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how to prepare for the ISTQB exams?
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Date: 2006/10/03 21:45
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By: erkan
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Hello,
in this posting and the replies (just scroll through all) you can find the following and more info. I just summarize some of them:
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questions + answers from the Spillner book for each chapter/topic from the syllabus
-> in summary 56 questions (they are in german: but why don't you use Google translator  )
see here: www.skilledtester.de/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,52/func,view/id,36/catid,5/
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literature:
a. different Foundation Level + Advanced Level books: also with PDFs partly
see at the end of this posting
b. an example question from the exam: www.skilledtester.de/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,52/func,view/id,33/catid,5/
c. Exam Format and Question Writing Guidelines: www.skilledtester.de/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,52/func,view/id,20/catid,5/
d. syllabus: the syllabi you can get from here: www.german-testing-board.info or here: www.astqb.org/syllabi.htm ):
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infos, what others experienced with the exams:
see at the end of this posting and also here:
www.skilledtester.de/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,52/func,view/id,34/catid,5/
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news: the official syllabi are planned to be released/updated march 2007
see here: www.skilledtester.de/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,52/func,view/id,38/catid,5/
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sample certifications:
these could be used to print them and hang them at the wall of your learning room, so you get motivated:
www.skilledtester.de/index.php?option=com_joomlaboard&func=view&catid=5&id=168#168
CU,
Erkan YILMAZ
as starting point for the ISTQB exams I would recommend following
(besides reading the syllabus of each exam):
for Foundation Level:
book from Spillner, Linz:
the English one is:
Andreas Spillner, Tilo Linz, Hans Schäfer. (2006). Software Testing Foundations - A Study Guide for the Certified Tester Exam - Foundation Level - ISTQB compliant, 1st print. dpunkt.verlag GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 3-89864-363-8.
here you can find some pages of the book in PDF:
www.dpunkt.de/buecher/3-89864-363-8.html
the German one is:
Andreas Spillner, Tilo Linz: Basiswissen Softwaretest - Basiswissen Softwaretest: Aus- und Weiterbildung zum Certified Tester: Foundation Level nach ISTQB-Standard. 3., überarbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage, dpunkt.verlag GmbH, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-89864-358-1.
here you can find some pages of the book in PDF:
www.dpunkt.de/buecher/3-89864-358-1.html
see here:
www.skilledtester.de/andreas_spillner.html
for Advanced Level:
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read the following books:
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Erik van Veenendaal (ed. and author). (2005). The Testing Practitioner, 3rd run. UTN Publishers, CN Den Bosch, the Netherlands. ISBN 90-72194-65-9.
for buying: see "information on the expert level (CTEL)" in www.skilledtester.de/istqb_certified_testers.html
www.skilledtester.de/erik_van_veenendaal.html
b.
Andreas Spillner, Tilo Linz, Thomas Roßner, Mario Winter. (2006). Praxiswissen Softwaretest - Testmanagement: Aus- und Weiterbildung zum Certified Tester: Advanced Level nach ISTQB-Standard, 1st run. dpunkt.verlag GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 3-89864-275-5.
www.skilledtester.de/andreas_spillner.html
here you can find some pages of the book in PDF:
www.dpunkt.de/buecher/3-89864-275-5.html
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release of new Advanced Level syllabus:
march 2007 it is planned to release the new Advanced Level Syllabus
responsible for this:
Bernard Homes
from the French Testing Board
www.cftl.net
for the Foundation Level also an update is planned:
responsible person:
Thomas Müller
from the Swiss Testing Board
www.swiss-testing-board.ch
what is to be changed in the Foundation Level?
comments of the national testing boards and training providers are considered to the actual version.
-> It is told, that there is NO change on the courseware or the exam topics (but who knows now ).
(date of info: 2006 October)
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also you can find on this website some comments - just surf around or ask me:
www.skilledtester.de/contact_us
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from the mailinglist Yahoo Group - ISTQB-India (tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ISTQB-India ) I have following info (you can also search in the archive there, perhaps you can gather other info)
>It is very important to understand the concept very well.
> 1. Functional tester emphasizes on the types of
> Testing in Blackbox, Test tools, Test plan contents
> etc.. Basically in this module you apply the
> terminologies what you have studied for Foundation
> level. I know this very well coz I cleared this exam
> in July.
> > Functional tester exam is not as difficult as
> > Foundation exam.
> 2. Test Management:
> Through my collegue I came to
> know that there are lot of Definitions and
> memorisation required which might be confusing..
>Also Test manager, is not difficult but very confusing.
> 3. Technical tester covers more about white box
> testing I suppose and is the most difficult one
> > Its better that you do
> > your own study and give exam instead of taking
> > course. If you take up course, its 4 days course
> > where on the 4th day you have to appear in exam and
> > you have very less time to prepare.
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