IR Questions and Timing

by **macjas** Sat May 26, 2012 7:56 am

I was going through my MGMAT IR& Essay guide and on pg.6 it lists the various types of prompts. In reference to two part questions, do the two responses equate to two questions or are they considered two parts of a single question?

Today for the first time I logged into my OG 13 IR online question bank and it took me four minutes to answer the first sample question involved percentages and making three choices in two yes/no columns. So I'm assuming I will be seeing fewer of these 'longer' type questions? In any case what would be the maximum amount of time to spend on such a question?

by **StaceyKoprince** Sat May 26, 2012 4:51 pm

Anything that appears on one screen is a *single* question. The two parts to a Two-Part question, for example, comprise one two-part question.

Same deal for the three yes/no statements on one screen: that's considered one three-part question.

We have an average of 2.5 minutes to spend on each question. You can spend up to 3, maybe 3.5 on some, but that will mean going faster on others or bailing much more quickly on a couple that are Just Too Hard.

Note also: that was your first time. :) It took me way too long the first time too. These are new and weird and it's just going to take some time to figure out how they work.

by **macjas** Mon May 28, 2012 2:42 am

Hi Stacey, thanks for the insight. On another note, I've noticed that on the OG IR questions that have long passages, there are three questions associated with each passage. These are the same question types that took me 4 minutes to complete the first question. Is it safe to assume that such long passages will have more than one question associated with them?

For instance, the first question took me 4 minutes but I was able to do the other two in under one minute. These question types seem like RC questions with a DS and PS twist to them. So if this is the case then I don't have to worry too much since the time averages out over the questions.

by **StaceyKoprince** Wed May 30, 2012 12:56 pm

Yes, that's correct. We typically have at least two questions for the Multi-Source Reasoning passages (the ones with 2 or 3 tabs of information), so that's at least 5 minutes to do everything, which obviously includes the up-front reading time.

RC is definitely the right analogy to make! :)

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