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1. AN INTRODUCTION TO
ISTQB FOUNDATION LEVEL
CERTIFICATION
Sagar Joshi
CTFL, CTAL-CL (CTAL-TM, CTAL-TA, CTAL-TTA)
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2. What is ISTQB & ITB?
 ISTQB – International Software Testing Qualification
Board
 ISTQB was founded in 2002
 ISTQB defined a certification scheme that became
world wide leader in the certification of software
testing.
 ITB – Indian Testing Board
 ITB is the ISTQB approved national board for India.
 ITB is responsible for the "ISTQB-Certified-Tester“
certification in India.
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3. ISTQB Certification Levels
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4. Foundation Level Exam Pattern
 The Foundation Level exam is characterized by:
 40 multiple choice questions
 Each question will have only one correct answer
 A scoring of 1 point for each correct answer
 No negative marks for incorrect answer
 A score of at least 65% (26 or more points) is required
to pass
 A duration of 60 minutes
ISTQB Foundation Level Certificate is valid for life time.
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5. Foundation Level Content
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6. What are K-Levels?
The syllabus categorizes learning objects in to three levels
 K1: remember, recognize, and recall a term or concept
 Example: definition of ‘failure’ as non-delivery of service to an
end user.
 K2: understand, explain, give reasons, compare, classify,
and summarize
 Examples: The reason why tests should be designed as early as
possible is to find errors when they are cheaper to remove.
 K3: apply
 Example: Select test cases from a given state transition diagram
in order to cover all transitions.
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7. Foundation Level Exam Pattern
 K Level split up
 K1 Level – 50% (20 questions)
 K2 Level – 30% (12 questions)
 K3 Level – 20% (08 questions)
 Chapter wise split up
 Chapter 1 – 18% (7 questions)
 Chapter 2 – 16% (6 questions)
 Chapter 3 – 7% (3 questions)
 Chapter 4 – 29% (12 questions)
 Chapter 5 – 21% (8 questions)
 Chapter 6 – 9% (4 questions)
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8. Foundation Level Exam Pattern
Chapter
Number
K1 - Level K2 - Level K3 - Level
Total
Questions
Percentage
Chapter 1 4 3 0 7 18
Chapter 2 4 2 0 6 16
Chapter 3 2 1 0 3 7
Chapter 4 4 2 6 12 29
Chapter 5 3 3 2 8 21
Chapter 6 3 1 0 4 9
Total 20 12 8 40 100
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9. Related Books
 Foundations of Software Testing – ISTQB Certification
- By Rex Black, Erik Van Veenendaal, Dorothy Graham
 Software Testing: An ISTQB-ISEB Foundation Guide
- By Peter Morgan, Angelina Samaroo, Brian Hambling
 Software Testing Foundations: A Study Guide for the
Certified Tester
- By Andreas Spillner, Tilo Linz and Hans Schaefer
 Fundamentals of Software Testing ,
- By Bernard Homès,
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