Understand the use of certification documents

Here are the documents available for the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certification:

• The release notes
• The Foundation Level overview
• The syllabus
• The sample exam questions, parts A, B, and C with their respective answers
• The Foundation Level course timing information
• The accreditation guidelines evaluation
• The glossary

As a learner, amongst all of those documents, the most important for you are: 

• The Foundation Level syllabus overview
• The Syllabus 
• The Glossary 
• The sample exam questions:
  • Sample exam A questions
  • Sample exam A answers
  • Sample exam B questions
  • Sample exam B answers
  • Sample exam C questions
  • Sample exam C answers

Business Objectives

In the Foundation Level Overview (page 10 to 17) document, there is a “business outcomes traceability matrix with learning objectives.” Let’s assume that you define your professional goals in terms of business objectives. Thanks to this matrix, you will know which learning objectives you must cover.