Statements about a text or data
True, false or cannot say; necessarily true or false from a set of data. Statements about a text or data is tested in the Critical thinking section of the Bocconi Test, which has 9 of the 50 questions (75 minutes in total, 2027/28 format). This guide covers it in 2 lessons, each with the rule that solves it and a diagram.
True, false or cannot say
Judge only by the passage. True if stated or necessarily implied, false if contradicted, cannot say if not settled, however likely. Special rules override general ones.
Data and statements
Deduce everything the data force, list the few allowed cases, then check each statement: necessarily true in every case, necessarily false in none, otherwise only possible. One counterexample is enough to rule out “necessarily”.
What is the Bocconi Test format?
Online Bocconi Test for admission in academic year 2027/28, as published by Università Bocconi.
- Questions / time
- 50 / 75 minutes
- Distribution
- 24 mathematics · 11 reading · 6 numerical reasoning · 9 critical thinking
- Scoring
- +1 correct · 0 blank · −0.2 wrong
- Question languages
- English · Italian
- Three-option questions
- Some critical thinking questions have three options; a wrong answer there costs −0.33
- Minimum score
- Below 17 points the test is not considered for selection
- AI degree
- Mathematical and Computing Sciences for Artificial Intelligence also needs at least 11 of 24 points in mathematics
- Law test
- A separate test, 50 questions / 75 minutes: 5 mathematics · 11 reading · 6 numerical reasoning · 18 logic and critical thinking · 10 verbal reasoning; same scoring
Source: Università Bocconi, Online Bocconi Test page (checked October 7, 2026)
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