Google Analytics Study Qualification

Question 1

1. What feature collects company-specific data such as Member Status?

Answer 1

Custom Dimension

Explanation:

In many cases, you’ll have the option to use events, screen views, and/or a custom metric to track your most important metrics. However, custom metrics can produce more flexible and more readable custom reports and as such are a convenient way to track your most important metrics

Question 2

2. To recognize users across different devices, what feature must be enabled?

Answer 2

User ID

Explanation:

The User ID enables the association of one or more sessions (and any activity within those sessions) with a unique and persistent ID that you send to Analytics. To implement the User ID, you must be able to generate your own unique IDs, consistently assign IDs to users, and include these IDs wherever you send data to Analytics. For example, you could send the unique IDs generated by your own authentication system to Analytics as values for the User ID. Any engagement, like link clicks and page or screen navigation, that happen while a unique ID is assigned can be sent and connected in Analytics via the User ID.

Question 3

3. In Multi-Channel Funnel Reports, how are default conversions credited?

Answer 3

Equal credit along the conversion touchpoints

Explanation:

The Multi-Channel Funnels reports are generated from conversion paths, the sequences of interactions (i.e., clicks/referrals from channels) that led up to each conversion and transaction. In the reports, channels are credited according to the roles they play in conversions—how often they assisted and/or completed sales and conversions. Conversion path data include interactions with virtually all digital channels.

Question 4

4. What report indicates the pages of a website where users first arrived?

Answer 4

Landing Pages report

Explanation:

The pages through which visitors entered your site are called landing pages.

Question 5

5. What feature is required to send data from a web-connected device (like a point-of-sale system) to Google Analytics?

Answer 5

The Measurement Protocol

Explanation:

The Measurement Protocol lets you send data to Analytics from any internet-connected device. It’s particularly useful when you want to send data to Analytics from a kiosk, a point of sale system, or anything that is not a website or mobile app

Question 6

6. What is not considered a default “medium” in Google Analytics?

Answer 6

Google

Explanation:

There are only 3 default medium in Google Analytics i.e Organic, Referral and None.

Google Analytics detects three mediums without any customization.

The first default medium is “organic.” It represents traffic that comes from organic, or unpaid, search results.
Another default medium is “referral.” Any traffic that comes to your site from another website that’s not a search engine will show up in your reports as a “referral.”
The final default medium is “(none).” This medium is applied only for users that come directly to your site by either typing your URL into a browser or clicking on a bookmark. In your reports, you will see these users have a source of “direct” and a medium of “(none).”

Question 7

7. What is the set of rules that determines how sales and conversions get credited based on touch-points in the conversion path?

Answer 7

Attribution modeling

Explanation:

An attribution model is the rule, or set of rules, that determines how credit for sales and conversions is assigned to touchpoints in conversion paths.

Question 8

8. What data is Google Analytics Goals unable to track?

Answer 8

Customer’s lifetime value

Explanation:

In Google Analytics, goals measure how well your site or app fulfills your target objectives. It goes without saying that setting your goals is essential to get the most of your analytics data. For example, you can set goals as making a purchase, completing a game level, signing up or other. However, every interaction you track on your website can be sorted into one of for Google Analytics goal types – Destination, Duration, Pages/Visit, and Events. Note that Customer lifetime value is not considered as Goal in Google Analytics. After all, it’s not an interaction.

You can set up to 20 Goals per reporting view. If you need to tack more goals, you can create an additional view for that property.

Question 9

9. In Custom Reports, what must metrics and dimensions share in order to report accurately?

Answer 9

Same scope

Explanation:

Not every metric can be combined with every dimension. Each dimension and metric has a scope: user-level, session-level, or hit-level. In most cases, it only makes sense to combine dimensions and metrics that share the same scope.

Question 10

10. What is used to create Smart Goals?

Answer 10

Machine-learning algorithms

Explanation:

Smart Goals are configured at the view level. Smart Goals use machine learning to examine dozens of signals about your website sessions to determine which of those are most likely to result in conversions. Each session is assigned a score, with the “best” sessions being translated into Smart Goals. Each sessi

Question 11

11. Which three campaign parameters are recommended to manually track campaigns?

Answer 11

Medium, Source, and Campaign

Explanation:

The URL Builder has six fields, but you generally need to use only Campaign Source, Campaign Medium, and Campaign Name.

Question 12

12. Filters cannot perform what action on collected data?

Answer 12

-> Include shopping preferences

Include data from specific subdomains
Convert dynamic page URLs to readable text strings
Exclude traffic from particular IP addresses

Explanation:

View filters allow you to limit and modify the traffic data that is included in a view. For example, you can use filters to exclude traffic from particular IP addresses, focus on a specific subdomain or directory, or convert dynamic page URLs into readable text strings.

Question 13

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

Answer 13

1

Explanation:

If you see much times a single session, Google Analytics will only count 1 unique event.

Question 14

14. What scope levels available for dimensions and metrics?

Answer 14

Hit-level, session-level, product-level, or user-level scope

Explanation:

Scope determines which hits will be associated with a particular custom dimension value. There are four levels of scope: product, hit, session, and user:

Product – value is applied to the product for which it has been set (Enhanced Ecommerce only).
Hit – value is applied to the single hit for which it has been set.
Session – value is applied to all hits in a single session.
User – value is applied to all hits in current and future sessions, until value changes or custom dimension is made inactive.

Question 15

15. Which assets cannot be shared in the Solutions Gallery?

Answer 15

Custom Dimensions

Explanation:

You can share Dashboards, Custom Reports, Segments, Goals, and Custom Attribution Models in the Solutions Gallery. Only configuration data is shared through the Solutions Gallery. When you create and share an asset, your personal information and Analytics data stays private in your account. And when you import an asset from the Solutions Gallery, only the template is imported into your account.

Question 16

16. Which Goals are available in Google Analytics?

Answer 16

Destination, Event, Duration, Pages/Screens per Session

Question 17

17. What report identifies browsers that may have had problems with a website?

Answer 17

The Browser & OS report

Explanation:

If conversion rates are lower than average for particular browsers or platforms, browse the site with those browsers and platforms. Pay particularly close attention to landing pages, checkout forms and any pages that users must navigate in order to convert. Correct any usability issues you find with these pages.

Question 18

18. What scope would be set for a Custom Dimension that reports membership status for a customer rewards program?

Answer 18

User

Explanation:

User-level scope allows you to conveniently group all of a user’s component sessions and hits by a single value. It is ideal for values that don’t change often for a particular use.

Question 19

19. What is not considered a “source” in Google Analytics by default?

Answer 19

Email

Explanation:

“Email” is not considered as a source in Google Analytics. “Email” comes under the “Medium”.

In Google Analytics, “Source” is the origin of your traffic. For example, search engines, referral websites (domains). Note the difference between sources and mediums. Mediums are categories of the sources, for example, organic search (organic), cost-per-click paid search (cpc), web referral (referral).

So, in this case, email is not a source in Google Analytics.

Analyzing your website traffic sources can help marketers understand how well campaigns are working and how to optimize website content, advertising, and other marketing channels.

Question 20

20. If a user visits a web page with an embedded video, leaves without clicking on anything, and the session times out, how will Google Analytics report the session?

Answer 20

As a bounce

Explanation:

In Analytics, a bounce is calculated specifically as a session that triggers only a single request to the Analytics server, such as when a user opens a single page on your site and then exits without triggering any other requests to the Analytics server during that session.

Question 21

21. What is not a benefit of Google Analytics Remarketing?

Answer 21

-> Allow customers to quickly reorder an item they have previously purchased

Show customized ads to customers who have previously visited your site

Create remarketing lists based on custom segments and targets

Create remarketing lists without making changes to your existing Analytics snippet

Explanation:

A remarketing audience is a list of cookies or mobile-advertising IDs that represents a group of users you want to re-engage because of their likelihood to convert. You create remarketing audiences based on user behavior on your site or app, and then use those audiences as the basis for remarketing campaigns.

Question 22

22. What report provides data on how specific sections of a website performed?

Answer 22

Content Drilldown report

Explanation:

You can see the performance of your website’s specific sections under the “Content Drill Down” dimension in Google Analytics. To find this report in Google Analytics after login, click on Behaviour&raquo_space; Site Content» Content Drilldown. If your website does not has directory structure, you can group the content by defining the rule. Website’s directory structure is only shown under this report.

In Google Analytics, there are a lot of great undervalued reports. One of them is the Content Drilldown report. The Content Drilldown report is based on your website structure. It groups together sections of your site. You can then drill into the product pages to look at your most popular categories within the product pages.

This report is based on the URL structure. So, to get most of it you need proper URL structures on your website first of all.

Question 23

23. What criteria could not be used to create a Dynamic Remarketing audience?

Answer 23

-> Users who returned an item they purchased

Users who viewed a search result page on your website

Users who viewed product detail pages

Users who viewed your homepage

Explanation:

you can implement Dynamic Remarketing by using the preconfigured All Users list, creating more narrowly targeted lists lets you focus your ad content and budget where it will have the most impact. For example, users who have already added items to their shopping carts might need just a reminder or incentive to complete their transactions, while users who have only viewed the products may need more convincing about the overall value of the products.

By following the same procedure you use to create Remarketing Audiences, you can build segment-based Dynamic Remarketing Audiences using your new dimensions.

Question 24

24. What report shows a visual representation of user interactions on a website?

Answer 24

Behavior Flow report

Explanation:

The Behavior Flow report visualizes the path users traveled from one page or Event to the next. This report can help you discover what content keeps users engaged with your site.

Question 25

25. A new Custom Channel Group may be applied retroactively to organize data that has been previously collected. (T/F)

Answer 25

True Explanation: When you create a Custom Channel Grouping at the user level or create a new Channel Grouping in a view, you: Can immediately select it in reports. Can apply it retroactively and see historical data classified by your new channel definitions. Change how reports display your data, without changing the data itself.

Question 26

26. When linking a Google Ads account to Google Analytics, what is not possible?

Answer 26

-> Adjust keyword bids in Google Ads from Google Analytics Create remarketing lists in Analytics to use in Google Ads campaigns View Google Ads click and cost data next to site engagement data in Analytics Import Analytics Goals and transactions into Google Ads as conversions Explanation: When you link Google Ads and Analytics, you can: Import Analytics metrics like Bounce Rate, Avg. Session Duration, and Pages/Session into your Google Ads account. Enhance your Google Ads remarketing with Analytics Remarketing and Dynamic Remarketing. See ad and site performance data in the Google Ads reports in Analytics. Import Analytics goals and Ecommerce transactions into your Google Ads account. But you cannot Adjust keyword bids in Google Ads from Google Analytics.

Question 27

27. What asset is used to build a remarketing list?

Answer 27

Custom Segment

Question 28

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

Answer 28

/order/complete.php

Question 29

29. What does assigning a value to a Google Analytics Goal enable?

Answer 29

Compare goal conversions and measure changes to a website Explanation: Although assigning a goal value is optional, we recommend you do so to help monetize and evaluate your conversions. In Google Analytics, Goals measure how well your site fulfills objectives. So, defining goals is a core step in analyzing and optimizing your website. Having properly configured goals allows Analytics to provide you with critical information, such as the number of conversions and the conversion rate for your site or app. If you enable goals, you can set values and compare metrics. Goial values let you evaluate your website’s performance. Tip: It’s important to understand that knowing how much traffic you get is not crucial. Much more important to understand what value your traffic creates for your business. This is where Goals in Analytics can help.

Question 30

30. When does a default Analytics session expire?

Answer 30

When a user is inactive on a web page for more than 30 minutes Explanation: In Google Analytics, session is the period of time a user is active on your site. Note, that by default, if a user is inactive for 30 minutes or more, any future activity is attributed to a new session. However, you can adjust this setting. Users that leave your site and return within the expiration time limit are counted as part of the original session. Sessions and campaigns end after a specific amount of time passes. By default, sessions end after 30 minutes of inactivity and campaigns end after six months. You can change the settings so sessions and campaigns end after the specified amount of time has passed.

Question 31

31. What report indicates the last page users viewed before leaving a website?

Answer 31

Exit Pages report

Question 32

32. Google Analytics cannot collect data from which systems by default?

Answer 32

-> Offline inventory database Mobile devices Online point-of-sale systems Websites Explanation: Google analytic cannot collect data from Offline inventory database by default. You need “Data import” for this job. Data Import lets you join the data generated by your offline business systems with the online data collected by Analytics. This can help you organize, analyze and act upon this unified data view in ways that are better aligned with your specific and unique business needs.

Question 33

33. What would prevent data from appearing in a Custom Report?

Answer 33

-> Custom Report isn’t shared with users in the same view Too many metrics in a Custom Report A filter that removes all the data Too many dimensions in a Custom Report Explanation: Adding filter limit the report to specific dimensions. This lets you restrict the data that appears in the report.

Question 34

34. Where should the Analytics tracking code be placed in the HTML of a webpage for data collection?

Answer 34

Just before the closing tag OR Just before the closing tag of your website Explanation: You just need to paste the entire snippet into the HTML on your web pages, just before the closing tag. This is a confusing question. Please note that the correct answer is “Just before the closing tag” at the current version of Google Analytics Individual Qualification Exam in English. We will update this file if/when it changes. Note that in Google Analytics Academy assessments a correct answer is different to the same question -Just after the opening tag. Moreover, if you take GAIQ exam in French the correct answer is also “Just after the opening tag”. In both scenarios GA code will be render blocking and will slow down your website. The best solution is to host analytics locally and put tracking code in the footer.

Question 35

35. Segments will not allow you to do what?

Answer 35

Permanently alter data Explanation: A segment is a subset of your Analytics data. For example, of your entire set of users, one segment might be users from a particular country or city. Another segment might be users who purchase a particular line of products or who visit a specific part of your site. Segments let your isolate and analyze those subsets of data so you can examine and respond to the component trends in your business. You can also use segments as the basis for audiences.

Question 36

36. To recognize users across different devices, what is required for User ID?

Answer 36

Sign-in that generates and sets unique IDs Explanation: The User ID enables the association of one or more sessions (and any activity within those sessions) with a unique and persistent ID that you send to Analytics. To implement the User ID, you must be able to generate your own unique IDs, consistently assign IDs to users, and include these IDs wherever you send data to Analytics. For example, you could send the unique IDs generated by your own authentication system to Analytics as values for the User ID. Any engagement, like link clicks and page or screen navigation, that happen while a unique ID is assigned can be sent and connected in Analytics via the User ID.

Question 37

37. What channel is not included in the default Channels report?

Answer 37

Device Explanation: The default system channel definitions reflect Analytics’ current view of what constitutes each channel in the Default Channel Grouping. Default channels are Direct, Organic Search, Social, Email, Affiliates, Referral, Paid Search, Other Advertising and Display.

Question 38

38. What is not a filter setting for data in views?

Answer 38

Restore Explanation: Use filters to limit or modify the data in a view. For example, you can use filters to exclude traffic from particular IP addresses, include only data from specific subdomains or directories, or convert dynamic page URLs to readable text strings. In Google Analytics, you can use filters to limit or modify the data in a view. For example, you can use filters to exclude traffic from particular IP addresses. So, you can such filter parameters as include, exclude or modify. Restore is not a filter parameter. i Keep in mind that filtering permanently includes, excludes, or alters hits in that view. Therefore, you should ALWAYS maintain an unfiltered view of your data so you always have access to your full data set.ts.

Question 39

39. What feature can join offline business systems data with online data collected by Google Analytics?

Answer 39

Data import Explanation: Data Import lets you join the data generated by your offline business systems with the online data collected by Analytics. This can help you organize, analyze and act upon this unified data view in ways that are better aligned with your specific and unique business needs. For example, as a web publisher, you could join hits collected by Analytics with data dimensions exported from your CMS and CRM systems to analyze the relative contributions of authors to your site.

Question 40

40. Which reports indicate how website referrals, organic search, and ad campaigns assisted in conversions?

Answer 40

Multi-Channel Funnel reports Explanation: By default, the channel labels that you see in Multi-Channel Funnels reports (Paid Search, Organic Search, Social Network, etc.) are defined as part of the MCF Channel Grouping. If you have specific analysis requirements, you may wish to create your own Custom Channel Grouping(s), each with its own set of labels. When you share a Custom Channel Grouping, only the configuration information is shared. Your data remains private. The following channel labels are defined as part of the MCF Channel Grouping and are the labels used by

Question 41

41. In Multi-Channel Funnel Reports, what channel would not be credited with a conversion?

Answer 41

-> Television commercials Paid and organic search Website referrals Social network

Question 42

42. If a Destination Goal is created 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?

Answer 42

3 Explanation: Goals are configured at the view level. Goals can be applied to specific pages or screens your users visit, how many pages/screens they view in a session, how long they stay on your site or app, and the events they trigger while they are there.

Question 43

43. What is a “dimension” in Google Analytics?

Answer 43

An attribute of a data set that can be organized for better analysis Explanation: Dimensions are attributes of your data. For example, the dimension City indicates the city, for example, “Paris” or “New York”, from which a session originates. The dimension Page indicates the URL of a page that is viewed.

Question 44

44. What feature is required to collect the number of comments users posted to a web page?

Answer 44

Custom Metric Explanation: custom metrics can produce more flexible and more readable custom reports and as such are a convenient way to track your most important metrics.

Question 45

45. Which metric reports on how often a channel contributes to a conversion prior to last-click attribution?

Answer 45

Assisted conversion Explanation: Assist interaction is any interaction that is on the conversion path but is not the last interaction. If a channel appears anywhere—except as the final interaction—on a conversion path, it is considered an assist for that conversion. The higher these numbers, the more important the assist role of the channel.

Question 46

46. What is the “Bounce Rate” in Google Analytics?

Answer 46

Percentage of visits when a user landed on a website and exited without any interactions Or The percentage of visits when a user landed on your website and exited without any interactions Explanation: A bounce is a single-page session on your site. In Analytics, a bounce is calculated specifically as a session that triggers only a single request to the Analytics server, such as when a user opens a single page on your site and then exits without triggering any other requests to the Analytics server during that session.

Question 47

47. What model represents the hierarchical structure of a Google Analytics account?

Answer 47

Account > Property > View Explanation: An account is your access point for Analytics, and the top-most level of organization. One or more Analytics accounts can belong to an organization.

Question 48

48. To increase the speed at which Google Analytics compiles reports, what action could be taken?

Answer 48

# Choose “Faster response” in the sampling pulldown menu Explanation: At the top of the report, below the date range selector, select Faster response, less precision or Slower response, greater precision. Your data automatically refreshes using the new setting. Your preference is saved across all of your reports, but resets after you close Analytics.

Question 49

49. What campaign parameter is not available by default in Google Analytics ?

Answer 49

utm_content utm_source -> utm_adgroup utm_campaign

Question 50

50. Which kinds of hits does Google Analytics track?

Answer 50

Ecommerce-tracking hit Page-tracking hit Event-tracking hit -> All of the above Explanation: An interaction that results in data being sent to Analytics. Common hit types include page tracking hits, event tracking hits, and ecommerce hits. Each time the tracking code is triggered by a user’s behavior (for example, user loads a page on a website or a screen in a mobile app), Analytics records that activity. Each interaction is packaged into a hit and sent to Google’s servers. An interaction that results in data being sent to Analytics. Common hit types include page tracking hits, event tracking hits, and ecommerce hits. Each time the tracking code is triggered by a user’s behavior (for example, user loads a page on a website or a screen in a mobile app), Analytics records that activity. Each interaction is packaged into a hit and sent to Google’s servers. Examples of hit types include: page tracking hits event tracking hits ecommerce tracking hits social interaction hits

Question 51

51. What metric-dimension combination is not valid?

Answer 51

Sessions / Bounce rate Explanation: In Google Analytics, every website visitor has a corresponding source and medium. For example, google/organic, example.com/referral, and newsletter1/email. Source and Medium are default source dimensions in Google Analytics. Tip: Don’t confuse sources with mediums as it often happens. Source is the origin of your traffic. While Medium is a category of a traffic source.

Question 52

52. Which reports indicate how traffic arrived at a website?

Answer 52

All traffic Explanation: All the websites that send traffic to your website come under “Referrals” in Google Analytics. You can reach to “Referrals” through “All Traffic” under “Acquisition” tab. Understanding how users arrive at your website or application is very important. In Google Analytics, the PPC campaigns, search engine, social media, and other sources that send users to your website are known as traffic sources. You can analyze your traffic sources and see associated data in All Traffic reports. The All traffic report is one of the most important reports in Google Analytics. However, even your main traffic sources will vary depending on the type of website you own, a healthy site will have a good balance of traffic from all four sources. You never want to have all your eggs in one basket. Depending on only one traffic source, like PPC or social media, is increasing risks for your online business.

Question 53

53. In views that don’t have data import enabled, Custom Dimensions values may be viewed for dates before the Custom Dimension was created. (T/F)

Answer 53

False Explanation: You need to understand that Custom dimensions and custom metrics are like default dimensions and metrics in your Analytics account, except you create them yourself. You can use them to collect and analyze data that Analytics doesn’t automatically track. And Data Import lets you upload data from external sources and combine it with data you collect via Analytics. So, there is no way to see the custom dimension value before creating the custom dimension.

Question 54

54. Custom Dimensions can be used as what?

Answer 54

-> All of the above Primary dimensions in Custom Reports Secondary dimensions in Custom Reports Secondary dimensions in Standard reports Explanation: In Google Analytics, custom dimensions and also custom metrics are like default dimensions and metrics. The only difference is that you create them yourself. Custom dimensions can be used in various scenarios. In general, you should use custom dimensions and custom metrics to collect and analyze data that Google Analytics doesn’t automatically track. Note that, custom dimensions can appear as primary dimensions in Custom Reports. You can also use them as Segments and secondary dimensions in standard reports. So, in this case, Custom Dimensions can be used as what? Obviously, you can use them Primary dimensions in Custom Reports, also as Secondary dimensions in both standard and Custom reports. Tip: Keep in mind that Custom dimensions Care only available for properties that have either been enabled for Universal Analytics or contain at least one app reporting view.

Question 55

55. What feature must be enabled to use Multi-Channel Funnels?

Answer 55

Goals or Ecommerce Explanation: The Multi-Channel Funnels reports are generated from conversion paths, the sequences of interactions (i.e., clicks/referrals from channels) during the 90 days1 that led up to each conversion and transaction. Analytics compiles conversion path data for any Goal or Ecommerce transaction you define.

Question 56

56. What data table display compares report metrics to the website average?

Answer 56

Comparison Explanation: In Google Analytics, you can choose different types of reports. Also, you can use different tables to display data. For example, pivot tables, flat tables etc. If you want a data table which compares metrics to the website average, you should us comparison tables. This report is great for identifying the winners and the losers in the data groups. By default, the Comparison table compares metrics against a site’s average. Note, that you can also compare against your sites historical data range.

Question 57

57. View filters are applied in what order?

Answer 57

Sequential order Explanation: By default, view filters are applied to the data in the order in which the filters were added. So, if there are existing filters for a view, your new filter is applied after them.

Question 58

58. Auto-tagging is used to collect data from what kind of traffic?

Answer 58

Google Ads Campaign traffic Explanation: Auto-tagging is the recommended approach and ensures that you get the most detailed AdWords data.

Question 59

59. What report indicates where users start or exit the conversion funnel?

Answer 59

Goal Flow Explanation: You can use this report to see alternative entrance points for your goal. Move the Connections slider to the right to expose more pathways, and you can see things like how much direct traffic there was to your goal (bypassing the funnel steps), and whether organic search was taking users to promotional content or straight to your goal.

Question 60

60. Which parameters can be included with an event hit for reporting?

Answer 60

Category, Action, Label, Value Explanation: Events are user interactions with content that can be tracked independently from a web page or a screen load.An Event has the following components. An Event hit includes a value for each component, and these values are displayed in your reports. Category Action Label (optional, but recommended) Value (optional)

Question 61

61. What Remarketing audiences cannot be defined by default?

Answer 61

Users who visited a physical store

Question 62

62. To track users and sessions across multiple domains, what first must be set up?

Answer 62

Cross-domain tracking Explanation: When you set up cross domain tracking, you can collect data from multiple websites into a single account property. This lets you see data from different sites in the same reporting view.

Question 63

63. When the same default tracking code is installed on pages with different domains, what will result?

Answer 63

Analytics will associate users and sessions with their respective domains Explanation: One of the first things you should know about when using and configuring Analytics is how the domain of the web property you are tracking is defined as a “site” for the purposes of viewing your reports. The default setup of the tracking code is designed to make it easy for you to track traffic to a single domain or subdomain (e.g. a single website URL) that does not share user data with other domains or sub-domains. For example, if your pet store URL is dogs.example.com and you install the tracking code with its web property ID on those pages, tracking is automatically set up to track user data only for this single URL. In a similar way, if you own the primary domain, such as www.example.com, and you install tracking for all pages on this site, user and referral traffic is recorded separately for www.example.com.

Question 64

64. What feature would be used to collect how many times users downloaded a product catalog?

Answer 64

Event Tracking Explanation: Events are user interactions with content that can be tracked independently from a web page or a screen load. Downloads, mobile ad clicks, gadgets, Flash elements, AJAX embedded elements, and video plays are all examples of actions you might want to track as Events.

Question 65

65. What is a “secondary dimension” in Google Analytics?

Answer 65

An additional report dimension for more specific analysis Explanation: Secondary dimension actually let you analyze the report more specifically.

Question 66

66. When will Google Analytics be unable to identify sessions from the same user by default?

Answer 66

When the sessions happen in different browsers on the same device Explanation: If the session is happening by the same user, on the same device but in different browser, it will be treated as a session from new user by Google Analytics.

Question 67

67. What report shows which web pages get the most traffic and highest engagement?

Answer 67

All Pages report

Question 68

68. View filters may be applied retroactively to any data that has been processed. (T/F)

Answer 68

False Explanation: View Filter is a configuration setting that allows you to add, remove or modify your data during processing before it is displayed in your reports. But it is wrong to say that View filters may be applied retroactively to any data that has been processed.

Question 69

69. What report shows the percentage of traffic that previously visited a website?

Answer 69

Behavior > New vs returning report Explanation: Numerous studies have shown that websites tend to have more new visitors and fewer returning visitors. But the returning visitors tend to have higher engagement – they bounce less, view more pages per session, and have higher session durations. You can use new vs. returning report to see the percentage of traffic that previously visited a website.

Question 70

70. Once filters have been applied, what is the option to recover filtered data?

Answer 70

Filtered data is not recoverable Explanation: Filters are destructive. Filtering your incoming hits permanently includes, excludes, or alters those hits in that view, according to the type of filter. Therefore, you should ALWAYS maintain an unfiltered view of your data so you always have access to your full data set. Filtered data is not recoverable.

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Question 74

74. What feature would be used to collect how many times users downloaded a product catalog?

Answer 74

Event Tracking Explanation: Events are user interactions with content that can be tracked independently from a web page or a screen load. Downloads, mobile ad clicks, gadgets, Flash elements, AJAX embedded elements, and video plays are all examples of actions you might want to track as Events.

Question 75

75. What is a “secondary dimension” in Google Analytics?

Answer 75

An additional report dimension for more specific analysis Explanation: Secondary dimension actually let you analyze the report more specifically.

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Question 77

77. What report shows which web pages get the most traffic and highest engagement?

Answer 77

All Pages report

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Question 79

79. What report shows the percentage of traffic that previously visited a website?

Answer 79

Behavior > New vs returning report Explanation: Numerous studies have shown that websites tend to have more new visitors and fewer returning visitors. But the returning visitors tend to have higher engagement – they bounce less, view more pages per session, and have higher session durations. You can use new vs. returning report to see the percentage of traffic that previously visited a website.

Question 80

80. Once filters have been applied, what is the option to recover filtered data?

Answer 80

Filtered data is not recoverable Explanation: Filters are destructive. Filtering your incoming hits permanently includes, excludes, or alters those hits in that view, according to the type of filter. Therefore, you should ALWAYS maintain an unfiltered view of your data so you always have access to your full data set. Filtered data is not recoverable.

Question 81

81. For autotagging, what parameter does Google Ads include in the destination URL?

Answer 81

gclid= Explanation: If you don’t see the gclid parameter appended to your URLs after the page is fully loaded, then it’s likely that your website isn’t configured to handle query parameters in a way that lets auto-tagging work.

Question 82

82. What report shows the percent of site traffic that visited previously?

Answer 82

New vs Returning report Explanation: New V/s Returning visitor report let you analyse your website’s usability. You can see the percent of visitors returning to your site. It shows how effective and efficient your website is!

Question 83

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

Answer 83

Active Users report Explanation: The metrics in the Active Users Report are relative to the last day in the date range you are using for the report.

Question 84

84. To view accurate data in a Custom Report, what action should be avoided?

Answer 84

Pair metrics and dimensions of different scopes Explanation: Pairing metrics and dimensions of different scopes is not possible in any report. In Google Analytics, each dimension and metric has a scope. In most cases, you want only to combine the dimensions and metrics of the same scope. Also, it’s important to understand the difference between metrics and dimensions. While a dimension is characteristic of an object that can be given different values, or in other words “describes data”, a metric “measures data”. A metric is an element of dimension measures in numbers, as a sum or ratio. Dimension & Metric explorer is a great tool to check dimensions & metrics combinations. With this tool, you can find out valid combinations, sort them by features, explore all possible metrics and dimensions, and more.

Question 85

85. How would a view filter be configured to include only users from Brazil and Argentina?

Answer 85

Filter 1: include Brazil or Argentina Explanation: OR condition is used when you want to choose the value of any one between two. That is why a view filter [include Brazil or Argentina] would be configured to include only users from Brazil and Argentina.

Question 86

86. What cannot be collected by the default Analytics tracking code?

Answer 86

User’s favorite website

Question 87

87. Views can include website data collected before the view was created. (T/F)

Answer 87

False Explanation: A reporting view is the level in an Analytics account where you can access reports and analysis tools. Analytics automatically creates one unfiltered view for every property in your account, but you can set up multiple views on a single property. Any data you send to an Analytics property automatically appears in all views associated with that property.

Question 88

88. What report shows which types of mobile devices visited a website?

Answer 88

Mobile > Devices report Explanation: With this (Mobile > Devices report) report, you can find out how many users you acquired on one type of device convert on that same type of device, how many convert on a different type of device, and how many don’t convert at all.

Question 89

89. Within how many days can a deleted view be restored?

Answer 89

35 Explanation: A view is permanently deleted 35 days after being moved to the Trash Can. Once deleted, the view is gone, and we are not be able to retrieve any historical data or reinstate the reports. This includes any setting and configuration preferences, like Goals and user permissions, but does not include data saved at the property or account level.

Question 90

90. What is not a benefit of using segments to analyze data?

Answer 90

Permanently modify the data in a view Explanation: A segment is a subset of your Analytics data. Segments let you isolate and analyze those subsets of data so you can examine and respond to the component trends in your business. You can also use segments as the basis for audiences. A segment is made up of one or more non-destructive filters (filters that do not alter the underlying data). Those filters isolate subsets of users, sessions, and hit. In Google Analytics, a segment is a subset of your Analytics data. In General, they let you isolate and analyze those subsets of data for better analysis. You can also use segments as the basis for audiences. It’s important to understand, that segments do not permanently modify data in views as filters. However, you should always keep the original view to have a “back up” if you apply to filters and permanently alter data. But it converns filters, not segments.

Question 91

91. What type of Custom Report shows a static sortable table with rows of data?

Answer 91

Flat Table Explanation: Explorer: The standard Analytics report. Includes a line graph and a data table that includes dynamic elements like a search/sort option and secondary dimensions. Flat Table: A static, sortable table that displays data in rows. Map Overlay: A map of the world. Different regions and countries display in darker colors to indicate traffic and engagement volume.

Question 92

92. What feature is required to track customer search terms on a website?

Answer 92

Site Search Explanation: If you want to understand how your website visitors use search function, and what search terms they enter, you should set up a site search in Google Analytics. This feature is very important optimizing your UX. Understanding what visitors are looking for could give your ideas how to improve your website’s structure, optimize your content, menus, and much more. Site Search must be set up for each reporting view. Site Search lets you understand the extent to which users took advantage of your site’s search function, which search terms they entered, and how effectively the search results created deeper engagement with your site.

Question 93

93. What is a “metric” in Google Analytics?

Answer 93

The numbers in a data set often paired with dimensions Explanation: Metrics are quantitative measurements. The metric Sessions is the total number of sessions. The metric Pages/Session is the average number of pages viewed per session.

Question 94

94. What criteria cannot be used to create a Custom Segment?

Answer 94

Ad type Explanation: The segment builder lets you create the component filters of a segment based on Analytics dimensions and metrics. You choose a dimension or metric, a comparative operator, and you enter a value to set the condition for the filter. Conditions and Sequences filters are also based on dimensions and metrics. they offer additional options. Sequences filters let you determine whether the sequence begins with the first user interaction or with any user interaction.

Question 95

95. Which default traffic source dimensions does Google Analytics report for each website visitor?

Answer 95

Source and Medium Explanation: Source/Medium is a dimension that combines the dimensions Source and Medium. Examples of Source/Medium include google/organic, example.com/referral, and newsletter9-2014/email. In Google Analytics, every website visitor has a corresponding source and medium. For example, google/organic, example.com/referral, and newsletter1/email. Source and Medium are default source dimensions in Google Analytics. Tip: Don’t confuse sources with mediums as it often happens. Source is the origin of your traffic. While Medium is a category of a traffic source.

Question 96

96. Which user characteristic may NOT be used to change keyword bids in Google Ads?

Answer 96

ad preference

Question 97

97. When does the Analytics tracking code send a pageview hit to Google Analytics?

Answer 97

Every time a user loads a webpage with embedded tracking code Explanation: A pageview is defined as a view of a page on your site that is being tracked by the Analytics tracking code. If a user clicks reload after reaching the page, this is counted as an additional pageview. If a user navigates to a different page and then returns to the original page, a second pageview is recorded as well.

Question 98

98. What campaigns require manual tags on destination URLs for tracking?

Answer 98

Email campaigns Explanation: By adding campaign parameters to your URLs, you can identify the campaigns that send traffic to your site. When a user clicks a referral link, these parameters are sent to Analytics, so you can see the effectiveness of each campaign in your reports. Google Adwords gives you an option to track campaign using auto-tagging.

Question 99

99. What filter would only include data from a campaign titled “Back to School” in Campaign reports?

Answer 99

Custom Include filter with field “Campaign Name” and pattern “back to school” Explanation: Include Filters are applied with the reverse logic. When you apply an Include Filter, the hit is thrown away if the pattern does not match the data. If you apply multiple Include Filters, the hit must match every applied Include Filter in order to save the hit.

Question 100

100. What scope applies to Custom Metrics?

Answer 100

Hit

Question 101

101. What report compares metrics based on user acquisition date over a series of weeks?

Answer 101

Cohort Analysis Explanation: Cohort analysis helps you understand the behavior of component groups of users apart from your user population as a whole. Examples of how you can use cohort analysis include to see how the behavior and performance of individual.

Question 102

102. The default session timeout duration in Google Analytics is how many minutes?

Answer 102

30 Explanation: Sessions and campaigns end after a specific amount of time passes. By default, sessions end after 30 minutes of inactivity and campaigns end after six months. You can change the settings so sessions and campaigns end after the specified amount of time has passed.

Question 103

103. What data does Google Analytics prohibit collecting?

Answer 103

Personally identifable information Explanation: The Google Analytics terms of service, which all Google Analytics customers must adhere to, prohibit sending personally identifiable information (PII) to Google Analytics. PII includes any data that can be used by Google to reasonably identify an individual, including (but not limited to) names, email addresses, or billing information.

Question 104

104. Using a standard Google Analytics configuration, which characteristics cannot be used to create a custom segment?

Answer 104

Users who are female and have children

Question 105

105. Sampling is applied to reports before segmentation.

Answer 105

False Explanation: Analytics applies segments after it samples the property-level data, and after it applies filters, which can also reduce the number of sessions included in a sample.

Question 106

106. If a web page visitor clears the Analytics cookie from their browser, what will occur?

Answer 106

-> All of the above 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 Explanation: It’s important to understand that Google Analytics doesn’t track users or people. It tracks browsers. Google Analytics uses cookies to track visitors and collect data. So, if the user clears cookies from their browser, Google Analytics will not be able to associate behavior data with collected data. Also, to continue tracking Analytics will set a new unique ID and a new browser cookie. So, in this example, all options are correct. If a web page visitor clears the Analytics cookie from their browser, GA won(t be able to associate data. Also, will set cookies and the new unique ID the next time browser will load the page with tracking code. Keep in mind that you can opt out if you don’t want Google Analytics to set cookies.

Question 107

107. Which reports require the activation of Advertising Features?

Answer 107

Demographics and Interests reports Explanation: To make the Demographics and Interests data available in Analytics, you need to update Analytics to support Advertising Reporting Features and enable the Demographics and Interests reports. When you enable Advertising Reporting Features, you allow Analytics to collect additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity) and from Device Advertising IDs (app activity).

Question 108

108. When does the tracking code send an event hit to Google Analytics?

Answer 108

Every time a user performs an action with event tracking implemented

Question 109

109. Sharing a Custom Report will share the report configuration and data included in the report.

Answer 109

False Explanation: When you share a Custom Report, only the configuration information is shared. Your data remains private.