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Exam Code SAE-C01
Exam Name Alibaba Cloud Certified Expert: Solutions Architect
Vendor Alibaba
Total Questions 201
Last Updated 26-Oct, 2026
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Free SAE-C01 Practice Questions

Explore 5 free practice questions for the Alibaba SAE-C01 exam and review the answers and explanations to support your preparation.

  1. Question 1

    Single answer

    An enterprise wants ECS instances in a private subnet to download system updates without exposing the instances directly to the Internet.

    Which Alibaba Cloud service should be used?

    • Option A:

      Elastic IP

      Correct
    • Option B:

      NAT Gateway

      Correct
    • Option C:

      VPN Gateway

      Correct
    • Option D:

      Express Connect

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: B

    Explanation

     A NAT Gateway enables outbound Internet access for private ECS instances while preventing inbound Internet connections.


  2. Question 2

    Multiple answers

    A company wants to build a highly available web application on Alibaba Cloud.

    Which TWO design choices improve availability?

    • Option A:

      Deploy ECS instances across multiple Availability Zones.

      Correct
    • Option B:

      Place Server Load Balancer in front of ECS instances. 

      Correct
    • Option C:

      Store application logs only on local disks.

      Correct
    • Option D:

      Deploy a single ECS instance with higher specifications.

      Correct
    • Option E:

      Disable health checks.

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: A, B

    Explanation

    Multiple Availability Zones increase fault tolerance, and Server Load Balancer distributes traffic while detecting unhealthy instances.

  3. Question 3

    Single answer

    A company stores millions of images that are rarely accessed but must remain available for compliance purposes while minimizing storage costs.

    Which OSS storage class is the MOST suitable?

    • Option A:

      Standard

      Correct
    • Option B:

      Infrequent Access

      Correct
    • Option C:

      Archive

      Correct
    • Option D:

      Local SSD

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: C

    Explanation

    OSS Archive provides low-cost long-term storage for infrequently accessed data while remaining retrievable when needed.

  4. Question 4

    Multiple answers

    An architect wants to improve the security of an Internet-facing application running on Alibaba Cloud.

    Which TWO services should be recommended?

    • Option A:

      Web Application Firewall (WAF)

      Correct
    • Option B:

      Anti-DDoS Proxy

      Correct
    • Option C:

      Object Storage Service

      Correct
    • Option D:

      Server Load Balancer only

      Correct
    • Option E:

      Cloud Monitor

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: A, B

    Explanation

    WAF protects against web attacks such as SQL injection and XSS, while Anti-DDoS Proxy mitigates large-scale DDoS attacks.

  5. Question 5

    Single answer

    A company is deploying a mission-critical application across two Alibaba Cloud regions. The application requires automatic failover with minimal downtime if an entire region becomes unavailable.

    Which solution best meets this requirement?

    • Option A:

      Deploy the application in a single VPC with multiple ECS instances.

      Correct
    • Option B:

      Deploy identical environments in both regions and use Alibaba Cloud Global Traffic Manager (GTM) for DNS failover.

      Correct
    • Option C:

      Create multiple ECS instances in one Availability Zone.

      Correct
    • Option D:

      Use Auto Scaling within one region.

      Correct
    Show Answer & Explanation Hide Answer & Explanation

    Correct Answer: B

    Explanation

    GTM enables health checks and DNS-based failover between geographically distributed deployments, providing cross-region disaster recovery.