ISTQB® CT-GenAI · syllabus v1.1
Are you ready for the CT-GenAI exam?
For software testers and QA professionals preparing for the ISTQB® CT-GenAI certification.
Understand every concept in the syllabus — instead of memorizing answers — and know exactly where you stand before exam day.
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Preparing for CT-GenAI is not that simple
Generative AI is changing your job
Generating test cases, analyzing a requirement, reviewing a report: generative AI is entering testers' daily work. Knowing how to use it methodically, and how to check what it produces, is becoming an expected skill.
The syllabus is dense
5 chapters, new concepts (prompting, hallucinations, RAG, agents) and at least 13.6 hours of instruction set by the syllabus.
You don't know where you stand
Without a measure, you can't tell which chapters to review first, or whether you are ready to book your exam.
Questions without explanations
Going through questions without understanding why an answer is right wastes time: you remember the answer, not the reasoning.
Why QAcademy
CT-GenAI preparation often comes down to hundreds of questions to memorize. But the exam rewards judgment, not memory. QAcademy helps you understand every concept, practice on real cases and know exactly where you stand.
Read the QAcademy storyThe usual solutions, and why they fall short
Reading the syllabus alone
The syllabus PDF tells you what to know, not how to recognize it in an exam question. Without practice, you can't check that you have understood.
Memorizing answers
An exam question can be worded differently from the one you learned. A memorized answer doesn't survive a rewording; a line of reasoning does.
Random question banks
Hundreds of questions, often with no explanations and no K-level weighting: you review at random, without knowing what weighs most in the exam.
The exam rewards judgment, not memory
Of the exam's 40 questions, 32 are at K2 (understand) and K3 (apply) level: choosing the best-built prompt, spotting a hallucination, assessing a risk. That judgment is what QAcademy helps you build.
A concrete example: a structured prompt for testing
The syllabus breaks a structured prompt into six components. Applied to a testing task, it looks like this:
- Role
- You are a tester in a bank, specialized in payments.
- Context
- The application calculates the fee of a transfer based on its amount.
- Instruction
- Suggest boundary value test cases for the fee calculation.
- Input data
- Rule: no fee up to €1,000, then 1% of the amount, capped at €20.
- Constraints
- Do not invent any business rule that is not in the input data.
- Output format
- A table: ID, amount, expected fee, rationale.
Writing this prompt is not enough: you also need to review the answer, and spot the test case that checks an invented rule.
The day after you pass
- The ISTQB® CT-GenAI certification on your CV and your LinkedIn profile.
- Precise vocabulary to discuss generative AI with your team, your developers and your clients.
- The credibility to propose, frame and test the use of AI in your testing projects.
The QAcademy method
Four steps, in this order: you always know what is left to work on.
DiagnoseComing soon
10 questions in the exam format, about 5 minutes. Your score by chapter, compared with the pass mark.
UnderstandComing soon
Every syllabus concept explained simply, with examples drawn from a tester's daily work.
PracticeComing soon
Chapter quizzes and exercises on real testing tasks, every answer explained.
SimulateComing soon
Mock exams in the exam format: 40 questions, 60 minutes, K-level weighted points.
What you gain
Know where you standComing soon
A score for each chapter, compared with the 65% pass mark, so you review where it matters.
Understand instead of memorizingComing soon
Every answer explained, including the wrong ones: you know why, not just what.
Review in the right orderComing soon
A revision plan that starts with your weakest chapters, taking their exam weight into account.
At your own pace, in your language
No fixed-date sessions: you progress when you want, in English or French.
You know where you stand. Here is how to get to the exam ready.
Two ways to prepare. One payment, 12 months of access, no subscription.
Most complete offer
Success Pack
Everything to succeed: the full course, the mock exams and the chapter quizzes.
€149VAT included · one-off payment
About €0.41 a day over 12 months of access.
Everything in the Exam Pack, plus the full course: €110 more than the Exam Pack bought on its own.
- The full course: 5 chapter sheets and 5 hands-on labs, with model answers Coming soon
- 2 mock exams of 40 questions, in the real exam format (60 minutes) Coming soon
- 50 quiz questions, chapter by chapter, every answer explained Coming soon
- 12 months of access, no subscription
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Exam Pack
Already know the syllabus? Practise under real exam conditions.
€39VAT included · one-off payment
About €0.11 a day over 12 months of access.
- 2 mock exams of 40 questions, in the real exam format (60 minutes) Coming soon
- 50 quiz questions, chapter by chapter, every answer explained Coming soon
- 12 months of access, no subscription
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Refunded within 14 days if it is not for you.
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No promise of a pass: serious, honest, independent practice.
Who is it for?
QAcademy is not for people looking for answers to memorize.
It's for testers who want to pass the exam — and come out of it truly able to work with AI.
Who is behind QAcademy
QAcademy is designed by Wael Badri, QA Lead & software testing expert — 10 years of experience in insurance and finance. ISTQB® certifications: CTFL, Agile, Advanced Test Analyst, CT-GenAI.
This certification is personal: QAcademy remains an independent preparation, not affiliated with ISTQB®.
- Content aligned with CT-GenAI syllabus v1.1, in English and French.
- Every exam figure quoted on this site comes from documents published by ISTQB®.
- Original questions written for QAcademy: none is taken from the ISTQB® sample exam.
Start by finding out where you stand Coming soon
10 questions, about 5 minutes: your score by chapter and your gap to the pass mark.
Frequently asked questions
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