SnowPro Core Certification Exam
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If file format options are specified in multiple locations, the load operation selects which option FIRST to apply in order of precedence?
Which of the following practices are recommended when creating a user in Snowflake? (Choose two.)
How does Snowflake allow a data provider with an Azure account in central Canada to share data with a data consumer on AWS in Australia?
What are advantages clones have over tables created with CREATE TABLE AS SELECT statement? (Choose two.)
Which view in SNOWFLAKE.ACCOUNT_USAGE shows from which IP address a user connected to Snowflak?
What is an advantage of using an explain plan instead of the query profiler to evaluate the performance of a query?
The Snowflake Search Optimization Services supports improved performance of which kind of query?
Which Snowflake layer is always leveraged when accessing a query from the result cache?
Which of the following features are available with the Snowflake Enterprise edition? (Choose two.)
When would Snowsight automatically detect if a target account is in a different region and enable cross-cloud auto-fulfillment?
When cloning a database containing stored procedures and regular views, that have fully qualified table references, which of the following will occur?
A Snowflake Administrator needs to ensure that sensitive corporate data in Snowflake tables is not visible to end users, but is partially visible to functional managers.
How can this requirement be met?
A single user of a virtual warehouse has set the warehouse to auto-resume and auto-suspend after 10 minutes. The warehouse is currently suspended and the user performs the following actions:
1. Runs a query that takes 3 minutes to complete
2. Leaves for 15 minutes
3. Returns and runs a query that takes 10 seconds to complete
4. Manually suspends the warehouse as soon as the last query was completed
When the user returns, how much billable compute time will have been consumed?
Which of the following is an example of an operation that can be completed without requiring compute, assuming no queries have been executed previously?
Query parsing and compilation occurs in which architecture layer of the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform?
Which native data types are used for storing semi-structured data in Snowflake? (Select TWO)
Which of the following activities consume virtual warehouse credits in the Snowflake environment? (Choose two.)
What is the MINIMUM Snowflake edition required to use the periodic rekeying of micro-partitions?
For the ALLOWED VALUES tag property, what is the MAXIMUM number of possible string values for a single tag?
What effect does WAIT_FOR_COMPLETION = TRUE have when running an ALTER WAREHOUSE command and changing the warehouse size?
What MINIMUM privilege is required on the external stage for any role in the GET REST API to access unstructured data files using a file URL?
A user needs to create a materialized view in the schema MYDB.MYSCHEMA. Which statements will provide this access?
How can a user improve the performance of a single large complex query in Snowflake?
How can a data provider ensure that a data consumer is going to have access to the required objects?
Which query contains a Snowflake hosted file URL in a directory table for a stage named bronzestage?
What computer language can be selected when creating User-Defined Functions (UDFs) using the Snowpark API?
Which TABLE function helps to convert semi-structured data to a relational representation?
When should a user consider disabling auto-suspend for a virtual warehouse? (Select TWO).
Which SQL command can be used to see the CREATE definition of a masking policy?
Which Snowflake object can be accessed in he FROM clause of a query, returning a set of rows having one or more columns?
Which stages are used with the Snowflake PUT command to upload files from a local file system? (Choose three.)
How can a Snowflake user optimize query performance in Snowflake? (Select TWO).
By definition, a secure view is exposed only to users with what privilege?
What is used to diagnose and troubleshoot network connections to Snowflake?
Which of the following are handled by the cloud services layer of the Snowflake architecture? (Choose two.)
While clustering a table, columns with which data types can be used as clustering keys? (Select TWO).
Which role has the ability to create a share from a shared database by default?
There are two Snowflake accounts in the same cloud provider region: one is production and the other is non-production. How can data be easily transferred from the production account to the non-production account?
What SnowFlake database object is derived from a query specification, stored for later use, and can speed up expensive aggregation on large data sets?
What COPY INTO SQL command should be used to unload data into multiple files?
Snowflake supports the use of external stages with which cloud platforms? (Choose three.)
A table needs to be loaded. The input data is in JSON format and is a concatenation of multiple JSON documents. The file size is 3 GB. A warehouse size small is being used. The following COPY INTO command was executed:
COPY INTO SAMPLE FROM @~/SAMPLE.JSON (TYPE=JSON)
The load failed with this error:
Max LOB size (16777216) exceeded, actual size of parsed column is 17894470.
How can this issue be resolved?
What should be used when creating a CSV file format where the columns are wrapped by single quotes or double quotes?
What does the worksheet and database explorer feature in Snowsight allow users to do?
Which function is used to convert rows in a relational table to a single VARIANT column?
The VALIDATE table function has which parameter as an input argument for a Snowflake user?
When referring to User-Defined Function (UDF) names in Snowflake, what does the term overloading mean?
Which file function generates a SnowFlake-hosted URL that must be authenticated when used?
Which command should be used to unload all the rows from a table into one or more files in a named stage?
Which privilege is required to use the search optimization service in Snowflake?
The following JSON is stored in a VARIANT column called src of the CAR_SALES table:
A user needs to extract the dealership information from the JSON.
How can this be accomplished?
Which function will provide the proxy information needed to protect Snowsight?
A view is defined on a permanent table. A temporary table with the same name is created in the same schema as the referenced table. What will the query from the view return?
What column type does a Kafka connector store formatted information in a single column?
Which statements reflect key functionalities of a Snowflake Data Exchange? (Choose two.)
A Snowflake user has two tables that contain numeric values and is trying to find out which values are present in both tables. Which set operator should be used?
What are key characteristics of virtual warehouses in Snowflake? (Select TWO).
Which data types can be used in Snowflake to store semi-structured data? (Select TWO)
A tag object has been assigned to a table (TABLE_A) in a schema within a Snowflake database.
Which CREATE object statement will automatically assign the TABLE_A tag to a target object?
How can performance be optimized for a query that returns a small amount of data from a very large base table?
Which Snowflake data types can be used to build nested hierarchical data? (Select TWO)
A Snowflake account has activated federated authentication.
What will occur when a user with a password that was defined by Snowflake attempts to log in to Snowflake?
Which ACCOUNT_USAGE schema database role provides visibility into policy-related information?
Which privilege must be granted by one role to another role, and cannot be revoked?
Which Snowflake table objects can be shared with other accounts? (Select TWO).
What metadata does Snowflake store for rows in micro-partitions? (Select TWO).
Which solution improves the performance of point lookup queries that return a small number of rows from large tables using highly selective filters?
While working with unstructured data, which file function generates a Snowflake-hosted file URL to a staged file using the stage name and relative file path as inputs?
What happens when a Snowflake user changes the data retention period at the schema level?
A JSON file, that contains lots of dates and arrays, needs to be processed in Snowflake. The user wants to ensure optimal performance while querying the data.
How can this be achieved?
Which commands are restricted in owner's rights stored procedures? (Select TWO).
What Snowflake feature provides a data hub for secure data collaboration, with a selected group of invited members?
Which VALIDATION_MODE value will return the errors across the files specified in a COPY command, including files that were partially loaded during an earlier load?
Which command is used to start configuring Snowflake for Single Sign-On (SSO)?
What happens to the objects in a reader account when the DROP MANAGED ACCOUNT command is executed?
How should clustering be used to optimize the performance of queries that run on a very large table?
What objects in Snowflake are supported by Dynamic Data Masking? (Select TWO).'
When using the ALLOW CLIENT_MFA_CACHING parameter, how long is a cached Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) token valid for?
A column named "Data" contains VARIANT data and stores values as follows:
How will Snowflake extract the employee's name from the column data?
Which Snowflake function is maintained separately from the data and helps to support features such as Time Travel, Secure Data Sharing, and pruning?
What information is found within the Statistic output in the Query Profile Overview?
Which Snowflake database object can be used to track data changes made to table data?
Which Snowflake feature allows administrators to identify unused data that may be archived or deleted?
What is the minimum Snowflake Edition that supports secure storage of Protected Health Information (PHI) data?
A user has unloaded data from Snowflake to a stage
Which SQL command should be used to validate which data was loaded into the stage?
Which of the following are best practice recommendations that should be considered when loading data into Snowflake? (Select TWO).
Which Snowflake technique can be used to improve the performance of a query?
Query compilation occurs in which architecture layer of the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform?
What is the minimum Snowflake edition required to create a materialized view?
A marketing co-worker has requested the ability to change a warehouse size on their medium virtual warehouse called mktg__WH.
Which of the following statements will accommodate this request?
A user unloaded a Snowflake table called mytable to an internal stage called mystage.
Which command can be used to view the list of files that has been uploaded to the staged?
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What SQL command would be used to view all roles that were granted to user.1?
Which feature is only available in the Enterprise or higher editions of Snowflake?
True or False: A 4X-Large Warehouse may, at times, take longer to provision than a X-Small Warehouse.
Which Snowflake objects track DML changes made to tables, like inserts, updates, and deletes?
A virtual warehouse's auto-suspend and auto-resume settings apply to which of the following?
Which of the following Snowflake objects can be shared using a secure share? (Select TWO).
True or False: It is possible for a user to run a query against the query result cache without requiring an active Warehouse.
What transformations are supported in a CREATE PIPE ... AS COPY ... FROM (....) statement? (Select TWO.)
Which command can be used to stage local files from which Snowflake interface?
Which of the following compute resources or features are managed by Snowflake? (Select TWO).
What Snowflake features allow virtual warehouses to handle high concurrency workloads? (Select TWO)
What happens when a cloned table is replicated to a secondary database? (Select TWO)
A company's security audit requires generating a report listing all Snowflake logins (e.g.. date and user) within the last 90 days. Which of the following statements will return the required information?
What happens when an external or an internal stage is dropped? (Select TWO).
Which of the following indicates that it may be appropriate to use a clustering key for a table? (Select TWO).
What is the default character set used when loading CSV files into Snowflake?
Which data types are supported by Snowflake when using semi-structured data? (Choose two.)
What is the following SQL command used for?
Select * from table(validate(t1, job_id => '_last'));
Which statements are correct concerning the leveraging of third-party data from the Snowflake Data Marketplace? (Choose two.)
What is the default file size when unloading data from Snowflake using the COPY command?
Why does Snowflake recommend file sizes of 100-250 MB compressed when loading data?
A user has unloaded data from a Snowflake table to an external stage.
Which command can be used to verify if data has been uploaded to the external stage named my_stage?
Which of the following significantly improves the performance of selective point lookup queries on a table?
What is the MINIMUM edition of Snowflake that is required to use a SCIM security integration?
Where can a user find and review the failed logins of a specific user for the past 30 days?
When publishing a Snowflake Data Marketplace listing into a remote region what should be taken into consideration? (Choose two.)
What happens when a network policy includes values that appear in both the allowed and blocked IP address list?
How does a Snowflake user extract the URL of a directory table on an external stage for further transformation?
What is the only supported character set for loading and unloading data from all supported file formats?
What is the MINIMUM permission needed to access a file URL from an external stage?
Which command can be used to list all the file formats for which a user has access privileges?
What is the MAXIMUM number of clusters that can be provisioned with a multi-cluster virtual warehouse?
What are valid sub-clauses to the OVER clause for a window function? (Select TWO).
By default, which role has access to the SYSTEM$GLOBAL_ACCOUNT_SET_PARAMETER function?
When using the ALLOW_CLI£NT_MFA_CACHING parameter, how long is a cached Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) token valid for?
What will happen if a Snowflake user increases the size of a suspended virtual warehouse?
What is the Fail-safe retention period for transient and temporary tables?
For Directory tables, what stage allows for automatic refreshing of metadata?
What is it called when a customer managed key is combined with a Snowflake managed key to create a composite key for encryption?
Which data formats are supported by Snowflake when unloading semi-structured data? (Select TWO).
How can a user get the MOST detailed information about individual table storage details in Snowflake?
A Snowflake user is writing a User-Defined Function (UDF) that includes some unqualified object names.
How will those object names be resolved during execution?
User1, who has the SYSADMIN role, executed a query on Snowsight. User2, who is in the same Snowflake account, wants to view the result set of the query executed by User1 using the Snowsight query history.
What will happen if User2 tries to access the query history?
Which table function should be used to view details on a Directed Acyclic Graphic (DAG) run that is presently scheduled or is executing?
A JSON document is stored in the source_colum of type VARIANT. The document has an array called elements. The array contains the name key that has a string value How can a Snowflake user extract the name from the first element?
Which table function will identify data that was loaded using COPY INTO