Question Distribution in Data Insights

The number of MSR questions increased on the cost of DS questions.

A few more points that may matter for someone taking the test. Sorry for making these posts in part.

Now we can expect to get more than one long passage. In the classic GMAT the pattern in the RC remained as follow:

3 Short passages having 3 questions each (3x3=9)
1 Long passage having four questions (4)

Total questions 14

But in the focus edition I did 4 iterations and got different results

Scenario 1
2 Long passages with 4 questions each and 2 short passages with 3 questions each total 14 RC questions and 9 CR questions.

Scenario 2
1 Long passages with 4 questions and 2 short passages with 3 questions each total 10 RC questions and 13 CR questions.

My concluding remarks:

The number of RC and CR questions varies.
The number of PS questions remain same.
The number of DI question (type-wise) varies.
The number of MSR questions ranges 3-6
Table analysis question could be tested least. 2-3 questions at average.
The number of Two-Part analysis question can varies in the range of 4-6.

I am attaching a file containing the results of 4 iteration of the GMAT Prep Focus.

Regards

Based on the document, keeping track of how many long RCs you've done could give an idea what to expect. If you've already done 2, for example.

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Just want to confirm, so there will be no CR and RC type Data Insights questions (for eg. a two-part analysis question which asks for strengthener and weakener) in Gmat focus exam?

Hi shivamkumar9242,

You can absolutely expect a DI question to look like a CR or RC question (the Focus practice tests have such questions). We don't know whether we'll see "verbal DS" immediately though.

You can get asked CR-like questions in two-part analysis and multi-source reasoning. But as has been said, at the moment, we don't expect those types of questions in Data Sufficiency.

Sajjad1994



Hi, just wanted to know how GI, MSR, TPA etc are marked. Are they marked individually per part or the entire question as a whole? For example, if there are four parts in a MSR question, and I get one part of MSR question wrong, will I lose credit for the entire MSR block or just that one particular part?

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One needs to answer all parts of the question correctly to get rewarded. For example, if a table analysis question has three statements a test taker need to answer all three correct to get points. Similarly, a graph question with two blanks will give you marks only when you mark both of them correct.

In the Two-Part Analysis and Data Sufficency section od DI, what are the core quant topics we are asked about in GMAT Focus?
After doing 5 mock tests I have the impression that rates are key.
Any inisght would help a lot! I am not good with DI and specially these topics are penalizing me. My strength is Verbal. DI and Quant are very challenging for me.