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Google Ads Shopping Certification Practice Exam
Exam Number: 1015 | Last updated April 21, 2026 | 800+ questions across 4 vendor-aligned objectives
Google’s Google Ads Shopping Certification credential is built for professionals who the skills needed to work on Google Cloud in production settings. The target audience includes retail marketers, ecommerce specialists, and Performance Max practitioners who run Shopping and retail-focused campaigns. Passing candidates have shown they can reason about trade-offs and pick the right service for a given constraint.
Heavy-weighted areas define where study time pays back fastest: 35% targets Building Shopping and Performance Max Campaigns (Merchant Center setup, product feeds, Performance Max for retail); 25% targets Feed Quality and Product Data (product titles, GTINs, attribute coverage, feed diagnostics).
Supporting domains fill out the blueprint: 20% covers Bidding and Inventory Strategy (target ROAS, seasonal adjustments, inventory-aware bidding); 20% covers Measurement and Optimization (conversion tracking for ecommerce, insights reports, asset groups). Each still appears on the exam, so none can be safely skipped. Google updates exam guides regularly, so verify domain weights on the official certification page before you finalize a study plan. Candidates who time-box practice against each listed subtopic tend to outperform those who rely on passive review.
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Question #1 - Feed Quality and Product Data
A retailer’s Shopping campaign underperforms and the support rep points to poor product titles like ‘SKU 1234’.
Which change is the first fix?
A) Delete product titles entirely
B) Rewrite titles to include brand, product type, and key attributes such as size or color
C) Use emojis only
D) Paste the full product description into the title
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Correct answers: B – Explanation:
Titles should include brand, product type, and key attributes to match queries and improve relevance. Deleting titles or using emojis damages feed quality. Pasting descriptions bloats titles without structure. Source: Check Source
Question #2 - Building Shopping and Performance Max Campaigns
A retail brand wants a single campaign that runs across Search, Shopping, Display, YouTube, Discover, and Gmail with an optimized feed front and center.
Which Google Ads campaign type fits?
A) Search-only campaigns
B) Display-only campaigns
C) Search with manual CPC only
D) Performance Max for retail
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Correct answers: D – Explanation:
Performance Max for retail runs across all Google surfaces with the product feed as a creative anchor. The other options are single-channel. Source: Check Source
Question #3 - Feed Quality and Product Data
A compliance check flags many products in a feed as missing unique identifiers like GTIN, which limits eligibility in certain surfaces.
Which Merchant Center fix fits?
A) Populate GTIN attributes for branded, in-production products
B) Fill GTIN with random numbers
C) Delete the whole feed
D) Rename the feed file
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Correct answers: A – Explanation:
Populating real GTINs matches products to the catalog and unlocks full eligibility. Random values break matching. Deleting the feed or renaming it does not fix identifiers. Source: Check Source
Question #4 - Bidding and Inventory Strategy
A retailer wants Smart Bidding to aim for a specific revenue-to-spend ratio in their Shopping campaign.
Which strategy fits?
A) Manual CPM
B) Maximize clicks only
C) Target ROAS
D) Enhanced CPC without conversion value
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Correct answers: C – Explanation:
Target ROAS optimizes to a specified return on ad spend using conversion values. Manual CPM, maximize clicks, and enhanced CPC without conversion values cannot hit a ROAS target. Source: Check Source
Question #5 - Measurement and Optimization
A retailer wants to use conversion value-based bidding but only tracks a purchase flag, not revenue.
Which fix aligns with the goal?
A) Send transaction-specific conversion value with each purchase
B) Turn off conversion tracking
C) Switch to Display awareness
D) Remove all products from the feed
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Correct answers: A – Explanation:
Sending transaction-specific conversion values per purchase enables value-based Smart Bidding. Turning off tracking defeats the goal. Switching to Display or removing products does not fix the signal. Source: Check Source
Question #6 - Building Shopping and Performance Max Campaigns
A new retailer is setting up Shopping ads and needs a Google product to host their product data and link it to Google Ads.
Which product fits?
A) BigQuery only
B) Merchant Center
C) Google Analytics 4 only
D) Google Tag Manager only
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Correct answers: B – Explanation:
Merchant Center is where product data is hosted and linked to Google Ads for Shopping. BigQuery, GA4, and GTM support analytics and tagging but do not host Shopping feeds. Source: Check Source
Question #7 - Bidding and Inventory Strategy
A retailer expects a 3-day sale with conversion rates far above normal and wants Smart Bidding to anticipate that spike.
Which Google Ads feature fits?
A) Pausing Smart Bidding during the sale
B) Zeroing all budgets
C) Removing the feed
D) Seasonality adjustments in Smart Bidding
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Correct answers: D – Explanation:
Seasonality adjustments tell Smart Bidding about short expected conversion-rate changes. Pausing Smart Bidding, zero budgets, or removing the feed harm sale performance. Source: Check Source
Question #8 - Feed Quality and Product Data
A merchandiser sees products disapproved in Merchant Center and wants a structured list of issues with remediation tips.
Which Merchant Center view fits?
A) Conversion Tracking
B) Audience Manager
C) Feed diagnostics and product issues
D) Performance Planner
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Correct answers: C – Explanation:
Merchant Center’s diagnostics enumerate disapprovals with remediation tips. Conversion Tracking is Ads-side. Audience Manager and Performance Planner are not feed diagnostics. Source: Check Source
Question #9 - Measurement and Optimization
A marketer wants per-asset-group insights inside a Performance Max campaign to see which audience signals and creatives drive results.
Which Google Ads view fits?
A) Performance Max asset group reports and insights
B) Keyword-level reporting only
C) App install reports only
D) YouTube remarketing lists
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Correct answers: A – Explanation:
Performance Max reports insights per asset group including signals and creative performance. Keyword-level reports are Search. App install reports cover app campaigns. Remarketing lists are audiences, not insights. Source: Check Source
Question #10 - Bidding and Inventory Strategy
A retailer wants bids to reflect local inventory availability for store pickup shoppers.
Which Google Ads approach fits?
A) Pause Shopping during low stock
B) Use local inventory ads with inventory-aware bidding
C) Lower bids for all products globally
D) Disable Merchant Center
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Correct answers: B – Explanation:
Local inventory ads with inventory-aware bidding adjust for store stock levels. Global pauses or flat lower bids lose sales. Disabling Merchant Center breaks Shopping. Source: Check Source
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What the Ads Shopping exam measures
- Building Shopping and Performance Max Campaigns (35%): Apply Google Cloud practices to Merchant Center setup, product feeds, Performance Max for retail.
- Feed Quality and Product Data (25%): Apply Google Cloud practices to product titles, GTINs, attribute coverage, feed diagnostics.
- Bidding and Inventory Strategy (20%): Apply Google Cloud practices to target ROAS, seasonal adjustments, inventory-aware bidding.
- Measurement and Optimization (20%): Apply Google Cloud practices to conversion tracking for ecommerce, insights reports, asset groups.
How to prepare for this exam
- Review the Google Ads Shopping Certification official exam guide end to end before you commit a study plan, so every later hour is spent against the published blueprint.
- Complete the relevant Skillshop learning path and treat its labs as non-optional rather than extra credit.
- Get hands-on practice in a Google Ads test account or sandbox property, repeating the same tasks from memory until configuration feels routine.
- Apply what you learn in real-world project experience — your day job, a volunteer project, or an open-source contribution — so the concepts stick.
- Master one objective at a time, starting with the highest-weighted domain on the blueprint and moving down from there.
- Use PowerKram learn mode with feedback and sourced links to close gaps while the answer rationale is still fresh.
- Finish with PowerKram exam mode across all objectives under realistic time pressure before you book the real exam.
Career paths and salary outlook
Holding the Google Ads Shopping Certification certification typically supports roles such as:
- Ecommerce PPC Specialist: roughly $ 60,000 to $95,000 USD per year in the US market (range varies by region, years of experience, and specialization). See current data on Glassdoor.
- Retail Media Manager: roughly $ 75,000 to $115,000 USD per year in the US market (range varies by region, years of experience, and specialization). See current data on Levels.fyi.
- Performance Marketing Lead: roughly $ 95,000 to $145,000 USD per year in the US market (range varies by region, years of experience, and specialization). See current data on Payscale.
Official resources
Work directly from Google’s own preparation resources and treat third-party content as a supplement: