AMA PCM Exam - Topic 6 Question 96 Discussion

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Question #: 96
Topic #: 6

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SciFun.com and NatuRun.com are two websites that publish articles related to science and technology. The webpages on these sites often link to each other's websites, particularly when an article from one website is reproduced on the other. An original article about black holes, from SciFun, is reproduced as is on NatuRun with the original 20 images. The article receives 7,000 pageviews and generates 147,000 hits. 15% of the pageviews result in users clicking the link to the original article on SciFun. What is the number of hits generated on the original article due to NatuRun?

A7,000

B1,050

C147,000

D22,050

E20

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Suggested Answer: D

by Kina at Sep 08, 2024, 04:00 PM

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Luis

3 months ago

Sounds a bit fishy, are those numbers legit?

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Verlene

3 months ago

Totally makes sense, great way to drive traffic!

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Francine

3 months ago

Wait, how do they get 147,000 hits from just 7,000 views?

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Lezlie

4 months ago

15% of that means 1,050 clicks to SciFun!

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Alfreda

4 months ago

The article got 7,000 pageviews on NatuRun.

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Tiera

4 months ago

I feel like I’ve seen a question like this before, and it was about linking traffic. I think the answer is definitely not 147,000.

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Wynell

4 months ago

I think the answer might be 1,050 because that’s 15% of 7,000. But I’m not completely confident.

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Hoa

4 months ago

I’m a bit unsure about how to calculate the hits from the pageviews. Is it just 15% of 7,000?

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Francine

5 months ago

I remember we practiced a similar question about calculating hits from pageviews. I think I need to focus on the percentage part more.

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Corazon

5 months ago

This is a good one. I'm going to start by finding the number of clicks from NatuRun to the original article, then use that to calculate the total hits on the original article. Methodical approach is key here.

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Dolores

5 months ago

Wait, is the question asking for the number of hits on the original article on SciFun, or the number of hits generated on NatuRun? I'm a bit confused on what exactly I need to calculate.

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Sharan

5 months ago

Okay, I think I got this. Let's break it down - the article on NatuRun generated 147,000 hits, and 15% of the 7,000 pageviews resulted in clicks to the original article. Time to do the math!

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Luann

5 months ago

Hmm, not sure I fully understand the relationship between pageviews, hits, and the link to the original article. Need to think this through step-by-step.

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Paulene

5 months ago

This looks like a straightforward math problem, just need to do the calculations carefully.

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Corazon

5 months ago

Okay, I've got this. The key is to enable verbose logging for the service that's responsible for the SMTP integration. I'm going to go with option D.

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Tonette

5 months ago

This looks like a tricky question. I'll need to carefully analyze the image and the answer choices to determine which components are involved.

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Flo

10 months ago

Wait, so the article on NatuRun has 147,000 hits, but only 7,000 pageviews? That's some serious click-bait action going on there! I'm going to go with option C just to see what kind of wild shenanigans are happening on these science websites.

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Lezlie

8 months ago

User3: I think I'll go with option C too, just to see what's really going on with those websites.

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Amber

8 months ago

User2: I know right, it seems like there's something fishy going on with those numbers.

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Ligia

9 months ago

User1: Wow, that's a huge difference between pageviews and hits!

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Zachary

9 months ago

I agree, it's definitely some interesting tactics to drive traffic between the two websites.

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Almeta

9 months ago

Yeah, that's why there are more hits than pageviews on NatuRun.

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Arminda

10 months ago

I think the hits are generated from users clicking the link to the original article on SciFun.

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Lynelle

10 months ago

Okay, let me think this through. 7,000 pageviews on NatuRun, 15% of that is 1,050 clicks to the original article on SciFun. Yep, option B is the way to go.

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Marisha

10 months ago

User 2: Yeah, that makes sense. Option B it is.

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Rene

10 months ago

User 1: I think the answer is 1,050.

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Rolland

10 months ago

This is a tricky one. I'm going to go with option C, 147,000 hits, since that's the total number of hits on the NatuRun article. Gotta love those science and tech websites, they really know how to generate traffic!

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Fletcher

11 months ago

Hmm, let's see. 7,000 pageviews on NatuRun and 15% of those resulted in clicks to the original article on SciFun. Sounds like option B, 1,050 hits, is the right answer.

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Chara

11 months ago

Okay, so we have an article from SciFun that's reproduced on NatuRun. The key is to figure out how many hits the original article on SciFun gets from the NatuRun link. I'm going to go with option D, 22,050 hits.

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