Business Analyst Test

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
Data Query Language
SQL Filtering / WHERE Statement
Indexes
SQL JOINS
Date Filtering and Timestamps
Operator Precedence
GROUP BY
Bottom-Up Design
Normalization
Multi-Table SELECT
Backup Strategies
Data Types
Sharding
Backups
Distributed vs Centralized Databases
SQL Injections
Reading data
Graphs
Tables
Regression analysis
Predictive analysis
Cohort analysis
Ratio-Proportion
Ratios
Tables & Graphs
Percentages
Data Visualization
Work & Time

SQL Basics
Data Modification Language
CRUD
Subqueries
3 Valued Logic
Window Functions
Aggregate Functions
ORDER BY
Top-Down Design
Entity Relationship Diagram
Database Types
Permission Management
Transactions
Views
Replication
Vertical + Horizontal Scaling
Database Security
Access Control
Drawing inferences
Charts
Maths
Data Processing
Prescriptive analysis
Percentage
Profit-Loss
Number Series
Currency & Units Conversion
Compound interest
Profit & Loss

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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

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.

Why we started Adaface ->

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 Multi Select	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many rows does the following SQL query return?
Easy Select & IN	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL queries would return the year when neither a football or cricket winner was chosen?
Medium With, AVG & SUM	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many tuples does the following query return?
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?
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?
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.
Easy Increasing monthly gross profit	Solve
The CEO of Snipr. Inc wants to grow monthly gross profit by 4%. If costs stay the same, what does the sales turnover need to be in February to achieve this goal?
Medium Magic bag Algebra	Solve
Alex’s uncle is a magician who gave them a magic bag in which coins get doubled each time you put those coins into it. Initially, Alex had few coins with them. So, Alex put all the coins, and the coins got doubled. Alex took out all the coins and gave a few to their friend and then again put the remaining coins back in the bag. The coins doubled again; Alex took out all the coins again and gave a few coins to their second friend. Alex then put the remaining coins in the bag and the coins doubled again. Alex took out all the coins and gave a few coins to their third friend. There were no coins left with Alex when Alex gave coins to the third friend and Alex gave an equal number of coins to each friend. What is the minimum number of coins Alex had initially and how much did Alex give to each friend? A: Started with 3 coins B: Started with 5 coins C: Started with 6 coins D: Started with 7 coins E: Started with 9 coins F: Gave 3 coins in every turn G: Gave 4 coins in every turn H: Gave 5 coins in every turn I: Gave 7 coins in every turn J: Gave 8 coins in every turn K: Gave 9 coins in every turn
Medium Three Clocks Time	Solve
In my house, there are three clocks of different shapes – a round clock, a square clock, and a rhombus clock. The rhombus clock is always accurate whereas the round clock gains 2 minutes every day and the square clock loses 2 minutes every day. I checked the clocks on July 22nd, 2007 at 10 PM, and they were showing different times. Two hours later, when I checked, the clocks were showing the same time, then on which date will all three clocks show the same time again? A: 17 July 2008 B: 23 Sep 2007 C: 25 July 2009 D: 19 Aug 2008 E: 26 July 2008 F: 28 Nov 2007 G: 11 June 2008 H: 15 Aug 2007

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill
	Medium Multi Select	2 mins SQL	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many rows does the following SQL query return?
	Easy Select & IN	3 mins SQL	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL queries would return the year when neither a football or cricket winner was chosen?
	Medium With, AVG & SUM	2 mins SQL	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many tuples does the following query return?
	Medium Dividends Line Charts	3 mins Data Interpretation	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?
	Medium Laptop Brands Missing data	2 mins Data Interpretation	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?
	Medium Median Percentages median	3 mins Data Interpretation	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.
	Easy Increasing monthly gross profit	2 mins Numerical Reasoning	Solve
The CEO of Snipr. Inc wants to grow monthly gross profit by 4%. If costs stay the same, what does the sales turnover need to be in February to achieve this goal?
	Medium Magic bag Algebra	3 mins Numerical Reasoning	Solve
Alex’s uncle is a magician who gave them a magic bag in which coins get doubled each time you put those coins into it. Initially, Alex had few coins with them. So, Alex put all the coins, and the coins got doubled. Alex took out all the coins and gave a few to their friend and then again put the remaining coins back in the bag. The coins doubled again; Alex took out all the coins again and gave a few coins to their second friend. Alex then put the remaining coins in the bag and the coins doubled again. Alex took out all the coins and gave a few coins to their third friend. There were no coins left with Alex when Alex gave coins to the third friend and Alex gave an equal number of coins to each friend. What is the minimum number of coins Alex had initially and how much did Alex give to each friend? A: Started with 3 coins B: Started with 5 coins C: Started with 6 coins D: Started with 7 coins E: Started with 9 coins F: Gave 3 coins in every turn G: Gave 4 coins in every turn H: Gave 5 coins in every turn I: Gave 7 coins in every turn J: Gave 8 coins in every turn K: Gave 9 coins in every turn
	Medium Three Clocks Time	3 mins Numerical Reasoning	Solve
In my house, there are three clocks of different shapes – a round clock, a square clock, and a rhombus clock. The rhombus clock is always accurate whereas the round clock gains 2 minutes every day and the square clock loses 2 minutes every day. I checked the clocks on July 22nd, 2007 at 10 PM, and they were showing different times. Two hours later, when I checked, the clocks were showing the same time, then on which date will all three clocks show the same time again? A: 17 July 2008 B: 23 Sep 2007 C: 25 July 2009 D: 19 Aug 2008 E: 26 July 2008 F: 28 Nov 2007 G: 11 June 2008 H: 15 Aug 2007

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill	💪 Difficulty	⌛ Time
	Multi Select	SQL	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many rows does the following SQL query return?
	Select & IN	SQL	Easy	3 mins	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL queries would return the year when neither a football or cricket winner was chosen?
	With, AVG & SUM	SQL	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Consider the following SQL table: How many tuples does the following query return?
	Dividends Line Charts	Data Interpretation	Medium	3 mins	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?
	Laptop Brands Missing data	Data Interpretation	Medium	2 mins	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?
	Median Percentages median	Data Interpretation	Medium	3 mins	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.
	Increasing monthly gross profit	Numerical Reasoning	Easy	2 mins	Solve
The CEO of Snipr. Inc wants to grow monthly gross profit by 4%. If costs stay the same, what does the sales turnover need to be in February to achieve this goal?
	Magic bag Algebra	Numerical Reasoning	Medium	3 mins	Solve
Alex’s uncle is a magician who gave them a magic bag in which coins get doubled each time you put those coins into it. Initially, Alex had few coins with them. So, Alex put all the coins, and the coins got doubled. Alex took out all the coins and gave a few to their friend and then again put the remaining coins back in the bag. The coins doubled again; Alex took out all the coins again and gave a few coins to their second friend. Alex then put the remaining coins in the bag and the coins doubled again. Alex took out all the coins and gave a few coins to their third friend. There were no coins left with Alex when Alex gave coins to the third friend and Alex gave an equal number of coins to each friend. What is the minimum number of coins Alex had initially and how much did Alex give to each friend? A: Started with 3 coins B: Started with 5 coins C: Started with 6 coins D: Started with 7 coins E: Started with 9 coins F: Gave 3 coins in every turn G: Gave 4 coins in every turn H: Gave 5 coins in every turn I: Gave 7 coins in every turn J: Gave 8 coins in every turn K: Gave 9 coins in every turn
	Three Clocks Time	Numerical Reasoning	Medium	3 mins	Solve
In my house, there are three clocks of different shapes – a round clock, a square clock, and a rhombus clock. The rhombus clock is always accurate whereas the round clock gains 2 minutes every day and the square clock loses 2 minutes every day. I checked the clocks on July 22nd, 2007 at 10 PM, and they were showing different times. Two hours later, when I checked, the clocks were showing the same time, then on which date will all three clocks show the same time again? A: 17 July 2008 B: 23 Sep 2007 C: 25 July 2009 D: 19 Aug 2008 E: 26 July 2008 F: 28 Nov 2007 G: 11 June 2008 H: 15 Aug 2007

Reason #4

1200+ customers in 75 countries

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.

Reason #7

Detailed scorecards & comparative results

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.

Reason #9

Advanced Proctoring

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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

Ratios

Number series questions in numerical reasoning assessments consist of a group of numbers that share a logical rule based on elementary arithmetic.

Number Series

Tables & Graphs

Currency & Units Conversion

Percentages

Compound interest

Graph interpretation questions involve both numerical/mathematical skills as well as reasoning skills.

Data Visualization

Profit & Loss

The concept of Time and Work is similar to that across all Arithmetic topics, i.e. the concept of Proportionality.

Work & Time

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The hiring managers felt that through the technical questions that they asked during the panel interviews, they were able to tell which candidates had better scores, and differentiated with those who did not score as well. They are highly satisfied with the quality of candidates shortlisted with the Adaface screening.

85%

reduction in screening time

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FAQs

Can I combine multiple skills into one custom assessment?

Yes, absolutely. Custom assessments are set up based on your job description, and will include questions on all must-have skills you specify.

Do you have any anti-cheating or proctoring features in place?

We have the following anti-cheating features in place:

Non-googleable questions
IP proctoring
Web proctoring
Webcam proctoring
Plagiarism detection
Secure browser

Read more about the proctoring features.

How do I interpret test scores?

The primary thing to keep in mind is that an assessment is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. A skills assessment is optimized to help you eliminate candidates who are not technically qualified for the role, it is not optimized to help you find the best candidate for the role. So the ideal way to use an assessment is to decide a threshold score (typically 55%, we help you benchmark) and invite all candidates who score above the threshold for the next rounds of interview.

What experience level can I use this test for?

Each Adaface assessment is customized to your job description/ ideal candidate persona (our subject matter experts will pick the right questions for your assessment from our library of 10000+ questions). This assessment can be customized for any experience level.

Does every candidate get the same questions?

Yes, it makes it much easier for you to compare candidates. Options for MCQ questions and the order of questions are randomized. We have anti-cheating/ proctoring features in place. In our enterprise plan, we also have the option to create multiple versions of the same assessment with questions of similar difficulty levels.