ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level Performance Testing (CT-PT) Practice Exam
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level Performance Testing (CT-PT) Practice Exam
About ISTQB Performance Testing (CT-PT) Exam
The ISTQB Performance Testing (CT-PT) exam has been developed to assess the knowledge of the principal aspects of performance testing, including technical aspects, method-based aspects, and organizational aspects. Specifically pertaining to performance testing, it covers areas such as basic concepts, measurements, activities, tasks, and tools.
Who should take the exam?
ISTQB Performance Testing (CT-PT) is suitable for professionals involved in software testing who wishes to upscale their knowledge of performance testing and someone who wishes to start a specialist career in performance testing. The certification is suitable for people involved in performance engineering who wishes to have a better understanding of performance testing.
Exam Details
- Total Questions: 40
- Passing Score: 26
- Exam Duration: 90 mins (+25% Non-Native Language)
Skills Acquired
- Understanding the basic concepts of performance efficiency and performance testing;
- Determine performance risks, goals, and requirements to meet stakeholder needs and expectations;
- Learn performance metrics and how to collect them;
- Create a performance test plan for achieving stated goals and requirements;
- Learn to conceptually design, implement, and execute basic performance tests;
- Analyze and interpret the results of a performance test and state implications to various stakeholders;
- Determine the process, rationale, results, and implications of performance testing to various stakeholders;
- Learn and understand categories and uses for performance tools and criteria for their selection;
- Define how performance testing activities align with the software lifecycle.
Course Outline
The ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level Performance Testing (CT-PT) -
Domain 1 - Understand Basic Concepts (60 mins.)
1.1 Learn Principles and Concepts
- 1.1.1 (K2) Understand the principles of performance testing
1.2 Learn Types of Performance Testing
- 1.2.1 (K2) Understand the different types of performance testing
1.3 Learn Testing Types in Performance Testing
- 1.3.1 (K1) Recall testing types in performance testing
1.4 Learn the Concept of Load Generation
- 1.4.1 (K2) Understand the concept of load generation
1.5 Learn Common Failures in Performance Testing and Their Causes
- 1.5.1 (K2) Give examples of common failure modes of performance testing and their causes
Domain 2 - Understanding Performance Measurement Fundamentals (55 mins)
2.1 Learn Typical Metrics Collected in Performance Testing
- 2.1.1 (K2) Understand the typical metrics collected in performance testing
2.2 Learn Aggregating Results from Performance Testing
- 2.2.1 (K2) Explain why results from performance testing are aggregated
2.3 Learn Key Sources of Performance Metrics
- 2.3.1 (K2) Understand the key sources of performance metrics
2.4 Learn Typical Results of a Performance Test
- 2.4.1 (K1) Recall the typical results of a performance test
Domain 3 - Understanding Performance Testing in the Software Lifecycle (195 mins)
3.1 Learn Principal Performance Testing Activities
- 3.1.1 (K2) Understand the principal performance testing activities
3.2 Learn Performance Risks for Different Architectures
- 3.2.1 (K2) Explain typical categories of performance risks for different architectures
3.3 Learn Performance Risks Across the Software Development Lifecycle
- 3.3.1 (K4) Analyze performance risks for a given product across the software development lifecycle
3.4 Learn Performance Testing Activities
- 3.4.1 (K4) Analyze a given project to determine the appropriate performance testing activities for each phase of the software development lifecycle
Domain 4 - Understanding Performance Testing Tasks (475 mins)
4.1 Learn about Planning
- 4.1.1 (K4) Derive performance test objectives from relevant information
- 4.1.2 (K4) Outline a performance test plan which considers the performance objectives for a given project
- 4.1.3 (K4) Create a presentation that enables various stakeholders to understand the rationale behind the planned performance testing
4.2 Learn Analysis, Design and Implementation
- 4.2.1 (K2) Give examples of typical protocols encountered in performance testing
- 4.2.2 (K2) Understand the concept of transactions in performance testing
- 4.2.3 (K4) Analyze operational profiles for system usage
- 4.2.4 (K4) Create load profiles derived from operational profiles for given performance objectives
- 4.2.5 (K4) Analyze throughput and concurrency when developing performance tests
- 4.2.6 (K2) Understand the basic structure of a performance test script
- 4.2.7 (K3) Implement performance test scripts consistent with the plan and load profiles
- 4.2.8 (K2) Understand the activities involved in preparing for the performance test execution
4.3 Learn Execution
- 4.3.1 (K2) Understand the principal activities in running performance test scripts
4.4 Learn Analyzing Results and Reporting
- 4.4.1 (K4) Analyze and report performance test results and implications
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- Practice exams have been designed by professionals and domain experts that simulate real-time exam scenario.
- Practice exam questions have been created on the basis of content outlined in the official documentation.
- Each set in the practice exam contains unique questions built with the intent to provide real-time experience to the candidates as well as gain more confidence during exam preparation.
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