What is ISTQB Agile Tester
If you are working in an Agile project you may be interested in taking ISTQB Agile Tester exam.
This a certification that appeared in June 2014, so it's quite new and I wasn't able to find too many documents, sample questions, exam impressions about it.
As described on ISTQB site, Agile Tester is an extension of the foundation level. An 'extension' is a training and a certification module that is focused on a specific topic, such as domain-specific testing practices, specific testing techniques, specific testing methods.
The interest in Agile Tester certification is the following:
What are the objectives of istqb Agile Tester Syllabus?
Preparing for the Exam
The study materials that I used for this certification are:
- ISTQB documents
- Books
- Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams, a book that is very useful not only to prepare for the exam but to gain more knowledge about Agile, in general
- Sample Exam questions that you can find on the internet. I gathered a list of URLs that contains sample questions, for some of them you need to pay.
- http://www.testingexcellence.com/istqb-quiz/istqb-agile-tester-certification-exam-sample-test/
- http://www.ebay.com/itm/ISTQB-Foundation-Level-Agile-Tester-Full-Length-Online-Practice-Test-/221781994210
- http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=istqb-agile-ext-quiz-chapter-1
- http://www.gocertify.com/astqb-and-istqb/istqb-practice-quiz-agile-tester-ctfl-at-quiz-1
- http://www.gocertify.com/astqb-and-istqb/istqb-practice-quiz-agile-tester-ctfl-at-quiz-2
- https://testpot.com/exams/istqb-online-test/56b3dac62527e42823ff53bf/
Exam Tips
- You need to read the syllabus for at least 5 times. Some K1 parts should be memorized (e.g. agile values, agile principles, xp values, etc.).
- Focus on the Learning objective. While you read the question try to be aware to what chapter that question belongs and remember what is the learning objective for that chapter. Try to be aware of the distribution of questions per chapter (see below). For example question 14, belongs to chapter 2.1 and you'll need to know the difference between testing activities in agile and in traditional projects, question 26 belongs to 3.1 and you should know what is TDD, BDD and ATD.
- There will be 26 questions. Questions 13, 25 and 40 are K1, from Glossary of Terms.
- Even question of K2 and K3 may require strong knowledge of the syllabus
- I remember that there are 2 questions from 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3 and 1.2.3, 3.1.3, 3.3.2
- The majority of K3 questions are practical, e.g. what are the valid acceptance test cases for a user story, asses quality risks, perform exploratory testing
- Take care with the exam time cause is flying, especially when K3 questions start (from question number 29).
Good luck!
Happy testing and... make it green, becomes a dream :).
