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The GMAT Exam Prep provides a comprehensive text for studying for the GMAT test. This book takes each topic and provides numerous examples, explanations, strategies, and tips for both understanding the content of knowledge that the test covers, as well as in helping in preparing the student to score higher on the test. In addition to coverage of all topic areas, the book has an expanded topical review coverage on the Quantitative section, due to the fact that many students find they don't understand this topic very well. The book also offers specific strategies for answering various question types, reviews the psychology of testing, and provides a guide for understanding scores. Finally the book has four full practice exams with detailed answers to all questions covering all topics areas.
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Part I: Introduction to the GMAT
Chapter 1 Overview of the GMAT
The GMAC
Format of the GMAT
The Computer Adaptive Test (CAT)
What’s Next
Chapter 2 Taking the GMAT
Registering for the GMAT
Paying for the GMAT
Taking the GMAT
The Testing Center
What to Bring to the Testing Center
Test Takers with Disabilities
Scoring the GMAT
What Your Scores Mean to Schools
A Note on Scoring the Practice Tests in This Book
Retaking the GMAT
What’s Next
Part II: Preparing for the GMAT
Chapter 3 Diagnostic Test with Answers and Explanations
Section 1: Analysis of an Argument
Section 2: Analysis of an Issue
Section 3: Quantitative
Section 4: Verbal
Answer Key
Section 3
Section 4
Answers and Explanations
Answer Sheet
Section 1: Analysis of an Argument
Section 2: Analysis of an Issue
Section 3: Quantitative
Section 4: Verbal
Chapter 4 GMAT General Testing Strategies
KSA (There Is Some Science Behind This Process)
Focus on the Easy Stuff
Stay “On Point”
Simplify
Anatomy of the GMAT
Guess Wisely
Manage Stress
Relax to Succeed
Specific Relaxation Techniques
A Note on Music
What to Expect on Test Day
What’s Next
Chapter 5 Introduction to GMAT Logic
Arguments
Context
Chain of Reasoning
Assumptions
Validity, Truth, and Soundness
Conditionals
Contrapositive
Sufficiency and Necessity
Compound Conditionals
Negation
Fallacies
Slippery Slope
Correlation—Causation
Equivocation
Ad Hominem Arguments
Appeal to Authority
Appeal to Majority—Quantity-Quality Fallacy
Circular Argument
Begging the Question
Reductio Ad Absurdum
Sampling Error
Percent Versus Number
What’s Next
Chapter 6 GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA)
Scoring the Analytical Writing Sections
What the GMAT Readers Are Looking For
Issue Task
Sample Essay Prompt: Analysis of an Issue
Argument Task
Sample Essay Prompt: Analysis of an Argument
Writing Techniques
Writing Strategies
Practice Writing Prompts
Issue Task
Argument Task
Chapter 7 GMAT Quantitative
Multiple Choice
Anatomy of a Multiple Choice Question
General Strategies for Multiple-Choice Questions
Data Sufficiency
Anatomy of a Data Sufficiency Question
General Strategies for Data Sufficiency Questions
What’s Next
Chapter 8 GMAT Verbal
Reading Comprehension
Anatomy of a GMAT Reading Comprehension Question
General Strategies for Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Question Types
Practice Reading Comprehension Questions
Critical Reasoning
Anatomy of a Critical Reasoning Question
General Strategies for Critical Reasoning Questions
Critical Reasoning Question Types
A Note on Question Format
Practice Critical Reasoning Questions
Sentence Correction
Anatomy of a GMAT Sentence Correction Question
General Strategies for Sentence Correction Questions
Practice Sentence Correction Questions
What’s Next
Part III: GMAT Content Area Review
Chapter 9 Quantitative Review
Numbers and Operations
Properties of Integers
Real Numbers
Order of Operations (PEMDAS)
Decimals
Fractions, Rational Numbers, and Scientific Notation
Ratio, Proportion, and Percent
Squares and Square Roots
Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
Factors and Multiples
Mean, Median, and Mode
Probability and Outcomes
Absolute Value
Algebra and Functions
Factoring
Exponents
Inequalities
Word Problems
Geometry
Coordinate Geometry
Triangles
Quadrilaterals, Lines, Angles
Other Polygons
Circles
Three-Dimensional Figures
Data Analysis
Internalize the Rules
Chapter 10 Verbal Review
Subject/Verb Agreement
Person
Number
Voice
Verb Tense
Nouns and Pronouns
Personal Pronouns
Relative Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
Pronoun Consistency
Misleading and Ambiguous Pronouns
Verbs and Verb Forms
Simple Past Versus Past Participle
Parallel Construction
Run-on Sentences
Sentence Fragments/Incomplete Sentences
Misplaced Modifiers
Idiom
Rhetoric
Commonly Misused Words
Accept, Except
Affect, Effect
Among, Between
Assure, Insure, Ensure
Because, Since
Compare to, Compare with
Complement, Compliment
Farther, Further
Fewer, Less
Imply, Infer
Its, It’s
Lay, Lie
Like, Such As
Number, Amount
Precede, Proceed
Principal, Principle
Set, Sit
Than, Then
That, Which
There, Their, They’re
To, Too, Two
Whether, If
Your, You’re
Internalize the Rules
Part IV: Practicing for the GMAT
Chapter 11 Practice Test 1 with Answers and Explanations
Section 1: Analysis of an Argument
Section 2: Analysis of an Issue
Section 3: Quantitative
Section 4: Verbal
Answer Key
Section 3
Section 4
Answers and Explanations
Analytical Writing: Sections 1 and 2
Quantitative: Section 3
Verbal: Section 4
Answer Sheet
Section 1: Analysis of an Argument
Section 2: Analysis of an Issue
Section 3: Quantitative
Section 4: Verbal
Chapter 12 Practice Test 2 with Answers and Explanations
Section 1: Analysis of an Argument
Section 2: Analysis of an Issue
Section 3: Quantitative
Section 4: Verbal
Answer Key
Section 3
Section 4
Answers and Explanations
Analytical Writing: Sections 1 and 2
Quantitative: Section 3
Verbal: Section 4
Answer Sheet
Section 1: Analysis of an Argument
Section 2: Analysis of an Issue
Section 3: Quantitative
Section 4: Verbal
Chapter 13 Practice Test 3 with Answers and Explanations
Section 1: Analysis of an Argument
Section 2: Analysis of an Issue
Section 3: Quantitative
Section 4: Verbal
Answer Key
Section 3
Section 4
Answers and Explanations
Analytical Writing: Sections 1 and 2
Quantitative: Section 3
Verbal: Section 4
Answer Sheet
Section 1: Analysis of an Argument
Section 2: Analysis of an Issue
Section 3: Quantitative
Section 4: Verbal
Chapter 14 Practice Test 4 with Answers and Explanations
Section 1: Analysis of an Argument
Section 2: Analysis of an Issue
Section 3: Quantitative
Section 4: Verbal
Answer Key
Section 3
Section 4
Answers and Explanations
Analytical Writing: Sections 1 and 2
Quantitative: Section 3
Verbal: Section 4
Answer Sheet
Section 1: Analysis of an Argument
Section 2: Analysis of an Issue
Section 3: Quantitative
Section 4: Verbal
Part V: Appendixes
Appendix A GMAT Vocabulary List
Appendix B Glossary of GMAT Math Terms
Appendix C Additional Resources
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