GMAT

Review & Edit

Students taking the GMAT exam have access to a 'Review & Edit' tool, which allows responses to be edited later on within the same section. Questions can be bookmarked to easily jump back to them using the tool.

Section Order

The order of sections on the GMAT exam is not fixed. This means that students are allowed to choose the order in which they take each section of the exam. Students may also take their single 10 minute break after whichever section they choose.

Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension questions emphasize the ability to understand and evaluate what you read. This includes understanding word and statement meanings, understanding logical relationships, drawing inferences, and following the development of quantitative concepts.

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  Main & supporting ideas

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  Inference

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  Application

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  Logical Structure

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  Style

Critical Reasoning

Critical reasoning questions measure argumentative abilities. This includes argument formation and evaluation, as well as action plan creation.

These questions are accompanied by short passages, typically no longer than 100 words. They may ask which option strengthens or weakens an argument, identifies flaws in the argument, or strongly supports or damages the argument.

Specialized subject matter knowledge is not required to answer questions successfully.

Data Sufficiency

Questions in data sufficiency require students to analyze a quantitative problem, recognize which data is relevant, and determine at what point there is enough data to solve the problem.

Multi-Source Reasoning

Multi-source reasoning questions emphasize the ability to examine data from multiple sources, analyzing each source carefully to answer multiple questions.

Sources may include text passages, tables, graphs, or a combination of the three.

Some questions require recognition of discrepancies among data. Others require students to draw inferences or determine the relevancy of provided data.

Table Analysis

Table analysis questions require students to sort and analyze a table of data in order to determine what information is relevant or meets certain conditions.

Graphics Interpretation

Graphical interpretation questions require interpretation of the information presented in a graph or other graphical image to discern relationships and make inferences.

Graphics may inlcude scatter plots, x/y graphs, bar charts, pie charts, or statistical curve distributions.

Two-Part Analysis

Two-part analysis questions measure complex problem solving skills. This can include a mixed combination of quantitative and verbal skills.

The format of these questions is designed to be versatile, enabling coverage of a wide range of content. When answering these questions, students must evaluate trade-offs, solve simultaneous equations, and discern relationships between two entities being measured.