Certified Cloud Tester - Advanced Level (CCTAL)

Certification Overview

Certified Cloud Tester - Advanced Level (CCTAL)

Exam Code: CCTAL-001

The Certified Cloud Tester – Advanced Level (CCTAL)™ certification is an advanced credential that validates a professional’s expertise in testing sophisticated cloud-based applications and environments. It focuses on the unique challenges of cloud computing, including multi-tenancy, scalability, elasticity, security, and performance under dynamic conditions. The certification equips candidates with advanced knowledge of cloud architectures, deployment models, and testing methodologies to ensure high-quality, reliable, and secure cloud solutions.

CCTAL covers advanced testing techniques such as cloud performance testing, security testing, automated testing, API testing, and testing in continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. Candidates learn to design comprehensive test strategies, analyze risks, validate service-level agreements (SLAs), and ensure compliance with regulatory standards in cloud environments. The program also emphasizes tools, best practices, and frameworks for testing complex cloud-native applications, containers, and microservices architectures.

Cloud testing increases efficiency by prioritizing devices. A centralized database gives the manager power to assign and reassign devices to the testers he chooses. At any moment one project can become top priority. It can be a popular application where a bug was just found. It can be a performance issue that just popped up. It can be a minor application that a competitor released and now you have to have your version deployed to the market within hours. Without any fighting, arguing, or exchanging of physical devices the manager can press a few buttons and projects with greater urgency are immediately provided with what they need.

Pre-requisites: Candidate must achieve the Certified Cloud Tester - Foundation Level (CCTFL)™ Certification.

E-Course Duration: 20 to 25 Hours

Exam Information

The exam comprises of 50 Multiple Choice Questions out of which the candidate needs to score 70% (35 out of 50 correct) to pass the exam.

The total duration of the exam is 1 hour (60 Minutes).

  • The exam is conducted in AI-proctored mode and can be taken anytime, anywhere within an eight-month validity period.
  • Upon purchasing the Premium Package or an Exam Voucher Code, a voucher code with two attempts will be assigned to your login profile under the "My Vouchers" tab. You can then take the exam through the "My Exam(s)" tab in your profile. To take the exam, simply apply the voucher code.
  • The Exam Voucher included in the Premium Package or purchased separately is valid for two (2) attempts. If you are unable to pass the exam within these two attempts, you can purchase a new voucher code, which will grant you an additional two attempts.
  • Kindly Note: The voucher will not be valid for a second attempt if you pass the exam on your first attempt.

The Certified Cloud Tester - Advanced Level (CCTAL)™ Certificate is valid for life.

Certified Cloud Tester (CCT)™ is a Trademark of GAQM.

Note: The Certified Cloud Tester - Advanced Level (CCTAL)™ Certification has no pre-requisites (Completion of an E-Course is not mandatory from GAQMBok portal), but we highly recommend doing the E-Course as maximum number of questions are drawn from the E-Course in the actual exam.

Pre-requisites: Candidate must achieve the Certified Cloud Tester - Advanced Level (CCTAL) Certification.

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Course Outline

Module 1 - Functional Testing of Cloud Applications

  • SaaS
  • Pros and Cons
  • Layers of Cloud Testing
  • Views of Testing
  • Identifying Functions to Test
  • How Functions are Implemented
  • Service Implementation
  • Prioritizing Functions
  • Testing Workflows
  • Taking the Organizational View vs. Product View
  • Methods
  • The Relationship Between Process and Data
  • Structured Testing
  • Physical Items
  • Physical Test Metrics
  • Functions
  • Metrics
  • Time Budgeter
  • METS iPhone App
  • Agile Testing
  • The Basis for Test Conditions
  • Business Process Testing
  • Classification Trees Using CTE-XL
  • Evaluating Tests
  • Characteristics of Good Incident Reports
  • Incident Reporting and Tracking - Things You Need to Know
  • Sample Incident Categories
  • Sample Incident Priorities
  • How Can This Data be Used?
  • Regression Testing

Module 2 - The Role of Test Automation

  • How Automation Can Help in Cloud Testing
  • The Risks
  • Which Functions and Tests Can be Automated?
  • Tool Options

Module 3 - Testing Cloud Security

  • How Important is Security?
  • Cloud Security Advantages
  • Security Relevant Cloud Components
  • Cloud Security Risks
  • Key Security Questions
  • The Nature of Security Tests
  • Compliance
  • What are Your Compliance Requirements?
  • Compliance Issues
  • Data Security Risks
  • Volume-based Encryption
  • Application Level Encryption
  • File-based Encryption
  • Policy and Key Management
  • The Role of SLAs
  • On-premises Key Management
  • Auditing
  • The Threat
  • The “Hardware Roof of Trust”
  • Governance
  • A Process for Cloud Security Testing
  • Putting it Together
  • Guidelines from NIST
  • The Cloud Security Alliance
  • Further Resources

Module 4 - Testing Cloud Performance

  • Examples of Cloud Applications and Performance Concerns
  • How We Got Here
  • The Performance Impact of Cloud Computing
  • Service Level Agreements
  • Performance Through the Cloud
  • Profiling Workload and Capacity Levels
  • Designing Performance Tests
  • Understanding Where the Traffic Goes
  • Performance Test Tools
  • How Cloud Performance Tools Work
  • How Cloud-based Performance Tools Work
  • Steps in Designing a Cloud Performance Test

Module 5 - Testing Cloud Reliability and Availability

  • What Customers Expect
  • The Role of Testing
  • The Role of Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
  • Key Point About SLAs
  • What This Means
  • How to Test and Monitor Reliability and Availability
  • How to Measure Reliability and Availability
  • You Must Decide What is Important
  • Traditional Monitoring
  • The Challenge: Geo Dispersed Cloud Applications
  • Possible Solutions
  • Unified Monitoring
  • Example Dashboard
  • SLA Report


Module 6 - Transitioning to the Cloud

  • What to Consider When Transitioning Applications to the Cloud
  • Understanding the Business Needs and Value
  • Understand the Risks
  • The Risk Watch List
  • Example: Testing Risk and Return
  • Example: Risk Mitigation
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Target Audience

  • Senior cloud testers seeking to add test automation to their skill set.
  • Managers looking for a better understanding of advanced cloud testing.
  • Software Testers
  • Developers
  • Test Analsyt
  • Test Lead

Registration Process for E-Course or E-Book and Exam

Premium Package
(E-Course Version)

  • Self Explanatory
  • Valid for 40 days
  • This package provides a voucher code granting eligibility for two (2) exam attempts.
  • Includes E-certificate and Digital Badge if you qualify in the exam.
  • Course Duration: 40 Days
  • Price: 250 USD

Standard
Package

  • Self Explanatory
  • E-Course is Valid for 20 days
  • This Package doesn't includes E-Voucher for Certification Exam.
  • Candidate has to purchase the E-Voucher separately to take the Certification Exam.
  • Course Duration: 20 Days
  • Price: 140 USD

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Voucher

  • Validity: 240 Days
  • Price: 190 USD
  • Please Read Carefully:

    1) The Exam Voucher is valid for two (2) attempts.

    2) You will receive your voucher code within 24 business hours.

    3) Once you receive the voucher code, you can take the exam via the "My Exam(s)" tab in your login profile.

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