ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level (CTFL)
The ANZTB adheres to the ISTQB Examination Guidelines prepared by the ISTQB which ensure consistency and fairness across the ISTQB's National Boards and Examination Providers.
Candidates are required to sit a 1 hour, 40-question multiple choice examination designed to evaluate a candidate's knowledge and understanding of the entire Foundation syllabus. Candidates are required to score 26 or more correct answers to pass.
Topics within the Foundation syllabus have been categorized by learning objectives, defining the level of knowledge a candidate must display for each topic.
The three categories are as follows:
K1 - Remember, recognize and recall.
K2 - Understand, explain, give reasons, compare, classify and summarize.
K3 - Apply in a specific context.
The ISTQB has mandated a weighting for each exam paper. 50% of the questions are K1 level, 30% are K2 level and 20% are K3 level.
Through this format and structure, the ISTQB and its National Boards can examine and measure tester capability against a professional uniform baseline standard.
For subjects covered in the exam, please see the Foundation Level syllabus. The fee to take the Foundation level exam is AUD $330.00 (GST inclusive) or NZD $300.00 (GST exempt). Should you need to resit, the exam fee remains the same.
ISTQB Certified Tester, Advanced Level (CTAL)
The ANZTB adheres to the ISTQB examination guidelines prepared by the ISTQB which were written to ensure consistency and fairness across the ISTQB National Boards and Examination Providers.
Candidates are required to sit a 3 hour, 65-question multiple choice exam designed to evaluate a candidate's knowledge and understanding of the Advanced syllabus. For some questions, candidates will be directed to provide more than one answer. These types of questions are referred to as Pick-N questions and part marks will be granted for partially correct questions of this type.
Candidates are required to achieve a pass mark of 65%.
Topics within the Advanced syllabus have been categorized by learning objectives, defining the level of knowledge a candidate must display for each topic. The three categories are:
K2 (worth one mark) Understand, explain, give reasons, compare, classify, summarize.
K3 (worth two marks) Apply in a specific context.
K4 (worth three marks) Analyze to solve a problem or task.
The ISTQB has mandated a weighting for each exam paper. 60% of the questions are K2 level, 25% are K3 level and 15% are K4 level.
Through this format and structure, the ISTQB and its National Boards can examine and measure tester capability against a professional uniform baseline standard.
For subjects covered in the exam, please see the Advanced Level syllabus. The fee to take an Advanced level exam is AUD $385.00 (GST inclusive) or NZD $350.00 (exempt). Should you need to resit, the examination fee remains the same and the stand-down time of three months must be adhered to.
General Information
To register for an exam please see the Exam Booking Process
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Examinations are controlled exclusively by the National Boards in the respective countries. The National Boards (i.e. the ANZTB) are not entitled to hold training sessions which provides an additional guarantee of the objective testing of examination participants.
If English is not your first language you may use a paper translation dictionary once the exam supervisor has inspected it.
Suggested Texts
We recommend the following texts:
Software Testing: An ISEB Foundation ISBN 1-902505-79-4
Critical Testing Processes by Rex Black
Managing the Testing Process by Rex Black
The Art of Software Testing by Glenford Myers
Black Box Testing by Boris Beizer
Lessons Learned in Software Testing by James Bach, Cem Kaner
How to break Software: A Practical Guide to Testing by James Whitaker
Managing Agile Projects by Robert C, Martin S.