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Exam format

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:29 pm
by d2001
Hi All,

Does anyone know if it is NV or Verbal first?
Also, is the exam split into sections?
ie, exam split into sections, each section completed within a set time before going onto the next one.

I believe it is Verbal reasoning (90 questions in 50 minutes) and
Non-verbal reasoning tests (75 questions in 39 minutes).

Re: Exam format

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:40 pm
by Fat pigeon
Hi the letter isn't clear, but it mentions NVR first then VR :) .
AFAIK NVR is split into non-returnable sections HTH.

Re: Exam format

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 4:54 pm
by Rainbow Petals
I always thought they would do VR before NVR.

Re: Exam format

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 7:21 pm
by KhadijahA-R
It does not say anywhere on the letter I have received. I always thought that VR comes before NVR. I am sure it always has, with a 15 minute break in between

Re: Exam format

Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 1:31 pm
by baffled
AFAIK NVR is split into non-returnable sections


sorry but please do explain what that means (my user name says it all!)

Re: Exam format

Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 1:36 pm
by Rainbow Petals
baffled wrote:AFAIK NVR is split into non-returnable sections


sorry but please do explain what that means (my user name says it all!)
Hi there :)

Non-verbal reasoning is split into separately timed sections. Instead of doing the whole exam paper in one go, each section will be timed individually. So for example they may have 5 minutes on section 1, 10 minutes on section 2 and so on. This means any work that they do on a particular section has to be completed within the given time. When they move onto another next section, they cannot go back to other sections.

Re: Exam format

Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:05 pm
by Fat pigeon
AFAIK = As far as I know :)

Re: Exam format

Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 5:25 pm
by Daogroupie
Sadly it means that if you are good at one type of NVR you cannot use the time gained to help you solve other types you might find it harder. You finish one section and then cannot go back to a previous section or forward to the next section. This means you cannot really afford to be weak in more than a couple of types. DG

Re: Exam format

Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:01 pm
by KhadijahA-R
Daogroupie wrote:Sadly it means that if you are good at one type of NVR you cannot use the time gained to help you solve other types you might find it harder. You finish one section and then cannot go back to a previous section or forward to the next section. This means you cannot really afford to be weak in more than a couple of types. DG
So true.
But do the questions get harder within each section, with the harder questions as the last couple of them. If so, that at least allows a strategy

Re: Exam format

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:17 am
by baffled
hey all - (thanks fat pigeon for abreviation breakdown!lol)

and are you guys really sure that it will be in timed sections as i always thought it would be one whole paper to do within allotted time and not in sections as i have not heard of that from anyone?????????????????yikes that will be tough if so.........................