ISTQB Specialist Performance Tester + Sample Questions

Get certified with Performance Tester & add quality to your process and build a competitive profile.

ISTQB Specialist Performance Tester + Sample Questions
ISTQB Specialist Performance Tester + Sample Questions

ISTQB Specialist Performance Tester + Sample Questions udemy course

Get certified with Performance Tester & add quality to your process and build a competitive profile.

Certified Foundation Performance Testers should be able to demonstrate their skills in the following areas:

  • Understand the principles of performance testing.

  • Recognize the different types of performance testing.

  • Recall testing types in performance testing.

  • Understand the concept of load generation.

  • Give examples of common failure modes of performance testing and their causes.

  • Understand the typical metrics collected in performance testing.

  • Explain why results from performance testing are aggregated.

  • Understand the key sources of performance metrics.

  • Recall the typical results of a performance test.

  • Understand the principal performance testing activities.

  • Explain typical categories of performance risks for different architectures.

  • Analyze performance risks for a given product across the software development lifecycle.

  • Analyze a given project to determine the appropriate performance testing activities for each phase of the software lifecycle.

  • Derive performance test objectives from relevant information.

  • Outline a performance test plan which considers the performance test objectives for a given project.

  • Create a presentation that enables various stakeholders to understand the rationale behind the planned performance testing.

  • Give examples of typical protocols encountered in performance testing.

  • Understand the concept of transactions in performance testing.

  • Analyze operational profiles for system usage.

  • Create load profiles derived from operational profiles for given performance objectives.

  • Analyze throughput and concurrency when developing performance tests.

  • Understand the basic structure of a performance test script.

  • Implement performance test scripts consistent with the plan and load profiles.

  • Understand the activities involved in preparing for performance test execution.

  • Understand the principal activities in running performance test scripts.

  • Analyze and report performance test results and implications.

  • Understand how tools support performance testing.

  • Evaluate the suitability of performance testing tools in a given project scenario.