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How many days is the query history maintained in the history tab of the classic UI?

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14

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Which object does an external function make use of to hold security related information?

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API integration

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3
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What is the recommended compressed file size when loading data into Snowflake?

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100-250mb

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How many databases objects can a data provider add to a SHARE object? Choose one correct value.

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1

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5
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How many database objects can a data provider add to a SHARE object? Choose one correct value.

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Unlimited

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Which system function is called to retrieve clustering metadata for a column or columns?

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system$clustering_information

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How many accounts can a data consumer share a shared database with? Choose one correct value.

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0 - Data consumers cannot re-share shared database objects.

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Which symbols are used when referencing a user stage via SQL? Choose one correct value.

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@~

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Which symbols are used when referencing a table stage via SQL? Choose one correct value.

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@%

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10
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The account usage share contains a database called SNOWFLAKE. The views in this database are used to provide fine-grained metrics at the account and object level. What is the maximum number of months data in these views available for? Choose one correct value.

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12 - Certain account usage views provide historical usage metrics. The retention period for these views is 1 year.

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11
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The COPY INTO <table> statement does NOT require a virtual warehouse to run. True or false?

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False

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12
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Which system-defined role is it recommended to assign custom roles to? Choose one correct value.

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If custom roles are not assigned to the SYSADMIN role, system admins will not be able to manage the objects owned by the custom role.

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13
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Every securable object is owned by a single role. True or false?

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True

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14
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What is the default value for the table property DATA_RETENTION_TIME_IN_DAYS for an account on the enterprise edition of Snowflake?

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The default value for DATA_RETENTION_TIME_IN_DAYS is 1 for all editions of Snowflake.

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15
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If the query profile indicates queries are regularly spilling to remote storage what are the recommended solutions?

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Increase the size of the Virtual Warehouse.
Process data in smaller batches.

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16
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External tables can be cloned. True or false?

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False

17
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If enabled, periodic rekeying happens every ___ months

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12 - If periodic rekeying is enabled, then when the retired encryption key for a table is older than one year, Snowflake automatically creates a new encryption key and re-encrypts all data previously protected by the retired key using the new key. The new key is used to decrypt the table data going forward.

18
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A schema cannot be cloned. True or false?

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False

19
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Fail-safe is available for external tables. True or false?

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False - It is only available for permanent table types

20
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What’s the maximum number of days a user could set the table property DATA_RETENTION_TIME_IN_DAYS to for a transient table on a business critical edition Snowflake account?

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1 - The maximum DATA_RETENTION_TIME_IN_DAYS is 0 or 1 for temporary and transient tables regardless of the edition of Snowflake.

21
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Which types of notation are used to traverse semi-structured data natively in Snowflake? Select all that apply.

A

bracket and dot

22
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Which is the most accurate description of the Snowflake Partner Connect?

A

The Snowflake Partner Connect is a service which expedites the process of getting up and running with selected third-party tools.

23
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What is the purpose of the VALIDATE function? Choose one correct value.

A

Allows a user to view all errors encountered during a previous COPY INTO execution.

24
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When is a table stage not appropriate to use for data loading?

A

When loading into multiple tables

25
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What are the two scaling policies that can be defined when creating a multi-cluster warehouse?

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Standard and Economy

26
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What is the recommended maximum number of columns (or expressions) defined per clustering key?

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3 or 4