Okta Consultant Exam Study Guide

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Introduction

Congratulations! You are one step closer toward earning your Okta Certified Consultant certification.

This exam study guide is designed to help you prepare for the Okta Consultant Certification Exam. Passing this exam in addition to having active, unexpired Okta Certified Professional and Okta Certified Administrator certifications are requirements for attaining the Okta Certified Consultant certification. Detailed exam topics and available preparation resources are included in this guide. Reading this guide in no way guarantees a passing score on the Okta Consultant exam.

How to use this study guide

At minimum, we highly recommend that you thoroughly review each topic listed in the Consultant Exam subject areas section of this study guide. Make sure you understand each topic. Every topic within that section relates to at least one question on the exam. If you are not familiar with a topic, research it by either using one of the corresponding preparation resources or searching the Okta Help Center or Okta Product Documentation Library. Some topics are best learned through hands-on experience with the Okta service.

What does it mean to be an Okta Certified Consultant?

Okta Certified Consultants are technically proficient at implementing the Okta service in a variety of configurations. Consultants have experience integrating common applications such as Microsoft Office 365, Google Workspace, Box, and Salesforce with Okta. They also have extensive knowledge and experience scoping and implementing complex Okta integrations involving multi-forest and multi-domain environments, advanced single sign-on (SSO), and inbound federation with Okta. Consultants have working knowledge of Okta APIs and custom configuration options.

Who should take the Okta Consultant Exam?

The primary candidates for the Okta Certified Consultant certification are individuals who hold the Okta Certified Administrator certification and are involved with implementing Okta. Okta recommends that candidates for the Okta Certified Consultant certification meet the following requirements at minimum:

• More than five years of experience in security administration for Identity and Access Management
• One year of hands-on experience implementing Okta
• Successful completion of Advanced Profile Sourcing Techniques and Inbound Federation: Using Okta as a Service Provider courses or equivalent training
• Hands-on experience implementing attribute-level sourcing across directory services and human resource systems as a source of truth for users, as well as experience migrating user data and passwords from an existing source of truth into Okta
• Experience using various Okta tools (Examples: SAML Wizard, Okta Radius Agent, OIDC flows) on advanced SSO integrations, and
• Experience with Advanced Server Access management and OAuth 2.0 roles
• Experience implementing custom configurations with Okta using various tools (Examples: Okta on-premises provisioning (OPP), custom email domain, sign-in screen, sign-in widget, custom vanity login UI, custom URL, MFA as a Service, on-premises MFA, SCIM App Wizard), but might need guidance troubleshooting custom configuration issues
• Experience with advanced configurations of directory agents (Active Directory and LDAP), Desktop SSO, verbose logging, and proxy settings
• Experience providing Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) to globally distributed companies, but might need guidance troubleshooting multi-forest/multi-domain configuration issues
• Experience implementing inbound federation with Okta, but might need guidance to troubleshoot inbound federation issues
• Ability to configure adaptive MFA, behavioral detection, pre-authentication sign-on, and ThreatInsights, but might need to reference configuration documentation 
• Understanding of  device trust, but might need guidance to troubleshoot common Okta policy implementation issues
• Understanding of how Okta APIs, API Access Management, scopes, and claims can be used to implement custom solutions, experience using Okta APIs in a non-production lab environment, and familiarity with API collections

About the Okta Consultant Exam

Exam format

Number and types of questions: 60 Discrete Option Multiple-Choice (DOMC) items

Case study:

• This exam contains two case studies. 
• Many of the questions on this exam reference one of the two case studies. 
• Some of the questions are completely independent and do not reference either case study.

Time allotted: 90 minutes

Exam fee: 300 USD (100 USD for each subsequent retake)

Prerequisites:

• Active, unexpired Okta Certified Professional and Okta Certified Administrator certifications
• Successful completion of the recommended training or self-study using the preparation resources listed in the Consultant Exam subject areas table at the end of this page

Understanding the DOMC Item Type

This exam uses DOMC items exclusively. DOMC is a powerful measurement tool that produces reliable test scores. It does so by removing several “contaminants” that affect test outcomes but are unrelated to the knowledge and skills being tested. The DOMC item type levels the playing field, and more fairly measures your skills by improving: 

Readability. Because you are required to read less text, the exam tends to take less time and places fewer demands on the slower reader or the non-native English speaker.

Fairness. When savvy test takers are unsure of an answer, they look for clues by comparing options or gleaning information from other items on an exam. DOMC removes this test-taking advantage and serves as a powerful method to assess your actual knowledge.

Security. Instead of displaying all options at the same time, options are randomly presented one at a time. For each option presented, you must make a YES or NO decision to indicate whether you think the option is correct. Answer options are presented in random order, and in most instances, you are NOT presented with all the available options associated with a DOMC item. Item exposure is limited by presenting only a subset of the available options to you. Limiting item exposure helps ensure the integrity of the exam.

Scoring

You can be assured that the DOMC item type is scored fairly and with precision.

• If you are presented with a correct option and respond YES, then that response is scored as “correct". A DOMC item can be programmed to require one or more correct responses in order to be complete and to be considered answered correctly. Typically, however, only one correct response is required.
• If you are presented with a correct option and respond NO, then that item is scored as “incorrect”.
• If you are presented with an incorrect option and respond YES, then that item is scored as “incorrect”. 
• If you are presented with an incorrect option and respond NO (technically a correct response), the item is not scored until additional options are presented and responded to. 

Note: Even after you respond correctly or incorrectly to an item, additional correct or incorrect options might be presented but your responses to those options will not be scored at all. This is done to prevent you from guessing the correctness or incorrectness of a response.

The DOMC item format might require that you make some adjustments to your usual test-taking approaches. The reward of such effort is confidence that those test takers who become certified are truly competent in the areas tested on the exam and will represent excellence in the field. 

Exam scheduling

Okta certification exams are administered and proctored by Examity®, a secure online proctoring service. Okta has partnered with Examity to protect the integrity of our certification exams. Online proctoring means that you can take an exam from almost any location at a time that is convenient for you, without requiring that you travel to a test center. Your Okta Consultant Exam must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance of the time you plan to sit for the test in order to avoid the additional fee associated with on-demand testing. You can schedule your exam through the Okta Certification Credential Manager.

Preparing for the Okta Consultant Exam

A combination of instructor-led training courses, self-paced learning, self-study, and on-the-job experience will prepare you to take this exam.

Training

Okta Education Services offers a range of classes and training materials to help you prepare for this certification exam. Although attending a training class does not guarantee success on an Okta certification exam, we strongly recommend that you attend both Advanced Profile Sourcing Techniques and Inbound Federation: Using Okta as a Service Provider in preparation for this exam. You can register for these courses here: https://www.okta.com/services/training/.

Other Resources

• The Okta Help Center contains a knowledge library of articles and videos, some of which are pertinent to topics covered on this exam. 
• The Okta Content Library offers searchable white papers with a rich body of information to explore before your exam.
• Join the Okta Community to review questions, discussions, ideas, and blogs for additional exam preparation. 

Consultant Exam subject areas

The following table lists the topics that are covered on this exam. These topics are grouped into topics areas, and topic areas roll up into domains/exam sections. Use this list as an outline to guide your study and validate your readiness for the Okta Consultant Certification Exam. 

Sample items

Know what to expect on the day of the exam. Take the Okta Consultant Practice Exam to familiarize yourself with the format of the DOMC item type. 

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Okta Consultant Standard Practice Exam