Which is the LEAST complex approach to use to populate the QA account with the Production account’s data and database objects on a nightly basis?

An Architect has chosen to separate their Snowflake Production and QA environments using two separate Snowflake accounts. The QA account is intended to run and test changes on data and database objects before pushing those changes to the Production account. It is a requirement that all database objects and data...

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What are some of the characteristics of result set caches? (Choose three.)

What are some of the characteristics of result set caches? (Choose three.)A . Time Travel queries can be executed against the result set cache.B . Snowflake persists the data results for 24 hours.C . Each time persisted results for a query are used, a 24-hour retention period is reset.D ....

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Which system functions does Snowflake provide to monitor clustering information within a table (Choose two.)

Which system functions does Snowflake provide to monitor clustering information within a table (Choose two.)A . SYSTEM$CLUSTERING_INFORMATIONB . SYSTEM$CLUSTERING_USAGEC . SYSTEM$CLUSTERING_DEPTHD . SYSTEM$CLUSTERING_KEYSE . SYSTEM$CLUSTERING_PERCENTView AnswerAnswer: A, C Explanation: According to the Snowflake documentation, these two system functions are provided by Snowflake to monitor clustering information within a table. A...

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What is required to allow data sharing between these two companies?

Company A would like to share data in Snowflake with Company B. Company B is not on the same cloud platform as Company A. What is required to allow data sharing between these two companies? A. Create a pipeline to write shared data to a cloud storage location in the...

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What are the MINIMUM object privileges required for the Snowpipe user to execute Snowpipe?

A Data Engineer is designing a near real-time ingestion pipeline for a retail company to ingest event logs into Snowflake to derive insights. A Snowflake Architect is asked to define security best practices to configure access control privileges for the data load for auto-ingest to Snowpipe. What are the MINIMUM...

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Which approach will meet these requirements if Role-Based Access Policies (RBAC) is a viable option for isolating tenants?

A Snowflake Architect is designing an application and tenancy strategy for an organization where strong legal isolation rules as well as multi-tenancy are requirements. Which approach will meet these requirements if Role-Based Access Policies (RBAC) is a viable option for isolating tenants?A . Create accounts for each tenant in the...

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What built-in Snowflake features make use of the change tracking metadata for a table? (Choose two.)

What built-in Snowflake features make use of the change tracking metadata for a table? (Choose two.)A . The MERGE commandB . The UPSERT commandC . The CHANGES clauseD . A STREAM objectE . The CHANGE_DATA_CAPTURE commandView AnswerAnswer: C, D Explanation: The built-in Snowflake features that make use of the change...

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Which statements describe characteristics of the use of materialized views in Snowflake? (Choose two.)

Which statements describe characteristics of the use of materialized views in Snowflake? (Choose two.)A . They can include ORDER BY clauses.B . They cannot include nested subqueries.C . They can include context functions, such as CURRENT_TIME ().D . They can support MIN and MAX aggregates.E . They can support inner...

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Which security, governance, and data protection features require, at a MINIMUM, the Business Critical edition of Snowflake? (Choose two.)

Which security, governance, and data protection features require, at a MINIMUM, the Business Critical edition of Snowflake? (Choose two.)A . Extended Time Travel (up to 90 days)B . Customer-managed encryption keys through Tri-Secret SecureC . Periodic rekeying of encrypted dataD . AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud private connectivity to SnowflakeE...

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How can a Snowflake Architect meet this requirement with the LEAST amount of coding?

Files arrive in an external stage every 10 seconds from a proprietary system. The files range in size from 500 K to 3 MB. The data must be accessible by dashboards as soon as it arrives. How can a Snowflake Architect meet this requirement with the LEAST amount of coding?...

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