I was that Jonathan stated that "the question bank may not be 100% representative of the actual GMAT question pool" in another post on forum

U wanted to clarify why Jonathan feels this way about the GMAT Focus questions. What do others think about the GMAT Focus questions? They definitely do seem different then GMAT Prep Test questions. There was way more probability and counting questions then I expected.

Has anyone taken the GMAT recently (since GMAT Focus was introduced) that can verify as to how representative GMAT Focus vs GMAT Prep questions are?

Thanks!

In general, both GMATPrep and GMAT Focus are likely less representative than the real test for the simple reason that the pools of questions are smaller than the pool for the official test. Fewer questions = opportunity to skew the percentages of different content areas.

It also isn't clear whether the people who choose questions to put into the GMATPrep and GMAT Focus databases take into account the different frequencies at which various topics appear when they are choosing the GPREP / GFocus questions. They may. They may not. We don't know.

Finally, GMAT Focus is designed to be a math diagnostic test - to tell you your strengths and weaknesses on math. GMATPrep is designed to simulate the real exam across as many metrics as possible. If I had to choose, I'd go with GMATPrep as a more accurate representation of the official test, then - although, again, we don't really know what criteria they use to choose the questions they put into each pool.

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Stacey - Thanks for taking the time respond. Sounds like a good perspective on the subject.

you're welcome!

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ManhattanGMAT