Okta Certified Professional Certification

The Okta Certified Professional Certification is a free advanced-level, 25-minute skill test from Science of Apps. It tests Okta identity and access management skills at the level of the Okta Certified Professional and Administrator exams — Universal Directory and directory integration, authentication, MFA and policies, SSO and app integrations with SAML and OIDC, lifecycle management and provisioning with SCIM, and security, governance and administration — written to Okta Identity Engine documentation, Okta certification topics and the SAML, OIDC and SCIM standards for 2026. Score 70% or more on its 25 questions to earn a verifiable Okta Certified Professional Proficiency certificate (SOA-OCP). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Okta Identity Engine documentation (Universal Directory, policies, lifecycle, System Log) (Okta), SAML 2.0 core specification (OASIS), OpenID Connect Core 1.0 (OpenID Foundation) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Science of Apps offers a free Okta Certified Professional Certification, updated for 2026 and 2027. It measures directory and users, authentication, MFA and policies, SSO and app integrations, lifecycle management and provisioning and security and administration and gives instant results with a shareable certificate.

Read the five skill areas on this page, then take the 25-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 Okta Certified Professional 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: Okta Identity Engine documentation (Universal Directory, policies, lifecycle, System Log) (Okta); SAML 2.0 core specification (OASIS); OpenID Connect Core 1.0 (OpenID Foundation); RFC 7644 System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) protocol (IETF). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Five skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Directory and Users (Universal Directory, Directory integrations and Groups and lifecycle states); Authentication, MFA and Policies (Factors, Policies and rules and Passwordless); SSO and App Integrations (SAML, OIDC and OAuth and Other integration types); Lifecycle Management and Provisioning (SCIM, Provisioning features and Deprovisioning); Security and Administration (Admin roles, Auditing and Best practices). Every question is an original scenario written to the 2026–2027 standard, with the published source named under it.

Okta or IAM administrator, Identity engineer, IT systems administrator, Security engineer and IAM consultant. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show Okta Certified Professional knowledge in 2026 and 2027, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

Okta offers a path from Okta Certified Professional (foundational knowledge of Okta and identity concepts) to Okta Certified Administrator, Consultant and Developer. Exams are online and test configuration knowledge across Universal Directory, policies, SSO, provisioning and security.

Suspending a user stops them signing in but keeps their app assignments and group memberships, so they can be unsuspended. Deactivating a user ends access, removes app assignments and can trigger deprovisioning in connected apps.

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/.

25 questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — with a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Advanced: assumes years in the role or deep specialist knowledge. It has 25 scenario questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — and a 25-minute limit. You need 70% (18 of 25) 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.