ACA stands for Alibaba Cloud Associate, and currently we will discuss about cloud computing exam.
For the duration, it will take 90 minutes and included 50 questions.
For the registration you can go to this link.
The topic which going to be given about 1) knowledge of IT, cloud computing, and network security in general; 2) giving best practice for general solutions by using Alibaba Cloud’s product for business needs; 3) Able to operate Elastic Compute Service (ECS), Server Load Balancer (SLB), Object Storage Server (OSS), Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Relational Database Service (RDS), Auto Scaling, Content Delivery Network (CDN), and Cloud Monitor products.
| Product Name | Percentage |
| ECS | 30 |
| SLB | 20 |
| OSS | 15 |
| RDS | 10 |
| Auto Scaling | 10 |
| Alibaba Cloud Security and Cloud Monitor Service | 10 |
| General knowledge about Cloud Computing | 5 |
The exam consist of several types of question. There are single selection, multiple selection and true-or false question. For single question it has 30 questions with 2 score foreach question, For multiple selection, it has 10 question with 2 score foreach question, For true-or-false question it has 10 question with 2 score foreach question.
Let’s discuss sample question.
As example…
Cloud computing facing security threats mainly from: availability, integrity and confidentiality. The following threats will directly impact the availability of cloud computing service: ____ (number of correct answer: 2)
a) Brute-force cracking on server credentials
b) Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
c) Backdoor implementation on website
d) CC Attack (Challenge Collapsar)
The answer is B,D…
Why? Because D is part of DDoS attack which attacking server and giving impact for resource’s performance (availability).
Don’t forget to practice with Alibaba Cloud’s product so that you can understand something easier.
