IMGIIAMC runs on three distinct modes: Tutor Mode, Timed Mode, and Mock Exams. Each is built for a different stage of preparation, and knowing which one to reach for at each stage matters as much as the questions themselves.
Tutor Mode
Tutor Mode is untimed. A candidate answers at their own pace, and the moment an answer is selected, the platform shows whether it was correct, with a full explanation for every option, whether it was right or wrong. Underneath that sits a deeper layer for each question: clinical pearls, memory hooks, and the guideline the answer is drawn from, cited with the date of its most recent update.
Questions can be flagged for later review, and notes can be added directly to a question, useful in a mode built for depth. Any question can also be reported if something looks wrong, which feeds straight back into revision of the bank itself.
Timed Mode
Timed Mode simulates exam pressure on a candidate's own terms. Categories can be selected in advance, and the session runs to the same per-question pace the AMC itself uses, 210 minutes across 150 questions, proportional to however many questions are chosen. No answer is revealed until the set is finished; a visible timer and countdown bar run throughout. Once the session ends, a score is shown, and every question in that set becomes available for review at leisure.
Mock Exams
The mock exam pool is kept entirely separate from tutor and timed practice, so no question a candidate has already seen turns up inside it. It mirrors the real AMC MCQ exactly: 150 questions, 210 minutes. The first attempt cannot be paused or exited and counts once, toward one honest, uncontaminated score. After that single graded attempt, the same mock exam can be revisited and worked through as many times as useful.
Working through tutor and timed practice before attempting a mock exam is worth doing deliberately. A first mock exam spent on material a candidate hasn't encountered at all tests unfamiliarity as much as it tests readiness.
Reading an early score correctly
A lower score early in practice is diagnostic. Long stems that hinge on the finer points of a recent guideline update surface gaps a simpler question never would. An early score that looks unimpressive is often doing exactly that, showing where the real gaps sit before the exam does.
Moving between the three
Beyond that one sequencing point, there is no single correct order. Some candidates need slow, untimed groundwork before pressure is introduced. Others integrate timed practice early and adjust from there. What matters is that the diagnostic information from each mode, where the wrong answers actually cluster, decides what gets studied next.
For a fuller structure, IMGIIAMC's guide to building a 6-month study plan walks through how tutor practice, targeted reading, and mock exam frequency fit together month by month.
The dashboard
Every session, in every mode, feeds the dashboard. Accuracy is tracked separately for tutor and timed practice and for mock exam scores, alongside syllabus progress by category. From that data, the dashboard surfaces specific, targeted recommendations for where to focus next.
Why the modes stay separate
A question bank tells a candidate something true when practice and testing stay separate. That is why IMGIIAMC keeps tutor and timed practice apart from the mock exam pool, and why the mock exam counts once.