1

The Technical Test Analyst's Tasks in Risk-Based Testing

• General introduction of risk analysis and testing.
• Risk Identification.
• Risk Assessment.
• Risk Mitigation.

2

Structure-Based Testing

• General introduction of structure-based testing.
• Condition Testing.
• Decision Condition Testing.
• Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MC/DC) Testing.
• Multiple Condition Testing.
• Path Testing.
• API Testing.
• Selecting a Structure-Based Technique.

3

Analytical Techniques

• General introduction of analytical techniques.
• Static Analysis.
• Control Flow Analysis. Data Flow Analysis.
• Using Static Analysis for Improving Maintainability. Call Graphs.
• Dynamic Analysis.
• Overview. Detecting Memory Leaks.
• Detecting Wild Pointers. Analysis of Performance.

4

Quality Characteristics for Technical Testing

• General introduction.
• General Planning Issues.
• Security Testing.
• Reliability Testing.
• Performance Testing.
• Resource Utilization.
• Maintainability Testing.
• Portability Testing.

5

Reviews

• General introduction of review.
• Using Checklists in Reviews.
• Architectural Reviews.
• Code Reviews.

6

Test Tools and Automation

• Integration and Information Interchange Between Tools.
• Defining the Test Automation Project.
• Selecting the Automation Approach.
• Modeling Business Processes for Automation.
• Specific Test Tools.
• Fault Seeding/Fault Injection Tools.
• Performance Testing Tools. Tools for Web-Based Testing.
• Tools to Support Model-Based Testing. Component Testing and Build Tools.

7

Certification

• Revision on the main themes approached in formation.
• Practice test to involve itself.
• Installation of the examination: 2 hours, the last day on 3PM, by the GASQ selected by the ISTQB.