... approximately 13
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14 questions, and you will have 75 minutes to complete this portion of
the test.
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What to Expect
on the GMAT
Verbal Section
The GMAT
®
Verbal section actually covers a rather ... material.
It is difficult to scale your performance on this pretest to its actual GMAT equivalent because the GMAT
CAT factors in both the number of questions answered and the level...
... ready.
After the GMAT Exam
Celebrate! Reward yourself for a job well done.
In a Nutshell
As you go through this review book, as you make your study plan, and as you prepare to take the GMAT exam,
always ... brain will take good care of you on the GMAT exam. You are in training now:
Get with the program.
Multiple-Choice Strategies
As we noted earlier, the GMAT exam, like all...
... that corresponds to the question.
Remember that the GMAT exam is a CAT, so you will not be able to write anywhere on the exam. To
mimic the exam environment, do not write on the pretest pages. ... ready.
After the GMAT Exam
Celebrate! Reward yourself for a job well done.
In a Nutshell
As you go through this review book, as you make your study plan, and as you prepare to take the...
... insurance.
e. Two doctors who used to work at St. Mary’s now work at St. Vincent’s.
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13. DNA evidence has increasingly been used in court to prove guilt and to exonerate the innocent.
Because ... coffee chain will not lower its prices in order to compete with Morning Glory.
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d. New research suggests that people who achieve phenomenal success do so n...
... four and seven paragraphs and
are about 150 to 350 words long. You will typically be asked three to five questions about each passage.
The passages on the GMAT exam are either informative or argumentative. ... approximately 13
—
14 questions, and you will have 75 minutes to complete this portion of
the test.
CHAPTER
What to Expect
on the GMAT
Verbal Section
The GMAT
®
Verbal secti...
... on the GMAT exam, you can make notes about your own reactions to the text, but
be sure to use these notes only as a means of deepening your understanding of the material. On the GMAT
exam, the ... or subject of a passage is what the passage is about. The main idea, on the other hand, is what the writer
wants to say about that subject. For example, take a look at this paragraph from...
... the GMAT Exam
As noted earlier, vocabulary is not tested directly on the GMAT exam, but your knowledge of vocabulary will
be tested indirectly by your ability to understand passages on the exam. ... words about ideas: for example, contention, extrapolate, fallacy, and substantiate
• words about actions: for example, coalesce, levy, mediate, placate, sanction, and stipulate
• words...
... comprehension passages on the GMAT exam are either
argumentative or informative in nature. These are very general categories, and the types of essays you will see
on the GMAT exam can be further characterized ... created by an action (or cause). A
passage about cause explains why something took place
—
for example, what caused the Industrial Revolution?
A passage about effect, on...