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Software is to be found everywhere by now. Very often human life depends on a smoothly working and reliable program flow. Examples for this are medical technology and civil aviation. Professional verification and testing of software is a task, which, under theses circumstances, gains more and more in importance and therefore requires a fundamental training.

With the ISTQB Certified Tester program a manufacturer independent and standardised scheme for training and further education of software testers exists, which is accepted worldwide. By September 2008 there are more than 90.000 certified testers worldwide. The examinees are software experts from all sectors (automobile industry, financial service, medical technology, telecommunication, public administration, etc).

The scheme consists of three training steps:

Foundation Level
Advanced Level
Expert Level (in preparation)

The related syllabi are developed and released by the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB). The exam questions are developed and released by the ISTQB member boards and cover the content of the syllabi. The International Software Quality Institute (iSQI) is the certification authority for written exams and the conduction of certifications following the training courses of accredited training providers in several countries. Still, we point out that the ISTQB member boards are responsible for the quality and content of the exams. Questions and suggestions concerning exam questions are gladly accepted at info@isqi.org. We will forward your e-mail to the responsible ISTQB member board.