Graduate Management Admission Test
Purpose:
The Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) is sponsored and directed by the Graduate Management Admission Council®, an international organization of 121 graduate schools of management. This test is one requirement for admission to the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at Henderson State University. The GMAT measures general verbal, mathematical, and analytical writing skills and is used to assess the qualifications of applicants for advanced study in business and management.
Description:
The GMAT is now administered as a computer-adaptive test (CAT). In a computer-adaptive test, the computer screen displays one question at a time, which is chosen from a very large pool of questions categorized by content and difficulty. The first question is always of medium difficulty. The selection of each question thereafter is determined by the response to any previously answered question. In other words, the CAT adjusts to the examinee's ability level.
The CAT requires an answer for each question, and the examinee may not return to or change a response to any previously answered question. If one guesses a correct answer or answers a question incorrectly by mistake, the answers to subsequent questions will lead the examinee back to questions that are at the appropriate level of difficulty for that individual.
The GMAT CAT will include verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing questions that the examinee answers on the computer. The examinee has 75 minutes for 37 quantitative questions, 75 minutes for 41 verbal questions, and 30 minutes for each of the two analytical writing topics. Data Sufficiency and Problem Solving questions will be mingled within the quantitative section and Sentence Correction, Reading Comprehension, and Critical Reasoning questions will be mingled within the verbal section. The examinee has an opportunity to take two five-minute breaks, one after completing the essays and another between the quantitative and verbal sections.
Minimal computer skills are required to complete the GMAT CAT. Before beginning the test, a tutorial will help the examinee to feel comfortable in using a mouse, entering a response, using the word processor, accessing the help function, and moving on to the next question.
For More Information:
Go to the www.mba.com for test center and registration information.
1100 Henderson Street
Arkadelphia, AR 71999-0001
Phone: (870) 230-5000 Fax: (870) 230-5411
Send comments and suggestions to: Hudginc@hsu.edu
Date Last Modified: Thursday, September 02, 2004