OG RC's have lot of questions per passage..

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OG RC's have lot of questions per passage..

by TkNeo » Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:51 am
unlike the MGMAT tests i have been taking in which the maximum # of questions i have seen in a passage is 4.

which one is more representative of the real GMAT ?

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TkNeo wrote:unlike the MGMAT tests i have been taking in which the maximum # of questions i have seen in a passage is 4.

which one is more representative of the real GMAT ?
Recent reports from test takers show that most people see 4 passages on test day, with 4 questions on each of the first 2 passages and 3 questions on each of the last 2 passages. It's possible that you'll only see 3 passages on test day, in which case one of your passages may have 5 questions.

However, even though you'll only see 3-5 questions per passage, each passage actually has a pretty big pool of questions (so the test can continue to adapt to your performance). Most (if not all) of those questions appear in the OG.
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