About the GMAT
The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMA) is a computer adaptive test (CAT) which seeks to assess a person’s analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills in standard written English in preparation for being admitted into a graduate management program, such as an MBA. The GMAT does not measure business knowledge or skill. Nor does it measure intelligence. The GMAT is simply a test of how well one takes the GMAT. According to the test owning company, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the GMAT assesses analytical writing and problem-solving abilities, while also addressing data sufficiency, logic, and critical reasoning skills that it believes to be vital to real-world business and management success. GMAT is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management Admission Council. More than 5,900 programs offered by more than 2,100 universities and institutions use the GMAT exam as part of the selection criteria for their programs. Business schools use the test as a criterion for admission into a wide range of graduate management programs, GMAC introduced an integrated reasoning section to the exam that is designed to measure a test taker’s ability to evaluate data presented in new formats and multiple sources. According to GMAC, it has continually performed validity studies to statistically verify that the exam predicts success in business school programs. According to a survey conducted by Kaplan Test Prep, the GMAT is still the number one choice for MBA aspirants despite the increasing acceptability of GRE scores.
The GMAT Test Structure
A standardized test, the Graduate Management Admissions Test measures Verbal, Mathematical and Analytical skills. The test primarily intends to aid graduate schools of business assess the potential of the applicants for advanced study in business and management. Nearly 1000 management institutes all over the world require GMAT® scores from the applicants.
The GMAT® is different from most other examinations. The examination is entirely computer-based, and no two students get an identical set of questions. The test is scored on a maximum of 800. The GMAT® Score alone cannot guarantee admission into a school. The test is only one of the major factors taken into consideration in the long process of an applicant getting admitted into a Business School that he/she desires.
GMAT 2014 Exam Pattern
The detailed GMAT 2014 Exam Pattern is given in the following table:
The GMAT exam pattern is as given in the table below:
| Section |
Number of Questions |
Question Type |
Duration |
| Analytical Writing Assessment |
1 Topic |
Analysis of an Argument |
30 minutes |
| Integrated Reasoning |
12 questions |
Multi Source Reasoning, Graphics Interpretation, Two Part Analysis, Table Analysis |
30 minutes |
| Quantitative |
37 questions |
Data Sufficiency, Problem Solving |
75 minutes |
| Verbal |
41 questions |
Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, Sentence Correction |
75 minutes |
| Total Exam Duration |
|
|
3 hours 30 minutes |