Snowflake

1. Which of the following statements will you use to change the warehouse for workload
processing to a warehouse named 'COMPUTE_WH_XL'?

A) SET CURRENT_WAREHOUSE = COMPUTE_WH_XL

B) USE WAREHOUSE COMPUTE_WH_XL;
C) USE CURRENT_WAREHOUSE(COMPUTE_WH_XL);
D) SET CURRENT_WAREHOUSE = COMPUTE_WH, SIZE = XL;
Correct Answer : Option (B) : USE WAREHOUSE COMPUTE_WH_XL;

2. Semi-structured data can be queried using SQL while incorporating JSON path
notation?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

3. Drop Role can be granted within a Snowflake account by the administrator?

A) True
B) False
C) Can not Say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

4. Snowflake supports data in VARIANTs up to a maximum size of_________

A) 4 MB uncompressed
B) 8 MB uncompressed
C) 16 MB compressed
D) 32 MB compressed
Correct Answer : Option (C) : 16 MB compressed

5. The process of co-locates column data with same values in the same micro-partition,
if possible, is called ___________?
A) Partitioning
B) Re-Clustering
C) Both (A) and (B)
D) Natural Clustering
Correct Answer : Option (D) : Natural Clustering
6. A defined data set can be shared with customers outside the Snowflake account is?
A) Snowflake's Cloning
B) Snowflakes's Data Sharing
C) Both (A) and (B)
D) None of the above
Correct Answer : Option (B) : Snowflakes's Data Sharing

7. _____________ is used to analyze the execution details of a query?

A) Metadata
B) Statistics
C) Query Plan
D) Query Profile
Correct Answer : Option (D) : Query Profile

8. Snowflake's architecture includes advance capabilities in the cloud services layer that
delivers query optimization?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

9. This type of cache lives on the Cloud Services layer?

A) Server
B) Results
C) Metadata
D) Warehouse
Correct Answer : Option (C) : Metadata

10. Once the time-travel period has expired, it is possible to request Snowflake support
to retrieve historical data for a period of
A) 1 Day
B) 7 Days
C) It is user-configurable
D) It depends on the Snowflake edition
Correct Answer : Option (B) : 7 Days
11. What is the frequency for Snowflake to apply software patches to the code base?
A) Semi-annually
B) Monthly
C) Weekly
D) Daily
Correct Answer : Option (C) : Weekly

12. If the Credit Quota of a Resource Monitor is reached, suspended warehouses cannot
be resumed until one of the conditions is met________
A) A new billing cycle starts
B) Credit quota of the monitor is increased
C) The monitor is no longer assigned to the warehouse
D) All of the above
Correct Answer : Option (D) : All of the above

13. Data Sharing is only supported between accounts in the same Snowflake region?
A) True
B) False
C) Cannot say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

14. User can query a STAGE object?

A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

15. Which of the following is not a characteristic of "automatic micro-partitions" in

Snowflake?
A) Avoids skews between partitions
B) New partitions are created on logical properties
C) Partitioning is automatically completed on the natural ingestion order of the data
D) The natural ingestion order maintains correlations between columns which could be
useful for pruning
Correct Answer : Option (B) : New partitions are created on logical properties
16. When scaling up a Snowflake warehouse, what is the scaling factor when moving
between T-shirt sizes?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 8
D) User Specified
Correct Answer : Option (A) : 2

17. Snowflake deploys into a customer VPC or VNET?

A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (C) : False

18. Which layer contains virtual warehouses for data access?

A) Cloud Services
B) Database Storage
C) Both (A) and (B)
D) Query Processing
Correct Answer : Option (D) : Query Processing

19. Which Snowflake edition supports Search Optimization Service to improve

performance of point lookup queries?
A) All editions
B) Enterprise edition and above
C) Business Critical edition and Above
D) All except Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS) edition
Correct Answer : Option (B) : Enterprise edition and above

20. History tab in the Snowflake Web Interface supports viewing of user queries
submitted in the past _______ day(s)
A) 1 day
B) 7 days
C) 14 days
D) 90 days
Correct Answer : Option (B) : 14 days
21. Semi-structured data strings are stored in a column with a Snowflake data type of
__________________?
A) Variant
B) Object
C) Varchar
D) Character
Correct Answer : Option (A) : Variant

22. Which of the following techniques can be used in Snowflake to improve query
performance?
A) Query Hints
B) Index definition
C) Distribution keys
D) Cluster Keys/Reclustering
Correct Answer : Option (D) : Cluster Keys/Reclustering

23. MFA (Multi-factor Authentication) is an integrated feature powered by Duo Security

service?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D)--
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

24. In order to query a table in Snowflake, the user must be granted which privileges at
a minimum (select all that apply):
A) Grant Select on <table>
B) Grant USAGE on <schema>
C) Grant USAGE on <database>
D) All of the above
Correct Answer : Option (D) : All of the above

25. Which is not a characteristic of Time Travel?

A) Protection from accidental data operations
B) Previous versions of data automatically retained
C) Recover data with the cost of running backups
D) Retention period selected by customers (up to 90 days for Enterprise edition)
Correct Answer : Option (C) : Recover data with the cost of running backups
26. A share can't be cloned by a consumer account, but the share data CAN be copied
into a table?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

27. What is the optimal file sizing recommendation for loading data into Snowflake?
A) 10 MB to 100 MB, uncompressed
B) 100 MB to 250 MB, compressed
C) 100 MB to 512 MB, uncompressed
D) 10 GB to 100 GB, compressed
Correct Answer : Option (B) : 100 MB to 250 MB, compressed

28. Which cache does the query optimizer refer to first? Second? And Third?
A) First: metadata Cache. Second: warehouse Cache. Third: results cache
B) First: warehouse cache. Second: results cache. Third: metadata cache
C) First: warehouse Cache. Second: metadata Cache. Third: results cache
D) First: metadata Cache. Second: results Cache. Third: warehouse cache
Correct Answer : Option (D) : First: metadata Cache. Second: results Cache. Third:
warehouse cache

29. Following are the key reasons that make Snowflake a "True SaaS" product.
A) Snowflake completely runs on cloud infrastructure and is accessible over the internet
B) There is no hardware or software to install, configure, maintain or upgrade at the user
end
C) Snowflake supports key properties of as-a-service offering such as on-demand and
instance elasticity, unlimited scalability of compute and storage and pay-per-use
D) All of the above
Correct Answer : Option (D) : All of the above

30. Namespace in Snowflake is comprised of______

A) Database, schema, and table
B) Account, database, and schema
C) Database and schema
D) Warehouse, database, and schema
Correct Answer : Option (C) : Database and schema
31. Following are the two modes in which you can run a multi-cluster virtual warehouse
in Snowflake.
A) Dynamic
B) Maximized
C) Auto-Scale
D) Both (B) and (C)
Correct Answer : Option (D) : Both (B) and (C)

32. Snowflake includes administration settings for resource consumption in order to:
A) Maintain availability
B) Help control costs associated with unexpected credit usage of warehouses
C) Manage access to data warehouse for specified users
D) All of the above
Correct Answer : Option (B) : Help control costs associated with unexpected credit
usage of warehouses

33. A materialize view in Snowflake will add more storage cost to the customer bill
A) True
B) False
C) Can not sat
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

34. Non-native values such as dates and timestamps are stored as strings when loaded
into a VARIANT column so which statements are true:
A) Operations on these values could be slower
B) These columns would consume more space than when stored in a relational column
with the corresponding data type
C) Both (A) and (B)
D) Neither A or B are true
Correct Answer : Option (C) : Both (A) and (B)

35. It is a best practice to have the majority of objects owned by SYSADMIN?

A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) –
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True
36. The PUT and GET commands can be executed via the Snowflake UI?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (B) : False

37. A defined data set is a point in time snapshot and can be updated by customers is?
A) Snowflake's Cloning
B) Snowflakes's Data Sharing
C) Both (A) and (B)
D) None of the above
Correct Answer : Option (A) : Snowflake's Cloning

38. Snowflake utilizes per _______________ billing.

A) Millisecond
B) Second
C) Minute
D) Hour
Correct Answer : Option (B) : Second

39. Select the best description of Zero-Copy Cloning_______

A) Metadata-only operation
B) No replication of data
C) Unmodified data stored once; modified data stored as new blocks
D) All of the above
Correct Answer : Option (D) : All of the above

40. Micro-partitions are immutable?

A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

41. To recluster a table, an admin would execute the RECLUSTER command?

A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (B) : False

42. There are cases where separate accounts are required such as different editions or
regions?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

43. To help control the usage of credits in Auto-scale mode, Snowflake provides a
property, _________, that determines the scaling policy to use when automatically starting
or shutting down additional clusters. Select the property:
A) Auto_Scale
B) Maximum_number_of_server_clusters
C) Scaling_policy
D) Minimum_number of server clusters
Correct Answer : Option (C) : Scaling_policy

44. The Snowflake UI is divided into for basic areas. Which of the following areas is not
part of the UI:
A) History
B) Warehouse
C) Databases
D) Query
Correct Answer : Option (D) : Query

45. Which layer provides centralized services for the data warehouse?
A) Database Storage
B) Query Processing
C) Cloud Services
D) None of the above
Correct Answer : Option (C) : Cloud Services

46. Snowflake supports landing data into bring your own device?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (B) : False

47. The commands for loading data into Snowflake are_______

A) COPY & INSERT
B) COPY & PUT
C) INSERT & PUT
D) None of the above
Correct Answer : Option (A) : COPY & INSERT

48. When dealing with a large complex query, the user must_________
A) Rewrite the query
B) Scale up the cluster
C) Scale out the cluster
D) All of the above
Correct Answer : Option (B) : Scale up the cluster

49. The following object in Snowflake is also known as the 'data dictionary' of a
database.
A) Data Catalog
B) PUBLIC schema
C) INFORMATION_SCHEMA schema
D) None of the above
Correct Answer : Option (C) : INFORMATION_SCHEMA schema

50. One benefit of client-side encryption is the storage service layer only contains
encrypted version of the data?
A) True
B) False
C) Cannot say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

51. MFA (Multi-factor Authentication) can be used for connecting to Snowflake via the
Snowflake JDBC driver?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True
52. Stages are unique database objects in Snowflake?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

53. This type of cache lives on the Compute instance?

A) Server
B) Results
C) Metadata
D) Warehouse
Correct Answer : Option (D) : Warehouse

54. Zero-copy cloning operation is supported for the following objects in Snowflake.
A) A temporary Table
B) A transient Table
C) A permanent Table
D) Both (B) and (C)
Correct Answer : Option (D) : Both (B) and (C)

55. A resource monitor can be created by________

A) SYSADMIN role
B) ACCOUNTADMIN role
C) USERADMIN role
D) Any of the above
Correct Answer : Option (B) : ACCOUNTADMIN role

56. Which of the following statements are true about multi-cluster Warehouses in
Snowflake? (Select all that apply).
A) Multi-cluster warehouses support all properties of a single-cluster warehouse
B) Increasing the number of compute resources in a multi-cluster warehouse is an
example of scaling up
C) A single cluster warehouse can be reconfigured to turn into a multi-cluster warehouse
but vice-versa is not true
D) None of the above
Correct Answer : Option (A) : Multi-cluster warehouses support all properties of a
single-cluster warehouse
57. What is the recommended approached for making a variant column accessible in a
BI tool?
A) A view
B) A pre-defined mapping
C) Leveraging a JSON parser
D) There is no way to do this
Correct Answer : Option (A) : A view

58. How many resource monitors can you have at the account level?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) up to 5
Correct Answer : Option (B) : 1

59. Snowflake users with support contracts that have a Severity-1 issue should contact
Snowflake in these ways except :
A) 844-SNOWFLAKE
B) Snowflake Lodge - set appropriate severity (1-4)
C) Send email
D) None of the above
Correct Answer : Option (C) : Send email

60. Snowflake's architecture includes advance capabilities in the cloud services layer that
delivers metadata service?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

61. Which approach would result in improved performance through linear scaling of
data ingestion workload:
A) Resize virtual warehouse
B) Consider the practice of organizing data by granular path
C) Consider the practice of splitting input file batch within the recommended range of
10MB and 100MB
D) All of the above
Correct Answer : Option (D) : All of the above
62. Snowflake's Resource Monitors have the following capabilities_____
A) Can only be created by an ACCOUNTADMIN
B) Trigger actions (i.e. like suspending) when the limit is reached
C) impose limits on the number of credits that a warehouse can consume
D) All of the above
Correct Answer : Option (D) : All of the above

63. Which of the following is not a layer in Snowflake's Architecture?

A) Storage
B) Data Catalog
C) Cloud Services
D) Virtual Warehouses
Correct Answer : Option (B) : Data Catalog

64. An enterprise view of data is useful because_______

A) Data sets can be shared securely
B) A data set can be stored once and shared multiple times
C) Data set provisioning is assigned to the owner of the data set
D) All of the above
Correct Answer : Option (D) : All of the above

65. What is data skew is when partitions in database become disproportionately-sized?

A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

66. Which of the following best describes Snowflake's processing engine?

A) Based on Map Reduce
B) A derivative of Presto
C) Native SQL
D) Leverages Apache Spark
Correct Answer : Option (C) : Native SQL

67. Query statement encryption is supported on ___________ accounts?

A) Standard
B) Business Critical
C) Enterprise
D) Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS)
Correct Answer : Option (B) : Business Critical

68. Snowflake optimizes the storage for semi-structured data based on the repeating
elements within the semi-structured strings?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

69. Which layer does Snowflake store the various statistics for databases, tables,
columns, and files?
A) Compute
B) Storage
C) Cloud Services
D) Snowflake does not store statistics
Correct Answer : Option (C) : Cloud Services

70. All interactions with data are initialized through the services layer?
A) True
B) False
C) Can not say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

71. What is the best practice for handling semi-structured data with 3rd party BI tools?
A) Use the BI tool to create a metadata object to view the column
B) ETL the column with other columns that are part of the query into a structured table
C) Create a Snowflake view that parse the semi-structured column into structure
columns for the BI tool to retrieve
D) All of the above
Correct Answer : Option (C) : Create a Snowflake view that parse the semi-structured
column into structure columns for the BI tool to retrieve

72. Which of the following are security best practices for Snowflake?
A) All objects owned by SYSADMIN
B) Grant all of your roles back to SYSADMIN
C) All roles and users are own by SECURITYADMIN
D) All of the above
Correct Answer : Option (D) : All of the above

73. How many cluster keys can reside on a Snowflake table?

A) 0
B) 1
C) 3
D) 4
Correct Answer : Option (B) : 1

74. One benefit of client-side encryption is that it provides a secure system for
managing data in cloud storage?
A) True
B) False
C) Cannot say
D) --
Correct Answer : Option (A) : True

75. Snowflake provides a mechanism for its customers to override its natural clustering
algorithms. This method is:
A) Micro-partitions
B) Clustering keys
C) Key partitions
D) Clustered partitions
Answer(s): B

76. Which of the following are valid Snowflake Virtual Warehouse Scaling Policies?
(Choose two.)
Custom
Economy
Optimized
Standard
Answer(s): B,D

77. True or False: A single database can exist in more than one Snowflake account.
True
False
Answer(s): B
78. Which of the following roles is recommended to be used to create and manage
users and roles?
SYSADMIN
SECURITYADMIN
PUBLIC
ACCOUNTADMIN
Answer(s): D

79. True or False: Bulk unloading of data from Snowflake supports the use of a SELECT
statement.
True
False
Answer(s): A

80. Select the different types of Internal Stages: (Choose three.)

Named Stage
User Stage
Table Stage
Schema Stage
Answer(s): A,B,C

81. True or False: A customer using SnowSQL / native connectors will be unable to also
use the Snowflake Web Interface (UI) unless access to the UI is explicitly granted by
support.
True
False
Answer(s): B

82. Account-level storage usage can be monitored via:

The Snowflake Web Interface (UI) in the Databases section
The Snowflake Web Interface (UI) in the Account -> Billing & Usage section
The Information Schema -> ACCOUNT_USAGE_HISTORY View
The Account Usage Schema -> ACCOUNT_USAGE_METRICS View
Answer(s): B

83. Credit Consumption by the Compute Layer (Virtual Warehouses) is based on:
(Choose two.)
Number of users
Warehouse size
Amount of data processed
Number of clusters for the Warehouse
Answer(s): B,C

84. Which statement best describes `clustering`?

Clustering represents the way data is grouped together and stored within Snowflake's
micro-partitions
The database administrator must define the clustering methodology for each Snowflake
table
The clustering key must be included on the COPY command when loading data into
Snowflake
Clustering can be disabled within a Snowflake account
Answer(s): A

85. True or False: The COPY command must specify a File Format in order to execute.
True
False
Answer(s): A

86. Which of the following commands sets the Virtual Warehouse for a session?
COPY WAREHOUSE FROM <<config file>>;
SET WAREHOUSE = <<warehouse name>>;
USE WAREHOUSE <<warehouse name>>;
USE VIRTUAL_WAREHOUSE <<warehouse name>>;
Answer(s): C

87. Which of the following objects can be cloned? (Choose four.)

Tables
Named File Formats
Schemas
Shares
Databases
Users
Answer(s): A,B,E,F

88. Which object allows you to limit the number of credits consumed within a Snowflake
account?
Account Usage Tracking
Resource Monitor
Warehouse Limit Parameter
Credit Consumption Tracker
Answer(s): B

89. Snowflake is designed for which type of workloads? (Choose two.)

OLAP (Analytics) workloads
OLTP (Transactional) workloads
Concurrent workloads
On-premise workloads
Answer(s): A,B

90. What are the three layers that make up Snowflake's architecture? (Choose three.)
Compute
Tri-Secret Secure
Storage
Cloud Services
Answer(s): A,C,D

91. Why would a customer size a Virtual Warehouse from an X-Small to a Medium?
To accommodate more queries
To accommodate more users
To accommodate fluctuations in workload
To accommodate a more complex workload
Answer(s): A

92. True or False: Reader Accounts incur no additional Compute costs to the Data
Provider since they are simply reading the shared data without making changes.
True
False
Answer(s): B

93. Which of the following connectors allow Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

authorization when connecting? (Choose all that apply.)
JDBC
SnowSQL
Snowflake Web Interface (UI)
ODBC
Python
Answer(s): A,B,C,D,E

94. True or False: Snowflake charges a premium for storing semi-structured data.
True
False
Answer(s): B

95. Which of the following statements describes a benefit of Snowflake's separation of

compute and storage? (Choose all that apply.)
Growth of storage and compute are tightly coupled together
Storage expands without the requirement to add more compute
Compute can be scaled up or down without the requirement to add more storage
Multiple compute clusters can access stored data without contention
Answer(s): B,C,D

96. True or False: It is possible to unload structured data to semi-structured formats

such as JSON and Parquet.
True
False
Answer(s): A

97. In which layer of its architecture does Snowflake store its metadata statistics?
Storage Layer
Compute Layer
Database Layer
Cloud Services Layer
Answer(s): D

98. True or False: Data in fail-safe can be deleted by a user or the Snowflake team before
it expires.
True
False
Answer(s): B

99. True or False: Snowflake's data warehouse was built from the ground up for the
cloud in lieu of using an existing database or a platform, like Hadoop, as a base.
True
False
Answer(s): B

100. Which of the following statements are true of Virtual Warehouses? (Choose all that
apply.)
Customers can change the size of the Warehouse after creation
A Warehouse can be resized while running
A Warehouse can be configured to suspend after a period of inactivity
A Warehouse can be configured to auto-resume when new queries are submitted
Answer(s): B,C

101. The PUT command: (Choose two.)

Automatically creates a File Format object
Automatically uses the last Stage created
Automatically compresses files using Gzip
Automatically encrypts files
Answer(s): C,D

102. Which type of table corresponds to a single Snowflake session?

Temporary
Transient
Provisional
Permanent
Answer(s): A

103. Which interfaces can be used to create and/or manage Virtual Warehouses?
The Snowflake Web Interface (UI)
SQL commands
Data integration tools
All of the above
Answer(s): B

104. When a Pipe is recreated using the CREATE OR REPLACE PIPE command:
The Pipe load history is reset to empty
The REFRESH parameter is set to TRUE
Previously loaded files will be ignored
All of the above
Answer(s): B

105. What is the minimum Snowflake edition that customers planning on storing
protected information in Snowflake should consider for regulatory compliance?
Standard
Premier
Enterprise
Business Critical Edition
Answer(s): D
106. Select the three types of tables that exist within Snowflake. (Choose three.)
Temporary
Transient
Provisional
Permanent
Answer(s): A,B,D

107. True or False: Snowpipe via REST API can only reference External Stages as source.
True
False
Answer(s): B

108. True or False: A third-party tool that supports standard JDBC or ODBC but has no
Snowflake-specific driver will be unable to connect to Snowflake.
True
False
Answer(s): A

109. True or False: It is possible to load data into Snowflake without creating a named
File Format object.
True
False
Answer(s): A

110. True or False: A table in Snowflake can only be queried using the Virtual Warehouse
that was used to load the data.
True
False
Answer(s): B

111. Which of the following statements are true of Snowflake data loading? (Choose
three.)
VARIANT “null” values are not the same as SQL NULL values
It is recommended to do frequent, single row DMLs
It is recommended to validate the data before loading into the Snowflake target table
It is recommended to use staging tables to manage MERGE statements
Answer(s): A,C,D

112. Which statements are true of micro-partitions? (Choose two.)

They are approximately 16MB in size
They are stored compressed only if COMPRESS=TRUE on Table
They are immutable
They are only encrypted in the Enterprise edition and above
Answer(s): A,C

113. True or False: Query ID's are unique across all Snowflake deployments and can be
used in communication with Snowflake Support to help troubleshoot issues.
True
False
Answer(s): B

114. A deterministic query is run at 8am, takes 5 minutes, and the results are cached.
Which of the following statements are true? (Choose two.)
A. The exact query will ALWAYS return the precomputed result set for the
RESULT_CACHE_ACTIVE = time period
B. The same exact query will return the precomputed results if the underlying data
hasn't changed and the results were last accessed within previous 24 hour period
C. The same exact query will return the precomputed results even if the underlying data
has changed as long as the results were last accessed within the previous 24 hour period
D. The “24 hour” timer on the precomputed results gets renewed every time the exact
query is executed
Answer(s): B,D

115. Increasing the maximum number of clusters in a Multi-Cluster Warehouse is an

example of:
Scaling rhythmically
Scaling max
Scaling out
Scaling up
Answer(s): D

116. Which statement best describes Snowflake tables?

Snowflake tables are logical representations of underlying physical data
Snowflake tables are the physical instantiation of data loaded into Snowflake
Snowflake tables require that clustering keys be defined to perform optimally
Snowflake tables are owned by a user
Answer(s): A

117. Which item in the Data Warehouse migration process does not apply in Snowflake?
Migrate Users
Migrate Schemas
Migrate Indexes
Build the Data Pipeline
Answer(s): C

118. Snowflake provides two mechanisms to reduce data storage costs for short-lived
tables. These mechanisms are: (Choose two.)
Temporary Tables
Transient Tables
Provisional Tables
Permanent Tables
Answer(s): A,B

119. What is the maximum compressed row size in Snowflake?

8KB
16MB
50MB
4000GB
Answer(s): B

120. Which of the following are main sections of the top navigation of the Snowflake
Web Interface (UI)? (Choose three.)
Databases
Tables
Warehouses
Worksheets
Answer(s): A,C,D

121. What is the recommended Snowflake data type to store semi-structured data like
JSON?
VARCHAR
RAW
LOB
VARIANT
Answer(s): D

122. Which of the following statements are true of Snowflake releases: (Choose two.)
A. They happen approximately weekly
B. They roll up and release approximately monthly, but customers can request early
release application
C. During a release, new customer requests/queries/connections transparently move
over to the newer version
D. A customer is assigned a 30 minute window (that can be moved anytime within a
week) during which the system will be unavailable and customer is upgraded
Answer(s): A,C

123. Which of the following are common use cases for zero-copy cloning? (Choose
three.)
Quick provisioning of Dev and Test/QA environments
Data backups
Point in time snapshots
Performance optimization
Answer(s): A,B,C

124. If a Small Warehouse is made up of 2 servers/cluster, how many servers/cluster

make up a Medium Warehouse?
4
16
32
128
Answer(s): A

125. True or False: When a data share is established between a Data Provider and a Data
Consumer, the Data Consumer can extend that data share to other Data Consumers.
True
False
Answer(s): B

126. Which is true of Snowflake network policies? A Snowflake network policy: (Choose
two.)
Is available to all Snowflake Editions
Is only available to customers with Business Critical Edition
Restricts or enables access to specific IP addresses
Is activated using an “ALTER DATABASE” command
Answer(s): A,C

127. True or False: Snowflake charges additional fees to Data Providers for each Share
they create.
True
False
Answer(s): A

128. Query results are stored in the Result Cache for how long after they are last
accessed, assuming no data changes have occurred?
1 Hour
3 Hours
12 hours
24 hours
Answer(s): D

129. A role is created and owns 2 tables. This role is then dropped. Who will now own
the two tables?
The tables are now orphaned
The user that deleted the role
SYSADMIN
The assumed role that dropped the role
Answer(s): D

130. Which of the following connectors are available in the Downloads section of the
Snowflake Web Interface (UI)? (Choose two.)
SnowSQL
ODBC
R
HIVE
Answer(s): A,B

131. Which of the following DML commands isn't supported by Snowflake?

UPSERT
MERGE
UPDATE
TRUNCATE TABLE
Answer(s): A

132. Which of the following statements is true of zero-copy cloning?

A. Zero-copy clones increase storage costs as cloning the table requires storing its data
twice
B. All zero-copy clone objects inherit the privileges of their original objects
C. Zero-copy cloning is licensed as an additional Snowflake feature
D. At the instance/instant a clone is created, all micro-partitions in the original table and
the clone are fully shared
Answer(s): D

133. True or False: When a user creates a role, they are initially assigned ownership of
the role and they maintain ownership until it is transferred to another user.
True
False
Answer(s): A

134. The Query History in the Snowflake Web Interface (UI) is kept for approximately:
60 minutes
24 hours
14 days
30 days
1 year
Answer(s): E

135. To run a Multi-Cluster Warehouse in auto-scale mode, a user would:

Configure the Maximum Clusters setting to “Auto-Scale”
Set the Warehouse type to “Auto”
Set the Minimum Clusters and Maximum Clusters settings to the same value
Set the Minimum Clusters and Maximum Clusters settings to the different values
Answer(s): D

136. Which of the following terms best describes Snowflake's database architecture?
Columnar shared nothing
Shared disk
Multi-cluster, shared data
Cloud-native shared memory
Answer(s): B

137. Which of the following are options when creating a Virtual Warehouse? (Choose
two.)
A. Auto-drop
B. Auto-resize
C. Auto-resume
D. Auto-suspend
Answer(s): C,D
138. A Virtual Warehouse's auto-suspend and auto-resume settings apply to:
The primary cluster in the Virtual Warehouse
The entire Virtual Warehouse
The database the Virtual Warehouse resides in
The queries currently being run by the Virtual Warehouse
Answer(s): B

139. Fail-safe is unavailable on which table types? (Choose two.)

Temporary
Transient
Provisional
Permanent
Answer(s): A,B

140. Which of the following objects is not covered by Time Travel?

Tables
Schemas
Databases
Stages
Answer(s): D

141. True or False: Micro-partition metadata enables some operations to be completed

without requiring Compute.
True
False
Answer(s): A

142. Which of the following commands are not blocking operations? (Choose two.)
UPDATE
INSERT
MERGE
COPY
Answer(s): B,D

143. Which of the following is true of Snowpipe via REST API? (Choose two.)
A. You can only use it on Internal Stages
B. All COPY INTO options are available during pipe creation
C. Snowflake automatically manages the compute required to execute the Pipe's COPY
INTO commands
D. Snowpipe keeps track of which files it has loaded
Answer(s): C,D

144. Snowflake recommends, as a minimum, that all users with the following role(s)
should be enrolled in Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA):
SECURITYADMIN, ACCOUNTADMIN, PUBLIC, SYSADMIN
SECURITYADMIN, ACCOUNTADMIN, SYSADMIN
SECURITYADMIN, ACCOUNTADMIN
ACCOUNTADMIN
Answer(s): D

145. When can a Virtual Warehouse start running queries?

12am-5am
Only during administrator defined time slots
When its provisioning is complete
After replication
Answer(s): C

146. True or False: Users are able to see the result sets of queries executed by other
users that share their same role.
True
False
Answer(s): B

147. True or False: The user has to specify which cluster a query will run on in a multi-
cluster Warehouse.
True
False
Answer(s): B

148. True or False: Pipes can be suspended and resumed.

True
False
Answer(s): B

149. Which of the following languages can be used to implement Snowflake User
Defined Functions (UDFs)? (Choose two.)
Java
Javascript
SQL
Python
All of the above
Answer(s): E

150. When should you consider disabling auto-suspend for a Virtual Warehouse?
(Choose two.)
A. When users will be using compute at different times throughout a 24/7 period
B. When managing a steady workload
C. When the compute must be available with no delay or lag time
D. When you do not want to have to manually turn on the Warehouse each time a user
needs it
Answer(s): B,C

151. Which of the following are valid approaches to loading data into a Snowflake table?
(Choose all that apply.)
Bulk copy from an External Stage
Continuous load using Snowpipe REST API
The Snowflake Web Interface (UI) data loading wizard
Bulk copy from an Internal Stage
Answer(s): A,B,C

152. If auto-suspend is enabled for a Virtual Warehouse, the Warehouse is automatically

suspended when:
All Snowflakes sessions using the Warehouse are terminated.
The last query using the Warehouse completes.
There are no users logged into Snowflake.
The Warehouse is inactive for a specified period of time.
Answer(s): D

153. True or False: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) in Snowflake is only supported in

conjunction with Single Sign-On (SSO).
True
False
Answer(s): B

154. The number of queries that a Virtual Warehouse can concurrently process is
determined by (Choose two.):
The complexity of each query
The CONCURRENT_QUERY_LIMIT parameter set on the Snowflake account
The size of the data required for each query
The tool that is executing the query
Answer(s): A,C

155. Which of the following statements are true of VALIDATION_MODE in Snowflake?

(Choose two.)
A. The VALIDATION_MODE option is used when creating an Internal Stage
B. VALIDATION_MODE=RETURN_ALL_ERRORS is a parameter of the COPY command
C. The VALIDATION_MODE option will validate data to be loaded by the COPY
statement while completing the load and will return the rows that could not be loaded
without error
D. The VALIDATION_MODE option will validate data to be loaded by the COPY
statement without completing the load and will return possible errors
Answer(s): B,C

156. What privileges are required to create a task?

A. The GLOBAL privilege CREATE TASK is required to create a new task.
B. Tasks are created at the Application level and can only be created by the Account
Admin role.
C. Many Snowflake DDLs are metadata operations only, and CREATE TASK DDL can be
executed without virtual warehouse requirement or task specific grants.
D. The role must have access to the target schema and the CREATE TASK privilege on
the schema itself.
Answer(s): A

157. What are the three things customer want most from their enterprise data
warehouse solution? (Choose three.)
On-premise availability
Simplicity
Open source based
Concurrency
Performance
Answer(s): B,D,E

158. True or False: Some queries can be answered through the metadata cache and do
not require an active Virtual Warehouse.
True
False
Answer(s): B
159. When scaling out by adding clusters to a multi-cluster warehouse, you are primarily
scaling for improved:
Concurrency
Performance
Answer(s): A

160. What is the minimum Snowflake edition that provides data sharing?
Standard
Premier
Enterprise
Business Critical Edition
Answer(s): A

161. True or False: Each worksheet in the Snowflake Web Interface (UI) can be associated
with different roles, databases, schemas, and Virtual Warehouses.
True
False
Answer(s): B

162. True or False: You can query the files in an External Stage directly without having to
load the data into a table.
True
False
Answer(s): A

163. The FLATTEN function is used to query which type of data in Snowflake?
Structured data
Semi-structured data
Both of the above
None of the above
Answer(s): B

164. True or False: An active warehouse is required to run a COPY INTO statement.
True
False
Answer(s): A

165. True or False: AWS Private Link provides a secure connection from the Customer's
on-premise data center to the Snowflake.
True
False
Answer(s): B

166. True or False: Snowflake's Global Services Layer gathers and maintains statistics on
all columns in all micro-partitions.
True
False
Answer(s): B

177. True or False: It is best practice to define a clustering key on every table.
True
False
Answer(s): B

178. Which of the following statements is true of Snowflake?

A. It was built specifically for the cloud
B. It was built as an on-premises solution and then ported to the cloud
C. It was designed as a hybrid database to allow customers to store data either on
premises or in the cloud
D. It was built for Hadoop architecture
E. It's based on an Oracle Architecture
Answer(s): A

179. What is the minimum Snowflake edition that provides multi-cluster warehouses
and up to 90 days of Time Travel?
Standard
Premier
Enterprise
Business Critical Edition
Answer(s): C

180. How many shares can be consumed by a single Data Consumer?

1
10
100, but can be increased by contacting support
Unlimited
Answer(s): D

181. What is the lowest Snowflake edition that offers Time Travel up to 90 days?
Standard Edition
Premier Edition
Enterprise Edition
Business Critical Edition
Answer(s): C

182. Which of the following statements are true about Schemas in Snowflake? (Choose
two.)
A Schema may contain one or more Databases
A Database may contain one or more Schemas
A Schema is a logical grouping of Database Objects
Each Schema is contained within a Warehouse
Answer(s): B,C

183. True or False: You can resize a Virtual Warehouse while queries are running.
True
False
Answer(s): A

184. What is the most granular object that the Time Travel retention period can be
defined on?
Account
Database
Schema
Table
Answer(s): A

185. Which of the following statements is true of Snowflake micro-partitioning?

A. Micro-partitioning has been known to introduce data skew
B. Micro-partitioning: requires a partitioning schema to be defined up front
C. Micro-partitioning is transparently completed using the ordering that occurs when
the data is inserted/loaded
D. Micro-partitioning can be disabled within a Snowflake account
Answer(s): C

186. True or False: Snowflake bills for a minimum of five minutes each time a Virtual
Warehouse is started.
True
False
Answer(s): B
187. When scaling up Virtual Warehouses by increasing Virtual Warehouse t-shirt size,
you are primarily scaling for improved:
Concurrency
Performance
Answer(s): B

188. As a best practice, clustering keys should only be defined on tables of which
minimum size?
Multi-Kilobyte (KB) Range
Multi-Megabyte (MB) Range
Multi-Gigabyte (GB) Range
Multi-Terabyte (TB) Range
Answer(s): D

189. How a Snowpipe charges calculated?

Per-second/per Warehouse size
Per-second/per-core granularity
Number of Pipes in account
Total storage bucket size
Answer(s): B

190. True or False: A Snowflake account is charged for data stored in both Internal and
External Stages.
True
False
Answer(s): B

191. True or False: When active, a Pipe requires a dedicated Virtual Warehouse to
execute.
True
False
Answer(s): B

192. True or False: Snowflake supports federated authentication in all editions.

True
False
Answer(s): A

193. True or False: When a new Snowflake object is created, it is automatically owned by
the user who created it.
True
False
Answer(s): A

194. True or False: A Virtual Warehouse consumes Snowflake credits even when inactive.
True
False
Answer(s): B

195. True or False: During data unloading, only JSON and CSV files can be compressed.
True
False
Answer(s): B

196. Which of the following are options when creating a Virtual Warehouse? (Choose
two.)
Auto-suspend
Auto-resume
Local SSD size
User count
Answer(s): A,B

197. Which formats are supported for unloading data from Snowflake? (Choose two.)
Delimited (CSV, TSV, etc.)
Avro
JSON
ORC
Answer(s): A,C

198. True or False: Data Providers can share data with only the Data Consumer.
True
False
Answer(s): A

199. The fail-safe retention period is how many days?

1 day
7 days
45 days
90 days
Answer(s): B

200. True or False: Once created, a micro-partition will never be changed.

True
False
Answer(s): A

201. What services does Snowflake automatically provide for customers that they may
have been responsible for with their on-premise system? (Choose all that apply.)

Installing and configuring hardware

Patching software
Physical security
Maintaining metadata and statistics
Answer(s): A,B,D

202. Which of the following statements would be used to export/unload data from
Snowflake?
COPY INTO @stage
EXPORT TO @stage
INSERT INTO @stage
EXPORT_TO_STAGE(stage => @stage, select => 'select * from t1');
Answer(s): A

203. True or False: A 4X-Large Warehouse may, at times, take longer to provision than a
X-Small Warehouse.
True
False
Answer(s): B

204. How would you determine the size of the virtual warehouse used for a task?

A. Root task may be executed concurrently (i.e. multiple instances), it is

recommended to leave some margins in the execution window to avoid missing
instances of execution
B . Querying (SELECT) the size of the stream content would help determine the
warehouse size. For example, if querying large stream content, use a larger warehouse
size
 C. If using the stored procedure to execute multiple SQL statements, it's best to test
run the stored procedure separately to size the compute resource first
D. Since task infrastructure is based on running the task body on schedule, it's
recommended to configure the virtual warehouse for automatic concurrency
handling using Multi-cluster warehouse (MCW) to match the task schedule
Answer(s): C

205. The Information Schema and Account Usage Share provide storage information for
which of the following objects? (Choose three.)
Users
Tables
Databases
Internal Stages
Answer(s): A,B,C

206. What is the default File Format used in the COPY command if one is not specified?
CSV
JSON
Parquet
XML
Answer(s): A

207. True or False: Reader Accounts are able to extract data from shared data objects for
use outside of Snowflake.
True
False
Answer(s): A

208. True or False: You can define multiple columns within a clustering key on a table.
True
False
Answer(s): A

209. True or False: Snowflake enforces unique, primary key, and foreign key constraints
during DML operations.
True
False
Answer(s): B
210. True or False: Loading data into Snowflake requires that source data files be no
larger than 16MB.
True
False
Answer(s): B

211. True or False: A Virtual Warehouse can be resized while suspended.

True
False
Answer(s): A

212. True or False: When you create a custom role, it is a best practice to immediately
grant that role to ACCOUNTADMIN.
True
False
Answer(s): B

213. Which of the following accurately represents how a table fits into Snowflake's
logical container hierarchy?
Account -> Schema -> Database -> Table
Account -> Database -> Schema -> Table
Database -> Schema -> Table -> Account
Database -> Table -> Schema -> Account
Answer(s): B

214. True or False: All Snowflake table types include fail-safe storage.
True
False
Answer(s): B

215. What are two ways to create and manage Data Shares in Snowflake? (Choose two.)
Via the Snowflake Web Interface (UI)
Via the DATA_SHARE=TRUE parameter
Via SQL commands
Via Virtual Warehouses
Answer(s): A,C

216. True or False: It is possible for a user to run a query against the query result cache
without requiring an active Warehouse.
True
False
Answer(s): A

217. True or False: When Snowflake is configured to use Single Sign-On (SSO),
Snowflake receives the usernames and credentials from the SSO service and loads them
into the customer's Snowflake account.
True
False
Answer(s): B

218. Which Snowflake feature is used for both querying and restoring data?
Cluster keys
Time Travel
Fail-safe
Cloning
Answer(s): B

219. What is the minimum Snowflake edition that has column-level security enabled?
Standard
Enterprise
Business Critical
Virtual Private Snowflake
Answer(s): B

220. What parameter controls if the Virtual Warehouse starts immediately after the
CREATE WAREHOUSE statement?
A. INITIALLY_SUSPENDED = TRUE/FALSE
B. START_AFTER_CREATE = TRUE/FALSE
C. START_THE = 60 // (seconds from now)
D. START_TIME = CURRENT_DATE()
Answer(s): A

221. When cloning a database, what is cloned with the database? (Choose two.)
Privileges on the database
Existing child objects within the database
Future child objects within the database
Privileges on the schemas within the database
Only schemas and tables within the database
Answer(s): B,E
222. Which of the following describes the Snowflake Cloud Services layer?
Coordinates activities in the Snowflake account
Executes queries submitted by the Snowflake account users
Manages quotas on the Snowflake account storage
Manages the virtual warehouse cache to speed up queries
Answer(s): A

223. What is the maximum total Continuous Data Protection (CDP) charges incurred for
a temporary table?
30 days
7 days
48 hours
24 hours
Answer(s): D

224. When reviewing a query profile, what is a symptom that a query is too large to fit
into the memory?
A single join node uses more than 50% of the query time
Partitions scanned is equal to partitions total
An AggregateOperator node is present
The query is spilling to remote storage
Answer(s): D

225. What type of query benefits the MOST from search optimization?
A query that uses only disjunction (i.e., OR) predicates
A query that includes analytical expressions
A query that uses equality predicates or predicates that use IN
A query that filters on semi-structured data types
Answer(s): C

226. What transformations are supported in a CREATE PIPE ... AS COPY `¦ FROM (`¦)
statement? (Choose two.)
Data can be filtered by an optional WHERE clause.
Incoming data can be joined with other tables.
Columns can be reordered.
Columns can be omitted.
Row level access can be defined.
Answer(s): C,D
227. Which of the following are characteristics of Snowflake virtual warehouses? (Choose
two.)
A. Auto-resume applies only to the last warehouse that was started in a multi-cluster
warehouse.
B. The ability to auto-suspend a warehouse is only available in the Enterprise edition or
above.
C. SnowSQL supports both a configuration file and a command line option for
specifying a default warehouse.
D. A user cannot specify a default warehouse when using the ODBC driver.
The default virtual warehouse size can be changed at any time.
Answer(s): C

228. Which command should be used to load data from a file, located in an external
stage, into a table in Snowflake?
INSERT
PUT
GET
COPY
Answer(s): D

229. The Snowflake Cloud Data Platform is described as having which of the following
architectures?
Shared-disk
Shared-nothing
Multi-cluster shared data
Serverless query engine
Answer(s): C

230. Which of the following is a data tokenization integration partner?

Protegrity
Tableau
DBeaver
SAP
Answer(s): A

231. What versions of Snowflake should be used to manage compliance with Personal
Identifiable Information (PII) requirements? (Choose two.)
Custom Edition
Virtual Private Snowflake
Business Critical Edition
Standard Edition
Enterprise Edition
Answer(s): B,C

232. OLTP Stands for snowflakes?

A) Online Transfer Protocol.

B) Offline Transactional Protocol.

C) Online Transactional Processing.

D) Offline Transfer Processing.

Ans:- C

233. How many editions of Snowflake are available?

A) 2

B) 5

C) 4

D) 3

Ans:- C

234. Snowflake supports index?

A) True

B) False

Ans:- B

235. Is snowflake designed for OLTP or OLAP?

A) OLTP

B) OLAP

Ans: - B

236. Snowflake is a ---------- Product?

A) DAAS
 B) IAAS

C) SAAS

D) PASS

Ans: - C

237. Table are unique database objects in snowflake?

A) True

B) False

C) Can not say

Ans:- B

238. Snowflake replicate the following layer(s) across availability zones.

A) Warehouse layer

B) Data sharing layer

C) Cloud services layer

D) Cloud agnostic layer

Ans:- C

239. Which of the following techniques can be used in snowflake to improve query
performance?

A) Query hints

B) Index definition

C) Distribution keys

D) Cluster keys/Reclustering

Ans:- D

240. A share can’t be cloned by a consumer account. But the share data can be copied
into a table?
 A) True

B) False

C) Can not say

Ans:- A

241. Which of the following can replace the below query?

SELECT NAME, ID FROM STUDENT, COURSES WHERE STUDENT_ID =

COURSES_ID;
A) SELECT NAME, ID FROM COURSES, STUDENT WHERE STUDENT_ID=ID;

B) SELECT NAME, ID FROM STUDENT NATURAL JOIN COURSES;

C) SELECT NAME, ID FROM STUDENT;

D) SELECT ID FROM STUDENT JOIN COURSES;

Ans:- B

242. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

SELECT ROUND (TRUNCATE(MOD(2500,20), -1) 2) FROM DUAL;

A) Error

B) 00

C) 0

D) 1

Ans:- C