Tuesday, 25 August 2015

12 Useful Tips to Pass the ISTQB Certification Examination Successfully

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What is ISTQB? Why there is a need to be ISTQB certified in software testing profession? To increase your knowledge and help you in becoming a qualified tester, I am sharing some important points on software testing as a career option with you. First of all, you should know that the International Software Testing Qualification Board or ISTQB is an international software testing qualification certification organization and a non-profit association, which is legally registered in Belgium. Founded in November 2002 in Edinburgh, it gives certified training in testing to students who want to build their career in the IT sector.

It is the most widely used qualification scheme in the world that give candidates a platform to shape their career in testing. It provides the comprehensive syllabi glossary and contents on different testing technologies that have become the de fact industry reference for the software testing profession. There are many trusted institutes like QACampus that provide enhanced training for cracking the ISTQB examination.

By pursuing ISTQB certification you:
  • gain independently assessed skills and knowledge
  • boost your marketability and testing capabilities throughout the industry
  • get greater career opportunities
  • gain increased earning potential
  • add the logo of “ISTQB Certified Tester” to your resume and welcome the best job opportunities
Now let's focus on our main subject, which is how to pass the ISTQB certification foundation examination successfully! Here are the 12 useful tips!

1. Initially, get complete information on the latest foundation level syllabus from the ISTQB official website

2. Get the ISTQB book for learning all the concepts of testing and join the best institute for having ISTQB certification training

3. Once you have completed your syllabus, test your knowledge by attempting some mock tests and sample papers on ISTQB available over the Internet

4. Go through your book again and clear out your doubts and recall all the basic and important concepts of testing

5. Give more time on tricky questions on wide concepts like statement coverage, path and branch so that you can easily be able to attempt these questions correctly

6. Make a list of important glossary and frequent used definitions  and keep them handy for frequent reading

7. Give some time on resolving your week points and always recall your positive points

8. Gather some questions or get practice sample papers and try to solve them within stipulated time

9. For example, try to do 40 questions in 90 minutes for each ISTQB mock test

10. Find out how many questions you have attempted correctly – you need to score more than 26 questions correctly out of 40 questions

11. Get the study materials from a trusted platform at the lowest prices

12. Just before the ISTQB examination, go over the important topics once again and recall everything that you studied

I believe that this will be your complete package on how to pass the ISTQB certification examination! With these useful tips, I hope you will be able to accomplish your career goal! All the best for your exam!