You sit in a carrel in a computer lab or testing center, facing a computer screen. You may be alone in the room, or other test-takers may be taking tests in nearby carrels. With your mouse, you click on an icon to start your test. A question appears on screen. You answer it, clicking on the oval next to your answer choice. Satisified with your answer, you second thoughts about your choice. Then, ready to move on, you click on the box marked Next. A new question appears on screen, and you go through a process again.

This is what it is like to take a computerized GRE. After the first section, you are give a one-minute break. After finishing the second section, you have a ten-minute break. The third section may include another one-minute break.( This is the most likely scenario; it's possible you may be instructed to answer a fourth experimental section.)