Below is the division of ISTQB Exam Syllabus with K-Level Break-Up.

1) The Fundamentals of testing: (K2)

  • Why is testing necessary? (K2)
  • What is Testing? (K2)
  • Testing Principles (K2)
  • Fundamental Test Process (K1)
  • The psychology of Testing (K2)

2) Testing throughout the life-cycle: (K2)

  • Software development models (K2)
  • Test Levels (Eg. Unit testing, Component testing, Integration testing,etc.) (K2)
  • Test types (Functional, non-functional, structural, change-related testing) (K2)
  • Maintenance testing (K2)

3) Static testing: (K2)

  • Reviews and the Test process (K2)
  • Review Process (K2)
  • Static analysis by tools (K2)

4) Test design techniques: (K4)

  • Identifying test conditions and designing test cases (K2)
  • Categories of test design techniques (K2)
  • Specification-based or Black Box techniques (eg. BVA, Equivalence Partitioning) (K3)
  • Structure-based or white Box techniques (K4)
  • Experienced based techniques (Error guessing and Exploratory guessing) (K2)
  • Choosing a Test technique (K2)

5) Test Management: (K3)

  • Test organization (K2)
  • Test Plans, estimates and strategies (K3)
  • Test progress, monitoring and control (K2)
  • Configuration management (K2)
  • Risk and testing (K2)
  • Incident management (K3)

6) Tool support for testing: (K2)

  • Types of test tools (K2)
  • Effective use of tools (K2)
  • Introducing a tool into an organization (K1)
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