Content Writing Skills Test

Content Writing Skill Test

At what places in the sentence given below should commas be used?

Mark Twain's novels she believes stand the test of time

a. There should be a comma after believes

b. There should be a comma after novels and another one after believes

c. There should be a comma after novels

d. No commas are required

Searching for the phrase "Research Techniques Test" (within quotes) in the Google search box will yield

a. Results excluding pages which have the phrase Research Techniques Test in the webpages

b. Results including pages which contain exactly the same phrase, i.e , Research Techniques Test

c. Results including pages which have the words Research, Techniques and Test in any order

d. Results including pages which have the words Research, Techniques and Test marked in bold

Select the sentences which are grammatically INCORRECT

a. Sophie is responsible for sales of refrigerators, stocking merchandise and writing orders

b. You look really tired What's the matter?

c. The facts were collected and carefully organized

d. One of my best friend is getting married next week

Best Boats is a startup with the following inventory of products

Type of boat	Product name
Yacht	Series Y

Amanda is assigned to create copy for webpages for BestBoats com website, which should attract visitors searching for buying Yachts, and provide information about the same Which is the best way Amanda can create the copy for the webpages so that they rank higher in the organic search results?

	Page Title	Meta Description	Paragraph Heading on Page
A	BestBoats Series Y by BestBoats	Buy the BestBoats Series Y by BestBoats - Best quality assured	BestBoats Series Y
B	Buy Boats- BestBoats Series Y by BestBoats	Buy Boats- Best Quality Boats from BestBoats Series Y by BestBoats is the dream Yacht you have been waiting for	Boats from BestBoats Series Y
C	Yachts from BestBoats -Best quality, Best Deals on Yachts, Highest rated Yachts	Yachts from BestBoats Yacht Series Y by BestBoats is the dream Yacht you have been waiting for	Yachts from BestBoats -BestBoats Series Y

a. A

b. B

c. C

d. All copies will lead to similar results

Consider the following sentence

I have been busy in preparing for my final examination

If you are asked to correct this sentence, which of the options given below will you choose?

a. I was busy in preparing for my final examination

b. I am busy in preparing for my final examination

c. I have been busy preparing for my final examination

d. The sentence needs no correction

Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words

He was _______________of the fact that he had made a major mistake by not heeding his

a. conscience  conscience

b. conscience  conscious

c. conscious  conscious

d. conscious  conscience

A short introductory statement or passage in a published work, such as a book, is called a

a. foreword

b. forword

c. forward

d. foreward

What happens if you type the words Certification -Networking in the Google search box?

a. Google shows web pages that contain the word Certification and also those that contain the word Networking

b. Google shows all the web pages containing the words Certification and Networking

c. Google shows all the web pages in which the words Certification and Networking appear together

d. Google shows web pages that contain the word Certification, but do not contain the word Networking

Two of the sentences given below have some mistakes Select those sentences

a. The actors' convincing acting perfectly complimented the movie's powerful storyline

b. No sooner had the author enunciated his principal argument than a lively debate ensued among the participants of the seminar

c. Waterborne diseases, as the term suggests, spread through contaminated water

d. A hoard of people gathered outside the burning shop making it difficult for the fire fighters to douse the flames

Consider the following sentences and select the appropriate answer from the options given thereafter

Sentence 1 You look so different from what you did a year ago  What have you done?

Sentence 2 You look so different than what you did a year agol What have you done?

a. Sentence 1 is correct, but Sentence 2 is not

b. Sentence 1 is incorrect, but Sentence 2 is correct

c. Both sentences are correct

d. Both sentences are incorrect

What is the best style of writing for online content?

a. Formal style

b. Conversational style

c. A mix of formal and conversational style

d. Depends on the target audience

Which of the following words has/have been spelled correctly?

a. Excercise

b. Millenium

c. Irresistable

d. Priviledge

e. All the words have been spelled correctly

f. None of the words have been spelled correctly.

Complete the sentence below with an appropriate word

He _________ the books on the table and went out to play immediately

a. lied

b. layed

c. laid

d. lay

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT with regard to searching for information on a certain place on the internet?

a. The information available on the official website of a country in which the place is located is the most reliable source

b. The information available on forums and blogs may or may not be correct and hence needs further verification

c. The information provided on Wikipedia may or may not be authentic and reliable

d. The information provided by a non-government website which sells tickets to visit the place is the most authentic

Identify the misspelled word in the list below

a. Mischievous

b. Occurence

c. Caribbean

d. Yacht

Which of the following statements regarding Search Engine Optimization is/are true?

a. In the title tag, the keywords should be placed at the end

b. Including keywords in the anchor text is a good SEO strategy

c. Keywords should never be used in the URL

d. All of the above are true

What does the term Keyword Prominence refer to?

a. It refers to the fact that choosing high traffic keywords leads to the best return on investment b. It refers to the importance attached to getting the right keyword density

c. It refers to the fact that the keywords placed in important parts of a webpage are given priority by the search engines

d. It refers to the fact that the keywords in bold font are given priority by the search engines

Which of the following search operators lists web pages that are similar to the web page (URL) specified by you?

a. similar URL

b. related:URL

c. like URL

d. site URL

Copying a few lines from one of Shakespeare's works without giving credit to him would be considered

a. Copyright violation

b. Plagiarism

c. Theft

d. Piracy

This question contains three incomplete sentences numbered, I, II and III, and each of these sentences has two options to fill in their blanks Identify the correct option for each sentence, and using the numbers denoting those options, select the answer that represents all the three correct options

I  The president, together with his wife, ____________ (1. greets/2. greet) the guests cordially

II   Fifty dollars _____________ (1. is/2. are) the price of that cell-phone

Everyone of those girls (1. study/2. studies) in my school

a. 1,1, 2

b. 1,2,2

c. 2,1,2

d. 2.2.1

Which of the following acts constitutes copyright in fragment?

a. Reproducing facts or ideas

b. Reproducing a work which is in the public domain

c. Reproducing copyrighted material for "fair use"

d. Reproducing copyrighted material on a free website

Searching for "2010 OR 2011" (without quotes) in Google will show result pages that

a. Show both the years

b. Show either of the two years

c. Show pages with these arch term"2010 to 2011"

d. Shows either 2010 or 2011. or both 2010 and 2011

This question is based upon the figure shown below

In the image given above, you are given three incomplete sentences in Column I and three missing words in Column II Identify the sentence/s which has/have been correctly matched with the missing word/s in Column II

a. 1-i

b. 2-ii

c. 3-iii

d. All of the above

Which of the following is among the search engine optimization "best practices"?

a. Cross-linking

b. Cloaking

c. Keyword stuffing

d. Having unique content

e. All of the above

f. None of the above

Complete the following sentence

The better an emulsifier is, the longer the oil and the water take to

a.  seperate

b.  separate

c.  separete

d.  seperete

Complete the following sentence

The_________________ was a few meters away from the doctor's clinic

a. cemetery

b. cemetary

c. cemetarey

d. cemetery

Complete the following sentences with the correct pair of words

wanted to give her a ______________  of my mind but stopped myself from doing so ____________ of mind is not a luxury, but a basic necessity of human beings

a. piece, Peace

b. peace, Piece

c. piece, Piece

d. peace, Peace

Complete the following sentence with the correct combination of words

Our lawyers have informed us that while the new tax laws will not________

they may have an adverse _________on the spending power of our customers our business directly,

a. effect/affect

b. affect/affect

c. effect/effect

d. affect/effect

Select the correct sentence from among the following

a. The person sitting besides the young boy is his father

b. She looked all around the place to ensure no body was watching her

c. People have been observing this ritual since ages it is unlikely they will abandon it so easily

d. The hall was jam-packed with people and yet things were so quite it seemed there was not a soul inside

Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct set of words from the options below

Although_____ wanted to keep the boat all to ________, I knew it would be used extensively by both Susan and _________

a. I/myself/myself

b. I/me/I

c. I/myself/I

d. I/myself/me

To come before is to ____________ whereas to come after is to _________

a. Preceed / Succeed

b. Precede / Secede

c. Preceed / Seceede

d. Precede/Succeed

Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of words

Carl managed to __________ the situation with his wit and tact even as everyone waited with ________ breath to know the final outcome of the meeting between the rivals

a. diffuse   baited

b. defuse   bated

c. diffuse   bated

d. defuse   baited

Do you have to use a copyright notation on all copies of your content for the web?

a. No A copyright notation is no longer an absolute necessity of the Copyright Act b. Yes The copyright notation is necessary to protect the content

c. No As long as the website has a general copyright notation, it is not required to be placed below all content

What is Anchor Text?

a. It is the main body of text on a particular webpage

b. It is the text within the left or top panel of a webpage

c. It is the visible text that is hyper linked to another page

d. It is the most promment text on the page that the search engines use to assign a title to the page

Which of the following is true in the context of Search Engine Optimization?

a. It is preferable to optimize one web page for only one keyword

b. A keyword density of 15-20 % is regarded as optimum

c. The title of a web page should be at least 10 words long

d. It is best to concentrate the keywords in the middle of the web page

Identify the correct sentence construction from the following list of sentences

a. The trapped miners families feared for the safety of their loved ones

b. He was very anxious about his mother's health, which was deteriorating with each passing day

c. Having slept through the day, the night didn't seem to pass

d. If they would have gone to the party, would have had a lot of fun

Writing materials like pens, papers, envelopes are collectively called __________

Something standing still is ______________

a. Stationery/Stationary

b. Stationary/Stationery

c. Stationery/Stationery

d. Stationary/Stationary

A word which means the same as "Clever" is spelled as

a. Ingenius

b. Ingeneous

c. Ingenious

d. Ingmeous

What kind of writing style will you use for describing a university application process meant to be read by the student applicants and/or their parents'?

a. Use italics for the parents and bold text for the students or vice versa

b. Use your normal writing style

c. Use a style suited for the parents, as they are more important

d. Use a style suited for the students, as they are more important

e. Use a style that will be read by both the students and the parents equally successfully