ISTQB Certified Tester Acceptance Testing (CT-AcT)

The Foundation Level Usability Testing qualification is aimed at people who have already achieved a Foundation point in their careers in software testing and wish to develop further their expertise in Acceptance Testing.

Foundation Level Acceptance Testing candidates who have passed the Foundation Level “Acceptance Testing” syllabus exam should be able to accomplish the following Objectives:

For business analysts and product owners:

• Contribute to an organization’s acceptance testing activities by participating in the acceptance test design phase and supporting the alignment of the product with the business requirements.
• Contribute to an organization’s acceptance testing activities by participating in the acceptance test design phase and supporting the alignment of the product with the business requirements.
• Contribute to the quality of the acceptance testing process, including validation and verification of produced artifacts.

For testers:

• Contribute to the definition of acceptance criteria during the requirements definition phase.
• Collaborate efficiently with business analysts and other stakeholders during all acceptance testing activities.
• Understand the business objectives, communicate with business units, and share common objectives for acceptance testing.

IT professionals who have passed the “Acceptance Testing” syllabus exam should be able to demonstrate their skills in the following areas:

• Develop and review acceptance criteria for requirements and/or user stories in a collaborative way.
• Apply Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) techniques for a given scenario.
• Apply the Gherkin language for designing acceptance tests for a given scenario.
• Organize exploratory testing and beta testing session.
• Review business process/rule models specified in BPMN and DMN.
• Use business process/rule models specified in BPMN and DMN to create acceptance tests.
• Consider usability/user experience, performance efficiency and security in planning and performing acceptance testing.
• Collaborate efficiently with relevant stakeholders in acceptance testing activities including defect reporting and analysis and test status reporting.
• Select relevant tools for acceptance testing activities.

The course is composed of a number of key topics and chapters, including:

Chapter 1. Introduction and Foundations – 80 mins

Chapter 2. Acceptance Criteria, Acceptance Tests and Experience Based Practices – 165 mins

Chapter 3. Business Process and Business Rules Modelling – 150 mins.

Chapter 4. Acceptance Testing for Non-Functional Requirements – 95 mins.

Chapter 5. Collaborative Acceptance Testing – 110 mins.

Students sitting this course should have at least 6-months of software testing experience and hold and ISTQB Foundation certificate

To qualify as an internationally recognized Certified Foundation Acceptance Tester delegates must successfully pass the exam:

• The examination consists of a one-hour exam with 40 multiple choice questions.
• It will be a ‘closed book’ examination i.e., no notes or books will be allowed into the examination room.
• Duration of 60 minutes (or 75 minutes for candidates taking examinations that are not in their native language)
• The pass mark is 65% (26 out of 40).

People gaining this qualification may consider further course for ISTQB, as follows:

At Foundation Level:

- ISTQB Agile Tester

- ISTQB Mobile App Tester

- ISTQB Model Based Tester

- ISTQB AI for Testers

At Advanced Level

- ISTQB Test Analyst

- ISTQB Technical Test Analyst

- ISTQB Agile Technical Tester

- ISTQB Automation Engineer

- ISTQB Test Manager

- ISTQB Security Tester