Monday, 29 October 2007

About ISTQB examination

I saw people asking lots of questions regarding testing examination.

ISTQB is the foundation level exam
CSTE is the advanced exam

Exam contains 40 question and should be completed in 1 hour.
Very tricky questions are asked.

Please click here. You will find old and new syllabus of the examination along with the Standard Glossary. Also you can book your exam.

Check out the dates available in India click here.

Click the link below to take a sample Mock test along with some information click here.


ISTQB syllabus and glossary.

Click here to download the latest copies.

The changes made in the syllabus include numbering the learning objectives, rephrasing certain terms, and removing repetitive terms. The following new terms were introduced: fault attack, incident management, retesting, error guessing, independence, iterative-incremental development model, static testing, and static technique. ISTQB also removed the following terms: software, testing, development (of software), test basis, independent testing, contractual acceptance testing, retirement, modification, migration, kick-off, review meeting, and review process.

Source: Click here

In the glossary, the following terms were added: action word driven testing, bug tracking tool, coverage measurement tools, modelling tool, monkey testing, scripted testing, specification-based technique, stress testing tool, structure-based technique, unit test framework, and white box technique. If you are preparing for the exam, keep an eye on the following changed terms: basic block, control flow graph, defect management tool, independence of testing, project risk, risk-based testing, test comparator, and test process.

Source: Glossary

2 comments:

Chandra said...

Hi Shailaja,

Thanks for your interest in posting the exam papers..Keepit up..
I planned to go for this exam, now it is very easy to me

Thanks very much..

--Chandra
chandra.rao@enfs.com

Anonymous said...

Hi Shailaja,

Appreciate the effort that you've put in for this.

Just a correction, ISTQB also has got advanced level tests. ISTQB and CSTE are from differant certification bodies.

Great Work, Keep going....

Regards
Ashok