Arco Master the GRE with CDROM

by IDG Books

• ISBN13: 9780764560842
• ISBN10: 0764560840
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Hungry Minds

Summary

This book/CD set offers updated tips and test-taking strategies and a critical review of some of the best and worst ways to prepare for computer-adaptive standardized tests. The interactive CD-ROM creates practice exams just like the real GRE.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: GRE Basics
Getting Started	3	(4)
Can You Prepare for the GRE?	3	(1)
What Is a GRE Study Plan?	3	(1)
What's the Best Study Plan for You?	3	(1)
How Can You Tell If Your Work Is Paying Off?	4	(1)
Can You Predict Your GRE Score?	4	(3)
All About the GRE	7	(8)
What Is the GRE?	7	(1)
What Is the CAT?	7	(1)
How Do You Register for the GRE?	8	(1)
What Kinds of Questions Are on the Test?	9	(1)
How Is the Test Structured?	10	(1)
How Is the Test Scored?	10	(1)
What Smart Test-takers Know	11	(4)
GRE Questions: A First Look	15	(16)
What Can You Expect on the Test?	15	(1)
How Does the GRE Test Verbal Reasoning?	15	(4)
How Does the GRE Test Mathematical Reasoning?	19	(5)
How Does the GRE Test Analytical Reasoning?	24	(7)
Summing It Up: What You Must Know About the GRE	27	(4)
PART TWO: Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses
Diagnostic Examination	31	(36)
Answer Key	50	(1)
Explanatory Answers	51	(16)
PART THREE: GRE Verbal Questions
Sentence Completions	67	(14)
What Is Sentence Completion?	67	(2)
How Do You Answer Sentence Completion Questions?	69	(2)
What Smart Test-takers Know	71	(10)
Analogies	81	(16)
What Is an Analogy?	81	(1)
How Do You Answer Analogy Questions?	82	(7)
What Smart Test-takers Know	89	(8)
Reading Comprehension	97	(26)
What Is Reading Comprehension?	97	(2)
How Do You Answer Reading Comprehension Questions?	99	(8)
What Smart Test-takers Know	107	(16)
Antonyms	123	(22)
What Is an Antonym?	123	(1)
How Do You Answer Antonym Questions?	124	(2)
GRE Word List	126	(8)
What Smart Test-takers Know	134	(11)
Summing It Up: What You Must Know About GRE Verbal Questions	140	(5)
PART FOUR: GRE Math Questions
Problem Solving	145	(24)
What Is Problem Solving?	145	(2)
How Do You Answer Problem-solving Questions?	147	(7)
What Smart Test-takers Know	154	(15)
Quantitative Comparison	169	(16)
What Is Quantitative Comparison?	169	(2)
How Do You Solve Quantitative Comparison Questions?	171	(2)
What Smart Test-takers Know	173	(12)
Graphs	185	(16)
What Is a Graph?	185	(2)
How Do You Solve Graph Questions?	187	(3)
What Smart Test-takers Know	190	(11)
Summing It Up: What You Must Know About GRE Math Questions	196	(5)
PART FIVE: GRE Analytical Questions
Analytical Reasoning	201	(36)
What Is Analytical Reasoning?	201	(2)
How Do You Answer Analytical Reasoning Questions?	203	(23)
What Smart Test-takers Know	226	(11)
Logical Reasoning	237	(290)
What Does Logical Reasoning Test?	237	(3)
How Do You Answer Logical Reasoning Questions?	240	(5)
What Smart Test-takers Know	245	(22)
Summing It Up: What You Must Know About GRE Analytical Questions	262	(5)
PART SIX: Practice Examinations
Practice Examination 1	267	(34)
Answer Key	288	(1)
Explanatory Answers	289	(12)
Practice Examination 2	301	(36)
Answer Key	321	(1)
Explanatory Answers	322	(15)
Practice Examination 3	337	(34)
Answer Key	357	(1)
Explanatory Answers	358	(13)
Practice Examination 4	371	(32)
Answer Key	390	(1)
Explanatory Answers	391	(12)
Practice Examination 5	403	(106)
Answer Key	422	(1)
Explanatory Answers	423	(86)
PART SEVEN: GRE Math Review
PART EIGHT: Appendices
A GRE Writing Assessment	509	(18)
B Financing Your Graduate Education	527