PSAT/NMSQT Practice Tests 2027

The closer your practice is to the real PSAT/NMSQT, the higher you'll score on the test. This book includes 4 full-length, adaptive-style tests that do exactly that—ideal for PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10 prep. 

Practice Designed for Measurable Improvement

• 4 full-length PSAT/NMSQT practice tests covering Reading and Writing and Math
• Includes 3-month and 6-month study plans to support different prep timelines

Adaptive-Style Practice Framework

• Practice tests are built in a six-module adaptive-style format
• Module 2 routes to Easy or Hard based on your Module 1 performance, giving an adaptive test experience on paper 

Explanations That Teach

Most prep books tell you what the right answer is. This book shows you how to get there.

• Every explanation is built on Vibrant's 5-Step Approach to solving questions with accuracy and speed
• Strategies for pacing, accuracy, and eliminating wrong answers are woven throughout
• Answer keys and scaled-score guidance are included for every test

PSAT/NMSQT Coverage

• A complete guide to PSAT/NMSQT format, scoring, timing, and question types
• Dedicated coverage of the Selection Index and the National Merit Scholarship Program

Online Resources

• Bonus Hard Questions for advanced practice
• Companion Notes covering grammar rules, Standard English Conventions, and Math formulas
• Frequently tested vocabulary words

Whether used for self-study, classroom instruction, or tutoring support, this book offers realistic, exam-aligned practice for mastering the full PSAT/NMSQT.

Learn the fundamentals of becoming a skillful and successful entrepreneur


The book covers the fundamental areas that you should know about like:

• Identifying business opportunities and leveraging them
• Developing a product/service that solves a genuine problem
• Setting up a company and registering it
• Creating a business plan for your business
• Segmenting markets and customers according to your business requirements
• Marketing your product and tackling competitors

Whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or an experienced business owner, Entrepreneurship Essentials You Always Wanted To Know is full of many entrepreneurial insights that you can tap from. It entails all the necessary steps you can take to become successful in your pursuits to build and maintain a flourishing business.

Dipping your legs in the sea of competitive businesses and experienced business owners can look daunting. But, if you build a strong foundation for your business and yourself, you can also become a successful entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship Essentials is a primer for people looking to try their hands at entrepreneurship. It talks about what it takes to be a successful business owner and the challenges that arise in the path and provides all the necessary answers to the questions you may have about how to create, manage, and direct a business to profitability.

This book does not just state the theories of entrepreneurship but makes learning a fun process with interesting facts, discussion questions, and real-world examples. This self-learning book is also ideal for business students who want to learn about entrepreneurship as it is written in an easy-to-grasp language and comes with online resources to enhance the learning process.

6 Practice Tests for the GRE: 5th Edition is a revised and updated book for all GRE test-takers to crack the test with high scores.

Taking the 6 full-length testswhich consist of 480+ updated practice questionswill give you an insight into the format of the actual test, make you familiar with different question types, prepare you to manage your time on the test day, and enable you to evaluate and work on your strengths and weaknesses.

Practicing the Verbal Reasoning questions based on Business, Technology, Social Science, Arts and Humanities, Physical Sciences, and Biological Sciences, just like in the real GRE, will give you exposure to a wide variety of questions. Implementing and strengthening your mathematical learnings with questions on Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, and Data Analysis that form a part of Quantitative Reasoning will reduce your response time to answer questions.

Sample Essays will give you a chance to compare and write GRE-compliant essays and give you an insight into the ‘how tos’ of analyzing prompts.

Additionally, you will learn about the format and the scoring parameters of the test from the Overview chapter, will be able to evaluate your strong and weak areas through the detailed Answer Explanations, and use the tips and strategies given in the book to leave no stone unturned in your prep for the GRE!

A simple guide to making managerial decisions based oncost data

This new edition includes an exciting new chapter on Customer Profitability, updated chapter contents, and real-world examples that will help learners to understand how to use cost accounting tools to make decisions to benefit their organizations.With this book, readers will be able to:

• Explore the world of Cost Accounting
• Conduct Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis for your company
• Learn to use Activity-based Costing
• Understand concepts of Cost Allocation and Control
• Make decisions using relevant cost information
• Discover the difference between Customer and Product Profitability Analysis

Cost Accounting & Management Essentials is ideal for working professionals moving into management roles. This book will also be useful to senior management and individuals who need to understand cost accounting numbers.

With the following topics in your arsenal, you will be fully equipped for your next big Interview!

• Leadership
• Personality
• Confidence
• Character
• Addictiveness
• Composure
• Behavioral
• Innovation
• Problem Solving
• Job Competency

This book includes 250 Innovative Real-life scenario-based Interview Questions and Strategies to respond to interview questions to help you ace your interviews and start your dream career.

Core Java Interview Questions You’ll Most Likely Be Asked: Second Edition is your perfect companion to stand above the rest in today’s competitive job market.

With this guide, you learn or refresh Core Java fundamentals and principles necessary for cracking the coding interview and acquaint yourself with real-life interview questions and strategies to reach the solutions. The Resume building tutorial and the Aptitude tests equip you to present yourself better even before the job interview.

This book is a complete course in itself to prepare for your dream Java job placement.

What does it take to build a successful product—and develop a career in product management?

Product Management Fundamentals for Aspiring Product Managers provides a practical introduction to product strategy, development, and the skills needed to manage products throughout their lifecycle.

Designed for aspiring and early-career product managers, MBA students, project and program managers, Scrum Masters, founders, analysts, consultants, marketing and sales professionals, and technical leads, the book connects foundational concepts with practical applications through examples, case studies, exercises, tips, and online resources.

What You’ll Learn

• Navigate the product lifecycle, from customer needs and market opportunities to strategy, roadmaps, MVPs, launches, go-to-market plans, and post-launch performance.
• Use SWOT, PESTLE, Business Model Canvas, Porter’s Five Forces, 5C Analysis, BCG Matrix, TAM/SAM/SOM, the Pragmatic Marketing Framework, and product requirements documents.
• Understand the role of AI in market analysis, MVP development, customer feedback, and product decisions.
• Explore positioning, pricing, customer interactions, portfolio planning, funnel analysis, customer lifetime value, and lifecycle management.
• Build customer empathy, communication, business acumen, data analysis, negotiation, relationship management, technical knowledge, and leadership without authority.
• Prepare for career transitions, consider whether an MBA is needed, and understand hiring, interviews, networking, mentorship, and career paths.

Whether you are entering product management or strengthening your existing skills, Product Management Fundamentals for Aspiring Product Managers helps you connect product management concepts with the decisions and responsibilities of the role.

How do organizations determine what jobs are worth, build competitive salary structures, and create benefits programs that support both people and business goals?

Compensation and Benefits Essentials provides a clear, practical introduction to compensation management, employee benefits, total rewards, pay equity, and salary structures.

Designed for HR professionals, managers, business owners, compensation specialists, students, instructors, consultants, and those new to compensation, the book explains how compensation works inside organizations in clear, accessible language. It progresses from foundational concepts to practical applications using real-world examples, case studies, exercises, quizzes, and ready-to-use resources.

What You’ll Learn

• Build fair, competitive salary structures using job analysis, job evaluation, market pricing, and benchmarking.
• Understand total rewards, employee benefits, incentives, merit pay, and pay-for-performance.
• Address pay equity, transparency, compliance, and governance.
• Explore remote, geographic, skills-based, and global compensation practices.
• Put concepts into practice with case studies, audit tools, templates, a pay structure builder, and a compa-ratio calculator.

Develop the skills to build internally fair and externally competitive pay structures, manage salary ranges and benefits programs, connect compensation with performance, and approach pay equity and compliance with greater confidence.

Whether you're beginning a career in human resources and compensation, managing employees, developing a total rewards strategy, or looking for a practical refresher, Compensation and Benefits Essentials offers an accessible path to understanding the decisions behind workplace pay and benefits.

Why do some organizations consistently outperform their competitors while others struggle to keep up?

The answer often comes down to strategy. Business Strategy Essentials You Always Wanted to Know (3rd Edition) is a practical guide to understanding strategic management—from analyzing industries and competitors to formulating and executing strategies that deliver results.

Key Features include:

• Comprehensive coverage of strategic management fundamentals
• New chapter on AI and competitive advantage
• New coverage of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
• Real-world case studies featuring Walmart, BMW, and Apple
• Chapter summaries and quizzes to reinforce learning

Learn how to evaluate industry life cycles and competitive forces, scan the external environment, develop business- and corporate-level strategies, and navigate diversification, mergers and acquisitions, and organizational change.

New to this Third Edition is coverage of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) for aligning strategy with execution, along with a new chapter on artificial intelligence (AI) as a strategic tool for competitive advantage.

After reading this book, you'll be able to:

• Evaluate industries and competitors using proven strategic frameworks.
• Formulate business- and corporate-level strategies for sustainable competitive advantage.
• Understand diversification, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and organizational structure.
• Apply OKRs and AI to strategic planning and decision-making.

Part of Vibrant Publishers' Self-Learning Management Series, this book is an essential resource for managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, and business students seeking to strengthen their strategic thinking and make better business decisions.

Are you looking for practical ways to use generative AI to reduce your workload without compromising the quality of your teaching?

Generative AI for Educators: Practical Strategies to Reduce Workload, Save Time, and Support Student Learning is a practical guide for middle school and high school teachers who want to use generative AI responsibly and effectively in the classroom. Written in clear, accessible language, it focuses on classroom-ready strategies that help educators save time while keeping professional judgment at the center of every decision.

You'll discover how generative AI can support lesson and unit planning, classroom materials, assessments, rubrics, feedback, differentiation, communication, and everyday administrative tasks. The book also explores responsible AI use, including student privacy, data protection, bias, accessibility, transparency, and academic integrity.

Inside the book, you'll learn how to:

• Reduce teacher workload by streamlining planning, assessments, feedback, and communication
• Create AI-assisted teaching resources through effective prompting and evaluation
• Protect student privacy and use AI responsibly
• Build sustainable classroom workflows with downloadable templates, checklists, and prompt libraries

Written by veteran educator, curriculum developer, programmer, and author Shawn Peters, the book includes chapter summaries, Food for Thought reflections, Try This! activities, classroom case studies, and downloadable resources to help you confidently apply each concept.

Get ready to program in C—the timeless language that continues to power the systems behind modern computing.

If you want to understand how software interacts with hardware at a deeper level, C Programming Essentials is an ideal starting point. This book introduces the C programming language through a clear, practical approach, showing how C operates at the machine level and how programs interact with memory, data, and system resources.

Designed for readers at different experience levels, the book requires no prior programming background. Chapters 1 through 4 guide beginners through writing, compiling, and running their first C programs on Windows, Linux, and Unix. Seasoned programmers can dive straight into the language's more powerful features: pointers, dynamic memory, threads, processes, semaphores, and object-oriented simulation in C.

What sets this book apart is its commitment to machine-level understanding. As you learn to program in C, you also learn how the machine stores and represents each data type—down to the bit. This depth of knowledge makes you not just a C programmer, but a better programmer in every language.

After reading this book, you'll be able to:

• Write and compile working C programs
• Handle program input, output, and file operations
• Manage static and dynamic memory safely
• Organize code using header and implementation files
• Build structured programs that scale beyond single files

Whether you’re learning programming for the first time, strengthening your computer science knowledge, or exploring system-level development, C Programming Essentials provides a clear and practical path to building a strong foundation in C, one of the most enduring and valuable programming skills in software engineering.