Comments on: How to Pass the Google Advertising Professional (GAP) Exam

By: Richard Elahi

Richard Elahi — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:32:53 +0000

Current passing is 85% 120 Min, 120 question. and very very tough. Learning Material is really really important,

By: lakkineni

lakkineni — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:57:42 +0000

@Terry, Yes, the program has changed, now you need 85% to pass the fundamentals exam.

More details: http://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bin/static.py?hl=en-uk&page=examstudy.cs&ctx=go

All the best.

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:39:18 +0000

I got 80% yesteday, but I was tracked as “failed”.. maybe something changed?
I had 120 questions in 120 minutes… but saing truth maybe 70% of the answer was possible to find in teh learning material…
I’m quite disattisfied about it, I read before too about 75%, so why 80% would not be enought…

By: sunil kumar

sunil kumar — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:38:10 +0000

Hi Stephen Ward,

Congrates for your success in GAP that is 91.5%. i am doing preparation to take the GAP Exam. pls tell me the questions that i can focus on these topics.

Thanks and appreciate for your posting

Sunil kumar

By: DD

DD — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:25:12 +0000

I found free GAP practice questions at management-tutor.com its still in beta but I found it useful. There were a few questions that I would likely have gotten wrong if I hadn’t tried these practice questions. I got 76% phew

By: Zorali

Zorali — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:40:49 +0000

Hi Stephen,

I signed for Adwords and managed $55 in my account for the last 90 days since I signed. Last week, I had zero activity in my adwords account. If I did $1000 in the next 20 days, will I still be qualify to do the exam for the period of 90 days?

Thanks

By: Stephen Ward

Stephen Ward — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:04:03 +0000

Hello Lakkineni. Thanks very much. To answer your question, the questions on the exam appeared to run the gamut of topics in the AdWords Learning Center. There were questions on bid management, basic marketing terminology, where to locate certain interface elements, etc.

I did notice, however, that newer material appeared to be under-represented in the test. For example, the section on Google Analytics wasn’t really dealt with. My guess is that the exam hasn’t been updated recently (or hadn’t been when I took the test), so I’d focus on the older, more established material.

As for ambiguity, I do remember a few of the questions being ambiguous. It’s multiple-choice, though, so just give your best answer in any case. If you’ve prepared well, you should do just fine.

I hope this helps. Best of luck with the GAP exam.

By: lakkineni

lakkineni — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:54:21 +0000

Hi Stephen Ward,

Congratulations on passing the GAP exam. Above 90% is an awesome achievement. I am in prep to take the exam.
Do you recommend any specific areas to concentrate more on Adwords or find any questions hard to understand them correctly? I have been told that some questions are ambiguous.

Appreciate your response.

Thanks
Lakkineni