The ISTQB CTAL-AT v2.0 exam has 40 questions, 90 minutes, and 34 of 52 points (65%) to pass. ExamCaliber has 124 free ISTQB CTAL-AT v2.0 practice questions in 3 full-length mock exams of 40 questions, 90 minutes and 65% to pass — every answer, right and wrong, carries a written rationale. No sign-up, no paywall.
The exam has 40 questions worth 52 points in total, and you need 34 points to pass, which is 65.4%. Note carefully: 34 is a number of points, not a number of questions. Because questions carry different weights, 34 points can correspond to quite different numbers of correct answers.
No. A K2 question is worth 1 point, a K3 question 2 points and a K4 question 3 points. The paper contains 31 K2, 6 K3 and 3 K4 questions, which is how 40 questions add up to 52 points. There are no K1 questions in CTAL-AT v2.0 at all, although keywords remain examinable at the K1 and K2 level.
The exam lasts 90 minutes. Candidates sitting it in a language that is not their native language receive the standard ISTQB 25% extension, which gives 113 minutes.
CTAL-AT v2.0 is an Advanced Level certification with higher cognitive demands, including K4 Analyze objectives that CTFL-AT never had, and it is scored on weighted points (52 rather than 40). CTFL-AT is retiring, with a sunset date of 6 May 2027 for English exams and 6 November 2027 for other languages. There is no grandfathering: holding CTFL-AT does not convert into CTAL-AT v2.0, so if you want the current Agile credential you have to sit the new exam.
CT-ATT was the ISTQB Certified Tester Agile Technical Tester certification. CTAL-AT v2.0 consolidates the Agile portfolio into a single Advanced Level certification, so CT-ATT retires alongside CTFL-AT on the same sunset dates: 6 May 2027 in English and 6 November 2027 in other languages. CT-ATT is not grandfathered into CTAL-AT v2.0 and does not count as a prerequisite.
Yes. Holding the ISTQB Foundation Level (CTFL) certificate is a formal entry criterion for the CTAL-AT exam. The syllabus also expects candidates to be interested in software testing, especially in Agile environments. CTFL-AT and CT-ATT are neither required nor accepted as substitutes.
Not formally. The syllabus strongly recommends at least a minimal background in Agile software development or testing, such as six months as a system or user acceptance tester or as an Agile team member, but no experience requirement is enforced as an entry criterion.
No. An ISTQB-accredited course is only strongly recommended, not required. You can register for the exam through a member board or exam provider without having taken one, though accredited training does cover the full 13 hours of prescribed material.
Substantially harder in kind, not just in volume. There are no K1 recall questions at all, 25 of the 31 learning objectives are K2, and the exam includes 6 K3 apply questions and 3 K4 analyze questions. Those nine higher-level questions carry 21 of the 52 points, so roughly 40% of your score comes from tasks that require applying and analysing rather than remembering.
Yes. ISTQB publishes an official v2.0 sample exam with a separate answer document. It contains 40 questions for 52 points, so it mirrors the structure and the weighting of the real exam exactly, which makes it a good calibration run.
The syllabus prescribes a minimum of 13 hours (780 minutes) of accredited training, explicitly divided over at least two days. The per-chapter minutes are 60, 60, 210, 135, 285 and 30, so chapter 5 alone takes more than a third of the total. Most candidates need additional self-study and at least one timed practice exam on top of that.
ISTQB does not set a single global price. The exam fee is set by the national member board or exam provider you register with, so it varies by country and by delivery channel. Check the price on your local member board's site before booking.
It depends on your member board and exam provider. Delivery options, including remotely proctored online exams and test centres, are decided locally rather than centrally by ISTQB, so confirm what is available in your country with the board you register with.
No. None of those appear in the CTAL-AT v2.0 syllabus. There is no INVEST, no 3C model, no story points, planning poker or velocity as a planning metric, no three amigos, sprint zero or Definition of Ready, and no Gherkin or given/when/then syntax — BDD is discussed as an approach, but its syntax is not examined. The syllabus also names no specific tools, only tool categories, and it covers test debt rather than technical debt.
Yes, but narrowly. Basic quadrant material moved to CTFL v4.0, and in CTAL-AT v2.0 quadrants are examined only through learning objective 3.1.2, which asks you to outline a project test strategy using testing quadrants at K4 level. That is one question worth 3 points, and it requires building a strategy against context factors, not reciting the four quadrants.
Version 2.0 is the current syllabus. It was formally released by the ISTQB General Assembly on 17 April 2026, runs to 70 pages, and covers six examinable chapters. The previous CT-AT v1.0 syllabus from 2014 is superseded.