Got a lot of questions wrong but still a high score

Question

I gave the gmatclub mock and got a lot of di questions wrong still my score in that section was high, it happend to me 2 times in office gmat mock too, can someone explain me the paradox

bb · Answer

Hi Rohitjkkdk , That's a good observation on your side! We have seen a variety of situations with adaptive tests. There are some not so great situations - e.g. https://gmatclub.com/forum/horrible-gma ... 34958.html but sometimes the opposite happens. This is because you are answering many hard questions right (and most of your mistakes are on the hard questions). Also, the score depends on the over question bank difficulty.

AjiteshArun · Answer

Hi Rohitjkkdk,

Accuracy isn't a great indicator of score in adaptive tests like the GMAT. Also, most test takers find the DI section challenging, so maybe that plays a role here as well.

RetaketheGMAT · Answer

In general it's a good idea to have a general idea of how the algorithm works so you can adjust your timing / skipping strategy to it. It can be hard to do, but don't get bogged down trying to precisely understand the algorithm -- it's nearly impossible for someone outside the GMAC to master it.

Just keep the key algorithm friendly strategies is mind:
1. Don't leave any questions unanswered.
2. Don't deliberately (ie skip/guess) multiple questions in a row
3. Try to get the first couple of questions right to get earlier access to more difficult questions.

In general, if you get the first few hard questions you get right -- it'll take a lot of mistakes in a row to get knocked you back down to a lower score range. So focus on consistent test taking processes that prevent getting questions wrong in a sequence.

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