Guidelines for clearing ISTQB Certification Exam

In this post, I am going to give general information which is important to get started with Preparation for ISTQB - Technical Test Analyst exam. Exam Structure: The exam will consist of 45 scenario based multiple choice questions . Exam duration is 2 hours for native English speaker for non native English speaker you will get extra 30 min of duration. The passing marks is set at 65%. Technical Test Analyst course consists of 6 Chapters, I have given overview below of number of questions that would be asked in exam from each chapter and score distribution for the same. Topics Question Score Risk-Based Testing 2Q K2 level - each carrying 1 marks Structure Based testing 9Q 2 K2 – 1 , 4 K3 – 1, 1 K2 – 2, 1 K4 -2 Analytical Techniques 7Q 1 K3 – 3, 3 K3 – 1, 1 K2 - 1 Quality characteristics 12 Q 3 K3 – 1, 1 K4 – 2, 1 K2 – 1, 2 K3 – 2, 1 K2 – 2 Reviews 5Q 1 K2 – 1, 2 K4 - 2

As part of Technical Test Analyst course, we study Quality attributes more in depth. This course expects a Technical Test analyst to be familiar with all the quality characteristic listed below also this course demands individual to know and be able to distinguish between responsibilities of Test Analyst and Technical Test Analyst. Table below gives an overview of responsibilities of TA and TTA according to ISO-9126 Standard. Characteristic Sub characteristic TA TTA Functionality Accuracy, Suitability, Interoperability, Compliance X Security X Reliability Maturity, Fault-Tolerance, Recoverability, Compliance X Usability Understandability, Learnability, Operability, Attractiveness, Compliance X Efficiency Performance(Time Behavior), Resource Utilization, Compliance X Maintainability Analyzability, Changeability, Stability, Testability, Co