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A media buyer wants to evaluate performance and set up automatic rotation for three different video creatives assigned to one line item. Which setting should they use?

• Completions
• Match bidding strategy
• Time on screen
• Even

Explanation

For video line items with multiple assigned creatives, Display & Video 360 uses creative optimization to decide how those creatives rotate before bidding begins. Match bidding strategy is the setting that automatically applies the rotation logic that best aligns with the video line item’s bidding setup, rather than forcing a separate manual optimization choice. Google documents that this option maps the line item’s bidding strategy to the corresponding creative optimization behavior, so rotation stays aligned with the performance goal. That makes it the appropriate setting when several video creatives need to rotate automatically while performance is evaluated in a way that matches the bidding objective. Google Help

Why the other options are incorrect

Even rotates creatives more evenly and does not apply optimization, so it is not the best choice when rotation should align with bidding logic. Google Help

Time on screen favors creatives likely to stay visible for at least 10 cumulative seconds, which is narrower than aligning rotation to the full bidding strategy. Google Help

Completions favors creatives likely to be audible and viewable on completion, so it optimizes to completion outcomes rather than matching the line item’s bidding setup overall. Google Help

Source for verification

Creative optimization — Display & Video 360 Help Google Help

A designer needs to build and preview a customized, multi-asset creative within a real-time, visual workspace. Which feature provides this drag-and-drop environment for managing creative components?

• My Inventory
• Bulk management templates
• Marketplace
• Ad Canvas

Explanation

Ad Canvas is the visual editor in Display & Video 360 used to build and edit creatives in real time. Google describes it as a workspace where users can manage assets, enter text, adjust styling, and interact with a live preview while editing. The asset panel also supports dragging files into the creative, which matches a drag-and-drop workflow for assembling multi-asset creative components. That makes Ad Canvas the correct feature for creating and previewing customized creatives in a visual environment.

Why the other options are incorrect

Marketplace is for discovering inventory and negotiating deals with publishers, not for building creatives.

My Inventory is used to manage deals and inventory sources, not  to design or preview creative assets.

Bulk management templates support large-scale upload and editing workflows, not a real-time visual editor with drag-and-drop creative assembly.

Source for verification

https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/9064041?hl=en

https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/7530472?hl=en

An advertiser is setting up a Programmatic Guaranteed deal and needs to include additional fees for using a third-party verification service. Where should these be added?

• Base media rate
• Partner costs
• Technical creative requirements
• Inventory floor price

Explanation

In Display & Video 360, partner costs are used for expenses other than the media fee and third-party audience data fees. Google explicitly lists fees for a third-party ad server or a third-party ad serving verification service as examples of partner costs. Those costs can be tracked through CPM fee or media fee fields depending on how the charge is structured. That is why verification fees for a Programmatic Guaranteed setup belong under partner costs, not in the negotiated inventory rate itself. Google Help+1

Why the other options are incorrect

Technical creative requirements controls creative specifications and serving requirements, not billing fields for third-party verification fees. Google Help

Inventory floor price is a publisher-side minimum price concept for auction inventory, not a field for operational service fees. Google Help+1

Base media rate is the negotiated media cost for inventory, while third-party verification charges are tracked separately as partner costs. Google Help+1

Source for verification

https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/2696775?hl=en

https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/7067656?hl=en

A retailer is planning a seasonal promotion and needs to secure a specific number of impressions on a publisher’s homepage during a holiday weekend. Which transaction model makes sure the advertiser has a committed volume of inventory at a locked-in price?

• Programmatic Guaranteed
• Private auction
• Open auction
• Preferred Deal

Explanation

A fixed CPM plus a committed number of impressions maps to Programmatic Guaranteed in Display & Video 360 because it is a direct buy negotiated with the publisher. The proposal includes inventory and price up front, which is how the rate is locked before delivery begins. Google also documents a contracted quantity for Programmatic Guaranteed deals, which is the committed impression volume tied to the agreement. That combination of reserved inventory and negotiated pricing is what distinguishes it from non-guaranteed deal types. Google Help+1

Why the other options are incorrect

Private  auction is a non-guaranteed auction with invited buyers and a minimum CPM, so impressions are not committed to one buyer in advance. Google Help

Preferred Deal is a non-guaranteed fixed deal that offers first-look access at a fixed CPM, but the inventory is still non-guaranteed. Google Help

Open auction is public exchange inventory rather than reserved inventory, so it does not provide a committed volume at a locked price. Google Help+1

Source for verification

https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/7067656?hl=en

https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/7243138?hl=en

An advertiser wants to maximize business outcomes by allowing the system to find relevant consumers beyond their selected audience segments. Which AI-powered feature should they use?

• Frequency capping
• Manual bidding
• Expansion slider
• Optimized targeting

Explanation

Optimized targeting is the Display & Video 360 feature that uses real-time campaign  data to find new and relevant people who are more likely to convert within campaign goals. It expands beyond manually selected audience segments by treating those selections as audience signals, which guide the system without always limiting delivery to only those users. Google also states that it helps reach audiences that may be missed with manual targeting alone, which directly matches the objective of finding additional relevant consumers for stronger business outcomes. This makes it the AI-driven expansion feature in this scenario, not a manual control or delivery-limiting setting. Google Help+1

Why the other options are incorrect

Manual bidding sets bids directly and does not use optimized targeting to discover users beyond the selected audience segments. Google Help+1

Expansion slider is associated with audience expansion controls in other contexts, not the core Display & Video 360 feature described here for broader audience discovery. Google Help+1

Frequency capping controls how often ads are shown to the same user, so it manages exposure rather than finding new relevant consumers. Google Help

Source for verification

https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/12060859?hl=en

https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/2997422?hl=en

A lead practitioner requires a centralized environment to audit suitability coverage and monitor for pre-bid invalid traffic across all active media. Which specific management interface provides these quality-assurance metrics?

• Instant reporting
•  Brand Controls page
• Marketplace
• All audiences

Explanation

The Brand Controls page is the centralized advertiser-level interface for planning, monitoring, and setting a  brand safety strategy in Display & Video 360. It includes a coverage view for content types the advertiser wants to avoid, which is the suitability-monitoring area used to assess protected delivery against current quality settings. The same page also includes an Invalid traffic section that shows invalid traffic filtered pre-bid for the advertiser. Because it combines suitability coverage monitoring and pre-bid invalid traffic review in one place, it is the correct quality-assurance interface. Google Help+1

Why the other options are incorrect

Marketplace is for discovering inventory and negotiating deals, not for advertiser-level quality monitoring and pre-bid invalid traffic review. Google Help

Instant reporting is a reporting workspace, but Google identifies the suitability coverage and pre-bid invalid traffic views specifically on the Brand Controls page. Google Help

All audiences is for audience management, not brand suitability coverage or invalid traffic monitoring. Google Help

Source for verification

https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/9179543?hl=en

https://support.google.com/displayvideo/answer/3032915?hl=en