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Odesk Search Engine Optimization Test Answer 2015


Question: 1
Which of the following search engines or directories provides the directory 
search results for Yahoo?
Ans:  B
Question: 2
Which of the following statements regarding website content are correct?
Ans: A
Question: 3
What is Keyword Density?
Ans: D
Question: 4
Which of the following statements about the Google Sitemap are correct:
Ans: A
Question: 5
Are RSS/Atom feeds returned in Google’s search results?
Ans: B
Question: 6
What does the term Keyword Prominence refer to?
Ans: C
Question: 7
Which of the following factors does Google take into account 
while assessing whether or not a website is an authority website?
Ans: A,B,C
Question:  8
What is Anchor Text?
Ans: C
Question: 9
If you search for the term “iq test” in the Word Tracker keyword 
suggestion tool, will it return the number of independent searches 
for the term “iq”?
Ans: B
Question: 10
What is the illegal act of copying of a page by unauthorized parties 
in order to filter off traffic to another site called?
Ans: D
Question:  11
Do search engines such as Google detect unnatural linking patterns by checking 
the Class C IP address of the page where the link to the website originates?
Ans: A
Question:  12
What term is commonly used to describe the shuffling of positions in search 
engine results in between major updates?
Ans: B
Question: 13
While grading your website, Google gives credit to outbound links pointing 
to authority websites?
Ans: B
Question:  14
Which of the following URLs can the Google search engine spider?
Ans: E
Question: 16
What does the 302 server response code signify?
Ans: D
Question: 17
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the description meta tag?
Ans: D
Question: 18
State whether true or false.The Yahoo Directory listing is a free service for commercial sites.
Ans: A
Question: 19
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the images within a webpage?
Ans: B
Question: 20
Cloaking is a controversial SEO technique. What does it involve?
Ans: B
Question:  21
Which of the following facts about Alexa are correct?
ANS: A
Question: 22
Google looks down upon paid links for enhancing page rank. If a website sells links, what action/s does Google recommend to avoid being penalized?
Ans: C
Question:  23
Which of the following actions could get you banned by Google?
Ans:  A
Question:  24
Which of the following statements about Google’s technical and quality guidelines is true?
Ans: B
Question: 25
Which of the following is an ethical SEO Technique?
Ans: D
Question:  26
All major search engines are case sensitive.
Ans: B
Question:  27
While optimizing your website it is important to generate the right type of traffic, how does the Bounce Rate information help in this regard?
Ans: B
Question:  28
Which of the following factors contribute towards link popularity of a website?
Ans: A,B,C,D
 Question:  29
Search engines do not index some common words (such as “or”, “and”, “when”, and “in”) within the webpage. What are these common words called?
Ans: D
Question:  30
Which of the following activities could be looked down upon by Google as per their quality guidelines?
Ans: B,C
Question:  31
Which of the following statements about RSS are correct?
Ans: A
Question:  32
_________ is usually the best web page to get linked to while receiving a themed in-bound link from another website.
Ans: D
Question: 33
Which of the following can be termed as good keyword selection and placement strategies?
ANS: A, D
Question:  34
If your site is not appearing iGoogle search results because of some unethical SEO practices in the recent past, _________________.
Ans:  D
 Question:  35
Which of the following statements about search engine optimization techniques are correct:
Ans: A, B, D
Question:  36
A Hallway Page is used to:
Ans: D
 Question:  37
Which of the following free tools/websites could help you identify which city in the world has the largest search for the keyword – “six sigma”?
Ans: D
 Question:  38
How are site maps important for the search engine optimization process?
Ans: C
Question:  39
State whether the following statement is true or false.A Sitemap provides a list of internal links to user accessible pages on a website.
Ans: A
Question:  40
What is the function of “indexer” part of the Google search engine?
Ans:  D
Question:  41
Which of the following conditions will Google treat favorably from the ‘Relevancy’ perspective?
Ans: D
Question:  42
Some words, when followed by a colon, have special meanings to Yahoo. What is performed by the link: operator?
ANS:  C
Question:  43
Which of the following factors have an impact on the Google Page Rank?
ANS:  A
Question:  44
What is the term for Optimization strategies that are in an unknown area of reputability/validity?
ANS: C
Question:  45
Why is it a bad idea from the seo perspective to host free articles and write ups that are very common on the internet.
ANS: B
Question:  46
The following robots meta tag directs the search engine bots:<META NAME=”robots” CONTENT=”noindex,nofollow”>
ANS:  B
Question:  47
_________________ use both crawlers and directories to generate relevant results.
ANS:  D
 Question:  48
Which of the following statements is correct with regard to natural links?
ANS: C
Question:  49
What will happen if you type the words ‘Certification -Networking’ in the Google search box?
ANS: D
Question:   50
If you enter ‘Help site:www.microsoft.com’ in the Google search box, what will Google search for?
ANS: B
Question: 51
Which of the following statements about FFA pages are true?
ANS: B
Question:  52
What is the name of the search engine technology due to which a query for the word ‘actor’ will also show search results for related words such as actress, acting or act?
ANS: D
Question:  53
If a website’s search engine saturation with respect to a particular search engine is 20%, what does it mean?
NS: A
 Question: 54
What is the main reason for the effectiveness of optimizing a webpage towards a long tail keyword search?
ANS:   A

Question: Which of the following search engines or directories provides the directory search results for Yahoo?

Ans:B ; Yahoo Directory


Question: Which of the following statements regarding website content are correct?                                                             


Ana:c ; Syndicating your content could lead to Google viewing the material as duplicate

Question: What is Keyword Density?

 
Ans: D ; The number of times the keyword is used in the page title

Question: Which of the following statements about the Google Sitemap are correct:


Ans: A ; Repeated submission of the Sitemap to Google could be penalized

Question: Are RSS/Atom feeds returned in Google's search results?


Ans: B ; No

Question: What does the term Keyword Prominence refer to?


Ans: C ; It refers to the fact that the keywords placed in important parts of a webpage are given priority by the search engines

Question: Which of the following factors does Google take into account while assessing whether or not a website is an authority website?


Ans: A,B,C

Question:  What is Anchor Text?

                                                                                                                                                    Ans: C ; It is the visible text that is hyper linked to another page

Question: If you search for the term "iq test" in the Word Tracker keyword suggestion tool, will it return the number of independent searches for the term "iq"?


Ans:B ; No

Question: What is the illegal act of copying of a page by unauthorized parties in order to filter off traffic to another site called?


Ans: D ; Pagejacking

Question: Do search engines such as Google detect unnatural linking patterns by checking the Class C IP address of the page where the link to the website originates?


Ans: A ; Yes

Question: What term is commonly used to describe the shuffling of positions in search engine results in between major updates?

Ans: B ; Flux
 

Question: While grading your website, Google gives credit to outbound links pointing to authority websites?

Ans: B ; False

Question: Which of the following URLs can the Google search engine spider?

Ans: E ; All of the above


Question: What does the 302 server response code signify?


Ans: D ; The page has temporarily moved

Question: Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the description meta tag?


Ans: D ; Google uses the meta description to generate the search engine results pages

Question: State whether true or false.
The Yahoo Directory listing is a free service for commercial sites.


Ans: A ; True

Question: Which of the following statements is correct with regard to the images within a webpage?

 
Ans: B ; Important keywords related to the image should be placed in the ALT text

Question: Cloaking is a controversial SEO technique. What does it involve?


Ans: B ; Offering a different set of web pages to the search engines

Question: Which of the following facts about Alexa are correct?


ANS: A ; Alexa provides free data on relative website visitor traffic
 

Question: Google looks down upon paid links for enhancing page rank. If a website sells links, what action/s does Google recommend to avoid being penalized?


Ans: C ; Paid links should be disclosed through the "rel=nofollow" attribute  in the hyperlink

Question: Which of the following actions could get you banned by Google?


Ans:  A ; Hiding text on the webpage

Question: Which of the following statements about Google's technical and quality guidelines is true?


Ans: B ; If using dynamic pages, it helps to keep the parameters short and the number of them few

Question: Which of the following is an ethical SEO Technique?


Ans: D ; None of the above

Question: All major search engines are case sensitive.


Ans: B ; False

 
Question: While optimizing your website it is important to generate the right type of traffic, how does the Bounce Rate information help in this regard?
 
Ans: B ; By letting you know the percentage of users who entered the website and then left without viewing any other page

Question: Which of the following factors contribute towards link popularity of a website?

Ans: A,B,C,D

Question: Search engines do not index some common words (such as "or", "and", "when", and "in") within the webpage. What are these common words called?


Ans: D ; Stop words

Question: Which of the following activities could be looked down upon by Google as per their quality guidelines?

Ans: B,C

Question: Which of the following statements about RSS are correct?


Ans: A ; It is a form of XML

Question:_________ is usually the best web page to get linked to while receiving a themed in-bound link from another website.


Ans: D ; The page which you would like to improve in the search engine rankings

Question: Which of the following can be termed as good keyword selection and placement strategies?


ANS: A, D

Question: If your site is not appearing in Google search results because of some unethical SEO practices in the recent past, _________________.


Ans:  D ; it is better to discontinue the website and shift your webpages to a fresh website with a new domain name.

Question: Which of the following statements about search engine optimization techniques are correct:


Ans: A, B, D

Question: A Hallway Page is used to:

Ans: D ; Enable search engine bots to index the Doorway Pages

Question: Which of the following free tools/websites could help you identify which city in the world has the largest search for the keyword - "six sigma"?


Ans: D ; Google Trends
 
 
Question: How are site maps important for the search engine optimization process?


Ans: C ; Site maps help the search engine spider pick up more pages from the website

Question: State whether the following statement is true or false.

A Sitemap provides a list of internal links to user accessible pages on a website.

Ans: A ; True

Question: What is the function of "indexer" part of the Google search engine?


Ans:  D ; It helps to generate meaningful results based upon the user's search term

Question: Which of the following conditions will Google treat favorably from the 'Relevancy' perspective?

Ans: D ; Image Alt tags on the home page matching the search term

Question: Some words, when followed by a colon, have special meanings to Yahoo. What is performed by the link: operator?


ANS:  C ; It shows all the pages that point to that URL


Question: Which of the following factors have an impact on the Google PageRank?


ANS:  A ; The total number of inbound links to a page of a web site

Question: What is the term for Optimization strategies that are in an unknown area of reputability/validity?


ANS: C ; Grey hat techniques

Question: Why is it a bad idea from the seo perspective to host free articles and write ups that are very common on the internet.


ANS: B ; Because you could get penalized by search engines for using duplicate content

Question: The following robots meta tag directs the search engine bots:
<META NAME="robots" CONTENT="noindex,nofollow">


ANS:  B ; Not to index the page and not to follow the links in the page

Question:_________________ use both crawlers and directories to generate relevant results.


ANS:  D ; Meta Search Engines

Question: Which of the following statements is correct with regard to natural links?


ANS: C ; They are voluntary in nature

Question: What will happen if you type the words 'Certification -Networking' in the Google search box?


ANS: D ; Google will find the web pages about Certification that do not contain the word Networking

Question: If you enter 'Help site:www.microsoft.com' in the Google search box, what will Google search for?


ANS: B ; b.It will find pages about help within www.expertrating.com

Question: Which of the following statements about FFA pages are true?

ANS: B ; They are also called link farms

Question: What is the name of the search engine technology due to which a query for the word 'actor' will also show search results for related words such as actress, acting or act?


ANS: D ; Stemming

Question: If a website's search engine saturation with respect to a particular search engine is 20%, what does it mean?


ANS: A ; 20% of the webpages of the website have been indexed by the search engine

Question: What is the main reason for the effectiveness of optimizing a webpage towards a long tail keyword search?

ANS:A  ; There are more long tail searches than shorter keyword queries

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