The testing market is growing at a fast pace and ISTQB certifications are being increasingly requested, with more than 180,000 persons currently certified throughout the world. The ISTQB Foundations level syllabus was updated in 2011, and this book provides detailed course study material including a glossary and sample questions to help adequately prepare for the certification exam.The fundamental aspects of testing are approached, as is testing in the lifecycles from Waterfall to Agile and iterative lifecycles. Static testing, such as reviews and static analysis, and their benefits are examined as well as techniques such as Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value Analysis, Decision Table Testing, State Transitions and use cases, along with selected white box testing techniques. Test management, test progress monitoring, risk analysis and incident management are covered, as are the methods for successfully introducing tools in an organization. Contents 1. Fundamentals of Testing.2. Testing Throughout the Software Life Cycle.3. Static Techniques (FL 3.0).4. Test Design Techniques (FL 4.0).5. Test Management (FL 5.0).6. Tools support for Testing (FL 6.0).7. Mock Exam.8. Templates and Models.9. Answers to the Questions.

The testing market is growing at a fast pace and ISTQB certifications are being increasingly requested, with more than 180,000 persons currently certified throughout the world. The ISTQB Foundations level syllabus was updated in 2011, and this book provides detailed course study material including a glossary and sample questions to help adequately prepare for the certification exam.The fundamental aspects of testing are approached, as is testing in the lifecycles from Waterfall to Agile and iterative lifecycles. Static testing, such as reviews and static analysis, and their benefits are examined as well as techniques such as Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value Analysis, Decision Table Testing, State Transitions and use cases, along with selected white box testing techniques. Test management, test progress monitoring, risk analysis and incident management are covered, as are the methods for successfully introducing tools in an organization.Contents1. Fundamentals of Testing.2. Testing Throughout the Software Life Cycle.3. Static Techniques (FL 3.0).4. Test Design Techniques (FL 4.0).5. Test Management (FL 5.0).6. Tools support for Testing (FL 6.0).7. Mock Exam.8. Templates and Models.9. Answers to the Questions.

Preface xiGlossary xvChapter 1. Fundamentals of Testing 11.1. Why is testing necessary? (FL 1.1) 11.2. What is testing? (FL 1.2) 71.3. Paradoxes and main principles (FL 1.3) 111.4. Fundamental test process (FL 1.4) 141.5. Psychology of testing (FL 1.5) 221.6. Testers and code of ethics (FL 1.6) 271.7. Synopsis of this chapter 341.8. Sample exam questions 35Chapter 2. Testing Throughout the Software Life Cycle 432.1. Software development models (FL 2.1) 432.2. Test levels (FL 2.2) 582.3. Types of tests (FL 2.3) 662.4. Test and maintenance (FL 2.4) 742.5. Oracles 812.6. Specific cases 832.7. Synopsis of this chapter 842.8. Sample exam questions 85Chapter 3. Static Techniques (FL 3.0) 913.1. Static techniques and the test process (FL 3.1) 913.2. Review process (FL 3.2) 943.3. Static analysis by tools (FL 3.3)1193.4. Added value of static activities 1303.5. Synopsis of this chapter 1313.6. Sample exam questions 131Chapter 4. Test Design Techniques (FL 4.0) 1374.1. The test development process (FL 4.1) 1394.2. Categories of test design techniques (FL 4.2)1434.3. Black-box techniques (FL 4.3) 1474.4. Structure-based techniques (FL 4.4) 1724.5. Experience-based techniques (FL 4.5) 1874.6. Choosing test techniques (FL 4.6) 1934.7. Synopsis of this chapter 1944.8. Sample exam questions 195Chapter 5. Test Management (FL 5.0) 2095.1. Test organization (FL 5.1) 2095.2. Test planning and estimation (FL 5.2) 2155.3. Test progress monitoring and control (FL 5.3) 2395.4. Reporting 2425.5. Transverse processes and activities 2465.6. Risks management (FL 5.5) 2485.7. Defect management (FL 5.6) 2575.8. Synopsis of this chapter 2645.9. Sample exam questions 265Chapter 6. Tools support for Testing (FL 6.0) 2776.1. Types of test tools (FL 6.1) 2786.2. Assumptions and limitations of test tools (FL 6.2) 2836.3. Selecting and introducing tools in an organization (FL 6.3) 2896.4. Synopsis of this chapter 2956.5. Sample exam questions 296Chapter 7. Mock Exam 301Chapter 8. Templates and Models 3158.1. Master test plan 3158.2. Test plan 3178.3. Test design document 3198.4. Test case 3208.5. Test procedure 3218.6. Test log 3228.7. Defect report 3228.8. Test report 324Chapter 9. Answers to the Questions 3279.1. Answers to the end of chapter questions 3279.2. Correct answers to the sample paper questions 329Bibliography 331Index 335