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Tested questions are not among the last 10 questions!?

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Tested questions are not among the last 10 questions!? [#permalink] New post   21 Jun 2007, 23:39
There are many discussions about GMAT strategies, such as to get first and last 10-12 questions correct in order to boost overall score. My opinion is that the probability that the GMAT test makers included tested questions into the last 8-12 questions is very low, because some people lack the time at the end of math/verbal section and rush to guess. And in this case it would be unwise from the test makers site to include tested questions there, because it would not hurt so much test taker's score. My belief is that the tested questions are surely not at the end of a section. Conclusion - to leave enough time for the last 8-12 questions!!!

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[#permalink] New post   22 Jun 2007, 07:23
Not putting test questions at the end of the test defeats the purpose because a question has to have a varying set of data.

If a test question was never put in the later questions of the test, then there is really no justification to put it in there when it really counts.

The only question that is more likely to be a real one is the first question because it is a medium-difficult question (50% get right and 50% get wrong). Since they don't know the difficulty of test questions, the first one is a real one.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Jun 2007, 02:58
there is absolutely no way of telling which question is real and which is a tested question. the test questions are spread randomly through the test. it can be the first question, you can have two or three in a row... it is completely random.
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Re: Tested questions are not among the last 10 questions!? [#permalink] New post   25 Jun 2007, 00:53
Vlad77 wrote:
There are many discussions about GMAT strategies, such as to get first and last 10-12 questions correct in order to boost overall score. My opinion is that the probability that the GMAT test makers included tested questions into the last 8-12 questions is very low, because some people lack the time at the end of math/verbal section and rush to guess. And in this case it would be unwise from the test makers site to include tested questions there, because it would not hurt so much test taker's score. My belief is that the tested questions are surely not at the end of a section. Conclusion - to leave enough time for the last 8-12 questions!!!

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vlad,

i laughed when i read this. :o)

first, the people who designed the gmat could care less whether or not some test takers finish the test. i think it might actually make it easier for them if x% people can't finish the test - since this is a standardized test they are very concerned with scores following a normal distribution with a reasonable mean... i.e. they need ways to make it difficult and writing difficult quant problems is no easy task... that is where the time constraints come in.

second, the questions that don't count towards your score are being pretested for future tests. they need people to answer them to gauge data on the question like how 'difficult' they are

finally, randomness/probability are the heart of statistcal inference. they need them to feel confident in their results. so study hard and use your time wisely and make sure you finish each section!! no one knows how many tested questions we will get (or if everyone gets the same # of tested questions etc...) . the tested question could be your first one... heck if you are unlucky - by randomness alone - if there are n tested questions,
your first n questions could be the tested ones!
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