Unusual event in GRE PBT October 24th 2009 - Possible Extensive Cheating

[Fexical]

I took the GRE on October 24th, 2009 then I came home and found out to my surprise, that the questions of the verbal section had leaked in some Chinese and Korean forums BEFORE the test was taken. Unbelievable!
The questions available in these webpages are EXACTLY the same and in the same order as the questions of the GRE I took.

I can post the links here if it's not against the rules.

Do you think this is a sign of an extensive cheating? How did they manage to obtain the exact questions before the test?

I apprised ETS. What would be their possible reaction? Re-taking the test?

[youven]

sounds fishy. How did you know to go look at that particular website in the first place?

[Fexical]

I didn't find it myself. But the one who found it: he simply googled an analogy question he remembered from the test. "AAAA : BBBB"

[Sean Kaulback]

Hi Fexical; Weird, test papers leaking in China.This sounds de-ja-vu from 2003. I wrote my GRE on oct 22; later tried searching 2-3 verbals that I recollected and haven't come across them as yet.

[sardar62]

hi fexical
where did you take your exam?

[manduko]

lol, i also took the test oct 24 09, and i googled the analogy and... voila!!!

apparently, its an old test, oct 26 08, but the exact same one i just took!!

[Fexical]

Yes... ETS must explain about it since they claim that every GRE is unique.

[fromcttoupenn]

Whoa! I found one question(sc) which appeared in my test taken on 23 sept. We should definitely do something about this and inform ETS about this issue.

[Fexical]

they charge you 180$ for a stupid test and don't even bother to make a new one.

[amin2010]

I took the same test, and was surprised to receive an email with links to several Chinese and Korean blogs containing the exact same questions I struggled with in the verbal section....