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ISTQB Automotive Software Tester + Sample Questions

Name: ISTQB Automotive Software Tester + Sample Questions
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Get certified with ISTQB Automotive Tester & add quality to your process and build a competitive profile.

Created byNeeraj Kumar Singh

Last updated 6/2024

English

German [Auto],English [Auto],

What you'll learn

End to End understanding of the content
Sample questions to understand exam pattern
Tips, tricks and time management about exam

Course content

5 sections • 36 lectures • 5h 10m total length

Introduction to ISTQB Automotive Software Tester Exam10:35
Explore ISTQB automotive software tester exam, a foundation-to-specialist path with objective questions, online proctoring, 60 minutes plus 15 minutes for non-English countries, and a standards and automotive testing techniques syllabus.

1.1 Divergent project requirements & increasing product complexity12:35
Explore how divergent project objectives drive increasing product complexity in automotive software, balancing OEM models, variants, configurations, and customer needs while maintaining time, cost, and quality.
1.2 Project aspects influenced by standards & 1.3 The six generic phases9:09
Learn how standards influence project aspects in automotive software testing, including time, cost, quality, and risk, and explore the six generic phases of the system lifecycle from concept to retirement.
1.4 The contribution/participation of the tester in the release process3:48
Explore the tester's key role in automotive release processes, from exit criteria and maturity to release items, embedded systems, test reports, and prioritizing features for deployment.
Sample Questions on Chapter 19:52
Dive into chapter 1 of the istqb automotive software tester course with sample questions on the system life cycle stages—concept development, production, utilization, support, retirement—and the impact of standards.

2.1.1 Design and structure of the standard (Part-1)10:32
Explore standards for testing electrical and electronic automotive systems and learn how the space standard uses process and capability dimensions, eight process groups, and three categories to guide quality.
2.1.1 Design and structure of the standard (Part-2)8:40
Explore capability levels and dimensions in automotive software testing standards, from level zero incomplete processes to level three established processes, with levels four and five out of scope.
2.1.2 Requirements of the standard (Part-1)10:23
Explore E-Space automotive standards, outlining levels one to three for process capability, assessment indicators, and key attributes such as process performance, performance management, and work product management.
2.1.2 Requirements of the standard (Part-2)8:41
Define automotive testing strategy and regulation testing under the standard, emphasizing early testing, simulated vs real-time environments, and embedded hardware. Apply risk-based regression and standard work products per ISO/IEC 29119-3.
2.1.2 Requirements of the standard (Part-3)10:07
Understand the automotive unit verification through a strategy guiding dynamic testing, static analysis, and code reviews. Examine bidirectional traceability, regression testing, and verification criteria ensuring requirements and design alignment.
2.2.1 Functional safety and safety culture9:05
Explore functional safety and safety culture in automotive software, guided by ISO 26262, and how testers foster risk-aware, lifecycle-wide safety through early testing and shared responsibility.
2.2.2 Integration of the tester in the safety lifecyle6:08
Integrate the tester into the automotive safety lifecycle by planning and validating requirements, designing tests, and executing static and dynamic verification across the concept, development, and production/maintenance phases.
2.2.3 Structure and test specific parts of the standard6:49
explains the iso 26262 structure and maps tester-relevant volumes, showing how volumes 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8 cover terminology, software verification, hardware interfaces, and process support.
2.2.4 The influence of criticality on the extent of the test6:50
Explore how ASIL levels influence risk reduction and the extent of testing, and how test techniques and types vary with safety criticality.
2.2.5 Application of content from CTFL® in the context of ISO 262628:25
Explore how CTFL concepts align with ISO 26262 using method tables to select recommended automotive testing techniques, including test design techniques, static analysis, non-functional tests, and environments.
2.3 AUTOSAR10:53
Autosar: automotive open system architecture, its three-layer structure (swc, basic software, and runtime environment), and how testers leverage simulations, virtual environments, and system integration tests.
2.4 Comparison9:02
Compare ISO 26262 and E-Space with foundation level concepts, mapping test levels for hardware and software in automotive end products, and apply techniques like boundary value analysis and decision tables.
Sample Questions on Chapter 29:04
Explore chapter two sample questions from the ISTQB automotive software tester course, focusing on ISO 26262 volumes 4 and 6, system versus software development, and code coverage approaches.

3.1 Test environment in general (Part-1)8:20
Explore how automotive testers use virtual test environments to simulate ECUs, hardware, and environment models, enabling early, safe, and realistic testing with stubs and drivers.
3.1 Test environment in general (Part-2)9:16
Compare open loop and closed loop control in automotive test environments, highlighting how inputs and disturbances drive outputs, while noting essential interfaces, databases, and communication protocols for ECU testing.
3.2.1 Model in the Loop (MiL)10:20
Learn model-in-the-loop testing by validating a controller against a simulated plant in MiL environments, enabling closed-loop verification and early development through non real-time simulations.
3.2.2 Software in the Loop (SiL)7:04
Explore software-in-the-loop (SiL) testing by generating C-code from the controller model and validating it against the MIL model. Understand how test environments and wrappers support back-to-back simulation.
3.2.3 Hardware in the Loop (HiL)9:38
Explore hardware in the loop (HiL) testing, moving from model- and software-in-the-loop setups to real-hardware testing with a real-time plant interface.
3.2.4 Comparison of the XiL test environments (Part-1)7:07
Compare mil, sil, and hil test environments across criteria such as closeness to reality, effort, maturity, test item access, and test preparation to help testers evaluate advantages and disadvantages.
3.2.4 Comparison of the XiL test environments (Part-2)9:33
Explore the comparison of xil test environments to address test objectives across hil, mil, and sil contexts, emphasizing early defect detection and front loading via the test manager.
3.2.4 Comparison of the XiL test environments (Part-3)7:15
Sample Questions on Chapter 39:47
Explore sample questions on chapter 3 of the ISTQB automotive software tester course, covering virtual testing environments, hardware-in-the-loop concepts, environment models, interfaces, and integration testing.

4.1.1 The MISRA-C: 2012 Guidelines8:01
Explore static testing and MISRA-C:2012 guidelines for automotive software, including static analysis, coding standards, and the three obligation levels to improve early defect detection.
4.1.2 Quality characteristics for reviews of requirements10:17
Explains quality characteristics for reviews of requirements in static testing, highlighting verifiable, unambiguous, consistent, complete, bounded, and singular requirements guided by ISO/IEC 29148:2011 for early defect detection.
4.2.1 Condition testing, multiple condition testing, modified condition/decision9:05
Master dynamic test techniques for automotive software testing, including condition testing, multiple condition testing, and modified condition/decision testing. Learn how these approaches affect coverage and test efficiency.
4.2.2 Back-to-Back-Testing4:36
Back-to-back testing compares results across software variants with same core functionality to identify divergences, using three stages—test case preparation, execution, and automated analysis—benefiting automotive testers.
4.2.3 Fault injection testing6:40
Learn fault injection testing to improve test coverage by injecting faults into test code and runtime interfaces, validating error handling and recovery in automotive software.
4.2.4 Requirements-based testing3:58
Design tests directly from requirements using requirements-based testing, and combine dynamic techniques, exploration, and regression to improve coverage when requirements are incomplete or inconsistent.
4.2.5 Context-dependent selection of test techniques (Part-1)7:51
Understand context-dependent selection of automotive dynamic test techniques. Apply ISO 26262 level guidance and test basis factors to pick suitable white-box or black-box approaches.
4.2.5 Context-dependent selection of test techniques (Part-2)7:47
Explore how to select dynamic test techniques for automotive software by evaluating requirement-based testing, boundary value analysis, back-to-back testing, and the risk of undetected defects across automotive safety integrity levels.
Sample Questions on Chapter 413:21
Explore automotive static and dynamic test techniques from chapter four, with seven sample questions on MISRA 2012 guidelines, and focus on requirements verifiability, singularity, and fault injection methods.

Requirements

The participants must be CTFL certified (Foundation Level)
The participants must have good understanding of Automotive Testing concepts
Knowledge about Automotive Standards is added advantage

Description

Certified Automotive Software Testers should be able to demonstrate their skills in the following areas:

Introduction

The tester should be able to explain and give examples of the challenges of automotive product development that arise from divergent project objectives and increasing product complexity.
The tester should be able to recall project aspects that are influenced by standards such as time, cost, quality and project/product risks.
The tester should be able to recall the six generic phases in the system life cycle per ISO/IEC 24748-1
The tester should be able to recall the contribution and the collaboration of the tester in the release process.

ASPICE

The tester should be able to recall the two dimensions of Automotive SPICE® (ASPICE).
The tester should be able to explain the Capability levels 0 to 3 of ASPICE.
The tester should be able to explain the meaning of the 4 rating levels and the capability indicators of ASPICE from the test perspective.
The tester should be able to explain the requirements of ASPICE for the test strategy including the regression test strategy.
The tester should be able to recall the requirements of ASPICE for the test documentation.
The tester should be able to design a verification strategy (in contrast to a test strategy) and criteria for unit verification.
The tester should be able to explain the different traceability requirements of ASPICE from the test perspective.

ISO 26262

The tester should be able to explain the objective of functional safety for E/E systems.
The tester should be able to recall his contribution as a tester for the safety culture.
The tester should be able to recall his contribution as a tester for the safety culture.
The tester should be able to present the role of the tester in the framework of the safety life cycle per ISO 26262.
The tester should be able to recall the volumes (part titles) of ISO 26262 that are relevant for him.
The tester should be able to recall the criticality levels of ASIL.
The tester should be able to explain the influence of ASIL on applicable test design techniques and test types for static and dynamic tests and the resulting test extent.
The tester should be able to apply the selected method table of the ISO 26262.

AUTOSAR

The tester should be able to recall the objectives of AUTOSAR.
The tester should be able to recall the influences of AUTOSAR on the work of the tester.

Comparison

The tester should be able to recall the different objectives of ASPICE and ISO 26262.
The tester should be able to explain the differences between ASPICE, ISO 26262, and CTFL® regarding the test levels.

Test Environment in General

The tester should be able to recall the purpose/the motivation of a test environment in the automotive environment.
The tester should be able to recall the general parts of an automotive-specific test environment.
The tester should be able to recall the differences between Closed-Loop systems and Open-Loop systems.
The tester should be able to recall the essential functions, databases and protocols of an electronic control unit (ECU).

Testing in XiL environments

The tester should be able to recall the structure of a MiL test environment.
The tester should be able to explain the application area and the boundary conditions of a MiL test environment.
The tester should be able to reproduce the structure of a SiL test environment.
The tester should be able to recall the structure of an HiL test environment.
The tester should be able to explain the application areas and the boundary conditions of an HiL test environment.
The tester should be able to summarize the advantages and disadvantages of the testing with the help of the criteria of the XiL test environments (MiL, SiL, and HiL).
The tester should be able to apply criteria for the assignment of a given test scope to one or more test environments.
The tester should be able to classify the three XiL test environments (MiL, SiL, HiL) in the V-model.

Static test techniques

The tester should be able to explain the purpose, types, and obligations of the MISRA C: 2012 programming guideline with the help of examples.
The tester should be able to apply a review of requirements with the quality characteristics of the ISO/IEC 29148 that are relevant for him.

Dynamic test techniques

The tester should be able to create test cases to achieve modified condition/decision testing coverage.
The tester should be able to explain the use of back-to-back testing by giving examples.
The tester should be able to explain the principle of fault injection tests by giving examples.
The tester should be able to recall the principles of requirement-based testing.
The tester should be able to apply context-dependent criteria for the choice of suitable and necessary test design techniques.

Who this course is for:

Any one who is working in automotive Industry
Any one who is looking forward to move in Automotive Testing
Any one who want to be ceritfied automotive tester

ISTQB Automotive Software Tester + Sample Questions

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Course content

Introduction to ISTQB Automotive Software Tester Exam1 lecture • 11min

Chapter 1 - Introduction4 lectures • 35min

Chapter 2 - Standards for the testing of E/E systems13 lectures • 1hr 55min

Chapter 3 - Testing in a virtual environment9 lectures • 1hr 18min

Chapter 4 - Automotive-specific static and dynamic test techniques9 lectures • 1hr 12min

Requirements

Description

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