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Okta Professional Maintenance Exam Study Guide

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The Okta Certified Professional Maintenance Exam is an on-demand, unproctored, open book exam. This exam is intended for individuals who hold the Okta Certified Professional certification, do not intend and have no need to pursue the Okta Certified Administrator certification, but must ensure their Okta Certified Professional certification remains current. In order for a certification holder to keep his or her certifications current without having to retake all the prerequisite exams from scratch, the certification holder needs to either take and pass the appropriate maintenance exam or earn a new higher-level certification while his or her certifications are still current. Once his or her certifications expire, the certification holder will have to retake all the prerequisite exams.

Number of Questions: This exam consists of 12 questions covering a list of topics outlined below.
Time Limit: The total amount of time allotted to complete this exam is 45 minutes.
Passing Score: Okta does not provide passing scores; however, at the completion of the exam, a Pass/Fail decision will be provided.
Retake Policy: The normal Okta certification retake policy outlined in the Certification Program Handbook does NOT apply to this maintenance exam. In addition, for this maintenance exam, in particular, exam takers will have a second shot. What this means is that you will be allowed to sit the exam twice for a one-time fee of 100 USD. If you pass this exam, you will not be allowed to retake it. However, if you fail this exam, you can retake it for a second time at no cost to you. If you fail for a second time, you will need to pay 100 USD to retake this exam for the third time. You get a free retake after every paid failed attempt.

Topics Covered on the Exam

Exam Section	Topic Area	Objective	Percentage	Link(s)
Identity and Access Management - Level I	Single Sign-On (SSO) Federation	Based on a given use case, demonstrate knowledge of whether SAML, WS-FED, SWA, or OIDC should be used	17%	Configure Single Sign-On Options
Identity and Access Management - Level I	Single Directory Integration	Demonstrate knowledge of the Active Directory integration options with Okta	17%	Active Directory integration FAQ
User Lifecycle Management - Level I	Okta as a Directory	Demonstrate knowledge of the purpose of Universal Directory (UD)	17%	Manage profiles
User Lifecycle Management - Level I	Okta as a Directory	Demonstrate knowledge of custom attributes, mappings, and data transformation	17%	Okta Expression Language
Security - Level I	Basic Multifactor Authentication (MFA)	Demonstrate knowledge of authenticators, factor types, and method characteristics, enrollment, and reset	58%	Configure a WebAuthn (FIDO2) authenticator
	Policies	Demonstrate knowledge of Okta policy types and their functions		Add a password policy rule
	Devices and Passwordless Authentication	Demonstrate knowledge of passwordless authentication and Okta Fastpass		Okta FastPass
				Configure an authentication policy for Okta FastPass
		Demonstrate knowledge of Okta Verify		Configure Okta Verify options
		Demonstrate knowledge of device trust concepts including device context, device binding, registered vs. managed devices, and EDR signal		Okta FastPass Devices Device lifecycle
Administration and Troubleshooting - Level I	Logging and Reporting	Be able to use the Tasks section of the dashboard to monitor tasks	8%	Monitor your tasks Dashboard

Troubleshooting Your Unproctored Certification Maintenance Exam

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