Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Sample GMAT Questions:

Math:
A potential MBA student surviving on a retail salary attempts to save $150 per month by making coffee at home rather than purchasing Starbucks. She purchaed a coffee maker, filters and pound of coffee totaling $40. To make four cups of coffee to keep her awake during a practice GMAT, she poured water to the line marked four in the machine. The directions say to add two tablespoons to every cup of water. How many tablespoons should our student use?
--4 tablespoons
--6 days
--8 tablespoons
--10 days.

This student chose 8. The correct answer is 4, which she learned when she expected four cups of coffee, but only poured one. The other two were Joe Bloggs answers, you idiot.

Verbal:
Our GMAT-taker drank the aforementioned cup of copy, then took the practice GMATs online. The test, which is supposed to last three hours, was completed in 50 minutes.

Which of the following statements can be inferred from the above statement?
A- This student is a genius.
B- This student broke the time-space continuum and actually traveled backwards thru time while taking the test.
C-This student is a jedi, and capable of seeing the answer before the question is asked.
D-This student is not qualified to work at Starbucks.

The correct answer is D, which is too bad, because she is not qualifed to go to grad school either.

Math, again:
If three shots of espresso keeps our student activated for five hours, and our student drank this coffee at 7:00 pm, how long did she stay awake and what did she do to occupy her time?

A-2am, and studied GMAT Verbal again.
B-3am, and attempted to name every product in her store.
C-4am, and attempted to remember the ingredients of every product.
D-10pm, the next day, worked 12 hours, shit her brains (more than once), wrote this blog, plus all of the above.

The correct answer is D.

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