The GED consists of five subjects with multiple choice and essay questions.
The General Education Development tests, known better as the GED, consists of a group of examinations to measure U.S. high-school level academic skills. The GED tests five subjects, using multiple-choice and essay-type questions. The American Council on Education administers the test in the U.S., and its website offers general information, test registration, study materials and sample questions.
Language Arts: Writing
The Language Arts: Writing subject test consists of two parts. Part I contains 50 multiple-choice questions that test your knowledge of sentence structure, organization, mechanics and usage, which you have 75 minutes to complete. Exercises include identifying topic sentences and correcting sentence fragments, verb tense agreement, capitalization and punctuation errors. In Part II, you have 45 minutes to complete a grammatically correct, focused and coherent essay on a general topic.
Language Arts: Reading
You have 65 minutes to complete 45 multiple-choice questions in the Language Arts: Reading portion of the test. This section tests your reading comprehension based on your reading and analysis of various common, academic, fiction and non-fiction texts. After reading the provided text, you will answer questions that ask you to clarify the meaning of a particular phrase or to identify the overall purpose of the text.
Mathematics
The Mathematics section also consists of two parts that are both 45 minutes long with 25 questions. Concepts tested include algebra functions and patterns, statistics, probability, geometry and number operations. On Part I, you can use a standard scientific calculator provided by the test proctoring center. However, you may not use the calculator for Part II; this is done to test your estimation and mental math critical thinking skills, according to the American Council on Education.
Social Studies
The Social Studies portion tests your knowledge of U.S. and world history, civics and government, geography and economics. You will have 70 minutes to complete 50 multiple-choice questions. Some questions require you to analyze political cartoons, laws and historical texts.
Science
You have 80 minutes to complete the 50 multiple-choice questions on the Science test. This section has questions regarding life science, physical, earth and space science. Several exercises require you to analyze charts, tables and figures to draw conclusions.
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