ISTQB® Mobile Application Testing (CT-MAT) exam

Target group

The Mobile Application Testing certification is intended for professionals who are working with mobile technology. It is also for professionals who are planning to start implementing mobile projects or are working within companies that plan to do so.

To gain this certification, candidates must hold the Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate.

Exam structure

Certified Mobile Application Testers who have passed the Foundation Level “Certified Mobile Application Testing” exam should be able to accomplish the following Business Objectives:

• Understand and review business and technology drivers for mobile apps in order to create a test strategy;
• Identify and understand the key challenges, risks and expectations associated with testing a mobile application;
• Apply test types and levels specific to mobile applications;
• Apply common test types, such as those mentioned in ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level syllabus 2018, in the mobile specific context;
• Carry out the activities required specifically for mobile application testing as part of the main activities of the ISTQB® test process;
• Identify and use suitable environments and appropriate tools for mobile application testing;
• Understand methods and tools specifically to support mobile application test automation.

Certification

• Candidates have to have an ID or Passport to identify yourself.
• Candidates that take the exam in a different language as their native one and candidates with disabilities (e.g. dyslexia) will receive an additional 25% time.
• Candidates that take the exam in a different language as their native one, can use a paper dictionary to help with the translation or ask the proctor for the translation on the smartphone.
• All the examination papers and notes have to be returned to a proctor or destroyed in any case.

Candidates are not allowed to:

• use any kind of study materials
• use any kind of help from others
• use smartphones, headphones or any wearables
• leave the room/pc during the examination, even for the toilet

In the case of cheating, the exam session will be interrupted, and your exam attempt will be considered as failed