Arco Master the Gmat Cat 2002

The GMAT CAT is the first step on the road to earning an MBA. Now this comprehensive test-prep guide features practice questions and proven, teacher-tested strategies. The book has been updated to include even more computer-adaptive testing advice and tips on application procedures and financial aid.

PART ONE: GMAT Basics

Getting Started

3

(2)

Can You Prepare for the GMAT?

3

(1)

What Is a GMAT Study Plan?

3

(1)

How Can You Tell If Your Work Is Paying Off?

4

(1)

All About the GMAT

5

(10)

What Is the GMAT?

5

(1)

What Is the CAT?

5

(1)

How Do You Register for the GMAT?

6

(1)

What Kinds of Questions Are on the Test?

6

(2)

How Is the Test Structured?

8

(1)

How Is the Test Scored?

8

(1)

How Can I Predict My GMAT Score?

9

(1)

What Smart Test-takers Know

10

(5)

GMAT Questions: A First Look

15

(12)

What Can You Expect on the Test?

15

(1)

How Does the GMAT Test Verbal Reasoning Ability?

16

(5)

How Does the GMAT Test Quantitative Reasoning Ability?

21

(6)

Summing It Up: What You Must Know About the GMAT

24

(3)

PART TWO: Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses

Diagnostic Test

27

(38)

Answer Key

48

(1)

Explanatory Answers

49

(16)

PART THREE: GMAT Verbal Questions

Reading Comprehension

65

(44)

What Is Reading Comprehension?

65

(4)

How Do You Answer Reading Comprehension Questions?

69

(7)

What Smart Test-takers Know

76

(33)

Sentence Correction

109

(36)

What Is Sentence Correction?

109

(2)

How Do You Answer Sentence Correction Questions?

111

(2)

What Smart Test-takers Know

113

(32)

Critical Reasoning

145

(52)

What Does Critical Reasoning Test?

145

(3)

How Do You Answer Critical Reasoning Questions?

148

(5)

What Smart Test-takers Know

153

(44)

Summing It Up: What You Must Know About GMAT Verbal Questions

193

(4)

PART FOUR: GMAT Quantitative Questions

Problem Solving

197

(46)

What Is Problem Solving?

197

(2)

How Do You Answer Problem-solving Questions?

199

(8)

What Smart Test-takers Know

207

(36)

Data Sufficiency

243

(42)

What Is Data Sufficiency?

243

(3)

How Do You Answer Data Sufficiency Questions?

246

(2)

What Do the Answer Choices Mean?

248

(5)

What Smart Test-takers Know

253

(32)

Summing It Up: What You Must Know About GMAT Quantitative Questions

282

(3)

PART FIVE: GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment

Analytical Writing Assessment

285

(186)

What Is the Analytical Writing Assessment?

285

(1)

How Is the Assessment Graded?

286

(1)

How Do You Handle the Analytical Writing Assessment?

287

(1)

What Smart Test-takers Know

288

(7)

Summing It Up: What You Must Know About the Analytical Writing Assessment

292

(3)

PART SIX: Five Practice Tests

Practice Test 1

295

(34)

Answer Key

316

(1)

Explanatory Answers

317

(12)

Practice Test 2

329

(36)

Answer Key

351

(1)

Explanatory Answers

352

(13)

Practice Test 3

365

(38)

Answer Key

387

(1)

Explanatory Answers

388

(15)

Practice Test 4

403

(34)

Answer Key

424

(1)

Explanatory Answers

425

(12)

Final Practice Test

437

(34)

Answer Key

457

(1)

Explanatory Answers

458

(13)

PART SEVEN: GMAT Math Review

Arithmetic

471

(28)

Operations with Integers and Decimals

471

(2)

Operations with Fractions

473

(4)

Verbal Problems Involving Fractions

477

(4)

Variation

481

(3)

Finding Percents

484

(6)

Verbal Problems Involving Percent

490

(5)

Averages

495

(4)

Algebra

499

(34)

Signed Numbers

499

(2)

Linear Equations

501

(4)

Exponents

505

(2)

Quadratic Equations

507

(2)

Literal Expressions

509

(3)

Roots and Radicals

512

(4)

Factoring and Algebraic Fractions

516

(3)

Problem Solving in Algebra

519

(7)

Inequalities

526

(4)

Defined Operation Problems

530

(3)

Geometry

533

(1)

Areas

533

(1)

Perimeters

534

(1)

Circles

535

(1)

Volumes

536

(1)

Triangles

537

(1)

Right Triangles

538

(1)

Parallel Lines

539

(1)

Polygons

540

(1)

Similar Polygons

541

(1)

Coordinate Geometry

542

(9)

PART EIGHT: APPENDICES

A Creating Your B-School Application

551

(15)

B Workshop: The Personal Statement

566

(8)

C Ask the Experts

574

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