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Snowflake pro core 80 Qst part 1.2

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Snowflake provides a mechanism for its customer to override its natural clustering algorithms. This method is

a)

Micro-Partitions

b)

Clustering Keys

c)

Key partitions

d)

Clustered partitions

2.

True or False: A single database can exist in more than one Snowflake account.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which of the following roles is recommended to be used to create and manage users and roles?

a)

SYSADMIN

b)

SECURITYADMIN

c)

PUBLIC

d)

ACCOUNTADMIN

4.

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

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Account-level storage usage can be monitored via:

a)

The Snowflake Web Interface (UI) in the Databases section

b)

The Snowflake Web interface (UI) in the Account->Billing & Usage section

c)

The Information Schema -> Account_Usage_History View

d)

The Account Usage Schema -> Account_Usage_metrics View

6.

True or False: The COPY command must specify a File Format in order to execute

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What are the three layers that make up Snowflake's architecture? (Choose three)

a)

Compute

b)

Tri-Secret secure

c)

Storage

d)

Cloud Services

8.

Why would a customer size a Virtual Warehouse from an X-Small to a Medium?

a)

To accommodate more queries

b)

To accommodate more users

c)

To accommodate Fluctuations in workload

d)

to accommodate a more complex workload

9.

True or False: Reader accounts incur no additional Compute cost to the data provider since they are simply reading the shared data without making changes

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False: Snowflake charges a premium for storing semi-structured data

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which of the following statements describes a benefit of Snowflake's separation of compute and storage? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Growth of storage and compute are tightly coupled together

b)

Storage expands without the requirement to add more compute

c)

Compute can scaled up or down without the requirement to add more storage

d)

Multiple compute clusters can access stored data without contention

12.

True or False: It is possible to unload structured data to semi-structured formats such as JSON and Parquet

a)

True

b)

False

13.

In which layer of its architecture does Snowflake store its metadata statistics

a)

Storage Layer

b)

Compute Layer

c)

DataBase Layer

d)

Cloud Services Layer

14.

True or False: Data in fail-safe can be deleted by a user or the Snowflake team before it expires.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

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

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which of the following statements are true of Virtual Warehouse? (Choose all the apply)

a)

Customers can change the size of the warehouse after creation

b)

A Warehouse can be resized while running

c)

A Warehouse can be configured to suspend after a period of inactivity

d)

A warehouse can be configured to auto-resume when new queries are submitted

17.

Which type of table corresponds to a single Snowflake session?

a)

Temporary

b)

Transient

c)

Provisional

d)

Permanent

18.

When a Pipe is recreated using the CREATE OR REPLACE PIPE command

a)

The Pipe load history is reset to empty

b)

The REFRESH parameter is set to TRUE

c)

Previously loaded files will be ignored

d)

All of the above

19.

What is the minimum Snowflake edition that customers planning on storing protected information in Snowflake should consider for regulatory compliance?

a)

Standard

b)

Premier

c)

Enterprise

d)

Business Critical Edition

20.

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

a)

True

b)

False

21.

True or False: It is possible to load data into Snowflake without creating a named File Format object

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or False: A table in Snowflake can only be queried using the Virtual Warehouse that used to load the data

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Which of the following statements are true of Snowflake data loading? (Choose three)

a)

VARIANT "null" values are not the same as SQL NULL values

b)

It is recommended to do frequent, single row DMLs

c)

It is recommended to validate the data before loading into the Snowflake target table

d)

It is recommended to use staging tables to manage MERGE statements

24.

True or False: Query ID's are unique across all Snowflake deployments and can be used in communication with Snowflake Support to help troubleshoot issue

a)

True

b)

False

25.

A deterministic query is run at 8 am, 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 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

26.

Which item in Data Warehouse migration process does not apply in Snowflake?

a)

Migrate users

b)

Migrate Schemas

c)

Migrate Indexes

d)

Build the Data Pipeline

27.

What is the maximum compressed row size in Snowflake?

a)

8KB

b)

16MB

c)

50MB

d)

4000GB

28.

Which of the following statements are true of Snowflake release: (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 request/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

29.

If a Small Warehouse is made up of 2 servers/cluster, how many servers/cluster make up a Medium warehouse?

a)

4

b)

16

c)

32

d)

128

30.

Which is true of Snowflake network polices? A Snowflake network policy: (Choose Ttwo)

a)

Is available to all Snowflake editions

b)

Is only available to customers with Business Critical Edition

c)

Restricts or enables access to specific IP addresses

d)

Is activated using an "ALTER DATABASE" command

31.

Query results are stored in the Result Cache for how long after they are last accessed, assuming no data change have occurred?

a)

1 hour

b)

3 hours

c)

12 hours

d)

24 hours

32.

A role is created and owns 2 tables. This role is then dropped. Who will now own the two tables.

a)

The tables are now orphaned

b)

The user that deleted the role

c)

SYSADMIN

d)

The assumed role that dropped the role

33.

Which of the following connectors are available in the downloads section of the Snowflake Web Interface (UI)? (Choose two).

a)

SnowSQL

b)

ODBC

c)

R

d)

HIVE

34.

TRUE or FALSE: When a user creates a role, they are initially assigned ownership of the role and they maintain ownership unit is transferred to another user.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

35.

The Query History in the Snowflake Web Interface (UI) is kept for approximately

a)

60 minutes

b)

24 hours

c)

14 days

d)

30 days

e)

1 year

36.

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

a)

Configure the Maximum Cluster setting to "Auto-Scale"

b)

Set the Warehouse type to "Auto"

c)

Set the Minimum Cluster and Maximum Clusters settings to the same value

d)

Set the Minimum Clusters and Maximum Clusters settings to the different values

37.

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

a)

Temporary

b)

Transient

c)

Provisional

d)

Permanent

38.

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

a)

Tables

b)

Schemas

c)

Databases

d)

Stages

39.

True or False: Micro-partition metadata enables some operations to be completed without requiring Computed

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Which of the following commands are not blocking operations?(Choose two)

a)

Update

b)

Insert

c)

Merge

d)

Copy

41.

Snowflake recommends, as a minimum, that all users with the following role(s) should be enrolled in Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

a)

SECURITYADMIN, ACCOUNTADMIN, PUBLIC, SYSADMIN

b)

SECURITYADMIN, ACCOUNTADMIN, SYSADMIN

c)

SECURITYADMIN, ACCOUNTADMIN

d)

ACCOUNTADMIN

42.

True or False: Users are able to see the result sets of queries executed by other users that share their same role

a)

True

b)

False

43.

True or False: The user has to specify which cluster a query will run on in a multi-cluster warehouse

a)

True

b)

False

44.

True or False: Pipes can be suspended and resumed

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Which of the following languages can be used to implement Snowflake User Defined Function (UDFs)? (Choose two)

a)

Java

b)

Javascript

c)

SQL

d)

Python