Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL) Exam Instructions

Exam Pre-requisite:

  • To qualify for the CTAL Exam, candidate must hold the ISTQB CTFL Certificate and have at least three years of verifiable fulltime work experience in software testing.

Exam Information:

  • The exam is offered in English.The examination time is 225 minutes (3 hours + 45 minutes) total. No breaks are allowed.
  • The exam has 65multiple-choice questions; each is worth one, two, or threemarksdepending upon difficulty. Each question has 4 possible answers, labeled (a), (b), (c), and (d). Only one answer is correct.
  • A score of 65% (75 Marks)is required to pass the exam.
  • Mark your exam answer by filling in the selected label box completely. If you change an answer, be sure to erase completely and make no stray marks on the answer sheet. Answers with stray marks are scored as incorrect.
  • You may write on the exam itself. No credit is given to anything written on the exam pages. Only the answer sheet is scored.
  • You will be notifiedwith the result only by email in throughfifteenworking days of your exam date. Those who pass will receive a certificate. No results will be given by phone or in person.
  • On your exam answer sheet, please make sure you print legibly all needed information.
  • The proctor will check your valid National ID (الرقمالقومي) or your valid passport. If you cannotpresent either, you will not receive the exam paper and will be asked to leave the exam area immediately.
  • You will not be allowed into the exam room if arrived after exam time. Late arrival is not tolerated.
  • No materials whatsoever are allowed on the exam desks except for:
  • Exam paper and answer sheet
  • Writing instruments (the pencil and eraser supplied to you)
  • No recording, computational, or communication devices of any kind are allowed, including but not limited to mobiles, calculators, cameras, and computers. All should be turned off and stored away.
  • No talking during the exam.No smokingduring the exam.No food during the exam.
  • If the proctor suspects that you have violated ANY of the above conditions, you will receive one warning. If you persist, your exam paper and answer sheet will be collected and you will be escorted out of the room. Your exam will not be graded. You will not be refunded the exam fee and you will not be able to take another exam for 6 months. If you were previously escorted in any similar incident, you will be prohibited indefinitely from conducting any further examination with ESTB.
  • The proctor may answer questions of a procedural nature only.
  • Cheating will immediately revoke your exam and you will be escorted out of the room. You will not be refunded the exam fee and you will not be able to take another exam for 6 months.
  • When you have finished, you must turn the exam paper and answer sheetto the proctor. Failure to do so will revoke your exam and you will not be refunded the exam fee. After finishing, you must leave the exam room and you may not re-enter.
  • You agree not to releaseany question of the exam paper, recreate any exam question from memory, create any replica exam question, or distribute any exam question or replica exam question and you understand that should you do so, you will forfeit your certification and may be disqualified from future certification by ESTB and ISTQB.
  • The exam paper may not be broadcast, recorded, posted on any website, mailed, published or otherwise disseminated via any means known or which in the future may become known.
  • You agree to allow ESTB to include your name in any database, posting, or directory of certified persons unless you have indicated otherwise on the Examination Application Form.
  • By signing below you attest and affirm that you have read, understood, and agreed with the above statements.

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