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Prep work for ISTQB Foundation Level Exam

Importance of ISTQB:

ISTQB exam is an important step for anyone aspiring to be a manual/automation tester. This course gives you an overview of testing. It covers many important concepts like What is Testing, types of testing, testing methodologies, test design phase, bug identification and tracking etc., This will help you gain knowledge on all the testing concepts.
If you are certified in ISTQB Foundation Level, then you will be in a good position to offer quality assurance. Recruiters would be more interested in associates having this certification.It also helps in career advancement

Who should take up this exam:

Associates having minimum 6 months experience in testing can take up this exam
No.of questions: 40
Pass percentage: 65%

How to take up this exam:

1.Most of the IT companies conduct ISTQB drive within their organizations. Be aware of the drives happening in your organization and register yourself.
2. If you company doesn't entertain such drives, the you have to register yourself using this link

https://itb.formistry.com/

How to prepare:

There are many websites that provide free sample syllabus and mock exams for ISTQB. Here are some of the links I referred to, while preparing for this exam.

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/istqb-testing-certification-sample-question-papers-with-answers/
http://tryqa.com/istqb-dumps-download-mock-tests-and-sample-question-papers/
https://www.istqb.guru/istqb-foundation-level/

You should definitely go through this book "Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification" by "Dorothy Graham, Erik Van Veenendaal, Isabel Evans, Rex Black" which is the prescribed book for complete understanding. Trust me, most of the questions will appear from this.

1. You can easily get this book from your company's library
2.If you want to buy it, then follow this link

https://www.amazon.in/Foundations-Software-Testing-ISTQB-Certification/dp/8131526364/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550165131&sr=8-1&keywords=istqb

Here is the online pdf for the same.

https://www.utcluj.ro/media/page_document/78/Foundations%20of%20software%20testing%20-%20ISTQB%20Certification.pdf


Happy Learning.
I wish you all the best!! :)

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