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.

1 / 20

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

Cloud Services Layer

Storage Layer

Database Layer

Compute Layer

2 / 20

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

True

False

3 / 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

4 / 20

How many predecessor tasks can a child task have?

100

5 / 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

6 / 20

Which of the following are valid Snowflake Virtual Warehouse Scaling Policies? (You can choose more than one answer)

Standard

Optimized

Economy

Custom

7 / 20

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

ACCOUNTADMIN

PUBLIC

SYSADMIN

SECURITYADMIN

8 / 20

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

True

False

9 / 20

Which object allows you to limit the number of credits consumed within a Snowflake account?

Resource Monitor

Account Usage Tracking

Credit Consumption Tracker

Warehouse Limit Parameter

10 / 20

Which type of table corresponds to a single Snowflake session?

Transient

Provisional

Temporary

Permanent

11 / 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

12 / 20

Can a single storage integration support multiple external stages?

Yes

Not sure

13 / 20

Select the different types of Internal Stages. (You can select more than one option)

User Stage

Named Stage

Schema Stage

Table Stage

14 / 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

15 / 20

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

True

False

16 / 20

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

True

False

17 / 20

Account-level storage usage can be monitored via:

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

The Information Schema -> ACCOUNT_USAGE_HISTORY View

The Snowflake Web Interface (UI) in the Databases section

The Account Usage Schema -> ACCOUNT_USAGE_METRICS View

18 / 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

19 / 20

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 or False?

True

False

20 / 20

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

SET WAREHOUSE = <>;

USE VIRTUAL_WAREHOUSE <>;

COPY WAREHOUSE FROM <>;

USE WAREHOUSE <>;

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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.

All the best!