Windows System Administration Online Test

About the test:

The Windows System Administration Online Test uses scenario-based MCQs to evaluate candidates on their understanding of core Windows system administration concepts such as Active Directory, group policy management, network services, and system monitoring. Additionally, the test may assess the candidate's knowledge of scripting languages, server virtualization, and disaster recovery. The test aims to evaluate the candidate's ability to effectively manage Windows-based enterprise environments.

Covered skills:

Network Access Protection (NAP)
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Transaction and Rollback Function

Network Policy Server (NPS)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Cursors

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9 reasons why

Adaface Windows System Administration Online Test is the most accurate way to shortlist Windows Server Admins

Reason #1

Tests for on-the-job skills

The Windows System Administration 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.

The Adaface Windows System Administration Online Test screens candidates for the typical skills recruiters look for Windows System Administrator roles:

Knowledge of Windows server setup, deployment, and maintenance
Ability to create scripts in Perl, Python, and similar languages
Experience with databases, patch management, and networks including LAN and WAN
Knowledge of network security systems, intrusion detection systems, and data backup
Familiarity with modern operating systems and server platforms

The insights generated from this assessment can be used by recruiters and hiring managers to identify the best candidates for Windows System Administrator roles. Anti-cheating features enable you to be comfortable with conducting assessments online. The Windows System Administration Online 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 Windows System Administration Online Test will be non-googleable.

🧐 Question
Medium Remote access policy	Solve
Michael Willis created a user in Active Directory Users And Computers, and added the user to the VPN Users security group, which has a Remote Access Policy. The network admin has set the Remote Access Policy for VPN Users for Monday to Friday from 7 AM to 6 PM. Now, Michael is showing the user how to set up the VPN client for PPTP tunneling over a video conference call, but the user is not able to connect. What could be the issue? A. The user needs a certificate for his computer. B. The user is in a different time zone. C. Michael forgot to select the Allow Access radio button on the Dial-In tab for the user account D. Michael needs to configure DNS on the client computer.
Medium Security log file Event Viewer	Solve
Harper is hired as the system admin for an e-commerce company, Dove. There is a Windows Server 2003 system which was installed by another administrator, just before they left. The admin seems to have finished the installation, but they did not set up any configuration after the installation. Harper checks the maximum log sizes in Event Viewer, and realizes that the maximum size of the Security log is 16 MB. What can we tell on the basis of this information?
Easy Resetting to empty hashtable	Solve
We have declared the following Powershell hashtable: Which of the following methods resets $person to an empty hashtable?
Easy Get-Service command	Solve
What does this PowerShell command do? Get-Service -Name w32time \| Format-List A: Shows all aliases of w32time B: Shows the final output in a table formatted from list C: Shows the final output in a list format D: Returns properties of w32time service

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill
	Medium Remote access policy	2 mins Windows Administration	Solve
Michael Willis created a user in Active Directory Users And Computers, and added the user to the VPN Users security group, which has a Remote Access Policy. The network admin has set the Remote Access Policy for VPN Users for Monday to Friday from 7 AM to 6 PM. Now, Michael is showing the user how to set up the VPN client for PPTP tunneling over a video conference call, but the user is not able to connect. What could be the issue? A. The user needs a certificate for his computer. B. The user is in a different time zone. C. Michael forgot to select the Allow Access radio button on the Dial-In tab for the user account D. Michael needs to configure DNS on the client computer.
	Medium Security log file Event Viewer	2 mins Windows Administration	Solve
Harper is hired as the system admin for an e-commerce company, Dove. There is a Windows Server 2003 system which was installed by another administrator, just before they left. The admin seems to have finished the installation, but they did not set up any configuration after the installation. Harper checks the maximum log sizes in Event Viewer, and realizes that the maximum size of the Security log is 16 MB. What can we tell on the basis of this information?
	Easy Resetting to empty hashtable	2 mins PowerShell	Solve
We have declared the following Powershell hashtable: Which of the following methods resets $person to an empty hashtable?
	Easy Get-Service command	2 mins PowerShell	Solve
What does this PowerShell command do? Get-Service -Name w32time \| Format-List A: Shows all aliases of w32time B: Shows the final output in a table formatted from list C: Shows the final output in a list format D: Returns properties of w32time service

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill	💪 Difficulty	⌛ Time
	Remote access policy	Windows Administration	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Michael Willis created a user in Active Directory Users And Computers, and added the user to the VPN Users security group, which has a Remote Access Policy. The network admin has set the Remote Access Policy for VPN Users for Monday to Friday from 7 AM to 6 PM. Now, Michael is showing the user how to set up the VPN client for PPTP tunneling over a video conference call, but the user is not able to connect. What could be the issue? A. The user needs a certificate for his computer. B. The user is in a different time zone. C. Michael forgot to select the Allow Access radio button on the Dial-In tab for the user account D. Michael needs to configure DNS on the client computer.
	Security log file Event Viewer	Windows Administration	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Harper is hired as the system admin for an e-commerce company, Dove. There is a Windows Server 2003 system which was installed by another administrator, just before they left. The admin seems to have finished the installation, but they did not set up any configuration after the installation. Harper checks the maximum log sizes in Event Viewer, and realizes that the maximum size of the Security log is 16 MB. What can we tell on the basis of this information?
	Resetting to empty hashtable	PowerShell	Easy	2 mins	Solve
We have declared the following Powershell hashtable: Which of the following methods resets $person to an empty hashtable?
	Get-Service command	PowerShell	Easy	2 mins	Solve
What does this PowerShell command do? Get-Service -Name w32time \| Format-List A: Shows all aliases of w32time B: Shows the final output in a table formatted from list C: Shows the final output in a list format D: Returns properties of w32time service

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 Windows System Administration 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.

Reason #6

1 click candidate invites

Email invites: You can send candidates an email invite to the Windows System Administration 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.

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.

Reason #9

Advanced Proctoring

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About Windows System Administrator Roles

Server installation and setup, server roles, storage, Active Directory and Group Policy, file, print, and web services, remote access, virtualization, application servers, troubleshooting, performance, and dependability are all topics covered in Windows Server Administration.

A Windows Systems Administrator is in charge of installing, administering, and updating a company's Windows-based systems and servers. They are also in charge of monitoring data security, setting user access, and ensuring the system's reliability.

Typical Windows System Administrator responsibilities include:

Assessing stability, security, and scalability of installed Windows systems
Installing and upgrading Windows systems and servers
Troubleshooting system and server errors
Monitoring and updating the Windows codebase
Monitoring system performance.
Maintaining server architecture security and creating system backups

What roles can I use the Windows System Administration Online Test for?

Windows Server Admin
Windows Administrator

What topics are covered in the Windows System Administration Online Test?

Active Directory

Used to control the working environment of users and computer accounts in active directory

Group Policy

Forest

Trees

Domain

Windows Internet Name Service

WINS

Lingering Object

Antivirus

Firewall

Domain Controller

FAT

NTFS

Loopback Address

Proxy Servers

Windows Registry

Sysvol Folder

VOIP

Light-Weight Directory Access Protocol

LDAP

Point to Point Protocol

PPP

IP Spoofing

Garbage Collection

Frame Relay

Domain Name System

DNS

Authoritative Restore

RAID

Object Request Broker

ORB

Traceroute

NETWORK BASic Input or Output System

NETBIOS

NetBIOS Extended User Interface

NETBEUI

Resource Reservation Protocol

RSVP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DHCP

User Datagram Protocol

PowerShell

Command Prompt

Remote Desktop Protocol

Keyboard Video and Mouse

Intrusion Detection System

Host Intrusion Detection System

Telnet

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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.