SnowPro Core Certification Questions: Intermediate-Level Quiz

SnowPro Core Certification Questions

The SnowPro Core certification demonstrates your ability to manage and utilize the Snowflake platform efficiently. This quiz covers a range of topics, ensuring you are well-prepared for the certification exam.

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

True

False

2 / 20

Can a single storage integration support multiple external stages?

Yes

Not sure

3 / 20

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

True

False

4 / 20

Which of the following statements describes a benefit of Snowflake's separation of compute and storage? (You can choose more than one option)

Storage expands without the requirement to add more compute

Growth of storage and compute are tightly coupled together

Multiple compute clusters can access stored data without contention

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

5 / 20

Bulk unloading of data from Snowflake supports the use of a SELECT statement. True or False?

True

False

6 / 20

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

Tri-Secret Secure

Cloud Services

Compute

Storage

7 / 20

Which type of table corresponds to a single Snowflake session?

Transient

Provisional

Temporary

Permanent

8 / 20

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

To accommodate a more complex workload

To accommodate more queries

To accommodate more users

To accommodate fluctuations in workload

9 / 20

Snowflake is designed for which type of workloads? (You can choose more than one option)

Concurrent workloads

OLAP (Analytics) workloads

On-premise workloads

OLTP (Transactional) workloads

10 / 20

Which interfaces can be used to create and/or manage Virtual Warehouses?

Data integration tools

The Snowflake Web Interface (UI)

SQL commands

All of the above

11 / 20

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

True

False

12 / 20

Are shared databases exclusively read-only databases?

Yes

Not sure

13 / 20

Which of the following commands sets the Virtual Warehouse for a session?

SET WAREHOUSE = <>;

USE VIRTUAL_WAREHOUSE <>;

COPY WAREHOUSE FROM <>;

USE WAREHOUSE <>;

14 / 20

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

The REFRESH parameter is set to TRUE

Previously loaded files will be ignored

The Pipe load history is reset to empty

All of the above

15 / 20

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 or False?

True

False

16 / 20

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

Key partitions

Clustered partitions

Micro-partitions

Clustering keys

17 / 20

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

ACCOUNTADMIN

PUBLIC

SYSADMIN

SECURITYADMIN

18 / 20

Which of the following scenarios represents scaling out for a Snowflake virtual Warehouse?

Adding more EC2 instances for SQS

Adding more data storage to your Snowflake account

Adding a new virtual warehouse of the same size

Changing the size of a warehouse from L to XL

19 / 20

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

Cloud Services Layer

Storage Layer

Database Layer

Compute Layer

20 / 20

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 configured to suspend after a period of inactivity

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

A Warehouse can be resized while running

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SnowPro core certification questions focus on preparing individuals for the Snowflake SnowPro core certification exam.

It encompasses topics like Snowflake architecture, data storage, querying, security, data sharing, and best practices for performance optimization.

This quiz will test your foundational understanding of Snowflake’s features and practical applications, making it ideal for those aiming to validate their expertise as Snowflake practitioners.

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