Computer-Adaptive GMAT Test
In a computer-adaptive test, the computer screen displays one question at
a time, which is chosen from a very large pool of questions categorized by
content and difficulty. The first question is always of medium difficulty,
and each subsequent question is determined by your responses to all the previous
questions. In other words, the CAT adjusts itself to your ability level -
you’ll get few questions that are either too easy or too difficult for you.
Each question in the GMAT CAT has five answer options, and you are required
to select one of these five as the correct answer by clicking on it. A subsequent
question is displayed on the screen only after you have answered the previous
question, so you cannot skip a question. You cannot also go back to a previously
answered question to change your answer. Thus, if you guess a correct answer
or answer a question incorrectly by mistake, your answers to subsequent questions
will lead you back to questions that are at the appropriate level of difficulty
for you.