The Verification of Initial Preparation test (VPI) consists of a compulsory test for all students enrolled in the 1st year of any undergraduate or integrated degree graduate programme. The VPI test is required to assess the basic knowledge needed in order to successfully attend the programme you selected.
VPI test does not constitute a prerequisite to access or attend the courses, but it is an opportunity to assess your knowledge and skills at the beginning of your university career.
The date of the test is automatically assigned after enrolment. You can view and modify this date, only when strictly necessary, through your personal iCatt page.
This test is held remotely and technical details will be notified to you after enrolment.
For this degree programme, the test consists of a series of multiple-choice online questions, lasting a total of 45 minutes, in the following subject areas:
- Mathematics (15 questions).
- General Chemistry (15 questions).
- Physics (15 questions).
- Biology (15 questions).
The positive outcome of the test is achieved with 50%+1 of the correct answers for each of the subject areas.
In the event of a negative outcome in one or more subject areas, an Additional Educational Obligation (OFA) is assigned to fill the gaps found in the subject areas with a negative outcome.
Failure to pass the Verification of Initial Preparation will result in the assignment of OFA on each of the subject areas.
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For this degree programme, the Faculty has determined the following Additional Educational Obligations:
- "Mathematics": 10-hour pre-course delivered in the classroom, with final exam.
- "General Chemistry": 10-hour pre-courses/support courses delivered in classroom/online mode, with final exam.
- "Physics": 10-hour pre-courses/support courses delivered in classroom/online mode, with final exam.
- "Biology": 10-hour pre-courses/support courses delivered in classroom/online mode, with final exam.
The student is required to attend the OFA according to the scheduled calendar (see the Newly Enrolled Students' Kit of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences). Students who have participated in at least 70% of the scheduled hours are admitted to the final examination of the OFA course. Passing the final exam entails the fulfilment of the OFA and the possibility of continuing in the university course without further Additional Educational Obligations. During the first year, there are up to 3 attempts to pass the final examination, without the need to attend the OFA course again.
In case of failure to pass the OFA final exam, the Group Tutor in charge will contact the student in order to support him/her in the process of accompanying him/her to the above test.
At the end of the early summer session and/or the summer session of the exams, the lecturer in charge of the programme of study, having evaluated the results of the VPI and the final examinations of the aforementioned programme, and taking into account the exams of the 1st year passed by the student, may consider the OFA to have been fulfilled.
Otherwise, the student is required to renew his/her enrolment in the first year of the programme as a repeating student.
Students coming from other Università Cattolica programmes are exempt from VPI support for 1st year enrolment provided that they have sustained an identical VPI in terms of subject areas, number of questions and duration of the test in their previous university career.
All students from other universities and students from other programmes of Università Cattolica who do not meet the above requirements are required to take the VPI.
Demo VPI
Subject areas:
A. The Na symbol represents the element:
- sodium
- silicon
- sulphur
- selenium
B. Which of the following colours has the highest frequency:
- red
- blue
- yellow
- green
C. A fluid in a flow tube moves:
- From higher to lower pressure
- Only if the pressure is constant
- From lower to higher pressure
- Regardless of pressure
D. The kilowatt hour is a measure of:
- Power
- Energy
- Work
- Heat
E. Which of the following sentences is correct:
- Protozoon is a eukaryotic cell capable of heterotrophy and phagocytosis
- There is no difference between eukaryotic cell and Protozoon
- Protozoa are bacteria
- Protozoa are multicellular organisms.
F. For the plants, the elaborated sap:
- is rich in protein
- is rich in sugars
- is rich in mineral salts
- is rich in mineral salts and water
A - sodium
B - blue
C - From higher to lower pressure
D - energy
E - Protozoon is a eukaryotic cell capable of heterotrophy and phagocytosis
F - is rich in sugars