Why you should use Entity Framework Online Test?

The Entity Framework Online Test makes use of scenario-based questions to test for on-the-job skills as opposed to theoretical knowledge, ensuring that candidates who do well on this screening test have the relavant skills. The questions are designed to covered following on-the-job aspects: Understanding of Entity States and their impact on data persistence Ability to work with Entity Objects and perform CRUD operations Proficiency in working with Entity Properties and mapping them to database fields Experience with Transactions and SQL in the context of Entity Framework Familiarity with Entity Model and its role in defining the database schema Expertise in using Entity Framework Designer for visual mapping and code generation Strong understanding of Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) concepts

Entity Framework Online Test

About the test:

The Entity Framework Online Test uses scenario-based MCQs to evaluate candidates on their knowledge of Entity Framework, including their proficiency in working with database schema, data modeling, and query optimization. The test also evaluates a candidate's familiarity with LINQ (Language-Integrated Query) and its integration with Entity Framework. The test aims to evaluate a candidate's ability to work with Entity Framework effectively and design and develop data-driven applications that adhere to best practices and performance standards.

Covered skills:

Entity States
Entity Properties
Entity Model
ORM
LINQ
Query Optimization
Database Design

Entity Objects
Transactions and SQL
Entity Framework Designer
Database Connectivity
Database First Approach
Data Access Layer
Performance Tuning

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9 reasons why

Adaface Entity Framework Test is the most accurate way to shortlist Entity Framework Developers

Reason #1

Tests for on-the-job skills

The Entity Framework Online 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.

The test screens for the following skills that hiring managers look for in candidates:

Ability to work with Entity States
Knowledge of Entity Objects
Understanding of Entity Properties
Experience with Transactions and SQL
Proficiency in Entity Model
Familiarity with Entity Framework Designer
Understanding of ORM (Object Relational Mapping)
Expertise in Database Connectivity
Proficiency in LINQ
Knowledge of Database First Approach
Ability to optimize queries
Experience in building Data Access Layers
Understanding of Database Design
Knowledge of Performance Tuning

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.

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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.

How we design questions

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

🧐 Question
Medium Global Query Filters Global Query Filters Soft Delete	Try practice test
In an Entity Framework Core project, you're working on an e-commerce application where products can be 'soft deleted'. A soft deleted product is not physically removed from the database, but is flagged as deleted and should not appear in normal query results. Assume that your Product model includes an IsDeleted boolean property. Your task is to implement a global query filter to exclude soft deleted products from all queries throughout the application. Which of the following is the correct way to implement this requirement in your DbContext derived class, ProductContext?
Medium Implicit and Explicit Loading Loading Strategies Relationships	Try practice test
In an Entity Framework Core project, you have two related entities, Product and Category. Each Product entity has a navigation property Category that represents the Category entity associated with the product. You have the following code that retrieves a product: The Product and Category entities are defined as follows: You call the GetProduct method and then access the Category.Name property of the returned Product entity. What will happen? A: The Category.Name property will have the name of the category associated with the product. B: The Category.Name property will be null C: An NullReferenceException error will be thrown when accessing the Category.Name property. D: The Category.Name property will have the default value for a string
Medium Transaction Management Transaction Management	Try practice test
In an Entity Framework Core project, you are tasked with managing transactional operations within a ProductService. Assume the database context, DbContext, is injected into ProductService. You need to ensure that an operation updating the stock quantity of a product is atomic. If any error occurs during this operation, the changes must not be saved to maintain data integrity. Given the following code snippet for the UpdateStock method, which is the correct way to achieve this?
Medium base code and queries	Try practice test
Check the following base LINQ code and two LINQ queries that follow: Which of the following statements are true about the output of CODE ONE with base code and CODE TWO with base code?
Easy IEnumerable	Try practice test
What does the following LINQ code output?
Medium AppDomain Resource Scoping Configuration Management AppDomain Resource Scoping	Try practice test
Consider a scenario where you have a .NET application that needs to load different configurations for different components running in separate AppDomains. You have the following code structure: The `ConfigManager` class is designed to load and store configurations for different domains. What will be the output of this program, assuming `ConfigA.xml` and `ConfigB.xml` contain distinct settings? A: Config in DomainA: [Settings from ConfigA.xml], Config in DomainB: [Settings from ConfigB.xml] B: Config in DomainA: null, Config in DomainB: null C: Config in DomainA: [Settings from ConfigB.xml], Config in DomainB: [Settings from ConfigA.xml] D: A runtime exception is thrown due to cross-domain operation. E: Config in DomainA: [Settings from ConfigA.xml], Config in DomainB: [Settings from ConfigA.xml] F: The output is unpredictable and depends on the runtime environment.
Medium IDisposable Pattern Garbage Collection IDisposable Pattern Memory Management	Try practice test
Consider the following .NET C# code snippet implementing IDisposable pattern: What is true about the garbage collection and resource management in this code? A: The finalizer will always be called when the object is garbage collected. B: The `Dispose` method is only called when explicitly invoked. C: Managed resources will be freed in the finalizer. D: Unmanaged resources are only freed if `Dispose` is called with `true`. E: The `GC.SuppressFinalize` method prevents the finalizer from being called. F: The `using` statement ensures that unmanaged resources are always freed.
Medium Remoting and Object Lifetime .NET Remoting Object Lifetime MarshalByRefObject	Try practice test
In a .NET application, you are using .NET Remoting to communicate between different application domains. You have the following server-side code: This `RemoteObject` class is hosted in one application domain and accessed from another. Considering the lease settings (InitialLeaseTime, SponsorshipTimeout, RenewOnCallTime), what will happen if a client accesses the `GetData` method every 3 seconds? A: The object will be disconnected after 5 seconds, regardless of the calls. B: The lease will be renewed, and the object remains accessible as long as it's called every 3 seconds. C: The object will be disconnected after 7 seconds, even with the regular calls. D: An exception will be thrown due to lease timeout. E: The lease will be renewed indefinitely without disconnection. F: The object will be disconnected only if there is a call after 5 seconds but within 7 seconds.
Hard Classes and Constructors OOPs	Try practice test
What is the output of the following C# code?
Easy Arrays and Exceptions Arrays Exceptions	Try practice test
What is the output of the following C# code?
Medium Multiple Namespaces	Try practice test
Class Student exists in both firstnamespace and secondnamespace namespaces. Which of the following are the correct ways to use the Student class?
Medium Static and constructors OOPs	Try practice test
What is the output of the following C# code?
Medium Multi Select JOIN GROUP BY	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: How many rows does the following SQL query return?
Medium nth highest sales Nested queries User Defined Functions	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL commands will find the ‘nth highest Sales’ if it exists (returns null otherwise)?
Medium Select & IN Nested queries	Try practice test
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 Sorting Ubers Nested queries Join Comparison operators	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: What will be the first two tuples resulting from the following SQL command?
Hard With, AVG & SUM MAX() MIN() Aggregate functions	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: How many tuples does the following query return?

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill
	Medium Global Query Filters Global Query Filters Soft Delete	2 mins Entity Framework	Try practice test
In an Entity Framework Core project, you're working on an e-commerce application where products can be 'soft deleted'. A soft deleted product is not physically removed from the database, but is flagged as deleted and should not appear in normal query results. Assume that your Product model includes an IsDeleted boolean property. Your task is to implement a global query filter to exclude soft deleted products from all queries throughout the application. Which of the following is the correct way to implement this requirement in your DbContext derived class, ProductContext?
	Medium Implicit and Explicit Loading Loading Strategies Relationships	3 mins Entity Framework	Try practice test
In an Entity Framework Core project, you have two related entities, Product and Category. Each Product entity has a navigation property Category that represents the Category entity associated with the product. You have the following code that retrieves a product: The Product and Category entities are defined as follows: You call the GetProduct method and then access the Category.Name property of the returned Product entity. What will happen? A: The Category.Name property will have the name of the category associated with the product. B: The Category.Name property will be null C: An NullReferenceException error will be thrown when accessing the Category.Name property. D: The Category.Name property will have the default value for a string
	Medium Transaction Management Transaction Management	2 mins Entity Framework	Try practice test
In an Entity Framework Core project, you are tasked with managing transactional operations within a ProductService. Assume the database context, DbContext, is injected into ProductService. You need to ensure that an operation updating the stock quantity of a product is atomic. If any error occurs during this operation, the changes must not be saved to maintain data integrity. Given the following code snippet for the UpdateStock method, which is the correct way to achieve this?
	Medium base code and queries	4 mins LINQ	Try practice test
Check the following base LINQ code and two LINQ queries that follow: Which of the following statements are true about the output of CODE ONE with base code and CODE TWO with base code?
	Easy IEnumerable	2 mins LINQ	Try practice test
What does the following LINQ code output?
	Medium AppDomain Resource Scoping Configuration Management AppDomain Resource Scoping	3 mins .NET	Try practice test
Consider a scenario where you have a .NET application that needs to load different configurations for different components running in separate AppDomains. You have the following code structure: The `ConfigManager` class is designed to load and store configurations for different domains. What will be the output of this program, assuming `ConfigA.xml` and `ConfigB.xml` contain distinct settings? A: Config in DomainA: [Settings from ConfigA.xml], Config in DomainB: [Settings from ConfigB.xml] B: Config in DomainA: null, Config in DomainB: null C: Config in DomainA: [Settings from ConfigB.xml], Config in DomainB: [Settings from ConfigA.xml] D: A runtime exception is thrown due to cross-domain operation. E: Config in DomainA: [Settings from ConfigA.xml], Config in DomainB: [Settings from ConfigA.xml] F: The output is unpredictable and depends on the runtime environment.
	Medium IDisposable Pattern Garbage Collection IDisposable Pattern Memory Management	2 mins .NET	Try practice test
Consider the following .NET C# code snippet implementing IDisposable pattern: What is true about the garbage collection and resource management in this code? A: The finalizer will always be called when the object is garbage collected. B: The `Dispose` method is only called when explicitly invoked. C: Managed resources will be freed in the finalizer. D: Unmanaged resources are only freed if `Dispose` is called with `true`. E: The `GC.SuppressFinalize` method prevents the finalizer from being called. F: The `using` statement ensures that unmanaged resources are always freed.
	Medium Remoting and Object Lifetime .NET Remoting Object Lifetime MarshalByRefObject	3 mins .NET	Try practice test
In a .NET application, you are using .NET Remoting to communicate between different application domains. You have the following server-side code: This `RemoteObject` class is hosted in one application domain and accessed from another. Considering the lease settings (InitialLeaseTime, SponsorshipTimeout, RenewOnCallTime), what will happen if a client accesses the `GetData` method every 3 seconds? A: The object will be disconnected after 5 seconds, regardless of the calls. B: The lease will be renewed, and the object remains accessible as long as it's called every 3 seconds. C: The object will be disconnected after 7 seconds, even with the regular calls. D: An exception will be thrown due to lease timeout. E: The lease will be renewed indefinitely without disconnection. F: The object will be disconnected only if there is a call after 5 seconds but within 7 seconds.
	Hard Classes and Constructors OOPs	2 mins C#	Try practice test
What is the output of the following C# code?
	Easy Arrays and Exceptions Arrays Exceptions	2 mins C#	Try practice test
What is the output of the following C# code?
	Medium Multiple Namespaces	2 mins C#	Try practice test
Class Student exists in both firstnamespace and secondnamespace namespaces. Which of the following are the correct ways to use the Student class?
	Medium Static and constructors OOPs	3 mins C#	Try practice test
What is the output of the following C# code?
	Medium Multi Select JOIN GROUP BY	2 mins SQL	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: How many rows does the following SQL query return?
	Medium nth highest sales Nested queries User Defined Functions	3 mins SQL	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL commands will find the ‘nth highest Sales’ if it exists (returns null otherwise)?
	Medium Select & IN Nested queries	3 mins SQL	Try practice test
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 Sorting Ubers Nested queries Join Comparison operators	3 mins SQL	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: What will be the first two tuples resulting from the following SQL command?
	Hard With, AVG & SUM MAX() MIN() Aggregate functions	2 mins SQL	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: How many tuples does the following query return?

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill	💪 Difficulty	⌛ Time
	Global Query Filters Global Query Filters Soft Delete	Entity Framework	Medium	2 mins	Try practice test
In an Entity Framework Core project, you're working on an e-commerce application where products can be 'soft deleted'. A soft deleted product is not physically removed from the database, but is flagged as deleted and should not appear in normal query results. Assume that your Product model includes an IsDeleted boolean property. Your task is to implement a global query filter to exclude soft deleted products from all queries throughout the application. Which of the following is the correct way to implement this requirement in your DbContext derived class, ProductContext?
	Implicit and Explicit Loading Loading Strategies Relationships	Entity Framework	Medium	3 mins	Try practice test
In an Entity Framework Core project, you have two related entities, Product and Category. Each Product entity has a navigation property Category that represents the Category entity associated with the product. You have the following code that retrieves a product: The Product and Category entities are defined as follows: You call the GetProduct method and then access the Category.Name property of the returned Product entity. What will happen? A: The Category.Name property will have the name of the category associated with the product. B: The Category.Name property will be null C: An NullReferenceException error will be thrown when accessing the Category.Name property. D: The Category.Name property will have the default value for a string
	Transaction Management Transaction Management	Entity Framework	Medium	2 mins	Try practice test
In an Entity Framework Core project, you are tasked with managing transactional operations within a ProductService. Assume the database context, DbContext, is injected into ProductService. You need to ensure that an operation updating the stock quantity of a product is atomic. If any error occurs during this operation, the changes must not be saved to maintain data integrity. Given the following code snippet for the UpdateStock method, which is the correct way to achieve this?
	base code and queries	LINQ	Medium	4 mins	Try practice test
Check the following base LINQ code and two LINQ queries that follow: Which of the following statements are true about the output of CODE ONE with base code and CODE TWO with base code?
	IEnumerable	LINQ	Easy	2 mins	Try practice test
What does the following LINQ code output?
	AppDomain Resource Scoping Configuration Management AppDomain Resource Scoping	.NET	Medium	3 mins	Try practice test
Consider a scenario where you have a .NET application that needs to load different configurations for different components running in separate AppDomains. You have the following code structure: The `ConfigManager` class is designed to load and store configurations for different domains. What will be the output of this program, assuming `ConfigA.xml` and `ConfigB.xml` contain distinct settings? A: Config in DomainA: [Settings from ConfigA.xml], Config in DomainB: [Settings from ConfigB.xml] B: Config in DomainA: null, Config in DomainB: null C: Config in DomainA: [Settings from ConfigB.xml], Config in DomainB: [Settings from ConfigA.xml] D: A runtime exception is thrown due to cross-domain operation. E: Config in DomainA: [Settings from ConfigA.xml], Config in DomainB: [Settings from ConfigA.xml] F: The output is unpredictable and depends on the runtime environment.
	IDisposable Pattern Garbage Collection IDisposable Pattern Memory Management	.NET	Medium	2 mins	Try practice test
Consider the following .NET C# code snippet implementing IDisposable pattern: What is true about the garbage collection and resource management in this code? A: The finalizer will always be called when the object is garbage collected. B: The `Dispose` method is only called when explicitly invoked. C: Managed resources will be freed in the finalizer. D: Unmanaged resources are only freed if `Dispose` is called with `true`. E: The `GC.SuppressFinalize` method prevents the finalizer from being called. F: The `using` statement ensures that unmanaged resources are always freed.
	Remoting and Object Lifetime .NET Remoting Object Lifetime MarshalByRefObject	.NET	Medium	3 mins	Try practice test
In a .NET application, you are using .NET Remoting to communicate between different application domains. You have the following server-side code: This `RemoteObject` class is hosted in one application domain and accessed from another. Considering the lease settings (InitialLeaseTime, SponsorshipTimeout, RenewOnCallTime), what will happen if a client accesses the `GetData` method every 3 seconds? A: The object will be disconnected after 5 seconds, regardless of the calls. B: The lease will be renewed, and the object remains accessible as long as it's called every 3 seconds. C: The object will be disconnected after 7 seconds, even with the regular calls. D: An exception will be thrown due to lease timeout. E: The lease will be renewed indefinitely without disconnection. F: The object will be disconnected only if there is a call after 5 seconds but within 7 seconds.
	Classes and Constructors OOPs	C#	Hard	2 mins	Try practice test
What is the output of the following C# code?
	Arrays and Exceptions Arrays Exceptions	C#	Easy	2 mins	Try practice test
What is the output of the following C# code?
	Multiple Namespaces	C#	Medium	2 mins	Try practice test
Class Student exists in both firstnamespace and secondnamespace namespaces. Which of the following are the correct ways to use the Student class?
	Static and constructors OOPs	C#	Medium	3 mins	Try practice test
What is the output of the following C# code?
	Multi Select JOIN GROUP BY	SQL	Medium	2 mins	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: How many rows does the following SQL query return?
	nth highest sales Nested queries User Defined Functions	SQL	Medium	3 mins	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL commands will find the ‘nth highest Sales’ if it exists (returns null otherwise)?
	Select & IN Nested queries	SQL	Medium	3 mins	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: Which of the following SQL queries would return the year when neither a football or cricket winner was chosen?
	Sorting Ubers Nested queries Join Comparison operators	SQL	Medium	3 mins	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: What will be the first two tuples resulting from the following SQL command?
	With, AVG & SUM MAX() MIN() Aggregate functions	SQL	Hard	2 mins	Try practice test
Consider the following SQL table: How many tuples does the following query return?

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Reason #5

Designed for elimination, not selection

The most important thing while implementing the pre-employment Entity Framework Online 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.

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Email invites: You can send candidates an email invite to the Entity Framework Online 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.

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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.

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About the Entity Framework Assessment Test

Why you should use Pre-employment Entity Framework Online Test?

The Entity Framework Online Test makes use of scenario-based questions to test for on-the-job skills as opposed to theoretical knowledge, ensuring that candidates who do well on this screening test have the relavant skills. The questions are designed to covered following on-the-job aspects:

Understanding of Entity States and their impact on data persistence
Ability to work with Entity Objects and perform CRUD operations
Proficiency in working with Entity Properties and mapping them to database fields
Experience with Transactions and SQL in the context of Entity Framework
Familiarity with Entity Model and its role in defining the database schema
Expertise in using Entity Framework Designer for visual mapping and code generation
Strong understanding of Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) concepts

Once the test is sent to a candidate, the candidate receives a link in email to take the test. For each candidate, you will receive a detailed report with skills breakdown and benchmarks to shortlist the top candidates from your pool.

What topics are covered in the Entity Framework Online Test?

Entity States
Entity states refer to the different states an entity can be in within the Entity Framework, such as added, modified, or deleted. Understanding entity states is crucial for managing data changes and implementing proper CRUD operations.
Entity Objects
Entity objects are the representations of database objects in the Entity Framework. They are used to perform operations on the data, such as querying, inserting, updating, and deleting. Assessing knowledge of entity objects ensures that candidates are well-versed in manipulating data using the framework.
Entity Properties
Entity properties are the attributes of an entity, defining its characteristics and storing data. Evaluating candidates' understanding of entity properties ensures that they can effectively map database columns to entity properties and handle data manipulation efficiently.
Transactions and SQL
Transactions and SQL skills are essential for managing concurrent data operations and ensuring data integrity in a multi-user environment. The ability to work with transactions and write optimized SQL queries is crucial for efficient data access and manipulation.
Entity Model
The entity model represents the conceptual model of a database in the Entity Framework. It includes entities, relationships, and associations. Assessing knowledge of entity modeling ensures that candidates can design and implement effective data models using the Entity Framework.
Entity Framework Designer
The Entity Framework Designer is a visual tool used to design entity models, mapping database objects to entity classes. Understanding the Entity Framework Designer enables candidates to efficiently create and modify entity models, facilitating streamlined application development.
ORM
ORM stands for Object-Relational Mapping, which is the technique used by the Entity Framework to map database objects to entity objects. Assessing candidates' knowledge of ORM ensures that they can work effectively with the Entity Framework and understand the underlying principles of object-relational mapping.
Database Connectivity
Database connectivity skills involve establishing and maintaining connections to databases for performing data operations. Assessing database connectivity skills helps identify candidates who can effectively establish database connections, handle connection pooling, and efficiently manage database access in the context of the Entity Framework.
LINQ
LINQ (Language Integrated Query) is a powerful feature of the Entity Framework that enables querying and manipulating data in a type-safe manner. Assessing candidates' knowledge of LINQ ensures that they can leverage LINQ expressions to efficiently query data and perform complex data manipulations.
Database First Approach
The database-first approach in the Entity Framework involves generating the entity model from an existing database schema. Assessing knowledge of the database-first approach ensures that candidates can work with existing databases and generate entity models accurately and efficiently.
Query Optimization
Query optimization skills involve understanding and implementing techniques to improve the performance of database queries in the Entity Framework. Candidates with strong query optimization skills can write efficient queries, optimize database access, and improve overall application performance.
Data Access Layer
The data access layer is the component of an application responsible for retrieving and manipulating data from the database. Assessing knowledge of the data access layer in the context of the Entity Framework ensures that candidates can design and implement efficient data access components that interact seamlessly with the framework.
Database Design
Database design skills encompass the ability to analyze requirements and design efficient and scalable database schemas. Evaluating candidates' knowledge of database design ensures that they can design database schemas that align with best practices, optimize data storage, and facilitate effective data retrieval and manipulation.
Performance Tuning
Performance tuning skills involve analyzing and optimizing the performance of applications built with the Entity Framework. Candidates with performance tuning skills can identify performance bottlenecks, utilize caching strategies, optimize database access, and improve overall application responsiveness.
Full list of covered topics
The actual topics of the questions in the final test will depend on your job description and requirements. However, here's a list of topics you can expect the questions for Entity Framework Online Test to be based on.
Entity States
Entity Objects
Entity Properties
Transactions and SQL
Entity Model
Entity Framework Designer
ORM
Database Connectivity
LINQ
Database First Approach
Query Optimization
Data Access Layer
Database Design
Performance Tuning

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What roles can I use the Entity Framework Online Test for?

Entity Framework Developer
ASP.NET Developer
.NET Developer

How is the Entity Framework Online Test customized for senior candidates?

For intermediate/ experienced candidates, we customize the assessment questions to include advanced topics and increase the difficulty level of the questions. This might include adding questions on topics like

Knowledge of Database Connectivity and working with different database providers
Proficiency in LINQ and its usage for querying data with Entity Framework
Experience with Database First Approach and generating entity classes from existing databases
Ability to optimize queries and improve performance using Entity Framework
Expertise in designing and implementing a robust Data Access Layer using Entity Framework
Strong understanding of Database Design principles and normalization techniques
Knowledge of Performance Tuning techniques for improving Entity Framework applications

The coding question for experienced candidates will be of a higher difficulty level to evaluate more hands-on experience.

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Entity Framework Hiring Test FAQs

What is Entity Framework Assessment Test?

The Entity Framework assessment test is a pre-employment testing tool used by employers to assess a candidate's ability to work with the Entity Framework. It is a .NET Framework component that enables developers to work with data in an object-oriented way.

The assessment test focuses on questions around Entity Framework architecture, Entity Data Model (EDM), Entity SQL language, Object Services API & other fundamental topics to test for on-the-job skills.

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. Here's a quick guide on how you can request a custom test.

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
Screen proctoring
Web proctoring
Webcam proctoring
Plagiarism detection
Secure browser
Copy paste protection

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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.