Level 4 - Accounts and Assurances

Question 1

Is Snowflake HIPAA compliant?

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

What are the names of the three Snowflake Editions offered when signing up for a trial account?

Answer 2

Standard
Enterprise
Business Critical

Question 3

Which Snowflake Editions automatically store data in an encrypted state?

Answer 3

Standard
Enterprise
Business Critical

Question 4

Which of the following industry compliance standards has Snowflake been audited and certified for?

Answer 4

SOC 1
SOC Type 2
PCI DSS
FedRAMP
HIPAA

Question 5

When setting up a new Snowflake Account, what steps or choices must the enrollee complete?

Answer 5

Choose a Cloud Infrastructure Provider
Choose a Snowflake Edition
Choose a Geographic Deployment Region

Question 6

Which cloud infrastructure providers are available as the cloud platform for Snowflake Accounts?

Answer 6

AWS
Azure
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Question 7

When signing up for a new Snowflake Account, enrollees first choose a cloud infrastructure provider and then a region. When choosing Azure, an enrollee might then choose the “Australia East” region. When choosing AWS, the “Australia East” region is not listed. Instead, a region called “Asia Pacific (Sydney)” is listed. Why?

Answer 7

Each cloud provider maintains its own regions and names the regions as they see fit.

Question 8

When choosing a geographic deployment region, what factors might an enrollee consider?

Answer 8

Proximity to the point of service
Number of availability zones within a region

Question 9

The following questions have to do cloud platforms. Select all the statements that are true.

Answer 9

A company can use more than one cloud infrastructure provider by setting up several Snowflake accounts.
A company can have its data stored in more than one geographical region by setting up several Snowflake accounts.
A company can use a combination of data sharing and replication to distribute data to various regions and cloud platforms.