The ATGSB (Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business) administered in November 1961
Changes from the 1954 ATGSB included the removal of the Verbal, Quantitative Reading and the Best Arguments Sections and the introduction of the Directed Memory, Organization of Ideas, and Data Sufficiency questions.
Directed Memory (Reading Recall) – 35 Minutes
Directions: In the test you will be given a period of time for the study of several extended prose passages. Then, without looking back at the passages, you will answer questions based on their contents. The following exercise is much shorter than those appearing on the test, but it illustrates the general nature of the passages and the questions. Remember, though, that on the test you will not be allowed to refer back to the passage.
Soon after the First World War began, public attention was concentrated on the spectacular activities of the submarine, and the question was raised more pointedly than ever whether or not the day of the battleship had ended. Naval men conceded the importance of the U-boat and recognized the need for defense against it, but they still placed their confidence in big guns and big ships. The German naval victory at Coronel, off Chile, and the British victories at the Falkland Islands and in the North Sea convinced the experts that the fortune still favored superior guns (even though speed played an important part in these battles); and, as long as British dreadnoughts kept the German High Seas Fleet immobilized, the battleship remained in the eyes of naval men the key to naval power.
Public attention was focused on the submarine because
(A) it had immobilized the German High Seas Fleet.
(B) it had played a major role in the British victories at the Falkland Islands and in the North Sea
(C) it had taken the place of the battleship
(D) of its spectacular activities
(E) of its superior speed
Answer: D
Organization of Ideas – 20 Minutes
Directions: Each set of questions in this section consists of a number of statements. Most of these statements refer to the same subject or idea. The statements can be classified as follows:
(A) the central idea to which most of the statements are replated;
(B) main supporting ideas, which are general points directly related to the central idea;
(C) illustrative facts or detailed statements, which document the main supporting ideas;
(D) statements irrelevant to the central idea.
The sentences do not make up one complete paragraph. They may be regarded as the components of a sentence-outline for a brief essay. The outline might, for example, have the following form:
A – contains the central idea
B – contains a main supporting idea
C – presents an illustrative fact
B – contains a main supporting idea
C – presents an illustrative fact
C – presents an illustrative fact
Classify each of the following sentences in accordance with the system described above.
(1) The Roman roads connected all parts of the empire with Rome.
(2) The Roman roads were so well built that some of them remain today.
(3) One of the greatest achievements of the Romans was their extensive and durable system of roads.
(4) Wealthy investors in Roman times used horse-drawn coaches.
(5) Along Roman roads caravans would bring to Rome luxuries from Alexandria and the East
Answers:
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
Data Sufficiency – 15 Minutes
Directions: Each of the questions below is followed by two statements labeled (1) and (2), in which certain data are given. In these questions you do not actually have to compute the answer, but rather you have to decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. Use the data given in the statements plus your knowledge of mathematics and everyday facts (such as the number of days in July)
(A) If statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked
(B) If statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked
(C) If BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient
(D) If EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked
(E) If statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question asked, and additional data specific to the problem are needed
In a four volume work, what is the weight of the third volume?
(1) The four volume work weighs 6 pounds.
(2) The first three volumes together weigh 5 pounds.
Answer: E
Quantitative – 75 Minutes
Directions: In this section solve each problem, using any available space on the page for scratch work. Then indicate the one correct answer in the appropriate space on the answer sheet.
Data Interpretation
| 1st Year | 2nd Year | |
| Britain | 68% | 38% |
| Russia | 5% | 30% |
| All others | 27% | 32% |
| Total Value of Supplies (in billions of dollars) | 2 | 8 |
What percent of the total value of lend-lease supplies for both years was received by Russia and Britain combined?
(A) 31
(B) 44
(C) 69
(D) 70.5
(E) 141
Answer: C
Problem Solving
If the length of a rectangle is increased by 10 percent and the width by 40 percent, by what percent is the area increased.
(A) 4
(B) 15.4
(C) 50
(D) 54
(E) 400
Answer: D
These questions were published in 1984 in Appendix A of the Graduate Management Admission Test: Technical Report on Test Development and Score Interpretation for GMAT Users by William B. Schrader for the Graduate Management Admission Council.
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