Snowflake Overview and Architecture | Performance and Tuning Flashcards
which of the following have driver/connectors ( or information about where to find them) available via Help->downloads in the snowflake WebUI?
a) Kafka
b) spark
c) node.js
d) JDBC
e) Go
f) C
b) spark
c) node.js
d) JDBC
e) Go
if you click on “History” in the ribbon, how far back in time are you able to view history?
14 days
Snowflake offers the early access of staged release to designated standard edition customer. true or false?
FALSE
To change the warehouse that will be used to run a SQL command within a specific worksheet ( for example, changing the worksheet so that it uses large), what two options are available?
a) update the warehouse field in the context menu located above the worksheet
b) go to the worksheet properties page and set the warehouse field to LARGE_WH
c) run a SQL command like “SET WAREHOUSE CONTEXT=LARGE_WH”
d) run a SQL command like “USE WAREHOUSE LARGE_WH”
a) update the warehouse field in the context menu located above the worksheet
d) run a SQL command like “USE WAREHOUSE LARGE_WH”
what are the types of caches?
a) metadata cache
b) history cache
c) result cache
d) storage cache
a) metadata cache
c) result cache
each time the persisted result for query is reused, snowflake resets the 24-hour retention period for the result, up to maximum of 31 days from the date and time that the query was first executed. True or False?
TRUE
John ran a query which took around 30 minutes. He referred to query profiler, and found the ‘Bytes spilled to local storage has big number. what could the issue be?
a) John is using very large warehouse
b) John is using a comparatively smaller warehouse
c) warehouse-size has no impact n bytes spilling
d) John should contact snowflake personnel
b) John is using a comparatively smaller warehouse
John wants to share a VIEW with Monica but John wants to hide view definition and details from Monica. What type of view John should create and share with Moncia?
a) materialized
b) None
c) Secured
d) Standard
c) Secured
Please choose the correct table type from the given access
a) external
b) permanent
c) transient
d) temporary
e) internal
a) external
b) permanent
c) transient
d) temporary
if you find a date-related tool that is not listed as part of the snowflake ecosystem, what industry standard options could you check for a way to easily connect to snowflake?
a) check to see if the tool can connect to other solutions via JDBC
b) check to see if there is a petition in the community to create driver
c) check to see if you can develop a driver and put it on GitHub
d) check to see if the tool can connect to other solutions via ODBC
a) check to see if the tool can connect to other solutions via JDBC
d) check to see if the tool can connect to other solutions via ODBC
Which of the following are valid context functions?
a) CURRENT_CLOUD_INFRASTRUCTURE()
b) CURRENT_REGION()
c) CURRENT_SESSION()
d) CUURENT_WORKSHEET()
e) CURRENT_CLIENT()
b) CURRENT_REGION()
c) CURRENT_SESSION()
e) CURRENT_CLIENT()
which approach would result in improved performance through linear scaling of data ingestion workload?
a) resize virtual warehouse
b) consider the practice of splitting input file batch within the recommended range of 10MB to 100MB
c) all of these
d) consider the practice of organizing data by granular path
c) all of these
you create a sequence in snowflake with an initial value of 3 and an interval of 2. what are the series of numbers you would be expected to see?
3, 5, 7, 9, 11
which of the following snowflake editions automatically store data in an encrypted state?
a) enterprise
b) business-critical
c) standard
a) enterprise
b) business critical
c) standard
which cache stores object definitions and statics?
a) warehouse cache
b) results cache
c) metadata cache
c) metadata
a snowflake customer is responsible for all the maintenance and services. TRUE or FALSE
FALSE
how often does snowflake release new features?
weekly
which statement accurately describes the snowflake cloud services layer?
a) a collection of tightly coupled database management features
b) a collection of independent, scalable, and stateless services providing crucial data management capabilities
c) a set of cloud providers’ general services made available to users via the internet
d) managed and scaled by the user
b) a collection of independent, scalable, and stateless services providing crucial data management capabilities
which is not the security function of the cloud services layer?
a) access control for users and roles
b) authentication
c) access control for shares
d) encryption and key management
e) pruning using metadata about micro-partitions
e) pruning using metadata about micro-partitions
New or modified data in tables in a share are immediately not available to all consumers who have created a database from a share
TRUE or FLASE
FALSE
snowflake offers rich set of drivers and connectors to connect with external applications. select the connectors from the list
a) python
b) spark
c) node.js
d) JDBC
e) Kafka
a) python
b) spark
e) Kafka
which view behaves like a table and gets auto-refreshed?
a) standard
b) secured
c) none
d) materialized
d) materialised
snowflake is a cloud data platform delivered as a service. TRUE or FALSE
TRUE
stored procedure supports
a) python
b) go
c) javascript
d) java (using snowpark)
e) SQL
c) javascript
d) java (using snowpark)