The GMAT Exam is a Computer Adaptive test,administrated Online by Educational Testing Services (ETS) required for admission to Graduate level Business Degrees.These Testing Center's located in the major cities of the world. More than 1800 universities around the World require a GMAT score. Each year, between 200,000 and 250,000 GMAT tests are administered worldwide, of which around 60% in the U.S.Those who wish to enroll for courses in Business Administration (i.e MBA) in American Universities, have to take the GMAT test and submit there scores to the concern department.
GMAT STRUCTURE
The GMAT Exam is composed of 3 Sections:
1. ANALYTICAL WRITING ASSESSMENT
- Analysis of an issue
- Allocated time: 30 minutes.
In this Section, Test takers are required to write a 350-450 word essay analyzing an issue presented in the question.The score for this section is between 0 and 6.
- Analysis of an Argument
- Allocated time: 30 minutes.
In this Section Test Takers are required to write a 350-450 word Essay logically analyzing the validity of an argument presented in the question.The score for this section is between 0 and 6.
The first Section is scored on a scale of 0 to 6 as the average of the scores of the two Sections rounded to the Higher Half point. This score is presented as the score for the Analytical Writing Assessment part.
For example: if the first Essay section 1 is scored 4 and section 2 is scored 4.5, the combined score is 4.25. This score is rounded to 4.5.
2. QUANTITATIVE SECTION
- Quantitative Section
- Allocated time: 75 minutes.
This section presents 37 multiple choice questions with 5 answer choices each.
Questions types for this Section are:
- Problem Solving - Number properties, Proportions, Geometry, Combinatorics, Probability.
- Data Sufficiency – Asking whether there is enough Data to answer the question, does not require finding the actual Answer.
3. VERBAL SECTION
- Verbal Section
- Allocated time: 75 minutes.
This section presents 37 multiple choice questions with 5 answer choices each.
Questions types for this section are:
- Sentence correction – finding Grammar and Structure errors in Sentences and offering the best correction.
- Critical Reasoning – Identifying reasoning patterns in short passages.
- Reading Comprehension – Answering questions about a 400 – 600 words passage about Economy, Social Science or Science.
The number of questions of each type can change from test to test, but you can see the general distribution on our Visual Maps.Once answering a question and continuing to the next, there is no way to going back.
GMAT ADAPTIVE ALGORITHM
The GMAT Exam is Computer Adaptive. This means that the Computer Generates the next Question based on the correctness or incorrectness of the previous Question, the difficulty level changes according to the number of correct or incorrect questions at any stage in the Test. The first Questions on any section are more important. It is possible to notice that the first 15 questions generated Increase A in score where all the rest of the questions together generated a much smaller increase: Increase B. It does not mean that questions 16 to 37/41 are unimportant, but the first 15 are Critical.
The GMAT score is also affected by the number of Questions completed. So, it is critical to guess all the way through the last question. Never leave unanswered questions.
GMAT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
All Test Takers should have a valid Passport to take GMAT.Test taker can take the test only once in every Calender Year.
GMAT VALIDITY
The Test Score of GMAT are valid for a Period of 5 Years.
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