1. Snowflake can import semi-structured data from 1.JSON
what formats? 2.Avro
3.ORC
4.Parquet
5.XML
2. Semi-structured data is typically stored in what 1.ARRAY: similar
Snowflake data types? Describe each. to an array in other
languages
2.OBJECT: similar
to a JSON object,
also called a "dic-
tionary", "hash", or
"map" in many
languages. This
contains key-val-
ue pairs.
3.VARIANT: a
data type that can
hold a value of any
other data type (in-
cluding array and
object). It is used
to build and store
hierarchical data.
3. How are credits charged for warehouses? Credit charges are
calculated based
on:
1.The warehouse
size
2.The number of
warehouses (if us-
ing multi-cluster
warehouses)
3.The length of
time each ware-
house is running
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4. Snowflake provides a mechanism for its customers Clustering Keys
to override its natural clustering algorithms. This
method is:
5. Which of the following are valid Snowflake Virtual B.Economy &
Warehouse Scaling Policies? (Choose two.) D.Standard
A. Custom
B. Economy
C. Optimized
D. Standard
6. True or False: A single database can exist in more False
than one Snowflake account.
7. Which role is recommended to be used to create and SECURITYAD-
manage users and roles? MIN
8. True or False: Bulk unloading of data from Snowflake True
supports the use of a SELECT statement.
9. What are the different types of Internal Stages? 1.Named Stage
(Internal and Ex-
ternal)
2.User Stage
3.Table Stage
10. True or False: A customer using SnowSQL / native False
connectors will be unable to also use the Snowflake
Web Interface (UI) unless access to the UI is explicitly
granted by support.
11. Account-level storage usage can be monitored via: The Snowflake
Web Interface (UI)
in the Account ->
Billing & Usage
section
12. Credit Consumption by the Compute Layer (Virtual Credits are
Warehouses) is based on: charged based on
the number of vir-
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tual warehouses
you use, how long
they run, and their
size.
13. What is clustering? ???
14. True or False: The COPY command must specify a FALSE
File Format in order to execute.
15. What command sets the Virtual Warehouse for a ses- USE WARE-
sion? HOUSE <<ware-
house name>>;
16. Which of the following objects can be cloned? A.Tables
(Choose four.) B.Named File For-
A.Tables mats
B.Named File Formats C.Schemas
C.Schemas E.Databases
D.Shares
E.Databases
F.Users
17. Which object allows you to limit the number of credits Resource Monitor
consumed within a Snowflake account?
18. Snowflake is designed for which type of workloads? A.OLAP (Analyt-
(Choose two.) ics) workloads
A.OLAP (Analytics) workloads C.Concurrent
B.OLTP (Transactional) workloads workloads
C.Concurrent workloads
D.On-premise workloads
19. What are the three layers that make up Snowflake's 1.Storage
architecture? 2.Compute
3.Cloud Services
20. Why would a customer size a Virtual Warehouse from To accommodate
an X-Small to a Medium? a more complex
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workload
???
21. True or False: Reader Accounts incur no addition- False
al Compute costs to the Data Provider since they
are simply reading the shared data without making
changes.
22. Which connectors allow Multi-Factor Authentication 1.Snowflake Web
(MFA) authorization when connecting? Interface (UI)
2.SnowSQL
3.JDBC driver
4.ODBC driver
5.Python connec-
tor
23. True or False: Snowflake charges a premium for stor- False
ing semi-structured data. ???
24. What are the benefits of Snowflake's separation of 1.Storage ex-
compute and storage? pands without the
requirement to
add more com-
pute
2.Compute can be
scaled up or down
without the re-
quirement to add
more storage
3.Multiple com-
pute clusters can
access stored
data without con-
tention
25. True or False: It is possible to unload structured data True
to semi-structured formats such as JSON and Par- ???
quet.
26.
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