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About the test:

The Business Analyst Test uses scenario-based MCQs to evaluate candidates on their ability to identify and define business problems, gather and analyze requirements, create process models and data flows, develop use cases, and communicate effectively with stakeholders. Other key skills evaluated include critical thinking, problem-solving, data analysis, project management, and agile methodologies.

Covered skills:

  • The Relational Model
  • SQL Functions
  • SQL Basics
  • Data Modification Language
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9 reasons why
9 reasons why

Adaface Business Analyst Test is the most accurate way to shortlist candidates



Reason #1

Tests for on-the-job skills

The Business Analyst Test helps recruiters and hiring managers identify qualified candidates from a pool of resumes, and helps in taking objective hiring decisions. It reduces the administrative overhead of interviewing too many candidates and saves time by filtering out unqualified candidates at the first step of the hiring process.

Non-googleable questions & proctoring features enable you to be comfortable with conducting assessments online. The Business Analyst Test is ideal for helping recruiters identify which candidates have the skills to do well on the job.

Reason #2

No trick questions

no trick questions

Traditional assessment tools use trick questions and puzzles for the screening, which creates a lot of frustration among candidates about having to go through irrelevant screening assessments.

The main reason we started Adaface is that traditional pre-employment assessment platforms are not a fair way for companies to evaluate candidates. At Adaface, our mission is to help companies find great candidates by assessing on-the-job skills required for a role.

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Reason #3

Non-googleable questions

We have a very high focus on the quality of questions that test for on-the-job skills. Every question is non-googleable and we have a very high bar for the level of subject matter experts we onboard to create these questions. We have crawlers to check if any of the questions are leaked online. If/ when a question gets leaked, we get an alert. We change the question for you & let you know.

These are just a small sample from our library of 10,000+ questions. The actual questions on this Business Analyst Test will be non-googleable.

🧐 Question

Medium

PV of customer segments
Market Segmentation
ROI
CLV
Solve
A retail company is exploring new customer segments to increase sales. You are provided with the following data on three potential customer segments:

Segment A:

- Average annual revenue per customer: $500
- Average customer retention rate: 80%
- Average customer acquisition cost: $200
- Expected segment size: 2,000 customers

Segment B:

- Average annual revenue per customer: $750
- Average customer retention rate: 70%
- Average customer acquisition cost: $300
- Expected segment size: 1,500 customers

Segment C:

- Average annual revenue per customer: $1,000
- Average customer retention rate: 60%
- Average customer acquisition cost: $400
- Expected segment size: 1,000 customers
Assuming a 10% discount rate, which customer segment should the company target to maximize the return on investment? A target customer segment would have higher customer lifetime value (CLV). Note that CLV is calculated by using the following formula:

CLV = (Average Annual Revenue per Customer * Gross Margin %) * (Retention Rate / (1 + Discount Rate - Retention Rate)) - Customer Acquisition Cost

Easy

Supply Chain Management
Cost Reduction
Solve
A company is considering two options to optimize its supply chain and reduce costs. The following data has been provided for each option:

Option Alpha:

- Annual transportation cost reduction: $300,000
- Annual inventory carrying cost increase: $250,000
- One-time implementation cost: $100,000

Option Beta:

- Annual transportation cost reduction: $200,000
- Annual inventory carrying cost increase: $150,000
- One-time implementation cost: $50,000

As a business analyst, determine which option provides a higher net cost reduction over a 3-year period.
A: Option Alpha provides a higher net cost reduction.
B: Option Beta provides a higher net cost reduction.
C: Both options provide the same net cost reduction.
D: Neither option provides a net cost reduction.
E: The net cost reduction cannot be determined with the given data.

Medium

Multi Select
JOIN
GROUP BY
Solve
Consider the following SQL table:
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How many rows does the following SQL query return?
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Medium

nth highest sales
Nested queries
User Defined Functions
Solve
Consider the following SQL table:
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Which of the following SQL commands will find the ‘nth highest Sales’ if it exists (returns null otherwise)?
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Medium

Select & IN
Nested queries
Solve
Consider the following SQL table:
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Which of the following SQL queries would return the year when neither a football or cricket winner was chosen?
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Medium

Sorting Ubers
Nested queries
Join
Comparison operators
Solve
Consider the following SQL table:
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What will be the first two tuples resulting from the following SQL command?
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Hard

With, AVG & SUM
MAX() MIN()
Aggregate functions
Solve
Consider the following SQL table:
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How many tuples does the following query return?
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Medium

Dividends
Line Charts
Solve
Consider the following line chart which shows the money invested by a company in production each year and the sales made by the company each year. If the pie chart shows the shareholding pattern of the company and the company gives 10% of the profit as dividends to its share holders then what is the average dividend received by retail investors from 2000 to 2004?
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Medium

Laptop Brands
Missing data
Solve
Given below is the list of laptop brands and their details in which some data is missing. If the cost price of Dell is 3/5 of the cost price of Lenovo, then what will be the %profit of Dell?
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Medium

Median
Percentages
median
Solve
 Consider the following line chart which shows the sales of five different companies from 2000 to 2009. Which of the following companies has the maximum percentage increase in the median from 2000 to 2004 and 2005 to 2009.
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Medium

Claims for a new drug Xylanex
Critical Thinking
Evaluating Arguments
Identifying Assumptions
Solve
A pharmaceutical company claims that their new drug, Xylanex, is highly effective in treating a specific medical condition. They provide statistical data from a clinical trial to support their claim. However, a group of scientists has raised concerns about the validity of the study design and potential bias in the data collection process. They argue that the results may be inflated and not truly representative of the drug's effectiveness.

Which of the following assumptions is necessary to support the pharmaceutical company's claim?
A: The clinical trial participants were randomly selected and representative of the target population.
B: The scientists raising concerns have a conflict of interest and are biased against the pharmaceutical company.
C: The statistical analysis of the clinical trial data was conducted by independent experts.
D: The medical condition being treated by Xylanex is widespread and affects a large number of individuals.
E: The pharmaceutical company has a proven track record of developing effective drugs for similar medical conditions.

Medium

Emma's cafe business
Solve
Emma's cafe has been operating successfully for the last 6 years. Profits have been growing every year, with this year (2020) being their best year so far. As a thank you, Emma treated her staff to a meal at a Michelin star restaurant. 
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Below are 3 statements about Emma, her staff and her cafe. Can you help us decide whether the 3 statements are "True", "Probably True", "Insufficient Data to Say True or False", "Probably False", or "False".

1. Emma's staff members are happy.
2. Emma's cafe did well in 2016.
3. Emma is rich.

A: True
B: False
C: Probably True
D: Probably False
E: Insufficient Data

Easy

Ivory's new startup
Solve
Statement: Ivory started a new startup. We know for a fact that almost all startups fail within the first 2 years. 
Conclusion: Ivory's startup will fail.
Does the conclusion follow from the statement?
🧐 Question🔧 Skill

Medium

PV of customer segments
Market Segmentation
ROI
CLV
3 mins
Business Analysis
Solve

Easy

Supply Chain Management
Cost Reduction
2 mins
Business Analysis
Solve

Medium

Multi Select
JOIN
GROUP BY
2 mins
SQL
Solve

Medium

nth highest sales
Nested queries
User Defined Functions
3 mins
SQL
Solve

Medium

Select & IN
Nested queries
3 mins
SQL
Solve

Medium

Sorting Ubers
Nested queries
Join
Comparison operators
3 mins
SQL
Solve

Hard

With, AVG & SUM
MAX() MIN()
Aggregate functions
2 mins
SQL
Solve

Medium

Dividends
Line Charts
3 mins
Data Interpretation
Solve

Medium

Laptop Brands
Missing data
2 mins
Data Interpretation
Solve

Medium

Median
Percentages
median
3 mins
Data Interpretation
Solve

Medium

Claims for a new drug Xylanex
Critical Thinking
Evaluating Arguments
Identifying Assumptions
2 mins
Critical Thinking
Solve

Medium

Emma's cafe business
2 mins
Critical Thinking
Solve

Easy

Ivory's new startup
2 mins
Critical Thinking
Solve
🧐 Question🔧 Skill💪 Difficulty⌛ Time
PV of customer segments
Market Segmentation
ROI
CLV
Business Analysis
Medium3 mins
Solve
Supply Chain Management
Cost Reduction
Business Analysis
Easy2 mins
Solve
Multi Select
JOIN
GROUP BY
SQL
Medium2 mins
Solve
nth highest sales
Nested queries
User Defined Functions
SQL
Medium3 mins
Solve
Select & IN
Nested queries
SQL
Medium3 mins
Solve
Sorting Ubers
Nested queries
Join
Comparison operators
SQL
Medium3 mins
Solve
With, AVG & SUM
MAX() MIN()
Aggregate functions
SQL
Hard2 mins
Solve
Dividends
Line Charts
Data Interpretation
Medium3 mins
Solve
Laptop Brands
Missing data
Data Interpretation
Medium2 mins
Solve
Median
Percentages
median
Data Interpretation
Medium3 mins
Solve
Claims for a new drug Xylanex
Critical Thinking
Evaluating Arguments
Identifying Assumptions
Critical Thinking
Medium2 mins
Solve
Emma's cafe business
Critical Thinking
Medium2 mins
Solve
Ivory's new startup
Critical Thinking
Easy2 mins
Solve
Reason #4

1200+ customers in 75 countries

customers in 75 countries
Brandon

With Adaface, we were able to optimise our initial screening process by upwards of 75%, freeing up precious time for both hiring managers and our talent acquisition team alike!


Brandon Lee, Head of People, Love, Bonito

Reason #5

Designed for elimination, not selection

The most important thing while implementing the pre-employment Business Analyst Test in your hiring process is that it is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. In other words: you want to use the test to eliminate the candidates who do poorly on the test, not to select the candidates who come out at the top. While they are super valuable, pre-employment tests do not paint the entire picture of a candidate’s abilities, knowledge, and motivations. Multiple easy questions are more predictive of a candidate's ability than fewer hard questions. Harder questions are often "trick" based questions, which do not provide any meaningful signal about the candidate's skillset.

Reason #6

1 click candidate invites

Email invites: You can send candidates an email invite to the Business Analyst Test from your dashboard by entering their email address.

Public link: You can create a public link for each test that you can share with candidates.

API or integrations: You can invite candidates directly from your ATS by using our pre-built integrations with popular ATS systems or building a custom integration with your in-house ATS.

invite candidates
Reason #7

Detailed scorecards & benchmarks

Reason #8

High completion rate

Adaface tests are conversational, low-stress, and take just 25-40 mins to complete.

This is why Adaface has the highest test-completion rate (86%), which is more than 2x better than traditional assessments.

test completion rate
Reason #9

Advanced Proctoring


What topics are covered in the Business Analyst Test?

The Relational Model
SQL Basics
SQL Functions
Data Modification Language
Data Query Language
CRUD
SQL Filtering / WHERE Statement
Subqueries
Indexes
3 Valued Logic
SQL JOINS
Window Functions
Date Filtering and Timestamps
Aggregate Functions
Operator Precedence
ORDER BY
GROUP BY
Top-Down Design
Bottom-Up Design
Entity Relationship Diagram
Normalization
Database Types
Multi-Table SELECT
Permission Management
Backup Strategies
Transactions
Data Types
Views
Sharding
Replication
Backups
Vertical + Horizontal Scaling
Distributed vs Centralized Databases
Database Security
SQL Injections
Access Control
Reading data
Drawing inferences
Graphs
Charts
Tables
Maths
Regression analysis
Data Processing
Predictive analysis
Prescriptive analysis
Cohort analysis
Percentage
Ratio-Proportion
Profit-Loss

Ability to solve different types of problems

Problem Solving

Ability to notice and retain all the intricate details

Observation

Ability to draw sound conclusions from the given information

Inference Assessment
Interpretation

Ability to determine whether the logic of the argument is sound or not

Evaluation of Arguments

Ability to determine whether the assumptions are correct or not

Recognizing Assumptions

Ability to draw insight from the given data

Deduction
Statements & Conclusion
Data Interpretation
Critical Thinking
Aptitude
Logical Reasoning

Lateral thinking is a manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious.

Lateral Thinking
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FAQs

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