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ISTQB Practice Questions by Chapter and K-Level

A full-length paper tells you whether you passed. It does not tell you why you did not. These drills narrow the draw to a single syllabus chapter or a single cognitive level, so a bad score points at something specific enough to fix.

Every drill pulls at random from the questions that are not published anywhere else on this site, so it stays a real test however many times you come back to it. Nothing here needs an account.

Drill by cognitive level

The syllabus tags every learning objective K1, K2 or K3, and the real exam is weighted roughly 20% K1, 60% K2 and 20% K3. Failing at one level is a different problem from failing at another: what the K-levels mean.

  • K3 drill

    Application. Work the technique on supplied data, about 8 of the 40.

  • K2 drill

    Understanding. Explain and compare, about 24 of the 40 questions.

  • K1 drill

    Recall. Definitions and lists, about 8 of the 40 questions.

Drill by syllabus chapter

Chapter weightings are the official CTFL v4.0 split across the 40-question paper. Chapters 4 and 5 are half the exam between them, so a weakness there costs roughly twice what the same weakness costs in chapter 3.

  • Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Testing8 of 40

    Practice questions drawn only from CTFL v4.0 chapter 1, Fundamentals of Testing - 8 of the 40 questions on the real exam. Free, no sign-up, with instant answer review.

  • Chapter 2: Testing Throughout the SDLC6 of 40

    Practice questions drawn only from CTFL v4.0 chapter 2, Testing Throughout the SDLC - 6 of the 40 questions on the real exam. Free, no sign-up, with instant answer review.

  • Chapter 3: Static Testing4 of 40

    Practice questions drawn only from CTFL v4.0 chapter 3, Static Testing - 4 of the 40 questions on the real exam. Free, no sign-up, with instant answer review.

  • Chapter 4: Test Analysis and Design11 of 40

    Practice questions drawn only from CTFL v4.0 chapter 4, Test Analysis and Design - 11 of the 40 questions on the real exam. Free, no sign-up, with instant answer review.

  • Chapter 5: Managing Test Activities9 of 40

    Practice questions drawn only from CTFL v4.0 chapter 5, Managing Test Activities - 9 of the 40 questions on the real exam. Free, no sign-up, with instant answer review.

  • Chapter 6: Test Tools2 of 40

    Practice questions drawn only from CTFL v4.0 chapter 6, Test Tools - 2 of the 40 questions on the real exam. Free, no sign-up, with instant answer review.

The hardest block on the exam

Five of the syllabus’s 8 K3 objectives sit in chapter 4, which is already the heaviest chapter at 11 of 40 questions. That intersection is the densest concentration of applied marks on the paper, and it has a drill of its own.

Or sit a full-length paper

Drills find the gap; full papers tell you whether you have closed it. Sit one of these once the drills stop surprising you.