are the practice question section in the GMAT prep software questions from the practice exam section of the GMAT prep software? I don't want to do the practice sections and waste the questions that might be on one of the 2 GMATs that the software has. any input on this?

Yes, the questions in the two GMATPrep folders are from the GMATPrep software, so if you haven't taken those tests yet yourself, don't go into those folders! That's why we split them off into separate folders - so you could avoid them very easily!

actually...i meant the actual software...when you run the software you have the option of either doing the "practice questions" or the "practice tests"...are the practice questions taken from the same bank as the practice tests??

Ah, got it! That's an excellent question and I don't know the answer! I'll ask our curriculum director if he knows. Hang tight!

The practice questions are from a separate pool - you won't get questions that appear on the practice tests. I was told that there aren't a ton of the "single practice questions" though - just FYI.