Contoh Soal Quantitative Reasoning Test: GMST IUP UGM

GMST IUP UGM - QUANTITATIVE REASONING TEST

The Quantitative Reasoning section contains four types of questions:

• Quantitative Comparison Questions
• Multiple-choice Questions — Select One Answer Choice
• Multiple-choice Questions — Select One or More Answer Choices
• Numeric Entry Questions

Each question appears either independently as a discrete question or as part of a set of questions called a Data Interpretation set. All of the questions in a Data Interpretation set are based on the same data presented in tables, graphs or other displays of data. Below are descriptions, directions and samples of each type of question.

Quantitative Comparison Questions

Questions of this type ask the examinee to compare two quantities — Quantity A and Quantity B — and then determine which of four statements describes the comparison.

Sample Questions

Directions: Compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using additional information centered above the two quantities if such information is given, and select one of the following four answer choices.

1. Quantity A is greater.
2. Quantity B is greater.
3. The two quantities are equal.
4. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

A symbol that appears more than once in a question has the same meaning throughout the question.

1.

Quantity A

Quantity B

1. Quantity A is greater.
2. Quantity B is greater.
3. The two quantities are equal.
4. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Correct Answer: A

RSTU is a parallelogram.

2.

Quantity A x

Quantity B y

1. Quantity A is greater.
2. Quantity B is greater.
3. The two quantities are equal.
4. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Correct Answer: D

Multiple-choice Questions — Select One Answer Choice

These questions are multiple-choice questions that ask the examinee to select only one answer choice from a list of five choices.

Sample Questions

Select a single answer choice.

1. The figure above shows a circle with center C and radius 6. What is the sum of the areas of the two shaded regions?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 

Correct Answer: D

2. The figure above shows the graph of the function f defined by  for all numbers x. For which of the following functions g defined for all numbers x does the graph of gintersect the graph of f ?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 

Correct Answer: E

Multiple-choice Questions — Select One or More Answer Choices

These questions are multiple-choice questions that ask the examinee to select one or more answer choices from a list of choices. A question may or may not specify the number of choices to select.

Sample Questions

Select one or more answer choices according to the specific question directions.

If the question does not specify how many answer choices to select, select all that apply.

The correct answer may be just one of the choices or as many as all of the choices, depending on the question.

No credit is given unless you select all of the correct choices and no others.

If the question specifies how many answer choices to select, select exactly that number of choices.

1. Each employee of a certain company is in either Department X or Department Y, and there are more than twice as many employees in Department X as in Department Y. The average (arithmetic mean) salary is $25,000 for the employees in Department X and $35,000 for the employees in Department Y. Which of the following amounts could be the average salary for all of the employees of the company?

Indicate all such amounts.

1. $26,000
2. $28,000
3. $29,000
4. $30,000
5. $31,000
6. $32,000
7. $34,000

Correct Answer: A and B

2. If f, g, and h are positive integers such that, f is a factor of g, and g is a factor of h, which of the following statements must be true?

Indicate all such statements.

1. f  is a factor of 
2. f  is a factor of gh.
3. f  is a factor of 

Correct Answer: A, B and C

Numeric Entry Questions

Questions of this type ask the examinee either to enter the answer as an integer or a decimal in a single answer box or to enter it as a fraction in two separate boxes — one for the numerator and one for the denominator. In the computer-delivered test, the computer mouse and keyboard are used to enter the answer.

Sample Questions

Enter your answer as an integer or a decimal if there is a single answer box OR as a fraction if there are two separate boxes — one for the numerator and one for the denominator.

Equivalent forms of the correct answer, such as 2.5 and 2.50, are all correct. Fractions do not need to be reduced to lowest terms, though you may need to reduce your fraction to fit in the boxes.

Enter the exact answer unless the question asks you to round your answer.

1. 

Correct Answer: 101

2. A university admitted 100 students who transferred from other institutions. Of these students, 34 transferred from two-year community colleges, 25 transferred from private four-year institutions, and the rest transferred from public four-year institutions. If two different students are to be selected at random from the 100 students, what is the probability that both students selected will be students who transferred from two-year community colleges?

Give your answer as a fraction.

Correct Answer:  (or any equivalent fraction).

Data Interpretation Sets

Data Interpretation questions are grouped together and refer to the same table, graph or other data presentation. These questions ask the examinee to interpret or analyze the given data. The types of questions may be Multiple-choice (both types) or Numeric Entry.

Sample Questions

Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following data.

PERCENT CHANGE IN MONTHLY* VALUE OF INVENTORY
AT SIX BUSINESSES FROM APRIL TO JUNE

The table has 3 columns, and 6 rows.

Business	Percent Change from April to May	Percent Change from May to June
G	6	8
K	5
M	2	12
R	8
V	14	0
Z	2

*Inventory values are determined at the end of each month.

1. If the value of the inventory at Business K was $30,000 for April, what was the value of the inventory at Business K for June?

1. $22,500
2. $29,925
3. $30,000
4. $33,000
5. $33,075

Correct Answer: B

2.At Business M, the value of the inventory for May was what percent of the value of the inventory for June?

Give your answer to the nearest 0.1 percent.

%

Correct Answer: 89.3

3. For which of the six businesses shown was the percent change in the value of the inventory from April to June greatest?

1. G
2. K
3. M
4. R
5. V

Correct Answer: A

Questions 4 to 6 are based on the following data.

4. Approximately how many people are in the production and transportation sector of the workforce?

1. 9 million
2. 12 million
3. 15 million
4. 18 million
5. 21 million

Correct Answer: E

5. Approximately what fraction of the workforce in the food service area of the service sector consists of union members?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 

Correct Answer: C

6. In the workforce, the ratio of the number of union members to the number of nonmembers is the same for the sales sector as it is for the protective service area of the service sector. Which of the following is closest to the number of nonmembers in the sales sector?

1. 2.9 million
2. 3.6 million
3. 10.4 million
4. 11.1 million
5. 14.0 million

Correct Answer: A

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Contoh Soal Verbal Reasoning Test: GMST IUP UGM

GMST IUP UGM - VERBAL REASONING TEST

The Verbal Reasoning section of General Test contains three types of questions:

• Reading Comprehension
• Text Completion
• Sentence Equivalence

Reading Comprehension questions appear in sets; Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence questions are independent.

Reading Comprehension Questions

There are three types of Reading Comprehension questions:

Multiple-choice Questions — Select One Answer Choice:These are the traditional multiple-choice questions with five answer choices of which the examinee must select one.

Multiple-choice Questions — Select One or More Answer Choices: These provide three answer choices and ask the examinee to select all that are correct; one, two or all three of the answer choices may be correct. To gain credit for these questions, the examinee must select all the correct answers, and only those; there is no credit for partially correct answers.

Select-in-Passage: The question asks the examinee to click on the sentence in the passage that meets a certain description. To answer the question, the examinee chooses one of the sentences and clicks on it; clicking anywhere on a sentence will highlight it.

Reading comprehension passages are drawn from the physical sciences, the biological sciences, the social sciences, the arts and humanities, and everyday topics, and are based on material found in books and periodicals, both academic and nonacademic. The passages range in length from one paragraph to four or five paragraphs.

Sample questions 1 to 3 below are based on this passage:

Policymakers must confront the dilemma that fossil fuels continue to be an indispensable source of energy even though burning them produces atmospheric accumulations of carbon dioxide that increase the likelihood of potentially disastrous global climate change. Currently, technology that would capture carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and sequester it harmlessly underground or undersea instead of releasing it into the atmosphere might double the cost of generating electricity. But because sequestration does not affect the cost of electricity transmission and distribution, delivered prices will rise less, by no more than 50 percent. Research into better technologies for capturing carbon dioxide will undoubtedly lead to lowered costs.

Sample Multiple-choice Question — Select One Answer Choice

1. The passage implies which of the following about the current cost of generating electricity?

1. It is higher than it would be if better technologies for capturing carbon dioxide were available.
2. It is somewhat less than the cost of electricity transmission and distribution.
3. It constitutes at most half of the delivered price of electricity.
4. It is dwelt on by policymakers to the exclusion of other costs associated with electricity delivery.
5. It is not fully recovered by the prices charged directly to electricity consumers.

Correct Answer: C

Sample Multiple-choice Question — Select One or More Answer Choices

Consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply.

2. The passage suggests that extensive use of sequestration would, over time, have which of the following consequences?

1. The burning of fossil fuels would eventually cease to produce atmospheric accumulations of carbon dioxide.
2. The proportion of the delivered price of electricity due to generation would rise and then decline.
3. Power plants would consume progressively lower quantities of fossil fuels.

Correct Answer: B

Sample Select-in-Passage Question

3. Select the sentence that explains why an outcome of sequestration that might have been expected would not occur.

Correct Answer: "But because sequestration does not affect the cost of electricity transmission and distribution, delivered prices will rise less, by no more than 50 percent."

Sample questions 4 to 6 below are based on this passage:

Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an approach that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music in his compositions. Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies' sound is distinctively his. Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass's classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music. Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music. His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.

Sample Multiple-choice Question — Select One Answer Choice

4. The passage addresses which of the following issues related to Glass's use of popular elements in his classical compositions?

1. How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics
2. How it has affected the commercial success of Glass's music
3. Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers in using popular elements in their compositions
4. Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass's reputation as a composer of classical music
5. Whether it has caused certain of Glass's works to be derivative in quality

Correct Answer: E

Sample Multiple-choice Question — Select One or More Answer Choices

Consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply.

5. The passage suggests that Glass's work displays which of the following qualities?

1. A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions
2. An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of classical music
3. A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical styles

Correct Answer: A and C

Sample Select-in-Passage Question

6. Select the sentence that distinguishes two ways of integrating rock and classical music.

Correct Answer: "His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics."

Text Completion Questions

Text Completion questions include a passage composed of one to five sentences with one to three blanks. There are three answer choices per blank, or five answer choices if there is a single blank. There is a single correct answer, consisting of one choice for each blank. The examinee receives no credit for partially correct answers.

Sample Text Completion Questions

Directions: For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

1. It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (1)__________ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to (2)__________ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the (3)__________, calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet.

Answer choices for question 1.

Blank (1)	Blank (2)	Blank (3)
overshadowed	enhance	plausibility of our hypotheses
invalidated	obscure	certainty of our entitlement
illuminated	underscore	superficiality of our theories

Correct Answer: overshadowed, obscure, and superficiality of our theories

2. Vain and prone to violence, Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (1)__________ as an artist increased, the more (2)__________ his life became.

Answer choices for question 2.

Blank (1)	Blank (2)
temperance	tumultuous
notoriety	providential
eminence	dispassionate

Correct Answer: eminence and tumultuous

3. The author's (1)__________ style renders a fascinating subject, the role played by luck in everyday life, extraordinarily (2)__________.

Answer choices for question 3.

Blank (1)	Blank (2)
soporific	pedantic
lucid	tedious
colloquial	opaque

Correct Answer: soporific and tedious

4. From the outset, the concept of freedom of the seas from the proprietary claims of nations was challenged by a contrary notion — that of the _______ of the oceans for reasons of national security and profit.

Answer choices for question 4.

promotion

exploration

surveying

conservation

appropriation

Correct Answer: appropriation

Sentence Equivalence Questions

Sentence Equivalence questions consist of a single sentence, one blank, and six answer choices. These questions require the examinee to select two of the answer choices. The examinee receives no credit for partially correct answers.

Sample Sentence Equivalence Questions

Directions: Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.

1. Although it does contain some pioneering ideas, one would hardly characterize the work as __________.

1. orthodox
2. eccentric
3. original
4. trifling
5. conventional
6. innovative

Correct Answer: C and F

2.The corporation expects only _______ increases in sales next year despite a yearlong effort to revive its retailing business.

1. dynamic
2. predictable
3. expanding
4. modest
5. slight
6. volatile

Correct Answer: D and E

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Definisi Tes GMST Sebagai Salah Syarat Tes Masuk IUP UGM

Gadjah Mada Scholastic Test (GMST IUP UGM)

Tes GMST (Gadjah Mada Scholastic Test) adalah sebuah tes kemampuan verbal dan penalaran kuantitatif. Definisi verbal menurut Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) adalah /ver·bal/ /vérbal/ secara lisan (bukan tertulis), sedangkan kemampuan verbal adalah kemampuan potensial seseorang dibidang bahasa yang dapat diukur melalui tes pengetahuan verbal kosakata atau perbedaharaan kata, padanan kata atau verbal analogi, persamaan kata atau sinonim, lawan kata atau antonim serta verbal lainnya.

Tes kemampuan verbal adalah tes yang digunakan pada psikotes atau psikologi yang tujuannya untuk mengukur kecakapan dan kemampuan bahasa seseorang, baik itu lisan maupun tulisan, serta tes verbal ini untuk mengukur sejauh mana seseorang bisa memahami mengenai perihal yang dibicarakan.

Dengan mempunyai kemampuan verbal yang baik, seseorang atau komunikan (pendengar atau pembaca) mudah untuk memahami pesan baik itu secara tertulis (written) atau secara lisan (oral) yang disampaikan oleh komunikator.

Kemampuan verbal sangatlah berkaitan dengan inteligensi seseorang. Semakin tinggi inteligensi seseorang biasanya mempunyai pengetahuan umum atau informasi serta wawasan yang luas.

Tes verbal berkaitan dengan kemampuan bahasa serta tingkat pendidikan seseorang, jika seseorang mempunyai perbendaharaan kata (vocabulary) yang luas maka tinggi pula tingkat inteligensinya.

Jenis – Jenis Tes Verbal

•    Verbal Kosakata (vocabulary)

•    Verbal Sinonim (persamaan arti kata)

•    Verbal Antonim (lawan kata)

•    Verbal Analogi (padanan kata)

•    Verbal Acak Kata (Pola Kata Baru)

Menurut NCTM, quantitative reasoning (QR) atau penalaran kuantitatif adalah kemampuan yang dikembangkan dalam pembelajaran matematika untuk menganalisis informasi kuantitatif dan untuk menentukan keterampilan dan prosedur yang dapat diterapkan pada masalah tertentu untuk sampai pada suatu solusi.

Penalaran kuantitatif, baik secara umum maupun untuk tujuan penilaian, difokuskan pada pemecahan masalah. Hal tersebut meliputi enam kemampuan: membaca dan memahami informasi yang diberikan dalam berbagai bentuk; menafsirkan informasi kuantitatif dan membuat gambaran kesimpulan; pemecahan masalah menggunakan aritmatika, aljabar, geometri, atau metode statistik; memperkirakan jawaban dan memeriksa kelayakan; mengkomunikasikan informasi kuantitatif; dan membuat batasan dari metode matematika atau statistik.

Penalaran kuantitatif memerlukan penggunaan konten matematika untuk tujuan penilaian dan untuk memecahkan masalah secara lebih umum. Penalaran kuantitatif, bagaimanapun, berbeda secara mendasar, baik secara konseptual maupun praktis, dari pengetahuan konten matematika. Terdapat empat tipe pertanyaan QR, yaitu quantitative comparison, multiple choice-select one, multiple choice-select one or more dan numeric entry. Pada artikel ini akan dikaji soal-soal yang berkaitan dengan keempat tipe tersebut dan dikaitkan dengan pemecahan masalah (sehari-hari).  

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