Virtual Warehouses in Snowflake: Beginner-Level Quiz

Virtual Warehouses are a core component of Snowflake, providing the computational power needed to process your data. This beginner-level quiz aims to solidify your understanding of Virtual Warehouses, from basic concepts to practical commands and scenarios. This multiple-choice question set will help you understand the essentials of managing Virtual Warehouses in Snowflake.

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What does the SUSPEND command do to a Virtual Warehouse?

Scales the warehouse

Deletes the warehouse

Renames the warehouse

Stops the warehouse

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What is a Virtual Warehouse in Snowflake?

A physical server

A data lake

A computing resource

A storage unit

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The SHOW WAREHOUSES command lists all Virtual Warehouses in Snowflake.

False

True

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Which parameter is used to specify the scaling policy for a Virtual Warehouse?

WAREHOUSE_POLICY

SCALE_MODE

AUTO_SCALE

SCALING_POLICY

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Which command is used to start a Virtual Warehouse?

ACTIVATE WAREHOUSE

START WAREHOUSE

RUN WAREHOUSE

INITIATE WAREHOUSE

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What does the CREDIT_USAGE view show for a Virtual Warehouse?

Credits consumed

Total storage used

Number of queries run

Number of users

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Snowflake does not support auto-scaling for Virtual Warehouses.

False

True

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The AUTO_SUSPEND parameter can be set to any value in minutes.

True

False

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You can have more than one Virtual Warehouse running at the same time in Snowflake.

False

True

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Which command is used to rename a Virtual Warehouse?

CHANGE WAREHOUSE NAME TO

MODIFY WAREHOUSE NAME TO

ALTER WAREHOUSE RENAME TO

RENAME WAREHOUSE TO

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Which command is used to create a Virtual Warehouse in Snowflake?

CREATE WAREHOUSE

NEW WAREHOUSE

INIT WAREHOUSE

ADD WAREHOUSE

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How do you drop a Virtual Warehouse?

DELETE WAREHOUSE

REMOVE WAREHOUSE

CLEAR WAREHOUSE

DROP WAREHOUSE

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A Virtual Warehouse in Snowflake can have multiple clusters.

True

False

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The SUSPEND command permanently deletes a Virtual Warehouse.

True

False

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The size of a Virtual Warehouse affects its performance.

True

False

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Virtual Warehouses can only be created by account administrators.

True

False

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Virtual Warehouses can be started automatically based on workload demand.

True

False

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Identify the error in the following SQL code for listing all Virtual Warehouses:

SHOW WAREHOUSES;

Incorrect syntax

No error

Incorrect command

Incorrect keyword

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Which parameter determines the auto-suspend time for a Virtual Warehouse?

SUSPEND_TIME

AUTO_SUSPEND

IDLE_TIMEOUT

AUTO_PAUSE

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What happens when a Virtual Warehouse is suspended?

It runs at reduced capacity

It deletes the data

It goes offline permanently

It stops consuming credits

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What offerings from Virtual Warehouses in Snowflake appeal to you? This beginner-level quiz will help you to test your knowledge.

Virtual warehouses are very important, as anyone who works with Snowflake’s robust cloud data platform understands. Management of computing resources and performance optimization depends on these warehouses.

This quiz will review the fundamental ideas, commands, and best practices for Snowflake Virtual Warehouse use. From building and resizing warehouses to knowing their part in query execution, this quiz addresses it all.

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