IR: Adaptive or No?

[SanjayG915]

Hi, I'm hoping I haven't missed a question about this on the Forums (I reviewed them as per Stacy's post):

I can't figure out from mba.com whether the IR section is adaptive (like Verbal & Math) or not. Any ideas? If you're doing better, are you going to see tougher questions or is the block of 12 questions fixed at the beginning?

[tim]

IR is not adaptive.

[SanjayG915]

Thanks Tim. Much appreciated.

[RonPurewal]

Make sure you know that, even though IR is non-adaptive, there's still no reason to strive for a "perfect" result. The highest score (8 on a scale of 8) is usually awarded if you get ≥9 of 12 problems correct. Sometimes even 8 out of 12, if the section is challenging enough according to group statistics.

[yoosar]

Since IR is not adaptive, is there a penalty for not completing all questions? Or would the incomplete questions just count as incorrect? I don't plan to leave any questions blank. I am curious since it seems you only need to get 8 out of 12 right for the highest score. Thanks in advance.

[Chelsey Cooley]

Everything I've seen suggests that the penalty doesn't apply on IR. But I say that with the caveat that I've never seen an official ruling from the GMAC on it, so I'm not 100% sure. Maybe another instructor knows for certain...