The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Prometric, the US-based agency that is conducting the ensuing Common Admission Test (CAT), have released a practice test on the web ahead of the actual examination.
Having burnt their fingers with the computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT) in 2009, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Prometric the US-based firm which has been assigned the task of conducting the exam have proposed a few changes to ensure this year's exam is conducted without any technical glitches.
Some students were caught cheating on camera. They were subsequently asked to leave the examination centre, Prometric, the company which provided the software for the test, admitted for the first time.
Even as day three of the computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT) continued to add to the anxiety of the student community, academicians have shifted the blame game from Prometric to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and NIIT, accusing them of adopting a highly casual attitude.
We asked experts who gave the CAT 2011 exam on the first day to give us a detailed analysis of the new pattern. Here, expert Naveenan Ramachandran of 2IIM shares his views about the exam.
After months of speculation and apprehension, students have finally been let in on the pattern of this year's computer-based CAT.
IIMs issue answers to the most frequently asked questions candidates have regarding CAT 2009.
Conducting an examination at this level is a very complex task, says Pankaj Chandra, Director, IIM Bangalore.
The CAT 2009 has been plagued with various problems and has candidates scrambling for answers. But Karan Agrawal, who will be taking the test on December 3, has some different concerns.
The decision was made in view of a series of bank holidays in September
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Results of the Common Admission Test could get delayed with Indian Institutes of Management and Prometric, which conducted the online test, still to decide a new date for conducting the exam for students who could not give their exam due to technical glitches.
Prometric and IIMs issue a final reminder to all candidates.
The dates for the exam may be extended beyond December 8 and 9.
The Common Admission Test (CAT) this year too may remain a paper-pencil test given the logistics involved.
The announcement that the CAT will now be a computer-based test has given rise to numerous questions in the minds of test-taker. The FAQs mentioned below are an attempt to answer those questions based on the information currently available.
Prometric as well as IIM-Indore provide answers to some of the most frequently asked questions by CAT takers this year.
Ramesh Nava, vice-president and general manager, Asia-Pacific, Japan & Africa -- Prometric, which is conducting the CAT exams, speaks to Archana M Prasanna on what went wrong with CAT 2009.
Various points that you need to keep in mind while attempting the exam.
Making sense of the various issues that have now cropped up and putting them in the correct perspective.
The improved changes aim to help students prepare and perform better in the test, says ARKS Srinivas.
Students can register for the Common Admission Test between August 5 and September 24, while the exam will be held between October 16 and November 11, 2013.
The last date to register for the Common Admission Test (CAT 2013) is September 24. Read on for details on how to register for the test...
