Fiverr Skill Tests SEO Skill Assessment Test Solved [Updated 2024 ]

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Comprehensive SEO Quiz: Key Concepts and Answers

Note: answers are updated on 15th October 2024 with a PASSING SCORE of 8

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) plays a crucial role in enhancing online visibility and driving traffic to websites. Below is a compilation of 50 important SEO questions, options, and correct answers to aid in your understanding of SEO practices.

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1. What was the former name for Google?

Options:
Google Search
O Goggles
Search Index
Webmaster Tools
Answer: None of the above.

2. Are password-protected pages indexed by Google?

Options:
O Yes
No
Answer: No.

3. Does your location affect your local search results and queries?

Options:
True
False
Answer: True.

4. Which black hat SEO technique detects the search engine bot and “feeds” it different HTML code than what is served to users?

Options:
Coating
Foisting
Sighting
Cloaking
Answer: Cloaking.

5. Are heading tags ranked in descending order?

Options:
True
False
Answer: True.

6. Did Google’s YMYL update affect specific industries?

Options:
Finance
Health
Legal
All of the above
Answer: All of the above.

7. What does the Google Penguin Update address?

Options:
Penalizing sites with too many spammy links
Penalizing sites with less than 3% keyword density
Penalizing sites without On-Page SEO
Penalizing sites without backlinks
Answer: Penalizing sites with too many spammy links.

8. When should you use a 302 redirect?

Options:
It’s actually 301 redirect
You should never use 302 redirect
When you’re updating your website for a short period of time
When you’re permanently migrating your website
Answer: When you’re updating your website for a short period of time.

9. How do you fix duplicate content?

Options:
302 redirect
301 redirect
Canonical tag
Deleting duplicate content
Answer: Canonical tag.

10. Does having your site HTTPS certified automatically improve your rankings on mobile devices?

Options:
True
False
Answer: False.

11. Are commercial businesses that create Google My Business accounts highly favored by Google?

Options:
O Yes
O No
Answer: Yes.

12. What was Google’s first update called?

Options:
Bert
Hummingbird
Boston
O Terrier
None of the above
Answer: Boston.

13. How is keyword density used to optimize on-page SEO?

Options:
Naturally including keywords to make a page relevant to a user’s query will help improve your rank on SERPs.
If you put enough keywords on a page, it will help your rank on search results.
Having at least 15 of the main keywords per page will help increase your page rank.
Keyword density doesn’t matter to Google anymore.
Answer: Naturally including keywords to make a page relevant to a user’s query will help improve your rank on SERPs.

14. What do you define as keyword stuffing?

Options:
Adding unrelated keywords to a page
Creating a large cluster of texts with the same keyword
The keyword is used after every 5 words
All of the above
Answer: All of the above.

15. What is an example of a doorway page?

Options:
A page specifically targeted towards door installation-related keywords.
A page with lots of interlinked backlinks.
A page with 2 or more backlinks.
A page or multiple pages created to rank for the same or similar keyword phrase that’s closely related.
Answer: A page or multiple pages created to rank for the same or similar keyword phrase that’s closely related.

16. Should the sitemap be included in the robots.txt file so it can be crawled and indexed by search engine bots?

Options:
True
False
Answer: True.

17. If you’ve been penalized for buying backlinks, what’s your next step?

Options:
Wait for Google to recrawl
Add new links to replace old links
Add Business Directory Backlinks
Go to a backlinking tool, find all backlinks that have low scores and disavow them on Google. Then submit a request on Google.
Answer: Go to a backlinking tool, find all backlinks that have low scores and disavow them on Google. Then submit a request on Google.

18. What tool allows you to specify which links Google should ignore in the case of backlink value?

Options:
Disallow
Disavow
Disconnect
Uncrawl
Answer: Disavow.

19. How do you optimize to maximize CTR?

Options:
CTR can’t be influenced
Your title tag and meta descriptions determine that
CTR doesn’t affect SEO at all
Interlink amongst your CTR to maximize exposure
Answer: Your title tag and meta descriptions determine that.

20. If your robots.txt file has the following directives:

User-agent: Googlebot  
Disallow: /

User-agent: Scooter  
Disallow:

Options:
It allows Googlebot to crawl all pages and will disallow Scooter bot from crawling any dynamically generated pages.
It disallows Googlebot from crawling any page that ends with a and will allow Scooter bot to access any page.
Googlebot cannot crawl any dynamically generated page, and Scooter bot will have access to every page.
None of the above.
Answer: None of the above.

21. How do you update Google about your revised page?

Options:
Ping Google
Submit the page URL to Google to index
Share it on all social media accounts
Submit the page URL on Google Search
Answer: Submit the page URL to Google to index.

22. Which search engine created Trust Rank to rank websites and pages?

Options:
O Google
Microsoft Bing
Yahoo!
YouTube
O A&C
Answer: Google.

23. What is highly frowned upon by Google?

Options:
Automatically generated content software
Long loading times for websites with irrelevant links
Grammar errors on high domain authority websites
All of the above
Answer: All of the above.

24. Is it true that metadata highlights the important parts of your website that is crucial for performance tracking in technical SEO?

Options:
True
False
Answer: True.

25. What is the purpose of rel prev/next tags?

Options:
It is used on websites so Google can easily identify a collection of paginated pages.
It makes search engines consider alt URLs in the pagination to be links to the entire group.
It helps search engines distinguish duplicate content from paginated URLs.
All of the above.
Answer: All of the above.

26. Outbound links gain no authority from image links.

Options:
True
False
Answer: True.

27. You should use videos when doing SEO because:

Options:
YouTube is partnered with Google and is incorporated into a search network.
Having videos on your website gives Google spiders additional signals to crawl.
Videos can improve your visibility organically on search results.
All of the above.
Answer: All of the above.

28. Which of the following protects your data?

Options:
https
Pop-up ads
Local advertisement
Meta tags
Answer: https.

29. Which search position should receive the highest CTR?

Options:
1st
1st or 2nd
3rd
None of the above as CTR doesn’t exist
Answer: 1st.

30. How does dynamic serving work?

Options:
It makes your website adapt to the user’s specific needs.
It makes your site dynamically adapt its content to the size of the browser.
It makes your site respond to the user agent browser and adapt the HTML size for optimal appearance and viewing.
It makes your site adapt its HTML to different search engines.
Answer: It makes your site respond to the user agent browser and adapt the HTML size for optimal appearance and viewing.

31. If you enter “site:www.yelp.com ‘roofers,'” what are you telling Google to do?

Options:
You’re telling Google to exclude mentions of roofers.
You’re telling Google to exclude mentions of roofers on Yelp.
You’re telling Google to crawl Yelp and find all mentions of roofers.
Answer: You’re telling Google to crawl Yelp and find all mentions of roofers.

32. What is the meaning of schema markup?

Options:
A set of codes used to label and define various types of content.
A form of coding that helps website owners gain a better ranking.
An entire database of product pages that helps identify key items.
None of the above.
Answer: A set of codes used to label and define various types of content.

33. Should your URLs include words that describe your page?

Options:
O Yes
O No
Answer: Yes.

34. What are the primary purposes of 404 pages?

Options:
To redirect users back to the homepage
To provide users with helpful links to keep them on the website
To allow the user to input an email address for support
All of the above
Answer: All of the above.

35. What are the two types of canonical tags?

Options:
Temporary and Permanent
Redirect and Non-Redirect
301 and 302
Link and Meta
Answer: Link and Meta.

36. What is the main purpose of the XML sitemap?

Options:
Helps visitors find their way around your website.
Helps Google bots crawl your website.
Help visitors find your website.
Help your website get indexed.
Answer: Helps Google bots crawl your website.

37. Why is it important to have good-quality content on your site?

Options:
Google wants to rank pages higher that have good-quality content.
Good-quality content increases your ranking and authority.
Good-quality content leads to more traffic and engagement.
All of the above.
Answer: All of the above.

38. Which of the following are off-page SEO factors?

Options:
Social media
Content
Authority
Both A and C
Answer: Both A and C.

39. Does link-building still matter?

Options:
O Yes
O No
Answer: Yes.

40. What type of web page is SEO friendly?

Options:
The one that is relevant to the user search query
The one that has no errors
The one that has relevant meta tags
All of the above
Answer: All of the above.

41. Should a website contain internal links?

Options:
O Yes
O No
Answer: Yes.

42. How can you tell which of your pages rank well?

Options:
By checking Analytics
By using Google Search Console
By using social media metrics
Both A and B
Answer: Both A and B.

43. Is SEO a one-time task?

Options:
True
False
Answer: False.

44. Does an optimized title tag improve SEO?

Options:
O Yes
O No
Answer: Yes.

45. How often should you check your website’s SEO performance?

Options:
Once a month
Once a week
Every day
It depends on the size of the website
Answer: It depends on the size of the website.

46. Is it necessary to have a blog to improve SEO?

Options:
O Yes
O No
Answer: No.

47. Do search engines prefer original content?

Options:
O Yes
O No
Answer: Yes.

48. What is the significance of local SEO?

Options:
Helps businesses promote their products and services to local customers
Improves the visibility of a business in local search results
Increases foot traffic to a physical location
All of the above
Answer: All of the above.

49. How can social media impact SEO?

Options:
Increases brand awareness
Generates traffic to the website
Improves engagement and reach
All of the above
Answer: All of the above.

50. What is the purpose of SEO audit?

Options:
To analyze the overall SEO performance of a website
To identify areas for improvement
To provide recommendations for enhancing SEO strategies
All of the above
Answer: All of the above.