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1.0 What Is the GMAT™ Exam? 1.1 Why Take the GMAT™ Exam? 1.2 GMAT™ Exam Format 1.3 What Will the Test Experience Be Like? 1.4 What Is the Content of the GMAT™ Exam Like? 1.5 Analytical Writing Assessment Section 1.6 Integrated Reasoning Section 1.7 Quantitative Reasoning Section 1.8 Verbal Reasoning Section 1.9 How Are Scores Calculated? 2.0 How to Prepare 2.0 How to Prepare 2.1 How Should I Prepare to Take the Test? 2.2 Getting Ready for Exam Day 2.3 How to Use the GMAT™ Official Guide 2.4 How to Use Other GMAT™ Official Prep Products 2.5 General Test-Taking Suggestions 3.0 Math Review 3.0 Math Review 3.1 Value, Order, and Factors 3.2 Algebra, Equalities, and Inequalities 3.3 Rates, Ratios, and Percents 3.4 Statistics, Sets, Counting, Probability, Estimation, and Series 3.5 Geometry 3.6 Reference Sheets 4.0 Problem Solving 4.0 Problem Solving 4.1 Test-Taking Strategies 4.2 Section Instructions 4.3 Practice Questions 4.4 Answer Key 4.5 Answer Explanations 5.0 Data Sufficiency 5.0 Data Sufficiency 5.1 Test-Taking Strategies 5.2 Section Instructions 5.3 Practice Questions 5.4 Answer Key 5.5 Answer Explanations 6.0 Verbal Review 6.0 Verbal Reasoning 6.1 Verbal Review 6.2 Analyzing Passages 6.3 Inductive Reasoning 6.4 Deductive Reasoning 6.5 Grammar and Style 7.0 Reading Comprehension 7.0 Reading Comprehension 7.1 What Is Measured 7.2 Test-Taking Strategies 7.3 Section Instructions 7.4 Practice Questions 7.5 Answer Key 7.6 Answer Explanations 8.0 Critical Reasoning 8.0 Critical Reasoning 8.1 What Is Measured 8.2 Test-Taking Strategies 8.3 Section Instructions 8.4 Practice Questions 8.5 Answer Key 8.6 Answer Explanations 9.0 Sentence Correction 9.0 Sentence Correction 9.1 Some Comments About How It Works 9.2 The Eight Sentence Correction Categories 9.3 Study Suggestions 9.4 What Is Measured 9.5 Test-Taking Strategies 9.6 Section Instructions 9.7 Practice Questions 9.8 Answer Key 9.9 Answer Explanations 10.0 Integrated Reasoning 10.0 Integrated Reasoning 10.1 What Is Measured 10.2 Question Types and Test-Taking Strategies 10.3 Section Instructions 11.0 Analytical Writing Assessment 11.0 Analytical Writing Assessment 11.1 What Is Measured 11.2 Test-Taking Strategies 11.3 The Directions 11.4 GMAT™ Scoring Guide: Analysis of an Argument 11.5 Sample: Analysis of an Argument 12.0 GMAT™ Official Guide Question Index 12.0 GMAT™ Official Guide Question Index Appendix A Answer Sheets Problem Solving Answer Sheet Data Sufficiency Answer Sheet Reading Comprehension Answer Sheet Critical Reasoning Answer Sheet Sentence Correction Answer Sheet Online Question Bank Information End User License Agreement Dear GMAT™ Test-Taker, Thank you for your interest in graduate management education Today more than 7,000 graduate programs around the world use the GMAT exam to establish their MBA, business master’s, and other graduate-level management degree programs as hallmarks of excellence Nine out of ten new MBA enrollments globally are made using a GMAT score.* By using the GMAT™ Official Guide to prepare for the GMAT exam, you’re taking a very important step toward achieving your goals and pursuing admission to the MBA or business master’s program that is the best fit for you This book, GMAT™ Official Guide 2022, is designed to help you prepare for and build confidence to your best on exam day It’s the only guide that features real questions from past exams published by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the makers of the GMAT exam For more than 60 years, the GMAT exam has helped candidates like you demonstrate their command of the skills needed for success in the classroom and showcase to schools their commitment to pursuing a graduate business degree Schools use and trust the GMAT exam as part of their admissions process because it’s a proven predictor of classroom success and your ability to excel in your chosen program The mission of GMAC is to ensure no talent goes undiscovered We are driven to continue improving the GMAT exam as well as helping you find and connect with the best-fit schools and programs for you I applaud your commitment to educational success This guide and the other GMAT™ Official Prep products available at mba.com will give you the confidence to achieve your personal best on the GMAT exam and launch or reinvigorate a rewarding career I wish you the best success on all your future educational and professional endeavors Sincerely, Sangeet Chowfla President & CEO of the Graduate Management Admission Council Note * Top 100 Financial Times full-time MBA programs GMAT™ Official Guide 2022 1.0 What Is the GMAT™ Exam? 1.0 What Is the GMAT™ Exam? The Graduate Management Admission Test™ (GMAT™) exam is a standardized exam used in admissions decisions by more than 7,000 graduate management programs, at approximately 2,300 graduate business schools worldwide It helps you gauge, and demonstrate to schools, your academic potential for success in graduate-level management studies The four-part exam measures your Analytical Writing, Integrated Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, and Quantitative Reasoning skills—higher-order reasoning skills that management faculty, admissions professionals, and employers worldwide have identified as important for incoming students to have “Higher-order” reasoning skills involve complex judgments, and include critical thinking, analysis, and problem solving Unlike undergraduate grades and curricula, which vary in their meaning across regions and institutions, your GMAT scores provide a standardized, statistically valid, and reliable measure of how you are likely to perform academically in the core curriculum of a graduate management program The GMAT exam’s validity, fairness, and value in admissions have been well established through numerous academic studies The GMAT exam is delivered online or at a test center, entirely in English, and solely on a computer It is not a test of business knowledge, subject-matter mastery, English vocabulary, or advanced computational skills The GMAT exam also does not measure other factors related to success in graduate management study, such as job experience, leadership ability, motivation, and interpersonal skills Your GMAT score is intended to be used as one admissions criterion among other, more subjective, criteria, such as admissions essays and interviews 1.1 Why Take the GMAT™ Exam? Taking the GMAT exam helps you stand out in the admissions process and demonstrate your readiness and commitment to pursuing graduate management education Schools use GMAT scores to help them select the most qualified applicants—because they know that candidates who take the GMAT exam are serious about earning a graduate business degree, and it’s a proven predictor of a student’s ability to succeed in his or her chosen program When you consider which programs to apply to, you can look at a school’s use of the GMAT exam as one indicator of quality Schools that use the GMAT exam typically list score ranges or average scores in their class profiles, so you may also find these profiles helpful in gauging the academic competitiveness of a program you are considering and how well your performance on the exam compares with that of the students enrolled in the program 10 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 Critical Reasoning Answer Sheet 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 1364 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 1365 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 1366 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 1367 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 1368 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 Sentence Correction Answer Sheet 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 1369 844 845 846 847 848 849 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 1370 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 1371 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 950 951 952 953 954 1372 955 956 957 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 969 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 991 1373 992 993 994 995 1374 Notes 1375 Online Question Bank Information Your purchase of GMAT™ Official Guide 2022 offers the original purchaser access to the online question bank for a period of 12 months from the date of activation To obtain an access code, go to www.wiley.com/go/officialgmatbook to verify your purchase Once you verify your purchase, you will be emailed an access code and instructions for setting up a personal login Note: GMAC and Wiley are not responsible for providing access to the online companion for customers who purchase or borrow used copies of this book This code will only provide you with access to the question bank It will not work for other Wiley or GMAC password-protected websites For customer support, please visit https://www.efficientlearning.com/gmat/support/help/ 1376 1377 WILEY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT Go to www.wiley.com/go/eula to access Wiley’s ebook EULA 1378