Search Engine Optimization Test Answer in 2013

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

    Answer: It shows all the pages that point to that url


2.  Question:  Which blackhat Seo techniques is characterized by a method to decieve Search Engine, by detecting the search engine bot and “feeding” it with a different HTML code than the HTML actually served to users?

    Answer: Cloaking


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

    Answer:  Because you could be penalize by search engine for using duplicate contents


4.  Question:  What will happen if you type the word ‘Certification-Networking’ in the Google Search box?

    Answer:  *Google will find ALL the web pages in which the words “Certification” and “Networking” appear together.


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

    Answer:  *The number of inbound natural links related to the website’s theme (or keywords)


6.  Question:  What is keyword density?

    Answer: The number of times the keyword is used / (divided by) the total word count on the page.


7.  Question:  Which of the following statement about FFA pages are true?

    Answer:  They are also called Link Farms


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

    Answer: Page Jacking


9.  Question: What is the most likely time period required for getting a Google page ranking?

    Answer:  * More than 3 months


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

    Answer:  a. Targeting synonyms of the main keyword
                   d. Optimizing 5 or more keywords per page


11.  Question: Are RSS/Atom feeds returned in Google search results?

    Answer:  No


12.  Question:  All major search engines are case sensitive

    Answer:  False


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

    Answer:  Offering a different set of web pages to the search engines


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

    Answer:  Google uses the meta description to generate the search engine results pages.


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

    Answer:  websites with deep linking are looking at favorably by the search engines


16.  Question:  Which of the following factors have an impact on the Google page rank

     Answer:  the subject matter of the site providing the inbound link to a page of a web site


17.  Question:  what is the most likely time period required for getting a Google page rank

    Answer:  More Than 3 months.


18.  Question:  Which of the following is an ethical SEO Techniques?

    Answer:   Non of the above.


19.  Question:  What is Anchor text

    Answer:  it is the visible text that is hyper linked to another page


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

    Answer: Paid links should be disclosed through index-nofollow attribute in the hyperlink?


21.  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” Yes or no?

    Answer:  no


22.  Question:  If you enter “help site:http://www.vjseomarketing.com‘ in the google search box, what will  Google search for

    Answer:  it will find pages about help with-in http://www.vjseomarketing.com


23.  Question:  which of the following website design guidelines have been recommended by Google

    Answer:  Every page should be reachable from at least one static text link


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

    Answer: If you have two versions of a document on your website, Google recommends that you  only allow the indexing of the better version


25.  Question:  Which of the following statements about the RSS are correct.

    Answer:  it is a form of XML


26.  Question:  what is the main reason for the effectiveness of optimizing a webpages towards a long  tail keyword search

    Answer:  there are fewer websites that have targeted such keywords.


27.  Question:  How are the site maps important for the search engine optimization process

    Answer:  site maps help the search engine spider pick up more pages from the website..


28.  Question:  which of the following actions could get you banned by Google

    Answer:  none of the above.


29.  Question: Do search engines such as google detect innatural linking patterns by checking the  Class C ip address of the page where the link to the websites originates? Yes or no?

    Answer:  yes


30.  Question:  what is the term for optimization strategies that are in an unknown area of  reputability/validity

    Answer:  Silver hat techniques


31.  Question:  What does the term keyword prominence refer to?

    Answer:  it refers to the fact that the keywords placed in important parts of a webpage are  given priority by the search engines.
 
32.  Question:  Which black hat SEO Techniques is characterized by a method to deceive search engines,  by detecting the search engine bot and “feeding” it with a different HTML actually served to users?

    Answer:  Cloaking


33.  Question:  Which is the function of indexer part of the Google search Engine?

    Answer:  It helps to retrieve web pages from the world wide wed


34.  Question:  Google display up to _______ characters of a WebPages Title Tag.

    Answer:  66


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

    Answer:  a. Targeting synonyms of the main keyword
                   d. Optimizing five or more keywords per page

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

    Answer:  Google will find all the web pages in which the words certification and networking  appear together


37.  Question:  Which search engine technology prevents a website from appearing in numerous top positions in the search engine result pages

    Answer:  clustering


38.  Question:  If a websites search engine saturation with respect to a particular search engine is 20%. What does it mean?

    Answer:   only 20% of the pages of the website will be indexed by the search engine

39. Which of the following statements about Google technical and quality guidelines is  true.

    Answer:  Avoid using robot. text to prevent crawling of search results pages or other auto- generated pages, even if they don’t add much value for users coming from the search  engines.

40.  Question:  Implementing a 301 permanent Redirects on the old pages to redirect to the new pages  is a good idea from the SEO perspective. True or False?

    Answer:  True

oDesk Readiness Test for Agency Contractors Answer in 2013

1.  Question:  Which of the following are required for your agency to qualify for guaranteed payment?

    a. An hourly contract

    b. Tracking your time with the oDesk Team application

    c. Entering relevant memos

    d. An employer with a verified payment method

    e. All of the above

    Answer:  E 

2. Question: Which of the following actions are NOT allowed when applying to job postings?

    a. Misrepresenting your skills, experiences, portfolio, etc.

    b. Submitting boilerplate, placeholder or generic bids or other spam

    c. Disclosing direct contact information

    d. Applying when you are not truly qualified

    E. All of the above

    Answer:  E

3. Question: Which of the following is TRUE about fixed-price contracts?

    a. Employer billed automatically each week

    b. How much to pay and when to pay is at the employer's discretion

    c. Hours worked will show on your profile

    d. Time-tracking required

    e. Qualify for the oDesk payment guarantee

    Answer:  B

4. Question: Which of the following are TRUE about the oDesk dispute process?

    a. The dispute process only applies to hourly contracts

    b. If you fail to respond, oDesk will refund the employer and suspend your account

    c. If you reject the dispute, oDesk specialists will review your Work Diary and evaluate it against the criteria of the payment guarantee

    d. Disputed hours ruled in the employers favor are refunded

    e. All of the above

    Answer: E

5. Question: The oDesk Team application Time Tracker records which of the following?

    a. Screenshot of the active screen once per billing segment

    b. Number of keystrokes

    c. Number of mouse clicks

    d. Memo entered by the contractor

    e. All of the above

    Answer: E

6. Question: Which of the following are NOT permitted on oDesk?

    a. Sharing a single account between multiple people

    b. Opening more than one account on oDesk

    c. Using a logo or clip art as your profile portrait

    d. Using a fake name

    e. All of the above

    Answer: E

7. Question: Staffing managers can apply to jobs for you.

    a. True

    b. False

   

    Answer: A

8. Question: What happens when a contract ends?

    a. You lose access to the Work Diary

    b. Both users can leave feedback

    c. The feedback system is double blind, so your employer cannot see the feedback you left them until after they have left feedback for you

    d. Hours will be billed (and disputes may be filed) according to the usual weekly payment schedule

    e. All of the above

    Answer: E

9. Question: Which of the following statements is FALSE about oDesk agencies?

    a. Agency contractors work on behalf of an agency on the oDesk platform

    b. Agencies vary in size; from one person to hundreds of skilled contractors

    c. Payments made to agency contractors go to the agency rather than the contractor

    d. Payments made to agency contractors are automatically split by oDesk between the agency    and the     contractor

    e. An agency is an organization that sells the services of their agency contractors on oDesk

    Answer: D

10. Question: Which of the following are TRUE about your oDesk Work Diary?

    a. Allows employers to see when and what their contractors are working on

    b. Enables automatic billing for hourly contracts

    c. The oDesk Team application auto-tracks time which can be reviewed in the Work Diary

    d. Manual time can be added, but isn't guaranteed payment

    e. All of the above

    Answer: E

11. Question: Which of the following is FALSE about weekly limits on hourly contracts?

    a. Hours in excess of the weekly limit will not be billed to the employer

    b. You should discuss any need to work beyond your limit with your employer

    c. The weekly limit can be changed by the contractor

    d. The weekly limit can be changed by the employer

    e. Hours in excess of the weekly limit are not guaranteed payment

    Answer: C