Mobile Security Practice Test

The Mobile Security Practice Test is a free intermediate-level, 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests mobile application and device security concepts — the mobile threat model and platform security on Android and iOS, secure data storage and cryptography, authentication, session and network security, and platform interaction, code quality and enterprise mobile management — written to the OWASP MASVS and MAS project, the OWASP Mobile Top 10 and NIST SP 800-124 for 2026. For building and defending mobile apps. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable Mobile Security Proficiency certificate (SOA-MS4). Every question is based on published standards and research — including OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS) (OWASP), NIST SP 800-124 Rev. 2 Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices (NIST), OWASP Mobile Top 10 (OWASP) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Mobile Security Practice Test, updated for 2026 and 2027. It measures threat model and platforms, data storage and cryptography, authentication and network and platform, code and enterprise and gives instant results with a shareable certificate.

Read the four skill areas on this page, then take the 20-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Mobile Security Proficiency certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS) (OWASP); NIST SP 800-124 Rev. 2 Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices (NIST); OWASP Mobile Top 10 (OWASP). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Four skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Threat Model and Platforms (Threats, Android and iOS); Data Storage and Cryptography (Storage, Keys and Crypto); Authentication and Network (Auth, Sessions and Transport); Platform, Code and Enterprise (Platform APIs, Hardening and MDM). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Mobile app developer, Application security engineer, Mobile penetration tester (authorised), Security analyst and IT administrator managing mobile devices. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show Mobile Security knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

The OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS) is a framework of security requirements for mobile apps. It groups controls into areas such as storage, cryptography, authentication, network communication, platform interaction and code quality, and is used as a baseline for secure design and testing.

Mobile apps run partly on a device the attacker may fully control, store data locally, use platform APIs and sensors, and communicate over untrusted networks. This adds risks like insecure local storage, reverse engineering and improper platform use on top of normal web risks.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

20 questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — with a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Intermediate: assumes hands-on experience in the role. It has 20 scenario questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — and a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.