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GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions

What is GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions?

The GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions is a compilation of 300 hard Quantitative Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning questions, similar to hard questions found in the GMAT Official Guide series.

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What are “hard” GMAT™ questions?

What makes some GMAT questions harder than other questions is the level of complexity. Hard GMAT™ questions typically involve multiple reasoning tasks or concepts and require more than one step to solve. 

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Are the questions in the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions new?

Some questions have appeared in earlier editions of the GMAT™ Official Guide series; others have never been published before.

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Who should use the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions?

The GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions is designed for test takers who have studied the questions in the GMAT™ Official Guide series and are looking for additional practice with hard questions.

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When should I use the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions in my studying planning?

We recommend using the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions for additional practice after you have studied with the GMAT™ Official Guide series and are familiar with the different types of GMAT questions.

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What types of questions are included and how are the questions organized?

Official Advanced Questions includes 300 hard GMAT questions from past exams—150 verbal reasoning and 150 quantitative reasoning questions.

The questions are organized by fundamental skill, the same skills that are measured on the Enhanced Score Report.  Below are the type and number of fundamental-skill questions included in Advanced Questions: 

Verbal Reasoning

  • Critical Reasoning: construction/plan (23) and analysis/critique (26)
  • Reading Comprehension: identify inferred idea (31) and identify stated idea (19)
  • Sentence Corrections: communication (30) and grammar (21)

Quantitative Reasoning

  • Geometry (29)
  • Rates/Ratio/Percent (11)
  • Value/Orders/Factors (40)
  • Equal/Inequal/Algerbra (49)
  • Counts/Sets/Series (21

Get more information about fundamental skills.  

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Will the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions get me the score I want?

We can’t guarantee a specific score as everyone has varying levels of experience that they bring to the exam. Additional practice with hard questions, however, can help improve your test-taking skills and boost your confidence on exam day so that you perform at your best. 

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Can I use the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions instead of the GMAT™ Official Guide series?

You could, but we would not recommend it. The GMAT™ Official Guide series contains over 1,500 real GMAT™ questions and covers more types of questions and content areas than the GMAT Official Advanced Questions. The GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions offers only additional hard Quantitative and Verbal Reasoning questions and is intended to be a supplement to the GMAT Official Guide series.

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Is there a downloadable eBook version of the GMAT Official Advanced Questions?

Yes. The eBook version of the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions is delivered through VitalSource Bookshelf. It comes with access to the Online Question Bank. To purchase the eBook, go to https://www.mba.com/exam-prep. Once purchased, you will receive an email with instructions for downloading the eBook and getting access to the Online Question Bank.

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What is the Online Question Bank and how do I access it?

The Online Question Bank is an online tool that allows you to create customized practice sets using questions included in the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions.  

Custom practice sets can be created by organizing the questions by fundamental skills and the Online Question Bank allows you to track and measure your progress.

There are two ways to access the Online Question Bank:

1. If you purchased the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions book, you will find an access code on the inside front cover. Visit https://www.efficientlearning.com/pin/activate/ to enter your code and get online access. 

2. If you purchased the downloadable eBook from mba.com/exam-prep you should have received an email with instructions for downloading the eBook and getting access to the Online Question Bank.

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What is the difference between the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions and other GMAT preparation books on the market?

The GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions is the ONLY Official Prep collection of hard GMAT questions from past GMAT™ exams, offered exclusively from the makers of the exam. 

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Where can I purchase the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions?

You can purchase the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions eBook at mba.com/store. Print editions of this book can be purchased from other online and brick & mortar retailers. 

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Are there other products that contain questions from past GMAT exams that I can use?

In addition to the GMAT™ Official Advanced Questions, the following products in the GMAT Official Prep suite contain real GMAT questions from past exams:

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