Custom Segment
Custom Dimension

Which of these channels is NOT included in the default Channels report?

Direct
Organic Search
Device
Display

What scope would you apply for a Custom Dimension that collects data for users who log in to your website?

Hit
Product
User
Session

If you define a Destination Goal for a newsletter sign-up, and a user completes the newsletter sign-up three times in three separate sessions, how many Goal conversions will Google Analytics count?

0
1
2
3

Which report shows which pages on your site get the most traffic and highest engagement?

Frequency and Recency report
Engagement report
Active Users report
All Pages report

Which filter would you apply if you only wanted to include data from a campaign titled “Back to School” in Campaign reports?

Custom Include filter with field “Page Title” and pattern “back to school”
Custom Search and Replace filter with field “Campaign Name”, string “back to school”, and pattern “include”
Predefined Include filter with “traffic to the hostname” “that are equal to” “back to school”
Custom Include filter with field “Campaign Name” and pattern “back to school”

Which of these is NOT a benefit of Remarketing in Google Analytics?

Show customized ads to customers who have previously visited your site
Create remarketing lists without making changes to your existing Analytics snippet
Allow customers to reorder an item they have previously purchased
Create remarketing lists based on custom segments and targets

In Multi-Channel Funnel Reports, which channel could NOT be credited with a conversion?

Website referrals
Television commercials
Social network
Paid and organic search

Which report helps you understand which kinds of mobile devices were used to visit your website?

Technology > Network report
All Traffic > Source/Medium report
Mobile > Devices report
Site Content > Landing Page report

In Multi-Channel Funnel Reports, conversions and ecommerce transactions are attributed to the last campaign, search, or ad that referred the user.

TRUE
FALSE

Which of these could NOT be tracked using Goals in Google Analytics?

Making a purchase
Watching a video
Customer’s lifetime value
Signing up for a newsletter

What type of data does Google Analytics prohibit you from collecting?

Product SKU(s)
Purchase amount
Personally identifiable information
Billing city

Once you have deleted a view, you have a limited number of days to restore that view.

True
False

By default, Google Analytics can only collect behavioral data from web-connected systems.

True
False

Where in the HTML of your webpage should you place your Analytics tracking code?

Just after the opening <head> tag of your website
Just after the opening <body> tag of your website
Just before the closing </body> tag of your website
Just before the closing </head> tag of your website

Sharing a Custom Report will share the data in that report.

TRUE
FALSE

Which of these is NOT a valid metric-dimension combination?

Sessions / Source
Time on Page / Device Type
Sessions / Bounce rate
Total Events / User Type

Google Analytics filters are applied in the order in which they are set in your view.

TRUE
FALSE

Custom Dimensions can be used as which of the following?

Secondary dimensions in Standard reports
Primary dimensions in Custom Reports
Secondary dimensions in Custom Reports
All of the above

To send data from a web-connected device like a point-of-sale system to Google Analytics, what would you use?

Data Import
The Networking Protocol
Browser cookies
The Measurement Protocol

Which of the following criteria could NOT be used for a Dynamic Remarketing audience?

Users who viewed your homepage
Users who viewed a search result page on your website
Users who viewed product detail pages
Users who returned an item they purchased

Which view filter(s) would you apply if you wanted to include only users from Brazil or Argentina?

Filter 1: exclude Peru or Bolivia

Filter 1: include Brazil or Argentina

Filter 1: include Brazil > Filter 2: include Argentina

Filter 1: include Argentina > Filter 2: include Brazil

Which report indicates the last page users viewed before leaving your website?

All Pages report
Landing Pages report
Pages report
Exit Pages report

Which user characteristic may NOT be used to change keyword bids in AdWords?:

ad preference
device
time of day
location

Which report helps you determine the percent of your site traffic that has visited previously?

New vs Returning report
Referrals report
Frequency & Recency report
Sales Performance report

Which of these is NOT a benefit of using segments in your data analysis?

You can isolate and analyze specific conversion paths using conversion segments
You can analyze users by single or multi-session conditions
You can permanently modify the data in your view
You can compare behavior metrics for groups of users like Converters vs non Converters

Which of these would prevent data from appearing in a Custom Report?

You haven’t shared that Custom report with users in the same view
You’ve applied too many dimensions to the Custom Report
You’ve applied a filter that filters out all of your data
You’ve applied too many metrics to the Custom Report

Which of these can join offline business systems data with online data collected by Google Analytics?

Data import
User ID
AdWords Linking
Goal tracking

By default, which of these is NOT considered a “medium” in Google Analytics?

google
organic
referral
cpc

Which campaign parameter is NOT standard in Google Analytics ?

utm_source

utm_medium

utm_adgroup

utm_content

If you install the same default tracking code on pages with different domains, Analytics will count these users and sessions separately.
True
False

What does Google Analytics call a URL that passes parameters of useful information for reporting?
A data stream
A hit
A dimension
A metric

When does the tracking code send a pageview hit to Google Analytics?
This answer is correct.
Every time a user clicks a video
Every time a user adds an item to a shopping cart
Every time a user searches on your website
Every time a user loads a webpage with embedded tracking code

When does the tracking code send an event hit to Google Analytics?
This answer is incorrect. Please review Unit 1, Lesson 1 for the correct answer.
Every time a user performs an action with pageview tracking
Every time a user performs an action with event tracking
Every time a user adds an event to their calendar
Every time a user makes a reservation on a booking site

What does Google Analytics use to differentiate new and returning users?

A browser cookie
Artificial intelligence
A randomly-assigned unique identifier
A sequential unique identifier

What will happen if a user clears the Analytics cookie from their browser?

Analytics will not be able to associate user behavior data with past data collected
Analytics will set a new unique ID the next time a browser loads a tracked page
Analytics will set a new browser cookie the next time a browser loads a tracked page
All of the above

By default, Google Analytics can recognize returning users over multiple sessions from different browsers and devices.

True
False

You can change the default 30 minute session timeout in Google Analytics

True
False

To send data to Google Analytics from a web-connected device like a point-of-sale system, what must you use?

Data Import
Browser cookies
The Networking protocol
The Measurement Protocol

Which of these are Goal types in Google Analytics?

Destination
Duration
Pages/Screens per session
Event

If you define an event goal of playing a video, and a user plays that same video three times in the same session, how many Goal conversions will Google Analytics record?
1
2
3
4

What are the four scopes available for dimensions and metrics?
Event-level, session-level, transaction-level, or user-level scope
Location-level, duration-level, product-level, or user-level scope
Hit-level, session-level, product-level, or user-level scope
Event-level, duration-level, transaction-level, or user-level scope

If data is excluded from a view using a filter, it may be recovered within thirty days.
True
False

What is the order of steps when defining a measurement plan?

Business objectives > key actions > KPIs
KPIs > key actions > business objectives
Key actions > KPIs > business objectives
Business objectives > KPIs > key actions

In a measurement plan, what are macro-conversions?

The main actions you want users to take on your website that accomplish your business goals
The secondary actions users take on your website that lead up to main actions
The metric data you use to measure business success
Keyboard shortcuts for tasks in Google Analytics

What will happen if you install the same default tracking code on pages with different domains?

Analytics will associate these users and sessions with a single domain
Analytics will associate these users and sessions with their respective domains

Which report helps identify which browsers may have had problems with your website?

The Browser & Os report
the active users report

What would you set up to collect how many comments users posted to a webpage on your site?

Custom Dimension
Calculated Metric
Custom Channel Groupings
Custom Metric

In Google Analytics, what is a “dimension”?

The total amount of revenue a business has made in a given date range.
An attribute of a data set that can be organized for better analysis.
A comparison of data between two date ranges.
A report that offers information about your audience

Which report indicates the pages of your website where users first arrived?
Location report 
All Pages report 
Landing Pages report 
Pages report

By default, when will Google Analytics NOT be able to identify sessions from the same user?

When the sessions happen in the same browser on the same device
When the sessions happen in the same browser on the same day
When the sessions share the same browser cookie
When the sessions happen in different browsers on the same device


Disclaimer: All question and answers mentioned above are from Google Analytics Certification Exam. You can get 90%+ marks by using this guide. However there can be some wrong answers but you surely will pass.

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