What is GMAT?

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GMAT® - (The Graduate Management Admission Test®) is a standardized assessment that helps business schools assess the qualifications of applicants for advanced study in business and management. Business Schools use the test as one predictor of academic performance in an MBA program or in other graduate management programs.

The GMAT® exam measures basic

verbal
mathematical and
analytical writing skills
that you have developed over a long period of time in your education and work.
The GMAT indicates which students will manage well in business school.
GMAT does NOT measure your knowledge of business,your job skills,specific content in your undergraduate or first university course work,your abilities in any other specific subject area, or subjective qualities—such as motivation, creativity, and interpersonal skills.

GMAT® is a Computer Adaptive Test and it is administered by ETS ( Educational Testing Services) The combined length of the exam is 3.5 hours but when you add on administrative stuff and breaks in between sections you could easily spend up to 5 hours. The score is generally valid for 5 years

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TEST PATTERN?

The GMAT® exam consists of three main parts, the Analytical Writing Assessment, the Quantitative section, and the Verbal section.

Analytical Writing Assessment
The GMAT® exam begins with the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA). The AWA consists of two separate writing tasks—Analysis of an Issue and Analysis of an Argument. You are allowed 30 minutes to complete each one.

Quantitative Section
Following an optional five-minute break, you begin the Quantitative Section of the GMAT® exam. This section contains 37 multiple-choice questions of two question types—Data Sufficiency and Problem Solving. You will be allowed a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the entire section.

Verbal Section
After a second optional five-minute break, you begin the Verbal Section of the GMAT® exam. This section contains 41 multiple choice questions of three question types—Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction. You are allowed a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the entire section.

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VERBAL SECTION?
The GMAT® exam consists of three main parts, the Analytical Writing Assessment, the Quantitative section, and the Verbal section.

Analytical Writing Assessment
The GMAT® exam begins with the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA). The AWA consists of two separate writing tasks—Analysis of an Issue and Analysis of an Argument. You are allowed 30 minutes to complete each one.

Quantitative Section
Following an optional five-minute break, you begin the Quantitative Section of the GMAT® exam. This section contains 37 multiple-choice questions of two question types—Data Sufficiency and Problem Solving. You will be allowed a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the entire section.

Verbal Section
After a second optional five-minute break, you begin the Verbal Section of the GMAT® exam. This section contains 41 multiple choice questions of three question types—Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction. You are allowed a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the entire section.

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Qaaunt Section
The Quantitative section of the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) measures the ability to reason quantitatively, solve quantitative problems, and interpret graphic data. Two types of multiple-choice questions are used in the Quantitative section of the GMAT® exam—Problem Solving and Data Sufficiency.

Problem-Solving and Data-Sufficiency questions are intermingled throughout the section. Both types of questions require knowledge of:

arithmetic, elementary algebra, and commonly known concepts of geometry.

Problem-Solving Questions
Problem-Solving questions are designed to test:

basic mathematical skills,
understanding of elementary mathematical concepts, and
the ability to reason quantitatively and solve quantitative problems.
Data-Sufficiency Questions
Data-Sufficiency questions are designed to measure your ability to:

analyze a quantitative problem,
recognize which information is relevant, and
determine at what point there is sufficient information to solve a problem.
Data-Sufficiency questions are accompanied by some initial information and two statements, labeled (1) and (2). You must decide whether the statements given offer enough data to enable you to answer the question. You must choose one of the following answers:

Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) is not sufficient.
Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) is not sufficient.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

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Computer Adaptivity TEST?

The Quantitative section of the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) measures the ability to reason quantitatively, solve quantitative problems, and interpret graphic data. Two types of multiple-choice questions are used in the Quantitative section of the GMAT® exam—Problem Solving and Data Sufficiency.

Problem-Solving and Data-Sufficiency questions are intermingled throughout the section. Both types of questions require knowledge of:

arithmetic, elementary algebra, and commonly known concepts of geometry.

Problem-Solving Questions
Problem-Solving questions are designed to test:

basic mathematical skills,
understanding of elementary mathematical concepts, and
the ability to reason quantitatively and solve quantitative problems.
Data-Sufficiency Questions
Data-Sufficiency questions are designed to measure your ability to:

analyze a quantitative problem,
recognize which information is relevant, and
determine at what point there is sufficient information to solve a problem.
Data-Sufficiency questions are accompanied by some initial information and two statements, labeled (1) and (2). You must decide whether the statements given offer enough data to enable you to answer the question. You must choose one of the following answers:

Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) is not sufficient.
Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) is not sufficient.
BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

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THE SCORING PATTERN
Total GMAT scores range from 200 to 800. Two-thirds of test takers score between 400 and 600.

The Verbal and Quantitative scores range from 0 to 60. Scores below 9 and above 44 for the Verbal section or below 7 and above 50 for the Quantitative section are rare. Both scores are on a fixed scale and can be compared across any GMAT administration. The Verbal and Quantitative scores measure different things and cannot be compared to each other. If you do not finish each multiple-choice section of the test, your score will depend on the number of questions answered within each section.

The scoring pattern of AWA section is different from the Verbal and Quantitatives.The scoring is done as follows:

Each of your essays in the AWA section will be given two, independent ratings, one of which may be performed by E-rater. E-rater is an electronic system that evaluates more than 50 structural and linguistic features, including organization of ideas, syntactic variety, and topical analysis.

If the two ratings differ by more than one point, another evaluation by an expert reader is required to resolve the discrepancy and determine the final score.