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Free flashcards for the GMAT Focus Edition: flip each card to reveal the answer. Built to drill the structure, scoring and strategy you need at your fingertips. These are study aids, not real GMAT questions.

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GMAT: Graduate Management Admission Test - the admissions test built specifically for business school, owned by GMAC.
GMAC: Graduate Management Admission Council - the non-profit body that owns and administers the GMAT. Official site: mba.com.
Focus Edition: The current and only version of the GMAT (since 1 Feb 2024): three sections, no essay, Total Score 205-805.
The three sections: Quantitative Reasoning (21 Q), Verbal Reasoning (23 Q) and Data Insights (20 Q), each 45 minutes and weighted equally.
Total Score range: 205 to 805, and every Total Score ends in 5.
Section score range: 60 to 90 for each of the three sections.
Total testing time: About 2 hours 15 minutes (three 45-minute sections) with one optional 10-minute break.
Is there a pass mark?: No. The GMAT is scored, not passed or failed. Your target depends on the programmes you apply to.
Score validity: 5 years from the test date.
Quantitative Reasoning: 21 Problem Solving questions in 45 minutes, with no on-screen calculator.
Verbal Reasoning: 23 questions in 45 minutes: Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning. Sentence Correction was removed.
Data Insights: 20 questions in 45 minutes: Data Sufficiency, Multi-Source Reasoning, Table Analysis, Graphics Interpretation, Two-Part Analysis. Calculator allowed.
Data Sufficiency: Decide whether the given statements are enough to answer - not what the answer is. Now lives in Data Insights.
Where is the calculator?: Only in Data Insights. Quantitative Reasoning gives you no calculator.
Question Review & Edit: Bookmark questions and, at the end of a section, edit up to 3 answers. You cannot return to a section once you leave it.
Section order: You choose the order of the three sections at the start of the exam.
Percentile ranking: The share of test-takers you scored above. Your scaled score is fixed, but percentiles are updated periodically.
Concordance: GMAC's official mapping between the Focus 205-805 scale and the retired 200-800 scale (they are not the same).
AWA (and its status): Analytical Writing Assessment - the essay from the old format. Removed in the Focus Edition; there is no essay now.
Is there an 'MBA exam'?: No. The MBA is a degree. To apply you sit an admissions test - usually the GMAT or the GRE.
GMAT vs GRE (in one line): GMAT is purpose-built for business school; GRE is accepted more widely across graduate programmes. Check your target schools.
Setting a target score: Take it from your target programmes' published score ranges - there is no universal 'good' score.
Where to confirm fees: On mba.com for your country. US fees are roughly $275 (test centre) and $300 (online); prices vary by location.