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Which of the following are true of Multi-cluster warehouses? Select all that apply.
1) Adds clusters automatically based on query activity
2) Sizes each cluster optimally based on the queries
3) Scales down when query activity slows
4) Multi-cluster warehouses will never auto-suspend Correct Ans-1) Adds clusters
automatically based on query activity
3) Scales down when query activity slows
Which of the following terms best describes Snowflake's data base architecture?
1) Columnar shared nothing
2) Shared disk
3) Multi-cluster shared data
4) Cloud-native shared memory Correct Ans-Multi-cluster shared data
Which of the following are true about the variant data type in Snowflake? Select all that apply
1) Optimized storage based on repeated elements
2) Stored in a separate file format from structured data
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3) Can be queried using JSON path notation
4) Requires a custom mapping for each record type Correct Ans-1) Optimized storage
based on repeated elements
3) Can be queried using JSON path notation
Which type of Data Integration tools leverage Snowflake's scalable compute for data
transformation? Select the best answer.
1) Database Replication
2) ELT
3) ETL
4) Streaming Correct Ans-2) ELT
What is the maximum number of consumer accounts that can be added to a Share object?
1) One
2) Unlimited
3) 10
4) 100 Correct Ans-2) Unlimited
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What is the recommended approached for making a variant column accessible in a BI tool?
1) A pre-defined mapping
2) A view
3) Leveraging a JSON parser
4) There is no way to do this Correct Ans-2) A view
True or false: A table in Snowflake can contain both a variant columns and a timestamp.
Correct Ans-TRUE
What technique does Snowflake use to limit the number of micro-partitions scanned by each
query?
1) Indexing
2) Pruning
3) Map Reduce
4) B-Tree Correct Ans-2) Pruning
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The following factors affect data load rates: (select all that apply)
1) Physical location of the Stage
2) RAM on the Virtual Warehouse
3) Gzip compression efficiency
4) Thread size Correct Ans-1) Physical location of the Stage
3) Gzip compression efficiency
Which of the following best describes Snowflake's processing engine?
1) Leverages Apache Spark
2) Based on Map Reduce
3) A derivative of Presto
4) Native SQL Correct Ans-4) Native SQL
Which of the following are types of caching use by Snowflake? Select all that apply.
1) Warehouse caching
2) Index Caching
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Which of the following are true of Multi-cluster warehouses? Select all that apply.
1) Adds clusters automatically based on query activity
2) Sizes each cluster optimally based on the queries
3) Scales down when query activity slows
4) Multi-cluster warehouses will never auto-suspend Correct Ans-1) Adds clusters
automatically based on query activity
3) Scales down when query activity slows
Which of the following terms best describes Snowflake's data base architecture?
1) Columnar shared nothing
2) Shared disk
3) Multi-cluster shared data
4) Cloud-native shared memory Correct Ans-Multi-cluster shared data
Which of the following are true about the variant data type in Snowflake? Select all that apply
1) Optimized storage based on repeated elements
2) Stored in a separate file format from structured data
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3) Can be queried using JSON path notation
4) Requires a custom mapping for each record type Correct Ans-1) Optimized storage
based on repeated elements
3) Can be queried using JSON path notation
Which type of Data Integration tools leverage Snowflake's scalable compute for data
transformation? Select the best answer.
1) Database Replication
2) ELT
3) ETL
4) Streaming Correct Ans-2) ELT
What is the maximum number of consumer accounts that can be added to a Share object?
1) One
2) Unlimited
3) 10
4) 100 Correct Ans-2) Unlimited
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What is the recommended approached for making a variant column accessible in a BI tool?
1) A pre-defined mapping
2) A view
3) Leveraging a JSON parser
4) There is no way to do this Correct Ans-2) A view
True or false: A table in Snowflake can contain both a variant columns and a timestamp.
Correct Ans-TRUE
What technique does Snowflake use to limit the number of micro-partitions scanned by each
query?
1) Indexing
2) Pruning
3) Map Reduce
4) B-Tree Correct Ans-2) Pruning
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The following factors affect data load rates: (select all that apply)
1) Physical location of the Stage
2) RAM on the Virtual Warehouse
3) Gzip compression efficiency
4) Thread size Correct Ans-1) Physical location of the Stage
3) Gzip compression efficiency
Which of the following best describes Snowflake's processing engine?
1) Leverages Apache Spark
2) Based on Map Reduce
3) A derivative of Presto
4) Native SQL Correct Ans-4) Native SQL
Which of the following are types of caching use by Snowflake? Select all that apply.
1) Warehouse caching
2) Index Caching
