ISTQB CTFL 2018 Syllabus and Tips to make it at First Attempt!
ISTQB® (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) has defined the “ISTQB® Certified Tester” scheme that has become the world-wide leader in the certification of competences in software testing.
CTFL or Certified Tester Foundation Level qualification is aimed at anyone who involved in testing life cycle and could be possible for someone who want to understand software testing. This includes people in roles such as testers, test analysts, test engineers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers, and software developers. CTFL certification could be valuable to escalate your proficiency in Software Development and/or Testing.
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Topics discovered on Foundation Level Syllabus Version 2018 V3.1
To understand the concept, you must understand the outlines in this syllabus. Pay attention every learning objectives and sample question related of each chapter as below:
Chapter 1. Fundamental of Testing
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Chapter 2. Testing throughout SDLC
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Chapter 3. Static Testing
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Chapter 4. Test Techniques
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Chapter 5. Test Management
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Chapter 6. Tool Support for Testing
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Tips:
- The main materials should be from Official Syllabus, however you could extend your knowledge from other sources such as guru99 https://www.guru99.com/istqb.html and/or online course like Udemy.
- Prepare your self by do 3–5 times of mock test and observe the result.
- Learn about common glossary of Testing such as QA vs QC, Test Plan, Test Charter, Test Suits, Test Condition, Test Cases, Test Script. At least 1–2 questions would be appeared. https://glossary.istqb.org/en/search/
- Keep in mind several terminologies related to Bug, such as root cause (can relate to distractions/incorrect process/incorrect understanding/lack of knowledge), error (mistaken thinking/human error), defect (bug in the code), failure (bug in the app/departure from specified behaviour), effect (customer complain/bad reputations).
- I personally take more exercises on FL-4.2. Black Box Technique (such as Equivalence Partitioning and Boundary Value Analysis (BVA)) and FL-4.3. White Box Technique (such as Statement and Decision Coverage).
- If you don’t have any idea of the question during test, just make a guessing based on your testing experiences.
Good Luck :)
References for Syllabus and Exam Documents :
https://www.istqb.org/certification-path-root/foundation-level-2018.html