ISTQB Certified Tester – Testing with Generative AI (CT-GenAI)

ISTQB Certified Tester – Testing with Generative AI (CT-GenAI) 

The ISTQB® Certified Tester – Testing with Generative AI (CT-GenAI) is a specialist certification designed to help testing professionals confidently apply Generative AI (GenAI) and large language models (LLMs) throughout the software testing lifecycle. It builds on your foundational testing knowledge and equips you with practical skills in prompt engineering, risk management, AI- powered test infrastructure, and organizational integration of GenAI tools.

Who should take this Certification?

CT-GenAI is aimed at a broad range of professionals in and around software quality:

• Testers and test analysts
• Test automation engineers and SDETs
• Test managers and QA leads
• User acceptance testers
• Software developers involved in quality assurance
• Project managers, quality managers, and business analysts
• IT directors and consultants involved in digital quality transformation
• Anyone working with or impacted by AI-enabled testing processes will benefit, whether you’re hands-on or in a leadership role.

Skills Gained

After preparing for and passing the CT-GenAI exam, you’ll be ready to:

• Understand the core concepts, capabilities, and limitations of Generative AI and LLMs in testing contexts.
• Apply prompt engineering techniques to support test analysis, test design, automation, regression testing, and monitoring.
• Evaluate and refine AI outputs using meaningful metrics and iterative prompting strategies.
• Identify key risks associated with GenAI — such as hallucinations, bias, data privacy issues, and non-deterministic behavior — and apply mitigation strategies.
• Explain LLM-powered test infrastructure concepts like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, and LLMOps for real testing workflows.
• Plan a roadmap for adopting and integrating GenAI into test organizations, addressing cultural, strategic, and process-level changes.
• These skills help you bridge traditional testing practices and the new possibilities opened up by advanced AI tools.

Exam Outline

The ISTQB Certified Tester – Testing with Generative AI (CT-GenAI) Exam covers the following topics - 

• Domain 1. Introduction to Generative AI for Software Testing
• Domain 2. Prompt Engineering for Effective Software Testing
• Domain 3. Managing Risks of Generative AI in Software Testing
• Domain 4. LLM-Powered Test Infrastructure for Software Testing
• Domain 5. Deploying and Integrating Generative AI in Test Organizations

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