Alibaba ACA Cloud Operator study plan

Define the shared responsibility model and map each operational task to the party accountable for it

Explain the purpose of regions, zones, and resource hierarchies and how they shape placement decisions

Create an ECS instance from the console and describe each parameter chosen during creation

Distinguish instance families and select an appropriate family for a stated workload profile

Compare the console, CLI, and API management paths and state when each is preferred

Perform lifecycle operations on an ECS instance: start, stop, restart, and release

Attach and detach a data disk to an instance and verify visibility from the guest OS

Configure a security group rule set that permits web traffic while denying all other inbound traffic

Build a custom image from a configured instance and launch a new instance from that image

Resize an instance's CPU and memory allocation and describe the resulting state change

Create a VPC with at least two vSwitches in different zones and place instances into each

Assign an elastic IP address to an instance and explain how it differs from a public IP

Differentiate block storage, object storage, and file storage by access pattern and durability characteristics

Create and mount an object storage bucket and apply a lifecycle rule to it

Implement a snapshot schedule for a data disk and describe how to restore from a snapshot

Configure a load balancer in front of two backend instances and verify traffic distribution

Trace a request path from the internet through the load balancer to an instance and identify each hop's security control

Configure an auto scaling policy tied to a metric threshold and explain scaling cooldown behavior

Set up a monitoring dashboard with CPU, memory, and network metrics for a group of instances

Create an alarm that notifies on a breached threshold and describe the notification channel

Apply least-privilege permissions using RAM roles and policies to a service account

Enable and interpret an audit log to identify who performed a privileged action

Compare the cost implications of pay-as-you-go, subscription, and preemptible billing models

Identify idle or oversized resources in a sample inventory and propose cost reductions

Draft an incident response sequence for a degraded web tier, from detection to resolution

Define backup and recovery objectives and verify that a restore procedure meets them

Explain how to rotate credentials and revoke access for a departing team member

Produce a change management checklist for a production deployment

Rehearse all four domains using timed practice sets and log every missed question by domain

Re-explain the five weakest concepts from memory in writing without reference material

Review the shared responsibility model, VPC design, storage selection, and billing models one final time

Simulate a full-length exam under time constraints