ISTQBCertified Tester Model-Based Testing
The ISTQB® Certified Tester Model-Based Testing (CT-MBT) certification validates your ability to apply model-based testing techniques to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the test process. It extends classic test design methods with an innovative, model-driven approach. This certification is for testers, analysts, managers, and developers who want to create and maintain MBT models, generate test artifacts, and integrate MBT into their organization's quality assurance process.
740 practice questions · Updated 2026-07-30
5Domains
29Objectives
169Concepts
740Questions
CT-MBT Curriculum
Every domain, objective, and concept the CT-MBT exam measures.
- Definition of MBT
- Benefits of MBT
- Costs and Challenges of MBT
- When to Use MBT
- MBT in the Testing Process
- Common Misleading Expectations
- Pitfalls in MBT Adoption
- Model Quality and Maintenance
- Tool Limitations and Integration Issues
- Skill and Training Requirements
- Cost and Benefit Realism
- Identify MBT-specific activities
- Describe the role of models in MBT
- Distinguish MBT activities from traditional testing
- Sequence MBT activities
- Identify MBT work products
- Describe the role of models as inputs
- Describe the role of test artifacts as outputs
- Explain the relationship between inputs and outputs
- Sequential SDLC phases
- Iterative SDLC phases
- MBT activities in sequential SDLC
- MBT activities in iterative SDLC
- Comparison of MBT in sequential vs iterative
- Role of models in SDLC phases
- Integration of MBT with development activities
- Impact of lifecycle on MBT benefits
- Role of MBT in requirements engineering
- Requirements-based test models
- Requirements traceability in MBT
- Requirements validation and verification using MBT
- Impact of requirements changes on MBT
- Identify MBT modeling activities
- Understand the role of modeling in MBT
- Recognize inputs and outputs of modeling activities
- Apply modeling activities in practice
- Purpose of MBT models
- Abstraction in MBT models
- Levels of MBT models
- Modeling perspectives
- Scope of MBT models
- Test selection criteria
- Role of test objectives in MBT
- Influence of test objectives on model selection
- Deriving test objectives from stakeholders
- Impact of test objectives on model completeness
- Alignment of test objectives with test generation
- Categories of modeling languages
- Characteristics of each category
- Selection criteria for modeling languages
- Quality characteristics for MBT models
- Assessing quality of MBT models
- Improving quality of MBT models
- Purpose of modeling guidelines
- General modeling principles
- Naming conventions
- Model structure and organization
- Level of abstraction
- Handling time and concurrency
- Use of test-specific modeling elements
- Traceability and documentation
- Review and validation of models
- Iterative Model Development
- Model Review Techniques
- Model Validation Methods
- Traceability in MBT Models
- Handling Model Defects
- Tool Support for Review and Validation
- Test Selection Criteria Definition
- Types of Test Selection Criteria
- Applying Test Selection Criteria
- Evaluating Test Selection Criteria
- Test Case Selection Criteria
- Selection Strategies
- Coverage-Based Selection
- Risk-Based Selection
- Practical Constraints
- Tool Support for Selection
- Test selection criteria overview
- Coverage-based criteria
- Requirement-based criteria
- Risk-based criteria
- Stochastic and random criteria
- Data-driven criteria
- Combining criteria
- Automation Levels
- Manual Test Generation
- Automated Test Generation
- Semi-Automated Test Generation
- Factors Influencing Automation Degree
- Trade-offs of Automation Levels
- Advantages of specific test selection criteria
- Disadvantages of specific test selection criteria
- Comparison of test selection criteria
- Contextual suitability of criteria
- Purpose of test selection criteria
- Types of test selection criteria
- Structural coverage criteria
- Data coverage criteria
- Requirement-based selection
- Risk-based selection
- Traceability and selection
- Combining criteria
- Evaluating selection effectiveness
- Tool support for selection
- Definition of High-Level Test Cases
- Definition of Low-Level Test Cases
- Purpose of High-Level Test Cases
- Purpose of Low-Level Test Cases
- Relationship Between High-Level and Low-Level Test Cases
- Transformation Process in MBT
- Traceability from High-Level to Low-Level
- Use of High-Level Test Cases in Test Design
- Use of Low-Level Test Cases in Test Execution
- Impact of Abstraction Level on Test Maintenance
- Test Execution Types
- Execution Environment Setup
- Test Case Generation for Execution
- Handling Test Execution Results
- Execution Logging and Reporting
- Regression and Re-execution Strategies
- Impact of changes on MBT work products
- Change impact analysis in MBT
- Maintaining traceability for change management
- Re-testing and regression testing in MBT
- Updating MBT artifacts after changes
- Test Adaptation Purpose
- Test Adaptation Process
- Adaptation Techniques
- Handling Environmental Differences
- Tool Support for Adaptation
- Traceability in Adaptation
- Verification of Adapted Tests
- Identify ROI factors
- Analyze cost-benefit trade-offs
- Assess organizational impact
- Apply ROI measurement techniques
- Define metrics and KPIs in MBT
- Identify relevant MBT metrics
- Select appropriate KPIs
- Apply metrics for evaluation
- Deployment Planning
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Pilot Projects
- Training and Skill Development
- Tool Integration
- Process Adaptation
- Metrics and Measurement
- Continuous Improvement
- Risk Management
- Organizational Change Management
- Identify cost factors
- Analyze cost-benefit trade-offs
- Evaluate cost impact on project decisions
- Tool Selection Criteria
- Tool Integration Planning
- Tool Configuration and Setup
- Data and Model Import/Export
- Integration with Test Management Tools
- Integration with Automation Frameworks
- Integration with CI/CD Pipelines
- Tool Customization and Extension
- Tool Validation and Verification
- Training and Documentation
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