OKTA 101 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Application Programming Interface (API) - Correct Answers -APIs let your product or
service communicate with other products and services. They are a simplified way to
connect your own infrastructure through cloud development, but they also allow you to
share your data with customers and other external users
Active Directory (AD) - Correct Answers -The centralized directory database that
contains user account information and security for the entire group of computers on a
network.
single sign-on (SSO) - Correct Answers -Allows a user to authenticate once to gain
access to multiple systems, without requiring the user to independently authenticate
with each system.
multifactor authentication (MFA) - Correct Answers -A security system that requires
more than one method of proving someone or something is who or what it is declared to
be. Different methods are used to independently verify the user's identity for a
transaction or sign-in attempt, such as a password plus a fingerprint. Each layer
increases the difficulty an attacker faces trying to breach the security of a target.
Life Cycle Management (LCM) - Correct Answers -the ability to provision or deprovision
applications based off an employees standing within the company.
MFA Factors Okta supports - Correct Answers -Biometric (Face ID, touch), Push, Voice
Call auth, Duo, RSA, Google Auth, Symantec, SMS, Email, Okta verify
Microsoft Battle Card - Correct Answers -Deployment/ Admin: Okta a cloud first
approach and as a result overall deployment and administration is significantly easier
than Azure MFA, which requires on-premise deployments and integrations.
-Okta provides better support for 3rd party factors = Yubikey, Google, RSA etc.) Okta
provides an MFA plug-in for ADFS in scenarios where customers aren't looking to s
witch to a new IdP
Universal Directory (UD) - Correct Answers -Okta Product that integrates with Active
Directory and acts as single place to manage all your users, groups and devices,
mastered in Okta or from any number of sources.
ANSWERS
Application Programming Interface (API) - Correct Answers -APIs let your product or
service communicate with other products and services. They are a simplified way to
connect your own infrastructure through cloud development, but they also allow you to
share your data with customers and other external users
Active Directory (AD) - Correct Answers -The centralized directory database that
contains user account information and security for the entire group of computers on a
network.
single sign-on (SSO) - Correct Answers -Allows a user to authenticate once to gain
access to multiple systems, without requiring the user to independently authenticate
with each system.
multifactor authentication (MFA) - Correct Answers -A security system that requires
more than one method of proving someone or something is who or what it is declared to
be. Different methods are used to independently verify the user's identity for a
transaction or sign-in attempt, such as a password plus a fingerprint. Each layer
increases the difficulty an attacker faces trying to breach the security of a target.
Life Cycle Management (LCM) - Correct Answers -the ability to provision or deprovision
applications based off an employees standing within the company.
MFA Factors Okta supports - Correct Answers -Biometric (Face ID, touch), Push, Voice
Call auth, Duo, RSA, Google Auth, Symantec, SMS, Email, Okta verify
Microsoft Battle Card - Correct Answers -Deployment/ Admin: Okta a cloud first
approach and as a result overall deployment and administration is significantly easier
than Azure MFA, which requires on-premise deployments and integrations.
-Okta provides better support for 3rd party factors = Yubikey, Google, RSA etc.) Okta
provides an MFA plug-in for ADFS in scenarios where customers aren't looking to s
witch to a new IdP
Universal Directory (UD) - Correct Answers -Okta Product that integrates with Active
Directory and acts as single place to manage all your users, groups and devices,
mastered in Okta or from any number of sources.
