ACA-Database Exam Information and Outline
ACA Database Certification
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 3, 2026
ACA-Database Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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official ACA-Database exam objectives. This course outline serves as your roadmap.
The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
Alibaba-Cloud.
Below are complete topics detail with latest syllabus and course outline, that will help you good knowledge about exam objectives and topics that you have to prepare. These contents are covered in questions and answers pool of exam.
- Exam Format
- Approx. 60 multiple-choice/multiple-select questions; 60 minutes; passing score 65%
- Database Fundamentals
- Relational database concepts, SQL basics, transactions and ACID
- NoSQL concepts: key-value, document, wide-column
- Alibaba Cloud Database Portfolio
- ApsaraDB RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MariaDB)
- PolarDB cloud-native database
- ApsaraDB for Redis, MongoDB and HBase
- AnalyticDB and ClickHouse for analytics
- ApsaraDB RDS Operations
- Instance creation, specifications and storage
- Accounts, databases and network access (VPC, whitelists)
- Backup, restore and read-only instances
- High availability and disaster recovery
- Performance monitoring and parameter tuning
- Database Security
- Access control, SSL encryption, TDE and auditing
- Data Migration and Synchronization
- Data Transmission Service (DTS)
- Data Management Service (DMS)
- Database Selection and Best Practices