Free Practice Questions for TEST ITA L2

TEST ITA L2 is an Italian-as-a-second-language test created by CISIA, the inter-university consortium that also runs the TOLC admission tests, and presented on its Bravo! website. Participating universities use it to check whether international applicants, mainly non-EU candidates for Italian-taught degree programmes, have the Italian level they require.

No. CISIA's Bravo! site states that the test is not a certification. You receive a score document (0–72) that participating universities can use for enrolment. Certificates from the CLIQ quality-system bodies (the Universities for Foreigners of Perugia and Siena, Roma Tre University and the Società Dante Alighieri) are separate exams, so ask your university which options it accepts.

The test has 72 multiple-choice questions, each with one correct answer, in three parts of increasing difficulty: Part 1 (A1/A2), Part 2 (A2/B1+) and Part 3 (B2/C1). Each 40-minute part has a listening section (7 questions), a reading section (7 questions) and a language-structures section (10 fill-in-the-blank questions), for 120 minutes in total. Each section is timed, and you cannot go back to a section after leaving it.

Each correct answer earns 1 point, and wrong or blank answers earn 0, so there is no penalty for guessing. The maximum score is 72, and your result appears on screen at the end of the test.

There is no national pass mark. Each university sets its own minimum: for 2026–27, Bologna requires 48/72, Bergamo 51/72, and Sapienza, Pisa and Verona 55/72. Some universities add another step; the University of Pisa, for example, also requires a remote oral interview for candidates who reach 55/72.

Yes, if your university uses the remote format. TEST@CASA (TEST@HOME on CISIA's English pages) requires a laptop, a smartphone or tablet with a working camera and the Webex app, wired headphones and a stable internet connection. Other universities hold TEST@UNI sessions in campus computer rooms. You book through the university, not directly with CISIA.

Each university sets the fee. Examples for 2026 sessions are €18 at Bologna, €19.52 at Sapienza, €20 at Verona, and €35 at Pisa and Bergamo. These fees are generally non-refundable.

No. OpenExamPrep provides independent practice for the TEST ITA L2 skill areas as an English-language MCQ study adaptation, not an official CISIA question set, translation or format simulation. Italian passages and grammar items stay in Italian, with explanations in English. Listening items are written transcripts, so also use CISIA's practice area for real audio, and practise speaking separately if your university adds an oral interview.