ACP Cloud Computing Certification
Exam Syllabus
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ACA Cloud Computing Certification Exam Syllabus
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About ACP Cloud Computing Certification:
Alibaba Cloud Computing Certification (ACP Level - Alibaba Cloud Certified Professional) is a
professional technical certification designed for architects, developers and O&M personnel who use
Alibaba Cloud Computing products. It covers Alibaba Cloud's core products including computing,
storage, networking and security. This technical certification assesses the certificate holders'
possession of the following capabilities:
l Has professional knowledge of IT, Cloud Computing and Network Security.
l Is able to develop effective technical solutions and enterprise best practices based on
Alibaba Cloud's products and business needs.
l Proficient in the use and operation of Alibaba Cloud's ECS, RDS, Server Load Balancers,
OSS, VPC, Auto Scaling, CDN, Alibaba Cloud Security and CloudMonitor products.
l Able to diagnose common issues emerged during operation of business systems
structured on Alibaba Cloud Computing products and utilize the best solution to address
them.
How to register for ACP Cloud Computing Certification:
You can register online through Alibaba Cloud portal. The link is shown below:
[Link]
What you need to pass ACP Cloud Computing Certification:
Alibaba Cloud-related knowledge:
l Familiar with the concepts of Alibaba Cloud Computing related products, including ECS,
RDS, Server Load Balancers, Auto Scaling, OSS, CDN, VPC, Alibaba Cloud Security services
and CloudMonitor (the same below).
l Aware of main application scenarios of Alibaba Cloud Computing-related products and
how they shall be used together.
l Familiar with operations of Alibaba Cloud Computing-related products, including
activating, creating, configuring, starting and stopping and deleting a service instance.
l Familiar with features of Alibaba Cloud Computing-related products and key product
implementation principles.
l Able to discover and resolve common issues emerged during the use of Alibaba Cloud
Computing-related products.
General IT knowledge:
l Familiar with the concepts and related knowledge of Cloud Computing, such as
virtualization, storage and networking.
l Has knowledge related to typical web application architecture, including web servers, app
servers, Server Load Balancers and databases.
l Has experience related to CDN and content delivery acceleration.
l Familiar with common network protocols such as HTTP, FTP, TCP, UDP and ICMP.
l Has network-related practical experience, including route, VSwitch, route table, NAT and
DNS.
l Familiar with software development lifecycle.
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l Has rudimentary knowledge of network security, such as firewall policy, key encryption,
access control, network security, and network attack and protection.
Related learning methods, learning materials and training courses:
Recommended Preparation:
l We strongly recommend you register an Alibaba Cloud account and try the products
directly.
l Visit the document center on Alibaba Cloud portal and follow the get started guide:
([Link]
More ways to learn:
l Participation in the face-to-face training courses officially offered by Alibaba Cloud can
help you quickly learn about the concepts, usage, operations and solutions of Alibaba
Cloud products. Related courses are as follows:
i. ACT81002 ([Link]
ii. ACT81005 ([Link]
l Learn, raise questions and communicate on the Alibaba Cloud official forum.
([Link]
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Certification examination structure and composition:
I. Total mark and examination duration
The examination paper contains 70 questions, evaluated out of 100 marks and must be
completed within 90 minutes.
II. Examination registration
Please register online: ([Link]
III. Examination type
Close-book examination.
IV. Examination content and ratio
Product name Proportion in
examination
ECS 20%
RDS 15%
Object Storage Service (OSS) 15%
Auto Scaling 10%
Server Load Balancer 10%
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 10%
Alibaba Cloud Security Service 10%
Content Distribution Network 5%
(CDN)
General knowledge about Cloud 5%
Computing
V. Question types
Question type Number of Scores
questions
Single 30 questions 1 point per
selection question
Multiple 15 questions 3 points per
selections question
True-or-false 25 questions 1 points per
questions question
VI. Scope of content
l ECS:
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✓ Familiar with ECS-related concepts, including regions and zones, instances,
disks, snapshots, images, networks, and security groups.
✓ Has knowledge about the advantages, billing policies, application scenarios,
APIs and SDKs of ECS.
✓ Able to deploy applications based on ECS products.
✓ Familiar with the usage and operations of ECS instances, disks, security groups,
snapshots, images and tags.
✓ Able to discover and resolve common problems arising during the operating
system usage, server logons, and use of other ECS instance products.
✓ Able to implement application solutions based on ECS, RDS and Server Load
Balancers, VPCs, OSS, CDN, Auto Scaling, Alibaba Cloud Security and
CloudMonitor products.
l Auto Scaling:
✓ Familiar with the basic concepts related to Auto Scaling, including scaling
groups, scaling configuration, scaling rules, scaling activities, scaling trigger
tasks, scaling mode and freezing time.
✓ Familiar with Auto Scaling features, product advantages and common
application scenarios.
✓ Familiar with Auto Scaling's specific configuration and operations, including the
creation and maintenance of scaling groups, configuration of rules and jobs, and
configuration of alert jobs.
✓ Has knowledge about precautions during Auto Scaling use to prevent and solve
common problems arising during use.
✓ Able to implement application solutions based on Auto Scaling and ECS and
Server Load Balancer products.
l Server Load Balancer:
✓ Familiar with Server Load Balancer-related basic concepts and features,
including the Server Load Balancer definition, implementation principles,
supported protocols, session persistence, health checks, backend server
weights, certificates, and forwarding policies.
✓ Familiar with Server Load Balancers product advantages and its application
scenarios.
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✓ Has knowledge about usage, operation and maintenance of Server Load
Balancers, including Server Load Balancer configuration, maintenance,
precautions, and problem identification and handling.
✓ Able to implement application solutions based on Server Load Balancer as well
as ECS and Auto Scaling products.
l VPC:
✓ Familiar with VPC-related concepts, including VPCs, Vrouters, Vswitches, route
tables, and route entries.
✓ Has knowledge about the advantages and application scenarios of VPC
products.
✓ Has knowledge about the usage and operation of VPCs, Vswitches, EIPs,
Vrouters, and route tables.
✓ Has knowledge about the security and configuration as well as use restrictions
of VPCs.
✓ Able to carry out VPC monitoring and O&M.
✓ Has knowledge about implementation of interconnection solutions between
VPCs through Express Connect.
✓ Able to use ECS, Server Load Balancer and OSS products in a VPC and implement
application solutions.
l OSS:
✓ Familiar with the OSS-related concepts, including regions, buckets, objects,
anti-leech, and object lifecycle management.
✓ Has knowledge about the advantages, application scenarios and billing models
of OSS products.
✓ Has knowledge about the management, use and operations of OSS buckets and
objects.
✓ Familiar with the image processing capabilities offered by OSS.
✓ Familiar with common problems arising during the usage of OSS products.
✓ Able to implement application solutions based on OSS as well as ECS, CDN and
ApsaraVideo for Media Transcoding.
l CDN:
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✓ Familiar with CDN-related basic concepts, including DNS resolution, intelligent
DNS, CNAME, cache, edge nodes, CDN Domains, and back-to-source.
✓ Has knowledge about the advantages, application scenarios and billing modes
of CDN products.
✓ Able to carry out basic configuration and optimization of CDN to solve basic
common problems.
✓ Able to implement application solutions based on CDN as well as ECS and OSS
products.
l Alibaba Cloud Security services and CloudMonitor:
✓ Has basic security awareness and security basics of using Cloud services.
✓ Has knowledge about Alibaba Cloud Security series, such as Anti-DDoS Basic,
Anti-DDoS Pro, Security Center and CloudMonitor.
✓ Able to discover DDoS attacks, brute force password cracking attacks, and web
SQL injections among other common security risks according to security alerts
from Alibaba Cloud, and use Alibaba Cloud Security product for protection.
l General knowledge about Cloud Computing:
✓ Practitioners in the cloud computing field are required to possess basic
knowledge about the related concepts, technologies and cloud computing
advantages, including the definition, features, advantages, service types,
implementation technologies and deployment methods of cloud computing.
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