Certificate Exam Flashcards
A/B test
A test that allows you to conduct experiments
that compare multiple targeting groups
or campaigns by splitting audiences into
randomized and mutually exclusive groups.
Advanced matching
A Facebook pixel feature that allows websites
to pass additional site-visitor information (such
as email addresses or phone numbers).
Alternative
hypothesis
A hypothesis contrary to the null hypothesis, that
there’s a relationship between two measured
phenomena or an association among groups.
API (Application
programming
interface)
Defines how software components communicate.
Attribution
The practice of assigning value to various
marketing efforts.
Attribution model
Determines how credit is given to touchpoints
for a conversion. The logic that determines how
credit is given to touchpoints for a conversion.
The attribution model logic can be based on a
rule or set of rules, or a statistical model.
Attribution window
The finite period of time during which
conversions can be credited to a particular ad.
Auction
An ad buying methodology in which the ads run
based on the maximum bid and performance.
Ads compete against each other in this process
and the system determines the ones most likely
to be successful to be displayed.
Bid
The amount an advertiser is willing to pay to
achieve their desired outcome.
Bid cap
A bid strategy that enables advertisers to
set a maximum bid Facebook can use in each
auction.
Bid pacing
Adjusts a bid or which auctions to enter based
on how much budget and time are left for an
ad set.
Bid strategy
A setting in Ads Manager and Reporting that
helps Facebook determine how to spend a
budget to compete in a Facebook auction.
Brand lift
Measurement product that uses experimental
design (randomized control trials) to detect
brand impact that might be caused by ads run
on Facebook.
Budget allocation
The amount of marketing expenditure allotted
foreach marketing activity
Buying type
Options in Ads Manager that determine the
method by which you purchase ads on Facebook,
either through auction or reach and frequency.
CTR
The number of times an ad or a link to a web
page is clicked, compared with the number of
times it’s displayed.
CTR Acronym
Click-through rate
Control group
The group in an experiment or test for which
none of the factors in the test are variable. It’s
used as a benchmark to measure the effect of
the test.
Conversion efficiency
How effectively your ads drove the interactions
you’re measuring.
Conversion Lift
A Facebook product that uses randomized
control trials (RCTs) to measure the number
of incremental conversions that result from
Facebook ads.
Conversion lift
A marketing metric that quantifies the number
of additional conversions that result from
Facebook ads.
Conversion lift
percent
The percent difference in conversions between
the people who did and didn’t see your ads
during a test.
Conversion rate
The (estimated) number of times a link on a web
page is clicked, compared with the number of
times it’s displayed.
Conversion window
Period of time considered between seeing an ad
and acting upon it toward the ad’s main goal, be
it generating a lead or making a purchase.
Cost cap
A bid strategy that enables advertisers to set a
maximum average cost per optimization event for
an ad set. Facebook will keep the average cost
as far below that amount as possible, but keep
showing ads until it’s reached.
CPA Acronym
Cost per action
CPA
The cost to the advertiser each time an ad
prompts an action.
CPC Acronym
Cost per click
CPM Acronym
Cost per thousand
impressions
CPC
The cost to the advertiser each time an ad is
clicked.
CPM
Also known as “cost per mille,” it’s the
average cost for 1,000 impressions of an ad,
or the average revenue received for 1,000
impressions of an ad on apps or websites.
Cross-channel
measurement
Indicates outcomes related to advertising
across numerous online or offline channels,
such as Facebook and television.
Custom event
A logged action based on a specific action you
want audiences to take on your website, app or
offline.
CRM Acronym
Customer relationship
management
CRM
A tool that enables businesses to manage
customers’ contact information and interactions
through the customer life cycle.
Daily budget
The average amount you’re willing to spend on
an ad set or campaign every day.
Data analysis
A process of inspecting, cleansing,
transforming and modeling data with the goal
of discovering useful information, informing
conclusions and supporting decisionmaking.
Data analysis has multiple facets and
approaches, encompassing diverse techniques
under a variety of names, and is used in
different business, science and social-science
domains. In today’s business world, data
analysis helps businesses to operate more
effectively and make decisions more scientific.
Data source
A tool, connection, piece of code or other
object that collects information, such as
Facebook pixel, Facebook SDK or offline
conversions. The information can be used for
measurement and analysis.
Dependent variable
A variable whose value depends on that
of another.
Event
A logged action that people take on your
website, app or offline, usually used for capturing
and measuring ad performance.
Exact matching
In marketing research, an observational method
that examines a group of people exposed to an
ad campaign and tries to find a match for each
person in the non-exposed group.
Experimental method
In marketing research, a measurement method
that shows different types of ads to separate
groups of people in a controlled manner.
Facebook Attribution
A Facebook measurement product that
provides advertisers with cross-platform, crosschannel,
cross-device, multi-touch attribution
performance reports for ad campaigns.
Facebook’s data-driven
attribution
The process of determining credit for
touchpoints on a conversion path based
on their estimated incremental impact and
statistical modeling.
Facebook pixel
A piece of code installed on a website that
captures website events.
First-party data
Data a brand collects directly from its
customers (for example, website activity data,
sales data, and so on). Data a brand collects
directly from its customers (for example,
website activity data, sales data, and so on).
First-touch
attribution
A rule-based attribution model that gives 100%
of conversion credit to the first click or visit in a
conversion path. If there is no click or visit, then it
will credit the conversion to the first impression.
GRP Acronym
Gross rating point
Gross rating point
A unit of measurement of audience size
for TV advertisements. GRP is used to
measure exposure to one or more programs
or commercials, without regard to multiple
exposures of the same advertising to individuals.
Holdout test
Measures the total conversions caused by your
Facebook ads.
Hypothesis
A supposition or proposed explanation made on
the basis of limited evidence. Used as a starting
point for further investigation.
Impression
A single instance of an ad or piece of content
(such as a post) appearing on screen.
Independent variable
A variable whose variation does not depend on
that of another. It is the factor that is purposely
changed or controlled in order to see what
effect it has.
ITT Acronym
Intent to treat
ITT
A randomization method that includes all
randomized participants in a statistical
analysis and analyzes according to the group
they were originally assigned, regardless of
what treatment (if any) they received.
Inter-channel budget
The allocation of budgets across different
channels.
KPI Acronym
Key performance
indicator
KPI
A metric selected to evaluate the success of a
campaign or ad.
Last-touch attribution
A rule-based attribution model that gives 100%
of credit to the last ad a person interacted with
before a conversion, whether it’s an impression
or a click.
Lifetime budget
The amount you’re willing to spend over the
entire runtime of your ad set or campaign.