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No. of Questions: 40 Passing Score: 26 Exam Length (mins): 60 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG, FIN
The Business Outcomes expected of a candidate who has achieved the new Foundation Level certification are as follows:
- Understand what testing is and why it is beneficial
- Understand fundamental concepts of software testing
- Identify the test approach and activities to be implemented depending on the context of testing
- Assess and improve the quality of documentation
- Increase the effectiveness and efficiency of testing
- Align the test process with the software development lifecycle
- Understand test management principles
- Write and communicate clear and understandable defect reports
- Understand the factors that influence the priorities and efforts related to testing
- Work as part of a cross-functional team
- Know risks and benefits related to test automation
- Identify essential skills required for testing
- Understand the impact of risk on testing
- Effectively report on test progress and quality
*Holders of this certification will be eligible to proceed to the next stage of the Core stream and take Test Analyst, Technical Test Analyst, or Test Management Advanced Level certifications. They may also choose to follow the Agile or Specialist streams to develop specific skills.
No. of Questions: 40 Passing Score: 26 Exam Length (mins): 60 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG, FIN
Business Outcomes: IT professionals who have passed the “Acceptance Testing” syllabus exam should be able to accomplish the following Business Objectives.
For business analysts and product owners:
- Contribute to an organization’s acceptance testing activities by participating in the acceptance test design phase and supporting the alignment of the product with the business requirements;
- Contribute to the quality of the acceptance testing process, including validation and verification of produced artifacts.
For testers:
- Contribute to the definition of acceptance criteria during the requirements definition phase;
- Collaborate efficiently with business analysts and other stakeholders during all acceptance testing activities:
- Understand the business objectives, communicate with business units, and share common objectives for acceptance testing.
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 40 Passing Score: 26 Exam Length (mins): 60 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG, FIN
Business Outcomes
A candidate who has achieved the Foundation Level certification should be able to:
- Collaborate in a cross-functional Agile team being familiar with principles and basic practices of Agile software development
- Adapt existing testing experience and knowledge to Agile values and principles
- Support the Agile team in planning test-related activities
- Apply relevant methods and techniques for testing in an Agile project
- Assist the Agile team in test automation activities
- Assist business stakeholders in defining understandable and testable user stories, scenarios, requirements, and acceptance criteria as appropriate
- Work and share information with other team members using effective communication styles and channels
*Holders of this certification will be eligible to proceed to the next stage of the Agile stream and take the Agile Technical Tester (CTAL-ATT) and Agile Test Leadership at Scale (CTAL-ATLaS) certifications.
No. of Questions: 40 Passing Score: 26 Exam Length (mins): 60 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
Business Outcomes
This section lists the Business Outcomes expected of a candidate who has achieved the Foundation Level Model-Based Tester certification.
A Model-Based Tester can…
- Collaborate in a model-based testing team using standard terminology and established MBT concepts, processes and techniques;
- Apply and integrate model-based testing in a test process;
- Effectively create and maintain MBT models using established techniques and best practices of model-based testing;
- Select, create and maintain test artifacts from MBT models considering risk and value of the features tested;
- Support the organization to improve its quality assurance process to be more constructive and efficient.
In general, an ISTQB® Model-Based Tester has acquired the necessary skills to successfully contribute to MBT projects in a given context.
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 40 Passing Score: 26 Exam Length (mins): 60 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
Business Outcomes
Candidates who have achieved the Foundation Level Gambling Industry Tester Specialist certification should be able to accomplish the following Business Objectives:
- Promote efficient and effective communication by using a common vocabulary inside the gambling industry.
- Understand specific quality attributes that require testing within the gambling industry.
- Understand typical test practices by describing the standard software development and testing methodologies within the gambling industry.
- Understand gambling hardware and software certification which is the main difference between the gambling industry and other industries.
- Use established techniques for designing tests aligned with gambling specific needs.
- Appreciate the importance of jurisdictions and regulatory bodies in the gambling industry.
In general, a Certified Foundation Level Gambling Industry Tester Specialist is expected to have acquired the necessary skills to working effectively within a Gambling Industry testing team and environment.
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 40 Passing Score: 26 Exam Length (mins): 60 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To gain this certification, candidates must hold the Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate.
Business Outcomes
Certified Mobile Application Testers who have passed the Foundation Level “Certified Mobile Application Testing” exam should be able to accomplish the following :
- Understand and review business and technology drivers for mobile apps in order to create a test strategy;
- Identify and understand the key challenges, risks and expectations associated with testing a mobile application;
- Apply test types and levels specific to mobile applications;
- Apply common test types, such as those mentioned in ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level syllabus 2018, in the mobile specific context;
- Carry out the activities required specifically for mobile application testing as part of the main activities of the ISTQB® test process;
- Identify and use suitable environments and appropriate tools for mobile application testing;
- Understand methods and tools specifically to support mobile application test automation.
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 40 Passing Score: 26 Exam Length (mins): 60 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To gain this certification, candidates must hold the Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate.
Business Outcomes
Foundation Level Usability Testing candidates who have passed the Foundation Level „Usability Testing” syllabus exam should be able to accomplish the following:
- Understand the basic concepts of usability and usability testing;
- Identify and classify the severity of usability risks and potential accessibility violations in a given product at any stage of a development cycle;
- Cite relevant standards for usability, user experience, and accessibility and verify their implementation in a given product;
- Set up procedures so that stated usability, user experience and accessibility goals may be verified in practice for a given product;
- Design and monitor the implementation of a test plan for achieving stated usability, user experience and accessibility goals;
- Explain the rationale, process and results of usability, user experience and accessibility evaluations to non-specialist stakeholders.
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 40 Passing Score: 26 Exam Length (mins): 60 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
Business Outcomes
Foundation Level testers who have passed the “CTFL Automotive Software Tester Specialist” syllabus exam should be able to accomplish the following Business Objectives:
- Collaborate effectively in a test team;
- Adapt the test techniques known from the ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL®) to the specific automotive project requirements;
- Consider the basic requirements of the relevant automotive standards (Automotive SPICE®, ISO 26262, etc.) and select suitable test techniques;
- Apply the virtual test methods (e.g. HiL, SiL, MiL, etc.) in test environments.
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 40 Passing Score: 26 Exam Length (mins): 90 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To gain this certification, candidates must hold the Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate.
Business Outcomes
Foundation Level Performance Testing candidates who have passed the Foundation Level “Performance Testing” syllabus exam should be able to accomplish the following:
- Understand the basic concepts of performance efficiency and performance testing;
- Define performance risks, goals, and requirements to meet stakeholder needs and expectations;
- Understand performance metrics and how to collect them;
- Develop a performance test plan for achieving stated goals and requirements;
- Conceptually design, implement, and execute basic performance tests;
- Analyze the results of a performance test and state implications to various stakeholders;
- Explain the process, rationale, results, and implications of performance testing to various stakeholders;
- Understand categories and uses for performance tools and criteria for their selection;
- Determine how performance testing activities align with the software lifecycle.
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 50 Passing Score: 58 Exam Length (mins): 120 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To gain this certification, candidates must hold the Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate.
Business Outcomes
A candidate who has achieved the Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Management certification should be able to:
- Manage testing in various software development projects by applying test management processes established for the project team or test organization
- Identify test stakeholders and software development lifecycle models that are relevant in a given context
- Organize risk identification and risk assessment sessions within any software development lifecycle and use the results to guide testing to meet the test objectives
- Define a project test strategy consistent with the organizational test strategy and project context
- Continuously monitor and control testing to achieve project goals
- Assess and report test progress to project stakeholder
- Identify necessary skills and develop those skills within your team
- Prepare and present a business case for testing in different contexts that outlines the costs and expected benefits
- Lead test process improvement activities in projects or software development product streams and contribute to organizational test process improvement initiatives
- Plan the test activities including the required test infrastructure and estimate the effort required to test
- Create defect reports and a defect workflow suitable for a software development lifecycle.
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 40 Passing points: 52 Exam Length (mins): 120 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To gain this certification, candidates must hold the Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate.
Business Outcomes
A candidate who has achieved the Advanced Level Test Analyst certification should be able to:
- Perform the appropriate testing activities based on the software development life cycle being used
- Determine the proper prioritization of the testing activities based on the information provided by the risk analysis
- Select and apply appropriate test techniques to ensure that tests provide an adequate level of confidence, based on defined coverage criteria
- Provide the appropriate level of documentation relevant to their testing activities
- Determine the appropriate types of functional testing to be performed
- Work effectively in a usability testing team
- Effectively participate in requirements / user story reviews with stakeholders, applying knowledge of typical mistakes made in work products
- Improve the efficiency of the test process with the use of tools
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 45 Passing points: 51 Exam Length (mins): 120 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To gain this certification, candidates must hold the Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate.
Business Outcomes
A candidate who has achieved the Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst certification should be able to:
- Recognize and classify the typical risks associated with the performance, security, reliability, portability and maintainability of software systems
- Provide technical elements to the planning, design and execution of tests for mitigating performance, security, reliability, portability and maintainability risks
- Select and apply appropriate white-box test techniques to ensure that tests provide an adequate level of confidence, based on design coverage
- Effectively participate in reviews with developers and software architects applying knowledge of typical defects in the code and architecture
- Improve the quality characteristics of code and architecture by making use of different analysis techniques
- Outline the costs and benefits to be expected from introducing particular types of test automation
- Select appropriate tools to automate technical testing tasks
- Understand the technical issues and concepts in applying test automation
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 45 Passing points: 42 Exam Length (mins): 90 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To gain this certification, candidates must hold either a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate 4.0 (CTFL 4.0) certification OR a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate prior to the CTFL 4.0 plus a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester certificate, and have sufficient practical experience.
Business Outcomes
A candidate who has achieved the Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst certification should be able to:
- Apply Agile techniques to ensure tests that provide adequate coverage;
- Define testable requirements within Agile Team;
- Create and implement various Agile Test approaches using appropriate techniques;
- Support and contribute to test automation activities in an Agile project;
- Support continuous integration in an Agile Team;
- Support Agile Team in continuous delivery and deployment;
- Learn the service virtualization concepts;
- Work with, and share information with, other team members using effective communication styles and channels.
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 45 Passing points: 47 Exam Length (mins): 120 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To gain this certification, candidates must hold either a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate 4.0 (CTFL 4.0) certification OR a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate prior to the CTFL 4.0 plus a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester certificate, and have sufficient practical experience.
Business Outcomes
An Agile Test Leadership at Scale certificate holder can:
- Foster a value-driven quality mindset and culture
- Co-create and implement an organizational test strategy that develops quality and testing capabilities
- Continuously improve test processes at an organizational level addressing test challenges in the context of Agile at scale product development.
No. of Questions: 45 Passing Score: 52 Exam Length (mins): 120 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To gain this certification, candidates must hold the Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate and not less than 3 (three) years of relevant academic, practical, or consulting experience.
Business Outcomes
Advanced Level testers who have passed the “Advanced Security Tester” module exam should be able to accomplish the following Business Objectives:
- Plan, perform and evaluate security tests from a variety of perspectives – policy-based, risk-based, standards-based, requirements-based and vulnerability-based.
- Align security test activities with project lifecycle activities.
- Analyze the effective use of risk assessment techniques in a given situation to identify current and future security threats and assess their severity levels.
- Evaluate the existing security test suite and identify any additional security tests.
- Analyze a given set of security policies and procedures, along with security test results, to determine effectiveness.
- For a given project scenario, identify security test objectives based on functionality, technology attributes and known vulnerabilities.
- Analyze a given situation and determine which security testing approaches are most likely to succeed in that situation.
- Identify areas where additional or enhanced security testing may be needed.
- Evaluate effectiveness of security mechanisms.
- Help the organization build information security awareness.
- Demonstrate the attacker mentality by discovering key information about a target, performing actions on a test application in a protected environment that a malicious person would perform, and understand how evidence of the attack could be deleted.
- Analyze a given interim security test status report to determine the level of accuracy, understandability, and stakeholder appropriateness.
- Analyze and document security test needs to be addressed by one or more tools.
- Analyze and select candidate security test tools for a given tool search based on specified needs.
- Understand the benefits of using security testing standards and where to find them.
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 45 Passing points: 49 Exam Length (mins): 90 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To gain this certification, candidates must hold the Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate.
Business Outcomes
Advanced Level testers who have passed the “Advanced Test Automation Engineer” module exam should be able to accomplish the following Business Objectives:
- Contribute to the development of a plan to integrate automated testing within the testing process
- Evaluate tools and technology for automation best fit to each project and organization
- Create an approach and methodology for building a test automation architecture (TAA)
- Design and develop (new or modified) test automation solutions that meet the business needs
- Enable the transition of testing from a manual to an automated approach
- Create automated test reporting and metrics collection
- Manage and optimize testing assets to facilitate maintainability and address evolving (test) systems.
*Holders of this certification may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications.
No. of Questions: 14 Multiple Choice Questions, 2 Essay Questions Passing Score: 88 Exam Length (mins): 135 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To obtain this certification, candidates must have:
- the Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) certificate
- the Advanced Level Test Manager (CTAL-TM) certificate
- passed the Expert Level Exam
- at least 5 years of practical testing experience
- at least 2 years of industry experience in the specific Expert Level topic
Business Outcomes
The expert test manager is able to perform each of the following tasks:
- Lead the test management within an organization, project or program to identify and manage critical success factors with management commitment at CEO/Board level;
- Take appropriate business-driven decisions on a test management strategy and implement organization wide commitment and compliance based on quality KPIs;
- Assess the current status of the test management, propose step-wise improvements and show how these are linked to achieving business goals within the organizational context of test management (organization or project/program);
- Set up a strategic policy for improving the test management and the testing, and implement that policy in an organization;
- Analyze specific problems with the test management and its alignment with other roles or management areas in the project/organization, and propose effective solutions;
- Create a master test plan with matching governance dashboard to meet or exceed the business objectives of the organization or a project/program;
- Develop innovative concepts for test management (project) organizations which include required roles, skills, methodologies (tools) and organizational structure;
- Establish a standard process for implementing test management in an organization (project/program) with standardized delivery based on quality KPIs;
- Lead an organization to improve the test management process and manage the introduction of changes;
- Understand and effectively manage the human issues associated with test-project management and implement necessary changes.
No. of Questions: 14 Multiple Choice Questions, 2 Essay Questions Passing Score: 88 Exam Length (mins): 135 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To obtain this certification, candidates must have:
- the Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) certificate
- the Advanced Level Test Manager (CTAL-TM) certificate
- passed the Expert Level Exam
- at least 5 years of practical testing experience
- at least 2 years of industry experience in the specific Expert Level topic
Business Outcomes
The expert test manager is able to perform each of the following tasks:
- Lead the test management within an organization, project or program to identify and manage critical success factors with management commitment at CEO/Board level;
- Take appropriate business-driven decisions on a test management strategy and implement organization wide commitment and compliance based on quality KPIs;
- Assess the current status of the test management, propose step-wise improvements and show how these are linked to achieving business goals within the organizational context of test management (organization or project/program);
- Set up a strategic policy for improving the test management and the testing, and implement that policy in an organization;
- Analyze specific problems with the test management and its alignment with other roles or management areas in the project/organization, and propose effective solutions;
- Create a master test plan with matching governance dashboard to meet or exceed the business objectives of the organization or a project/program;
- Develop innovative concepts for test management (project) organizations which include required roles, skills, methodologies (tools) and organizational structure;
- Establish a standard process for implementing test management in an organization (project/program) with standardized delivery based on quality KPIs;
- Lead an organization to improve the test management process and manage the introduction of changes;
- Understand and effectively manage the human issues associated with test-project management and implement necessary changes.
No. of Questions: 16 Multiple Choice Questions, 2 Essay Questions Passing Score: 88 Exam Length (mins): 135 (+25% Non-Native Language) Exam Language: ENG
To obtain this certification, candidates must have:
- the Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) certificate
- the Advanced Level Test Manager (CTAL-TM) certificate
- passed the Expert Level Exam
- at least 5 years of practical testing experience
- at least 2 years of industry experience in the specific Expert Level topic
Business Outcomes
The expert test manager is able to perform each of the following tasks:
- Lead the test management within an organization, project or program to identify and manage critical success factors with management commitment at CEO/Board level;
- Take appropriate business-driven decisions on a test management strategy and implement organization wide commitment and compliance based on quality KPIs;
- Assess the current status of the test management, propose step-wise improvements and show how these are linked to achieving business goals within the organizational context of test management (organization or project/program);
- Set up a strategic policy for improving the test management and the testing, and implement that policy in an organization;
- Analyze specific problems with the test management and its alignment with other roles or management areas in the project/organization, and propose effective solutions;
- Create a master test plan with matching governance dashboard to meet or exceed the business objectives of the organization or a project/program;
- Develop innovative concepts for test management (project) organizations which include required roles, skills, methodologies (tools) and organizational structure;
- Establish a standard process for implementing test management in an organization (project/program) with standardized delivery based on quality KPIs;
- Lead an organization to improve the test management process and manage the introduction of changes;
- Understand and effectively manage the human issues associated with test-project management and implement necessary changes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How long will the exam take?
A: The duration of the exam varies depending on the type of exam you have registered for. A detailed list of exam durations can be found above.
Q: I have dyslexia. Am I eligible for additional time?
A: Yes, participants with dyslexia are granted an additional 30 minutes for the test. Please be prepared to present a valid medical certificate on the day of the exam.
Q: What should I bring to the exam?
A: Please bring the following items to the exam:
- A valid official ID (e.g., passport or driver’s license)
- Your Foundation Level certificate (if required for the exam)
- Non-electronic dictionaries
- Non-programmable pocket calculators
Q: What am I not allowed to bring to the exam?
A: The use of unauthorized materials, such as cell phones or any written materials (including syllabi and course notes), is strictly prohibited during the exam.
Q: What are the prerequisites for the exam?
There are no prerequisites for the ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level exam. In all other exams, the ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate is required. Expert level exams require additionally at least 1.5 years of practical testing experience.
Q: When does the registration close?
A: Registration for Advanced and Expert Level exams closes 14 days prior to the exam date, while registration for Foundation Level exams closes one week before the exam.
Q: I registered for an exam but needed to cancel. What should I do?
A: Your registration will become binding 14 days prior to the test date. Cancellations made after this deadline will incur a charge of 50% of the registration fee. In the case of a no-show, the full registration fee will be charged. Cancellation notifications will only be accepted via email at ilmoittaudu (at) tivia.fi.
