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THE
SILENT TIMER™
Handbook
The GMAT®
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Success and money—the
so-called American dream. Children of all ages dream of one day driving expensive,
fancy cars and living in multimillion-dollar mansions. What’s one way
to achieve this aspiration? Take the GMAT test. Of course the test alone will
not earn you your big raise, but it will point you in the direction of an MBA
program or another business management graduate school program.
A woman’s salary can double with
a master’s, while a man’s can increase by 89 percent. More interested
in taking the GMAT test now?
Taken by over six million graduate school candidates since it began in 1954,
the GMAT test is used by nearly 2,000 business schools along with applications,
interviews and letters of recommendation to determine admission.
Test Details
The exam evaluates basic
verbal, mathematical and analytical writing skills accumulated over a long period
of time through education and work.
Verbal section:
dd-
41 multiple choice questions testing reading comprehension, critical reasoning
and sentence correction
aa - Time Limit:
75 minutes
Quantitative
section:
das- 37 multiple
choice questions testing data sufficiency and problem solving
dss- Time limit:
75 minutes
Analytical
Writing Assessment
dss- Two
essays—analysis of an issue and analysis of an argument
das- Time limit:
30 minutes for each essay
The GMAT test wisely adjusted
to the age of technology in October 1997 to become a standardized computer-adaptive
test. What this means for test takers is that questions are strategically
selected as the test is taken so the questions adjust to the test taker’s
ability level. A moderately difficult question is given first, and if it is
answered correctly, a harder question is given. If the moderately difficult
question is answered incorrectly, an easier question is given. This pattern
is repeated for the remainder of the GMAT exam.
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