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Hi snigdh0699,

Ambient city noise (such as cars honking) will likely NOT be considered an issue during your Exam, one of the big 'issues' with the At-home version of the GMAT is 'exam security.' In simple terms, there's a concern that some people will try to cheat on their Exams by having help from a 3rd party. By extension, there could also be Test-takers who would try to sell their knowledge of the Exam questions to others. Talking out-loud through the questions that you face during the Exam will likely be seen as a Test violation (since speaking into a recording device is one of the ways that someone might try to document and sell that Test information later on). Knowing this, you can either train to NOT speak out-loud while working or take your Official GMAT at a Test Center (where Exam security is far less of an issue because of all of the security in place).

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I have a habit of saying out the question and solving it. And also there can be the occasional noise of cars honking. For my part, the best I could do is I can lower down my voice to a mere whisper. Will the proctor warm if he/she sees my lips moving or hears somebody honking outside my house?

While the honking will not be a problem talking to yourself during your exam will be. Thus, I would start taking practice tests without speaking aloud, so you will be ready to do so on test day.
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Hello,

I have two laptops in possession. A MAC OS Monterrey MacBook Pro, and a windows 11 Home Dell laptop. It’s hard for me to believe this but apparently, neither is good for the Online GMAT secure browser. Anyone has experience with these OS and online gmat? I mean, exam fee is so expensive you would at least expect decent compatibility.
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