Snowflake Data Governance and Compliance: Intermediate-Level Quiz

Data governance and compliance are critical to managing data effectively and meeting regulatory requirements. In Snowflake, these aspects involve understanding and implementing various features and practices to protect data, ensure quality, and comply with legal and regulatory standards. This intermediate-level quiz will test your knowledge and skills in these areas.

1 / 20

Snowflake’s multi-factor authentication can be enabled by configuring:

A) User Account Settings
B) Security Integrations
C) Access Controls
D) Password Policy

User Account Settings

Access Controls

Password Policy

Security Integrations

2 / 20

Access Control can be defined at the column level in Snowflake.

True

False

3 / 20

What is the primary objective of data governance in Snowflake?

- a) To enhance query performance
- b) To ensure data security, quality, and compliance (Correct)
- c) To reduce storage costs
- d) To improve data visualization

To enhance query performance

To ensure data security, quality, and compliance

To improve data visualization

To reduce storage costs

4 / 20

Snowflake’s secure views feature is useful for restricting access to underlying data.

False

True

5 / 20

What does the USE ROLE command do in Snowflake?

Creates a new role

Switches the current role to the specified role

Grants a role to a user

Deletes a role

6 / 20

Snowflake automatically complies with HIPAA if all security configurations are enabled.

False

True

7 / 20

Snowflake allows data sharing only within the same region.

True

False

8 / 20

Which command shows the access history for a specific table named sales_data?

SELECT * FROM information_schema.access_log WHERE object_name = 'SALES_DATA';

SELECT * FROM access_history WHERE object_name = 'SALES_DATA';

SELECT * FROM information_schema.access_history WHERE object_name = 'SALES_DATA';

SELECT * FROM table(information_schema.access_history) WHERE object_name = 'SALES_DATA';

9 / 20

You cannot share data securely between different Snowflake accounts.

True

False

10 / 20

How does Snowflake ensure compliance with regulatory requirements?

By improving query speed

By offering built-in compliance features and auditing tools

By providing free storage

By enhancing data visualization

11 / 20

Which Snowflake feature helps in managing data retention policies?

Network Policies

Materialized Views

Time Travel

Data Masking

12 / 20

Which statement correctly creates a masking policy for a column?

CREATE MASK mask_policy AS (val STRING) RETURNS STRING -> CASE WHEN current_role() = 'SECURITYADMIN' THEN val ELSE 'MASKED' END;

DEFINE MASKING POLICY mask_policy AS (val STRING) RETURNS STRING -> CASE WHEN current_role() = 'SECURITYADMIN' THEN val ELSE 'MASKED' END;

ADD MASKING POLICY mask_policy AS (val STRING) RETURNS STRING -> CASE WHEN current_role() = 'SECURITYADMIN' THEN val ELSE 'MASKED' END;

CREATE MASKING POLICY mask_policy AS (val STRING) RETURNS STRING -> CASE WHEN current_role() = 'SECURITYADMIN' THEN val ELSE 'MASKED' END;

13 / 20

Which feature in Snowflake allows the definition of security policies to protect sensitive data?
- a) Virtual Warehouses
- b) Secure Data Sharing
- c) Dynamic Data Masking (Correct)
- d) Data Clustering

Virtual Warehouses

Dynamic Data Masking

Data Clustering

Secure Data Sharing

14 / 20

Dynamic Data Masking can be applied at the role level in Snowflake.

False

True

15 / 20

Snowflake uses end-to-end encryption to secure data in transit and at rest.

False

True

16 / 20

Identify the error in the following SQL code for creating a role:

CREATE ROLE data_steward;

Incorrect role name

No error

Missing semicolon

Incorrect command

17 / 20

How can you enforce encryption for all data in a Snowflake account?

Data is automatically encrypted by Snowflake

Creating an encryption role

Manually encrypting each table

Using the ENCRYPTION parameter

18 / 20

When sharing data securely, how does Snowflake ensure compliance?

Sharing links without encryption

Creating duplicate data copies

Encrypting the data

Sending raw data to the recipient

19 / 20

Snowflake’s Time Travel feature provides a continuous backup of data.

True

False

20 / 20

What is the role of the SYSADMIN role in Snowflake?

Optimizing query performance

Managing security settings

Granting user access

Managing system-level objects

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This intermediate-level quiz evaluates your understanding of Snowflake data governance and compliance features.

This quiz helps reinforce key concepts and practical skills for users who already understand Snowflake basics. It is also suitable for users who want to deepen their data governance and compliance knowledge.

After completing the quiz, users will have a more comprehensive understanding of Snowflake’s governance tools and compliance protocols. It will also help you gain insight into secure data handling practices, which are essential for managing data compliant and securely.

Good luck.