Helpful materials before start

To take the «Fundamentals of Software Testing» free online course, one must successfully pass the entrance test. The entrance test includes testing in several areas: PC proficiency, general knowledge of the web, the English level, the basics of logic, and attentiveness. So let's have a closer look at each block separately.

1. PC proficiency

To learn the course, one must have basic PC skills: know the keyboard shortcuts, understand how the PC works, know the basics of working with documents and understand the PC processes.

1) Computers for Beginners 

2) Basic Computer Tutorial for Beginners

3) Сomputer tutorials for beginner

4) Computer Tutorials for Beginners (Windows 7, Windows 10)

5) Computer Fundamentals Tutorial (computer components)

6) Microsoft Excel Course

7) How to work in Excel

2. General knowledge of the web

An important skill for a tester is the basic knowledge of how a web page is designed, what are the basic webpage elements and attributes, what errors can occur, what browser modes are, as well as understanding the basic web terminology.

1) Internet Basics - What is the Internet?

2) Internet file extensions

3) What is a browser?

4) Web page elements

5) Keyboard shortcuts

3. Logical thinking

On real projects, there is often no specification and the tester must rely on their experience and logic to verify the correct operation of a particular function. The block contains tasks of different genres.

1) What is logic? How to develop?

2) Thinking skills

3) Logic tests

4) Logic tests

5) Logic tests

6) Logic tests

7) Logic tests

4. Attentiveness

Last, but not least, the block without which you cannot call yourself a tester. Several tasks for attentiveness will allow you to slightly depart from the theory and feel like a tester, looking for inconsistencies.

1) Attention development exercises

2) Attention development activities

3) Ryuta Kawashima «Japanese system of development of intelligence and memory»

4) Your Concentration Training Program: 11 Exercises That Will Strengthen Your Attention

5) This Is How To Increase Your Attention Span: 5 Secrets From Neuroscience

6) How can I improve my attention skills?