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RAG Testing – ISTQB Definition
Last Updated: July 12, 2026 · SoftwareTestPilot QA Team
Official ISTQB Definition
Testing of retrieval-augmented generation systems, verifying both retrieval quality and generated answer grounding.
In simple words
Testing AI systems that look up documents and then answer questions.
Exam tip
RAG evaluation covers retrieval precision/recall AND generation faithfulness to retrieved context.
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