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Key Facts: Bocconi Specialized Masters Test Exam

50 questions

Items on the official test

Bocconi University

75 minutes

Total test duration

Bocconi University

15 + 15

Critical-verbal and problem-solving items

Bocconi University

-0.20

Penalty per incorrect answer

Bocconi University

€60

Fee per test attempt

Bocconi University

2 attempts

Maximum per admissions cycle

Bocconi University

Italian or English

Test languages offered

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The Online Bocconi Test for Specialized Master Programs is a 75-minute, 50-question online proctored aptitude test available in Italian or English. Questions arrive in sets of three with no going back, wrong answers cost 0.20 points, and Bocconi publishes no minimum score - ranking is per program.

Sample Bocconi Specialized Masters Test Practice Questions

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1A boutique European consulting firm observed that clients who adopted their AI-driven supply chain platform saw a 15% reduction in logistics overhead within six months. The CEO concluded that all manufacturing firms should implement this software to cut operating expenses. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the CEO's conclusion?
A.The firms in the study were primarily mid-sized electronics manufacturers with already digitized inventory tracking.
B.The cost of licenses for the AI platform increased by 5% over the past fiscal year.
C.Competitors of the firm offer supply chain software with similar functionality at a lower price point.
D.Logistics overhead accounts for less than 10% of total operating expenses for most manufacturing companies.
Explanation: The CEO generalizes results from a specific sample to 'all manufacturing firms.' Demonstrating that the sample consisted of specialized mid-sized electronics manufacturers with pre-existing digital infrastructure weakens the claim that all manufacturing firms will achieve identical overhead reductions.
2To curb employee burnout and increase long-term productivity, a Milan-based tech firm mandated a four-day work week without reducing salaries. Management assumed this policy would maintain weekly project output levels. Which of the following is an underlying assumption required by management's plan?
A.Employees will increase their hourly efficiency enough to offset the reduction in total working hours.
B.Competitors in the technology sector will soon adopt similar four-day work week initiatives.
C.Employee turnover will decrease by at least 25% within the first year of implementation.
D.Clients will prefer working with companies that prioritize employee well-being.
Explanation: For total weekly project output to remain unchanged when working time is reduced from five days to four, employees must perform more work per hour. Without an increase in hourly efficiency, total output would inevitably drop.
3Passage: 'Recent surveys across EU commercial banks indicate that financial institutions allocating over 20% of their IT budget to cybersecurity experienced 40% fewer successful phishing incidents than banks allocating under 10%. However, overall losses from insider data breaches remained virtually unchanged across both groups.' Based on the passage above, which of the following statements must be true?
A.Cybersecurity budget allocation over 20% is specifically effective against external phishing but not necessarily insider breaches.
B.Increasing cybersecurity budgets to 30% would completely eliminate all phishing incidents.
C.Insider breaches cause greater total financial loss than external phishing attacks.
D.Banks allocating under 10% of IT budget to cybersecurity suffer from higher employee turnover.
Explanation: The text explicitly links high budget allocation to lower phishing incidents while noting that insider breach losses were unchanged across both groups. Therefore, high cybersecurity spending is effective against phishing but shows no differential impact on insider breaches based on the data provided.
4Premise 1: All senior luxury brand managers who complete the omnichannel certification earn higher commission rates. Premise 2: Marco does not earn higher commission rates. Conclusion: Marco has not completed the omnichannel certification. Which statement best describes the logical validity of this deduction?
A.The conclusion is logically valid by modus tollens.
B.The conclusion is invalid because Marco might be a junior manager.
C.The conclusion is invalid due to affirming the consequent.
D.The conclusion is valid only if all managers in the firm complete the certification.
Explanation: The argument follows the form: If P (completed certification as a senior manager), then Q (earns higher commission). Not Q (does not earn higher commission); therefore, Not P (has not completed the certification as a senior manager). This is a classical valid modus tollens argument.
5A retail bank in Frankfurt introduced interactive financial education video modules on its mobile app. Six months later, customer enrollment in high-yield investment accounts grew by 22%. The bank executive concluded that the video modules directly educated customers into making investments. Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for the executive's conclusion?
A.App users who completed the video modules enrolled in investment accounts at three times the rate of users who did not view them.
B.Interest rates offered on high-yield investment accounts were raised by 0.5% during the same six-month window.
C.A national television advertising campaign promoting bank accounts took place during the fourth month.
D.Several competing retail banks reported similar growth in retail investment accounts over the same period.
Explanation: Showing a direct, strong correlation between completing the specific video modules and enrolling in investment accounts provides compelling evidence of causality, strengthening the executive's conclusion.
6An e-commerce company decided to replace human customer service agents with generative AI chatbots during peak night hours to lower operational expenditures while preserving customer satisfaction. Which assumption underlies the viability of this operational strategy?
A.Nighttime customer queries are generally straightforward enough for generative AI chatbots to resolve effectively.
B.Generative AI chatbots require zero maintenance costs after initial software deployment.
C.Human agents prefer working day shifts over night shifts.
D.Customer satisfaction metrics are unaffected by response speed.
Explanation: Replacing human agents with AI while maintaining satisfaction rests on the assumption that the night queries received can actually be handled effectively by the chatbot technology.
7Passage: 'Under current EU taxonomy rules, natural gas power plants are classified as transitional green activities only if their direct emissions remain below 270g CO2 per kWh. Facility Delta currently emits 290g CO2 per kWh, but management plans an equipment retrofit expected to lower emissions by 10%.' Which of the following can be properly inferred from the passage?
A.If the planned retrofit achieves its target reduction of 10%, Facility Delta will meet the emissions threshold for transitional green activities.
B.Facility Delta is currently classified as a zero-emission renewable energy source.
C.The EU taxonomy rules will ban Facility Delta from operating if retrofits are delayed.
D.Retrofitted natural gas plants receive financial subsidies from the European Central Bank.
Explanation: A 10% reduction on 290g CO2 per kWh results in 261g CO2 per kWh (290 * 0.9 = 261). Since 261g is strictly below the 270g threshold, Facility Delta would qualify.
8Either a corporate merger is approved by the antitrust regulator or the acquiring firm must pay a €50 million breakup fee. The antitrust regulator rejected the merger proposal. What conclusion necessarily follows?
A.The acquiring firm must pay the €50 million breakup fee.
B.The acquiring firm will file an appeal with the supreme court.
C.The target firm must pay half of the breakup fee.
D.The merger will proceed without regulatory consent.
Explanation: This follows disjunctive syllogism (P or Q; Not P; therefore Q). Since approval failed, the acquiring firm must pay the breakup fee.
9A urban mobility manager noted that cities introducing congestion pricing saw a 30% increase in public transit usage. He argued that congestion pricing is the single most effective tool to encourage transit rider adoption. Which statement, if true, highlights a flaw in the manager's reasoning?
A.It assumes correlation implies exclusivity, ignoring concurrent investments in bus fleet expansion made alongside congestion pricing.
B.It relies on data collected during winter months when vehicle use is naturally lower.
C.It ignores the fact that private vehicle sales increased in non-urban surrounding areas.
D.It fails to account for inflation rates impacting city parking garage fees.
Explanation: Attributing the transit increase solely to congestion pricing ignores confounding factors introduced at the same time, such as simultaneous bus fleet expansions.
10Luxury fashion conglomerate Veloce announced plans to transition 100% of its leather procurement to lab-grown bio-crafted leather by 2030, asserting this will eliminate carbon emissions associated with their leather product lines. Which assumption is required for Veloce's claim to hold?
A.The bio-crafting manufacturing process does not generate carbon emissions equal to or greater than traditional leather farming.
B.Consumers are willing to pay a premium price for items made with lab-grown bio-crafted leather.
C.Traditional livestock farmers will switch to plant-based agriculture by 2030.
D.Competitors in the luxury leather sector will fail to develop alternative synthetic fabrics.
Explanation: Claiming that replacing animal leather with bio-crafted leather eliminates emissions assumes that the new lab process itself does not release equal or greater carbon emissions during production.

About the Bocconi Specialized Masters Test Exam

The Online Bocconi Test for Specialized Master Programs is the selection test used by Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi for admission to its Specialized Master programs (Master universitari). It evaluates general reasoning through 50 multiple-choice questions in 75 minutes across five areas: critical-verbal reasoning (15 items), problem solving (15), logical-mathematical reasoning (10), abstract reasoning (5) and numerical reasoning (5). Candidates may sit it in Italian or in English regardless of the language of the program they apply to; this free practice bank is an English-language study adaptation of the published subject areas, not an official Bocconi test or simulation.

Assessment

50 multiple-choice questions in a single 75-minute online proctored session, presented three at a time with no return to earlier questions: 15 critical-verbal reasoning, 15 problem solving, 10 logical-mathematical reasoning, 5 abstract reasoning and 5 numerical reasoning.

Time Limit

75 minutes

Passing Score

+1 correct, 0 omitted, -0.20 incorrect. Bocconi publishes no minimum threshold for this test; applicants are told to read their number of correct answers and total score as an indication of performance, and selection is by competitive ranking per program.

Exam Fee

€60 per test attempt (Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi)

Bocconi Specialized Masters Test Exam Content Outline

30%

Critical-Verbal Reasoning

Evaluating arguments, text analysis, underlying assumptions, and verbal logic

30%

Problem Solving

Practical scenarios, decision logic, operational optimization, and resource planning

20%

Logical-Mathematical Reasoning

Numeric sequences, matrix logic, algebraic logic problems, and set theory

10%

Abstract Reasoning

Non-verbal visual patterns, spatial logic, sequence completion, and matrix transformations

10%

Numerical Reasoning

Graph interpretation, percentage change, financial ratios, and data analysis

How to Pass the Bocconi Specialized Masters Test Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: +1 correct, 0 omitted, -0.20 incorrect. Bocconi publishes no minimum threshold for this test; applicants are told to read their number of correct answers and total score as an indication of performance, and selection is by competitive ranking per program.
  • Assessment: 50 multiple-choice questions in a single 75-minute online proctored session, presented three at a time with no return to earlier questions: 15 critical-verbal reasoning, 15 problem solving, 10 logical-mathematical reasoning, 5 abstract reasoning and 5 numerical reasoning.
  • Time limit: 75 minutes
  • Exam fee: €60 per test attempt

Keys to Passing

  • Work through all 100 available questions
  • Review every answer and explanation
  • Track weak areas and revisit them
  • Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

Bocconi Specialized Masters Test Study Tips from Top Performers

1Critical-verbal reasoning and problem solving together are 30 of 50 items, so they deserve the bulk of your preparation time
2Rehearse under the real delivery rule: questions come in blocks of three and you cannot go back, so decide and commit rather than flagging items for review
3Abstract and numerical reasoning are only 5 items each - learn the common pattern families quickly rather than over-investing in them
4The penalty here is -0.20 per wrong answer, not the -0.25/-0.33 used on the graduate test; omitting a genuinely unknown item costs less than guessing at random
5Use the official simulator in the 'Focus on' area of the Bocconi page - there are no official Bocconi preparation textbooks for this test

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the format of the Bocconi Specialized Masters Test?

50 multiple-choice questions delivered online in 75 minutes. Candidates choose Italian or English, and questions appear in sets of three - once you click Next you cannot return to them.

What areas are tested?

Five: critical-verbal reasoning (15 items), problem solving (15), logical-mathematical reasoning (10), abstract reasoning (5) and numerical reasoning (5).

Are candidates penalised for incorrect answers?

Yes. A correct answer scores +1, an omitted answer scores 0 and an incorrect answer costs 0.20 points. Note this differs from the undergraduate and graduate Bocconi tests, which use different penalties.

How much does it cost and how many attempts do I get?

€60 per test attempt, with a maximum of two attempts per admissions cycle. If you take two, you choose which score to submit with your application.

What score do I need to pass?

Bocconi publishes no pass mark for this test. Candidates are ranked per program, and the score report simply shows the number of correct answers and the total score as an indication of performance.