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What is ISTQB Certified Tester Acceptance Testing (CT-AcT)?
The ISTQB Certified Tester Acceptance Testing (CT-AcT) certification is designed for software testing professionals who want to develop expertise in acceptance testing and ensure software meets business requirements, user expectations, and stakeholder needs. The course covers the principles, planning, design, execution, and evaluation of acceptance testing, enabling professionals to validate software readiness for release while improving collaboration with business stakeholders and delivering high-quality, business-focused software solutions.
Whom should certify
- Product Owners
- Business Analysts
- Test Analysts
- QA Professionals
What You will Learn
Introduction and Foundations
Understand the purpose, principles, and benefits of acceptance testing, along with its role in validating business requirements and stakeholder expectations.
Acceptance Criteria, Acceptance Tests and Experience Based Practices
Learn how to define effective acceptance criteria, design acceptance tests, and apply experience-based testing techniques to improve product quality.
Business Process and Business Rules Modeling
Explore business process models and business rules to create meaningful acceptance tests that align with organizational objectives and workflows.
Acceptance Testing for NonFunctional Requirements
Understand how to evaluate performance, usability, security, reliability, and other nonfunctional requirements during acceptance testing.
Collaborative Acceptance Testing
Learn collaborative approaches involving business stakeholders, developers, and testers to ensure shared understanding and successful product acceptance.
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ISTQB CT- ACT exam format
Questions
40 Questions
Total Points
40
Duration
60 minutes (+25% Non-Native Language)
Passing score
26
Course Fees
- Ideal for professionals starting their Agile testing journey
- Flexible Weekend Classes – 5 Weeks
- Structured learning for practical understanding
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Course Fees - 24,999
34,999
- Master Agile Testing with 20 Hours of Guided Learning
- Flexible Weekend Classes – 5 Weeks
- 10 Mock Tests covering real exam scenarios (10 hours)
- Dedicated Q&A sessions for doubt clearing (10 hours)
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37,999
- Complete Agile testing preparation with practical guidance
- Flexible Weekend Classes – 5 Weeks
- 10 Mock Tests for exam readiness (10 hours)
- In-depth Theory sessions + interactive Q&A (10 hours)
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Course Fees - ₹34,999
44,999
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⇒ 1:1 Doubt-Clearing Sessions
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⇒ 30 days mentorship support
Got Questions? We've Got Answers
CT-AcT is an ISTQB certification focused on the concepts, methods, and practices of collaboration between product owners/business analysts and testers in acceptance testing. It covers user acceptance testing (UAT), contractual and regulatory acceptance testing, as well as alpha and beta testing — giving both business-side and testing-side professionals a shared framework for confirming a system is genuinely ready for its users.
This certification is built for Product Owners, Business Analysts, User Acceptance Testers, and QA Professionals who are involved in confirming that a product meets business and user needs before release. It's especially useful for people who sit at the intersection of the business side and the testing side, since acceptance testing depends on close collaboration between both.
UAT confirms that real users or business stakeholders agree the system meets their needs in practice. Contractual acceptance testing checks the system against acceptance criteria written into a contract or agreement. Regulatory acceptance testing verifies compliance with laws, standards, or regulations relevant to the industry (for example, healthcare or finance). CT-AcT covers all three, since acceptance testing can involve any combination depending on the project.
The syllabus covers the purpose and place of acceptance testing within the overall testing process, collaboration models between Product Owners/Business Analysts and testers, how to write and evaluate acceptance criteria, and the distinct approaches used for UAT, contractual, regulatory, alpha, and beta testing.
For Product Owners and Business Analysts, CT-AcT formalizes a skill they're often expected to have informally — writing clear, testable acceptance criteria and working effectively with QA. For testers and QA professionals, it strengthens the business-facing side of the role, which is valuable if you're aiming toward roles like Business Analyst, Product Owner, or QA Lead where cross-functional collaboration is central.
Yes. As an ISTQB certification, CT-AcT is recognized through ISTQB's national board network across 100+ countries, making it a portable credential whether you're working locally in India or Italy, or collaborating with distributed product and QA teams.
CT-AcT is a complementary, role-crossing certification rather than part of the core Agile testing progression (CTFL-AT CTAL-TTA / CTAL-TAA CT-ATLaS) or the CT-GenAI track. Many Product Owners pair CT-AcT with PSPO I (Professional Scrum Product Owner), and many testers pair it with CTFL-AT, since acceptance testing sits at the handoff point between product/business requirements and Agile team delivery.
Tezzonix Academy is an independent exam-preparation provider. Tezzonix is not an ISTQB Accredited Training Provider and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorised by ISTQB or any national ISTQB Member Board. Certification examinations are administered independently by the relevant national ISTQB Member Board in your region.
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