ACA-GenAI Exam Information and Outline
Alibaba Cloud Certified Associate: Generative AI Engineer
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 10, 2026
ACA-GenAI Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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- Exam Format
- 50 questions; duration 90 minutes; passing score 70/100; English only
- Generative AI Fundamentals
- Machine learning, deep learning and large language models
- Transformer architecture, tokens and embeddings
- Model capabilities, limitations and hallucinations
- Prompt Engineering
- Prompt design patterns: zero-shot, few-shot, chain-of-thought
- System prompts, temperature and output control
- Alibaba Cloud Generative AI Services
- Model Studio (Bailian) and Qwen models
- Platform for AI (PAI): model training, fine-tuning and deployment
- Model APIs and SDK integration
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Knowledge bases, document parsing and chunking
- Vector databases and embedding search
- AI Agents and Applications
- Agent workflows, tool calling and application building
- Multimodal applications: image, audio and video generation
- Model Customization and Evaluation
- Fine-tuning approaches and evaluation metrics
- Responsible AI, Security and Cost Optimization
- Content safety, data privacy and governance