Master the Gmat Cat 2001

by Arco Publishing

• ISBN13: 9780764561184
• ISBN10: 0764561189
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Arco Pub

Summary

With full-length practice exams and easy self-evaluations, this guide is a must for those who want to pass the business school entrance test.

Table of Contents

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	(28)
Summing It Up: What You Must Know About the Analytical Writing Assessment	292	(3)
PART SIX: Five Practice Tests
Practice Test 1	295	(21)
Answer Key	316	(1)
Explanatory Answers	317	(34)
Practice Test 2	329	(22)
Answer Key	351	(1)
Explanatory Answers	352	(35)
Practice Test 3	365	(22)
Answer Key	387	(1)
Explanatory Answers	388	(36)
Practice Test 4	403	(21)
Answer Key	424	(1)
Explanatory Answers	425	(32)
Final Practice Test	437	(20)
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	(33)
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	(2)
Geometry	532	(40)
Areas	532	(1)
Perimeters	533	(1)
Circles	534	(1)
Volumes	535	(1)
Triangles	536	(1)
Right Triangles	537	(1)
Parallel Lines	538	(1)
Polygons	539	(1)
Similar Polygons	540	(1)
Coordinate Geometry	541	(8)
PART EIGHT: APPENDICES
A Creating Your B-School Application	549	(15)
B Workshop: The Personal Statement	564	(8)
C Ask the Experts	572