Testing rarely fails for want of a tool. It fails because two people in the same standup mean different things when they say defect, risk or coverage. The tecnovy CTFL training puts a shared vocabulary and a repeatable method underneath that. You practise techniques that derive test cases from requirements systematically, instead of guessing at them from experience. The syllabus asks for no prior knowledge to get in.
CTFL is the entry point to the ISTQB scheme and the precondition for most further certifications in it. In the tecnovy training you derive test cases from requirements, weigh risks, and report defects so your team can reproduce them.
Apply test design techniques to worked examples
Official ISTQB syllabus 4.0.1
40 questions, 26 to pass, exam booked separately
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Fit
You design test cases for software other people built.
You report defects and have to describe them so that somebody else can reproduce them.
You help decide what still gets tested before a release and what does not.
No prerequisites
There are no formal admission requirements. You can start right away.
Consider instead CTAL-TM Goes deeper into test strategy, risk management and team leadership, and requires the CTFL certificate.
Curriculum
Syllabus 4.0 splits CTFL into six chapters across at least 1135 minutes of instruction. It starts at the fundamental terms and runs through static techniques and test design to managing the test activities. The weight sits clearly on design: a third of the time goes to chapter 4.
This chapter builds the vocabulary the rest of the course runs on.
Here you place tests in the phases where they actually happen.
The part that finds defects before any code exists for them.
The longest chapter in the syllabus: this is where the test cases come from.
This part answers what gets tested first and when you stop.
The shortest chapter, and deliberately not tool training.
Outcome
You distinguish error, defect and failure, and name them consistently across your team.
You map test levels and test types onto the phases of a development approach.
You run reviews and find defects in requirements before any code exists for them.
You derive test cases using equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis and decision tables.
You measure coverage through statement and branch coverage, and argue when it is enough.
You prioritise tests by risk and justify the resulting order to your team.
You write defect reports that can be reproduced without a follow-up question.
You assess which test activities are worth automating in your own context.
Once you pass, you receive the official ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate. It is valid for life and never needs renewing.
Certification terms istqb.org ↗Examination
40Questions
The examination is administered by our exam partner iSQI, not by tecnovy. Every question is worth one point. If you do not sit the exam in your native language you can apply for 25 percent more time; the application has to be in at least one week before the exam date.
Official examination rules istqb.org ↗Proof of attendance
≥80%attendance
The tecnovy certificate of participation records your attendance of the CTFL training, not a passed ISTQB examination.
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Why tecnovy
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Our pass rate is impressive. If you do not pass at the first attempt, we cover your second attempt (online exam), provided you sit it within 24 hours of the training.
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Get your certificate of participation and, if you have one, add your exam certificate from E-Learning. Fully automated, beautifully designed. Just for you, only at tecnovy.
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If you are not able to attend the course, you can rebook your training free of charge up to one week before the start of the training.
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You are welcome to visit the training course online again within a year as a refresher or exam preparation.
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Promised: no PowerPoint marathon. We work in groups, tie theory to practice, and you get real project examples from our experienced trainers plus the exchange with like-minded people.
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We always guarantee you the use of didactically and methodically first-class qualified trainers who draw their knowledge from training experience as well as professional practical and project experience.
FAQs
No. The ISTQB Foundation Level syllabus names no prerequisite at all, and the German Testing Board's admission rules explicitly call even attending a course recommended rather than required. CTFL is the one ISTQB module at tecnovy you can enter with nothing.
The CTFL exam is 40 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, and you pass from 26 points. Every question is worth exactly one point, which is why the question count and the point total are the same number here; on the Advanced and Specialist modules they are not.
No. The tecnovy CTFL training prepares you for the examination, which is administered by our exam partner iSQI. You add it during registration; it is not part of the seminar price.
Yes. The CTFL syllabus exists in a German edition published by the German, Austrian and Swiss Testing Boards, and the exam is available in German as well as English. If you do not sit it in your native language you can apply for 25 percent more time, at least one week before the date.
Because the syllabus prescribes close to 19 hours of instruction. ISTQB syllabus 4.0 sets a minimum of 1135 minutes for accredited courses, spread across six chapters. How those hours are spread over days is the provider's decision, and tecnovy gives them three full days.
No, and that is a deliberate boundary of the syllabus. Of its 1135 minutes of instruction, 20 go to test tools, and they go to the question of which activities are worth automating at all. The tecnovy CTFL training teaches no individual tool and writes no test scripts.
The CTFL certificate opens every further ISTQB module at tecnovy, because all three require it. CTAL-TM goes deeper into test management at project level, CT-AI covers testing AI-based systems, and CT-GenAI covers using generative AI in testing.
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