Foundation Level has hundreds of mock exams. Advanced Level has almost none. Here is every source with real practice material for CTAL-TA, CTAL-TM, CTAL-AT and CT-PT, with what each one publishes about itself, checked on 5 November 2026.
The official ISTQB sample exam is the closest thing to a real CTAL-TA paper, and almost every study site links to it without saying what is inside. Here is the map: 45 questions, 78 points, which chapter owns each question number, and the four learning objectives the main set never tests.
Looking for something other than ExamTopics or Whizlabs for ISTQB practice? Here is what each one actually offers in October 2026, what it leaves out, and which free alternatives are worth switching to.
CT-QDO is ISTQB's new Specialist certification for testing in DevOps: 40 questions, 45 points, pass mark 30, 60 minutes. Here is what the v1.0 syllabus covers and how to prepare.
The ISTQB scheme has four levels and 27 current exams. Every one of them starts with CTFL. Here is how the levels connect, what each branch requires, and which second exam fits your job.
Twelve ISTQB practice test sites, opened and read on 15 October 2026, with every stated pass mark and syllabus version checked against istqb.org. Three of the twelve print numbers that are simply wrong.
Every ISTQB certification page prints a question count and a point total, and on most exams they do not match. The pass mark is set against the points, which changes how many answers you actually need.
ISTQB has three names in its security track and only two exams you can book. The entry rule, not the syllabus, decides which one is yours.
What K1, K2, K3 and K4 mean, what each level is worth in every current ISTQB exam, and how the weighting changes what you actually need to score.
Both exams run 120 minutes and both need CTFL. But CTAL-TM puts 42 of its 88 points behind K4 questions, and that changes which one you should sit first.
The ISTQB Performance Testing syllabus still carries the date 9 December 2018. What is still accurate in it, what it never mentions, and how the exam built on it is actually weighted.
The CTFL v4.0 exam is 40 questions in 60 minutes and 26 points to pass. Those numbers are global. The fee, the retake interval, the calculator, and when you see your score are not — they belong to whoever sells you the exam.
ISTQB has issued more than 1.1 million certificates, which settles the question of recognition and nothing else. What the exam actually measures, what it costs, which syllabuses are retiring, and four questions to ask before you pay.
Eight places to take free ISTQB mock exams in 2026, checked on their own pages against six criteria: no sign-up, rationale on every option, stated syllabus version, timed full-length mocks, chapter drills, and no dumps. Plus a three-stage practice sequence for CTFL v4.0.
Chapter 4 supplies 11 of the 40 CTFL questions: 0 K1, 6 K2, 5 K3. Here is which five learning objectives the K3 questions must come from, what each asks you to compute, and how to budget the time.
The seven testing principles in the exact CTFL v4.0 wording, including the two that were renamed, how many marks they are really worth, and the traps that separate the confusable pairs.
CTFL-AT retires on 6 May 2027 (EN) / 6 November 2027 (non-EN) with no grandfathering. Here is exactly what CTAL-AT v2.0 replaces, how the two exams differ, and when to make the switch.
The CTFL v4.0 syllabus has six chapters and 64 learning objectives, and the exam draws exactly 8, 6, 4, 11, 9 and 2 questions from them. Here is the official breakdown, the K-level split and how to study against it.
How to test a machine learning model the ISTQB CT-AI way: check data quality, expose bias, and cover AI-specific quality characteristics — not just accuracy.
A tester-focused guide to precision, recall and F1 score: how to read a confusion matrix, when each metric matters, and why 94% accuracy can still be a bad model.
Where the study time for ISTQB CT-AI v2.0 really goes: the order to read the syllabus in, the CTFL habits that mislead you, how to drill ML metrics, and how to read a mock score.
ISTQB's Certified Tester AI Testing syllabus jumped to v2.0 in April 2026 — 11 chapters became 7, with new GenAI, LLM red teaming and dedicated data and model test levels. Here's every change and which version to sit.
Everything about the ISTQB CT-AI certification under the new v2.0 syllabus (2026): what it covers, the exam format, prerequisites, and how to prepare for testing ML and generative AI systems.
The ISTQB Foundation (CTFL v4.0) exam is 40 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, and you pass at 65% — 26 of 40. Here is exactly how the format, scoring and K-levels work.
Four weeks, hour by hour: the weekly rhythm that fits a working tester's evenings, the order I would learn the syllabus in, the preparation mistakes that cost people the exam, and how to read a mock result.
Everything you need to know about the ISTQB Foundation Level (CTFL v4.0) certification: what it is, the exam format, the six syllabus chapters, and how to prepare efficiently.