ISTQB CTFL Sample-Exam-Answers v4.0
ISTQB CTFL Sample-Exam-Answers v4.0
v1.0 2023-04-21
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Vaillancourt, Daniel van der Zwan, André Verschelling and Paul Weymouth for their suggestions and
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Certified Tester, Foundation Level
Sample Exam set A
Sample Exam – Answers
Revision History
Sample Exam – Answers Layout Template used: Version 2.9 Date: August 10, 2022
Table of Contents
Copyright Notice ............................................................................................................................. 2
Document Responsibility................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... 2
Revision History .............................................................................................................................. 3
Table of Contents............................................................................................................................ 4
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Purpose of this document ............................................................................................................ 6
Instructions .................................................................................................................................. 6
Answer Key..................................................................................................................................... 7
Answer Key for Additional Sample Questions ................................................................................. 8
Answers .......................................................................................................................................... 9
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Appendix: Answers to Additional Sample Questions ..................................................................... 26
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Sample Exam set A
Sample Exam – Answers
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Introduction
• Assisting ISTQB® Member Boards and Exam Boards in their question writing activities
• Providing training providers and exam candidates with examples of exam questions
Note, that real exams may include a wide variety of questions, and this sample exam is not intended
to include examples of all possible question types, styles, or lengths, also this sample exam may
both be more difficult or less difficult than any official exam.
Instructions
In this document you will find:
Answer Key
Question Correct Answer LO K-Level Points Question Correct Answer LO K-Level Points
Number (#) Number (#)
1 c FL-1.1.1 K1 1 21 a FL-4.2.2 K3 1
2 a FL-1.2.1 K2 1 22 d FL-4.2.3 K3 1
3 a FL-1.3.1 K2 1 23 d FL-4.2.4 K3 1
4 b FL-1.4.1 K2 1 24 a FL-4.3.1 K2 1
5 b FL-1.4.2 K2 1 25 d FL-4.3.3 K2 1
6 a, e FL-1.4.5 K2 1 26 a FL-4.4.1 K2 1
7 b FL-1.5.1 K2 1 27 c FL-4.4.2 K2 1
8 d FL-1.5.2 K1 1 28 b FL-4.5.2 K2 1
9 d FL-2.1.2 K1 1 29 a FL-4.5.3 K3 1
10 c FL-2.1.3 K1 1 30 c FL-5.1.2 K1 1
11 d FL-2.1.5 K2 1 31 c, e FL-5.1.3 K2 1
12 c FL-2.1.6 K2 1 32 d FL-5.1.4 K3 1
13 a FL-2.2.1 K2 1 33 a FL-5.1.5 K3 1
14 b FL-2.2.3 K2 1 34 a FL-5.1.7 K2 1
15 a FL-3.1.2 K2 1 35 c FL-5.2.4 K2 1
16 d FL-3.2.1 K1 1 36 d FL-5.3.3 K2 1
17 b FL-3.2.4 K2 1 37 c FL-5.4.1 K2 1
18 d FL-3.2.5 K1 1 38 c FL-5.5.1 K3 1
19 c FL-4.1.1 K2 1 39 c FL-6.1.1 K2 1
20 40 K1 1
b FL-4.2.1 K3 1 b FL-6.2.1
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