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Building on the Foundation Level, the Mobile Application Testing supports career opportunities for professional testers. A person with the Mobile Application Testing certificate will have extended the broad understanding of testing acquired at the Foundation Level to enable him or her to work effectively as a professional tester in a mobile application project.Cíle kurzu
The certification for the Mobile Application Testing Foundation Level is intended for professionals who are working with mobile technology. The certification provides an insight into methods, techniques and tools a professional may use to test mobile applications. It is also for professionals who are planning to start implementing mobile projects or are working within companies that plan to do so (further details of the intended audience are given in section 1.1 below). The certification provides an advantage for those who would like to know the required mobile project activities, roles, methods, and methodologies specific to their role.Určeno pro
The Mobile Application Testing Foundation Level qualification is aimed at the following main groups of professionals:
- Professionals who have achieved in-depth testing experience in traditional methods and would like to acquire specific competence for testing mobile applications.
- Junior professional testers who are just starting in the testing profession and would like to know more about the tester’s role when developing mobile applications.
- Professionals who are experienced in their role and need more understanding and knowledge
about how to perform and manage testing on all levels in mobile projects.
These professionals include people who are in roles such as testers, test analysts, test engineers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers, and software developers.
This Mobile Application Testing Foundation Level certification may also be appropriate for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of software testing in the mobile testing world, such as project managers, quality managers, software development managers, business analysts, IT directors, and management consultants.
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Business Outcomes
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.
Learning Objectives
Certified Mobile Application Testers should be able to demonstrate their skills in the following areas:
- Describe how available mobile analytics data can be used as input for the test strategy and the test plan.
- Distinguish between various business models for mobile applications.
- Recall different types of mobile devices.
- Distinguish between different types of mobile applications.
- Distinguish between general architecture types of mobile applications.
- Apply characteristics and specifics of the mobile market in preparing a test strategy.
- Give examples of the challenges associated with testing mobile applications.
- Describe how risks specific to mobile applications may be mitigated.
- Describe device-specific features and hardware which should be considered for testing.
- Prepare tests for the app's compatibility with screen sizes, aspect ratio, and screen density.
- Describe how tests can show the potential effects of device overheating on the system under test.
- Recall different test types for testing of the various input sensors used in mobile devices.
- Recall tests to be run for various input methods.
- Describe how tests can reveal user interface issues when changing screen orientation.
- Prepare tests for an app using typical mobile device interrupts.
- Prepare tests for changing the access permissions to the device features requested by the app.
- Prepare tests to verify the impact of an app on a device’s power consumption and the impact of its power state on the app.
- Prepare tests for the handling of notifications by the system under test.
- Describe how tests can verify correct functionality of quick-access links.
- Prepare tests for the impact on an app of the user preference settings provided by an operating system.
- Distinguish between different tests required for native, web and hybrid applications.
- Recall tests required for apps which are available on multiple platforms or operating system versions.
- Recall tests required for co-existence and interoperability with other apps.
- Summarize the tests for connectivity testing, including those across networks, when using Bluetooth and when switching to flight mode.
- Prepare installability tests for mobile apps.
- Prepare stress tests for mobile apps.
- Give examples of security issues related to mobile apps.
- Recall time and resource behavior considerations for mobile apps.
- Prepare usability tests for mobile apps.
- Recognize the type of tests required for database testing of mobile apps.
- Summarize the tests required for internationalization (globalization) and localization testing of mobile apps.
- Summarize the need for accessibility testing in mobile application testing.
- Describe the additional test levels, such as field testing, and the associated extra activities required for effective mobile application testing.
- Describe the tests required for carrying out application store approval for publishing apps.
- Recall session-based test management, personas, and mnemonics in the context of exploratory mobile testing.
- Describe the usage of tours and heuristics as exploratory techniques for mobile application testing.
- Make use of a mobile specific tour (such as the Feature tour) to test a mobile app.
- Match the test process, as described in ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level syllabus, to the needs of mobile application testing.
- Describe the approaches to testing at each test level, specific to mobile application testing.
- Recall the development environments used for mobile application development.
- Recall some of the common tools supplied as part of application development platforms.
- Understand the differences between emulators and simulators.
- Describe the use of emulators and simulators for mobile application testing.
- Distinguish between various approaches to set up a test lab.
- Distinguish between common automation approaches and frameworks for mobile application testing.
- Describe various automation methods for testing mobile apps.
- Recall the various parameters to be considered during the evaluation of mobile testing automation tools.
- Distinguish between common approaches of creating test labs with advantages and disadvantages with respect to test automation.
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Candidates wishing to be certified as Mobile Application Testing Foundation Level must already hold the ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate.
