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ISTQBCertified Tester Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester
The ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester (CTAL-ATT) certification validates the technical testing skills essential in Agile development environments. It covers Agile testing techniques, test automation approaches, and continuous deployment and delivery. This certification is for experienced testers who want to deepen their expertise in the technical aspects of testing within Agile teams, enabling them to contribute to higher-quality software delivery.
Exam formatMultiple choice
Duration90 minutes
DeliveryISTQB Member Boards
Passing score42 out of 64 points
Free questions264
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What Certified Tester Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
4domains
9objectives
72concepts
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester (CTAL-ATT) certification provides a thorough introduction to the technical testing skills that are fundamental in organizations using an Agile development approach. It focuses on the practical application of Agile techniques, test automation, and continuous delivery practices, equipping testers to work effectively within cross-functional Agile teams.
This certification is designed for experienced testing professionals who wish to further develop their expertise in technical testing aspects within an Agile context. By earning the CTAL-ATT, you demonstrate your ability to apply Agile techniques to ensure adequate test coverage, define testable requirements, create and implement effective Agile test approaches, support test automation, and contribute to continuous integration and delivery. This credential positions you as a valuable technical testing resource in Agile environments.
Who it’s for
The Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester certification is aimed at people who wish to further develop their expertise in technical testing aspects in an agile context. This includes testers, test analysts, test engineers, and software developers who are involved in Agile projects and want to enhance their technical testing skills. Candidates should have a solid foundation in software testing principles and practical experience in Agile environments. The certification is particularly relevant for those who are responsible for test automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery within Agile teams.
Recommended experience
Sufficient practical experience in software testing, particularly in Agile environments. Specific experience criteria may vary by ISTQB Member Board. Practical experience in software testing, ideally in Agile development environments; Familiarity with Agile methodologies and practices; Basic understanding of test automation concepts and tools; Experience with continuous integration and delivery practices
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective ISTQB measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official ISTQB exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
Requirements Engineering
- Analyze user stories and epics using requirements engineering techniques
- Identifying acceptance criteria using requirements engineering and test techniques
Testing in Agile
- Agile Software Development and Test Techniques
- Experience-based testing in Agile
- Aspects of Code Quality
Test Automation
- Test Automation Techniques
- Level of Automation
Deployment and Delivery
- Continuous Integration, continuous testing and continuous delivery
- Service Virtualization
On the day
The exam itself
Everything ISTQB publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
Hold a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level 4.0 (CTFL 4.0) certification OR a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate prior to CTFL 4.0 plus a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester certificate.
CertificationCertified Tester Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester
Exam formatMultiple choice
Duration90 minutes
Questions40 questions
Passing score42 out of 64 points
DeliveryISTQB Member Boards
LanguagesEnglish, Non-native language (with +25% time)
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path ISTQB lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to Certified Tester Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester
PrerequisiteHold a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level 4.0 (CTFL 4.0) certification OR a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate prior to CTFL 4.0 plus a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester certificate.
Credential earnedCertified Tester Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester Certification Renewal and maintenance
ISTQB certifications do not require renewal except for Expert Level. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. ISTQB maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by ISTQB
Exam registration
Register for the exam through ISTQB Member Boards, ISTQB’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official ISTQB certification page for exam policies and requirements.
View the official pageYour coach
And when you are serious, your coach Pip takes over
Your coach in the app reads what you have answered with the book closed and tells you one thing to do tonight. It will not count an answer you gave with the page open, and it will tell you when you are not ready.
See how the coach worksBefore you book
Questions people ask
How does CT-ATT relate to the retired CTAL-AT v1.0?
CT-ATT is being retired and replaced by the Certified Tester Advanced Level Agile Tester (CTAL-AT) v2.0, which covers advanced Agile testing expertise. Candidates seeking Agile testing knowledge and skills should consider CTAL-AT v2.0.
Is there a hands-on or lab component in the CT-ATT exam?
The CT-ATT exam is a multiple-choice exam. There is no hands-on or lab component.
What is the retake policy for the CT-ATT exam?
ISTQB exam retake policies are defined by the respective Member Board or Exam Provider. Please refer to the specific exam provider for details on waiting periods and retake rules.
What job roles does the CT-ATT certification map to?
The CT-ATT certification is relevant for testers, test analysts, test engineers, and software developers working in Agile environments who are responsible for technical testing aspects such as test automation and continuous delivery.
Can I recertify by passing a different ISTQB exam?
ISTQB certifications do not require renewal except for Expert Level. However, holders of CT-ATT may choose to proceed to other Core, Agile, or Specialist stream certifications to further develop their skills.
Are there regional differences in exam delivery for CT-ATT?
Exams are delivered by ISTQB Member Boards, and availability may vary by region. Please contact your local Member Board or an approved exam provider for specific delivery options in your area.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 264 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept ISTQB measures — each one written out.
4domains
9objectives
72concepts
56free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official ISTQB exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1Requirements Engineering51 questions
2Testing in Agile110 questions
3Test Automation49 questions
4Deployment and Delivery54 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Analyze user stories and epics using requirements engineering techniques6 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
29 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
264 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
264questions
56pages
9objectives
Freealways
Start anywhereAnalyze user stories and epics using requirements engineering techniques 29 questions · 6 pages
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Requirements Engineering51 questions
2Testing in Agile110 questions
3Test Automation49 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
72concepts
264free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from ISTQB
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
3official links
72concepts mapped
The source
ISTQB’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official ISTQB outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 9 objectives, 72 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When ISTQB changes the outline, this page changes with it.
9objectives on the outline→72concepts written→264free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.