ISTQBRetiringCertified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester
The ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester certification equips testing professionals with the skills to effectively contribute to Agile teams. It covers Agile testing methods, techniques, and practices, enabling you to support quality delivery in fast-paced, iterative environments. This certification is ideal for testers, developers, and others involved in Agile projects who want to validate their Agile testing expertise.
594 practice questions · Updated 2026-07-30
3Domains
20Objectives
139Concepts
594Questions
CT-AT Curriculum
Every domain, objective, and concept the CT-AT exam measures.
- Agile Software Development Fundamentals
- Agile Manifesto Values
- Agile Manifesto Principles
- Agile Methods Overview
- Agile vs. Traditional Approaches
- Whole-Team Approach Definition
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Collaboration and Communication
- Collective Ownership of Quality
- Benefits and Challenges
- Purpose of Early and Frequent Feedback
- Feedback Sources
- Feedback Mechanisms
- Feedback Timing
- Acting on Feedback
- Agile software development approaches
- Agile values and principles
- Agile team roles
- Agile practices and techniques
- Agile planning and estimation
- Agile testing and quality
- Agile project tracking and reporting
- Agile scaling and frameworks
- User Story Components
- User Story Formats
- Collaborative Creation Process
- Role of the Product Owner
- Acceptance Criteria
- Story Slicing
- Common Pitfalls
- Purpose of retrospectives
- Retrospective process
- Retrospective techniques
- Roles in retrospectives
- Action items and follow-up
- Retrospectives in agile teams
- Continuous Integration Definition
- Benefits of Continuous Integration
- Continuous Integration Practices
- Continuous Integration Tools
- Continuous Integration and Agile Testing
- Release Planning Purpose
- Iteration Planning Purpose
- Release Planning Inputs
- Iteration Planning Inputs
- Release Planning Outputs
- Iteration Planning Outputs
- Release Planning Techniques
- Iteration Planning Techniques
- Release Planning Roles
- Iteration Planning Roles
- Release Planning in Agile Context
- Iteration Planning in Agile Context
- Agile Testing Quadrants
- Role of Testing in Agile
- Test-Driven Development (TDD)
- Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD)
- Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)
- Continuous Integration and Testing
- Test Automation in Agile
- Collaboration in Testing
- Testing in Iterations
- Identify project work products
- Understand the purpose of each work product
- Relate work products to testing activities
- Recognize work product evolution
- Test Levels in Agile
- Agile Testing Quadrants
- Test Level Purpose and Scope
- Test Level Integration
- Test Level Adaptation
- Configuration Management in Agile Testing
- Version Control of Test Assets
- Configuration Identification
- Baseline Management
- Change Control in Agile Testing
- Traceability and Configuration Management
- Tool Support for Configuration Management
- Independent Testing Levels
- Benefits and Drawbacks of Independence
- Organizational Options
- Selecting an Appropriate Option
- Agile Test Reporting
- Test Progress Metrics
- Product Quality Metrics
- Communicating Status in Agile
- Interpreting Metrics for Stakeholders
- Using Information Radiators
- Handling Metrics in Agile
- Regression Risk in Agile
- Evolving Test Cases
- Test Case Maintenance
- Manual vs Automated Regression Testing
- Selecting Tests for Regression
- Risk-Based Regression Testing
- Automation in Regression Testing
- Continuous Integration and Regression
- Monitoring and Adapting Regression Strategy
- Agile Tester Skills Overview
- Agile Testing Mindset
- Communication and Collaboration Skills
- Technical Skills for Agile Testing
- Business and Domain Knowledge
- Continuous Learning and Improvement
- Tester's Role in Agile Teams
- Whole-Team Approach
- Testing in Agile Iterations
- Tester's Contribution to User Stories
- Collaboration and Communication
- Independent Testing in Agile
- Tester's Skills and Mindset
- Test Pyramid
- Testing Quadrants
- Test Levels in Agile
- Testing Types in Agile
- Role of a Tester in Agile
- Quality Risk Assessment
- Risk-Based Test Planning
- Estimating testing effort based on content and risk
- Using acceptance criteria for test planning
- Ensuring adequate coverage in Agile testing
- Applying Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD)
- Designing functional black box tests
- Designing non-functional black box tests
- Exploratory Testing in Agile
- Session-Based Testing
- Task Management Tools
- Tracking Test Progress
- Communication Tools
- Information Radiators
- Build Tools
- Distribution Tools
- Configuration Management Tools
- Version Control Systems
- Test Design Tools
- Test Implementation Tools
- Test Execution Tools
- Cloud Computing Tools
- Virtualization Tools
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