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The GMAT is a computer-adaptive test (CAT) that is available , year-round,
at test centers throughout the world. The Graduate Management Admission
Test (GMAT) measures general verbal, mathematical, and analytical writing
skills that are developed over a long period of time. It is designed to
help graduate schools of business assess the qualifications of applicants
for advanced study in business and management. GMAT scores are used by
nearly 1,300 graduate management programs throughout the world, and about
850 schools require GMAT scores from each applicant.
GMAT scores are only one predictor of academic performance in the
first year of graduate management school.
The GMAT does not presuppose any specific knowledge of business or of
other specific content areas. GMAT is entirely in English and all
instructions are provided in English. Sixteen years of formal education
(recognized by Govt. of India) is a must to appear for GMAT.
WHAT IS A
COMPUTER-ADAPTIVE TEST?
In a
computer-adaptive test, the computer screen displays one question at a
time, which is chosen from a very large pool of questions categorized by
content and difficulty. The selection of each question thereafter is
determined by your responses to all previous questions. In other words,
the CAT adjusts to your ability level.
The GMAT-CAT requires you to enter an answer for each question, and you
may not return to or change your response to any previously answered
question. If you guess a correct answer or answer a question incorrectly
by mistake, your answers to subsequent questions incorrectly by mistake,
your answers to subsequent questions will lead you back to questions that
are at the appropriate level of difficulty for you.
HOW DOES THE GMAT CAT
WORK?
The GMAT CAT will
include verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing questions that you’ll
answer on a computer. You will have 75 minutes for 37 quantitative
questions, 75 minutes for 41 verbal questions, and 30 minutes for each of
the two analytical writing topics. Data Sufficiency and Problem Solving
questions will be mingled within the quantitative section, and Sentence
Correction, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Reasoning questions will
be mingled within the verbal section.
The verbal and quantitative sections of the GMAT CAT will be
computer-adaptive, as described above. You will key in your essay
responses to the two analytical writing questions.
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