ARA-C01 practice questions 1–10

1. Question 1 · 193 in bank

   Select 2

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

   • AThe MERGE command
   • BThe UPSERT command
   • CThe CHANGES clause
   • DA STREAM object
   • EThee CHANGE_DATA_CAPTURE command

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   Answer: CD

   Explanation

   The built-in Snowflake features that make use of the change tracking metadata for a table are the CHANGES clause and a STREAM object. Therefore, options (C) and (D) are the correct answers.

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — JRayan

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2. Question 2 · 193 in bank

   Select 3

   Which organization-related tasks can be performed by the ORGADMIN role? (Choose three.)

   • AChanging the name of the organization
   • BCreating an account
   • CViewing a list of organization accounts
   • DChanging the name of an account
   • EDeleting an account
   • FEnabling the replication of a database

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   Answer: BCF

   References

   • Snowflake documentation
   • Snowflake documentation

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3. Question 3 · 193 in bank

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   A retail company has over 3000 stores all using the same Point Of Sale (POS) system. The company wants to deliver near real-time sales results to category managers. The stores operate in a variety of time zones and exhibit a dynamic range of transactions each minute, with some stores having higher sales volumes than others. Sales results are provided in a uniform fashion using data engineered fields that will be calculated in a complex data pipeline. Calculations include exceptions, aggregations, and scoring using external functions interfaced to scoring algorithms. The source data for aggregations has over 100M rows. Every minute, the POS sends all sales transactions files to a cloud storage location with a naming convention that includes store numbers and timestamps to identify the set of transactions contained in the files. The files are typically less than 10MB in size. How can the near real-time results be provided to the category managers? (Choose two.)

   • AAll files should be concatenated before ingestion into Snowflake to avoid micro-ingestion.
   • BA Snowpipe should be created and configured with AUTO_INGEST = TRUE. A stream should be created to process INSERTS into a single target table using the stream metadata to inform the store number and timestamps.
   • CA STREAM should be created to accumulate the near real-time data and a TASK should be created that runs at a frequency that matches the real-time analytics needs.
   • DAn external scheduler should examine the contents of the cloud storage location and issue SnowSQL commands to process the data at a frequency that matches the real-time analytics needs.
   • EThe COPY INTO command with a task scheduled to run every second should be used to achieve the near-real time requirement.

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   Answer: BC

   Explanation

   How does B differ from C? B omits the task, but something has to run the data out of the stream, and C omits getting the data into Snowflake. But they are all part of the same process.

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — 67422cb

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4. Question 4 · 193 in bank

   A company needs to share its product catalog data with one of its partners. The product catalog data is stored in two database tables: PRODUCT_CATEGORY, and PRODUCT_DETAILS. Both tables can be joined by the PRODUCT_ID column. Data access should be governed, and only the partner should have access to the records. The partner is not a Snowflake customer. The partner uses Amazon S3 for cloud storage. Which design will be the MOST cost-effective and secure, while using the required Snowflake features?

   • AUse Secure Data Sharing with an S3 bucket as a destination.
   • BPublish PRODUCT_CATEGORY and PRODUCT_DETAILS data sets on the Snowflake Marketplace.
   • CCreate a database user for the partner and give them access to the required data sets.
   • DCreate a reader account for the partner and share the data sets as secure views.

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   Answer: D

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5. Question 5 · 193 in bank

   A company has a Snowflake environment running in AWS us-west-2 (Oregon). The company needs to share data privately with a customer who is running their Snowflake environment in Azure East US 2 (Virginia). What is the recommended sequence of operations that must be followed to meet this requirement?

   • A1. Create a share and add the database privileges to the share 2. Create a new listing on the Snowflake Marketplace 3. Alter the listing and add the share 4. Instruct the customer to subscribe to the listing on the Snowflake Marketplace
   • B1. Ask the customer to create a new Snowflake account in Azure EAST US 2 (Virginia) 2. Create a share and add the database privileges to the share 3. Alter the share and add the customer's Snowflake account to the share
   • C1. Create a new Snowflake account in Azure East US 2 (Virginia) 2. Set up replication between AWS us-west-2 (Oregon) and Azure East US 2 (Virginia) for the database objects to be shared 3. Create a share and add the database privileges to the share 4. Alter the share and add the customer's Snowflake account to the share
   • D1. Create a reader account in Azure East US 2 (Virginia) 2. Create a share and add the database privileges to the share 3. Add the reader account to the share 4. Share the reader account's URL and credentials with the customer

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   Answer: C

   References

   • Snowflake documentation

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6. Question 6 · 193 in bank

   Company A has recently acquired company B. The Snowflake deployment for company B is located in the Azure West Europe region. As part of the integration process, an Architect has been asked to consolidate company B's sales data into company A's Snowflake account which is located in the AWS us-east-1 region. How can this requirement be met?

   • AReplicate the sales data from company B's Snowflake account into company A's Snowflake account using cross-region data replication within Snowflake. Configure a direct share from company B's account to company A's account.
   • BExport the sales data from company B's Snowflake account as CSV files, and transfer the files to company A's Snowflake account. Import the data using Snowflake's data loading capabilities.
   • CMigrate company B's Snowflake deployment to the same region as company A's Snowflake deployment, ensuring data locality. Then perform a direct database-to-database merge of the sales data.
   • DBuild a custom data pipeline using Azure Data Factory or a similar tool to extract the sales data from company B's Snowflake account. Transform the data, then load it into company A's Snowflake account.

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   Answer: A

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7. Question 7 · 193 in bank

   A Snowflake Architect created a new data share and would like to verify that only specific records in secure views are visible within the data share by the consumers. What is the recommended way to validate data accessibility by the consumers?

   • ACreate reader accounts as shown below and impersonate the consumers by logging in with their credentials. create managed account reader_acct1 admin_name = user1 , admin_password = 'Sdfed43da!44' , type = reader;
   • BCreate a row access policy as shown below and assign it to the data share. create or replace row access policy rap_acct as (acct_id varchar) returns boolean -> case when 'acct1_role' = current_role() then true else false end;
   • CSet the session parameter called SIMULATED_DATA_SHARING_CONSUMER as shown below in order to impersonate the consumer accounts. alter session set simulated_data_sharing_consumer = 'Consumer Acct1'
   • DAlter the share settings as shown below, in order to impersonate a specific consumer account. alter share sales_share set accounts = 'Consumer1' share_restrictions = true

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   Answer: C

   Explanation

   C is correct: Specifies the name of a consumer account to simulate for testing/validating shared data, particularly shared secure views. When this parameter is set in a session, shared views return rows as if executed in the specified consumer account rather than the provider account.

   Source: Adapted from community discussion — Atomic_Gecko

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8. Question 8 · 193 in bank

   A company is using Snowflake in Azure in the Netherlands. The company analyst team also has data in JSON format that is stored in an Amazon S3 bucket in the AWS Singapore region that the team wants to analyze. The Architect has been given the following requirements: 1. Provide access to frequently changing data 2. Keep egress costs to a minimum 3. Maintain low latency How can these requirements be met with the LEAST amount of operational overhead?

   • AUse a materialized view on top of an external table against the S3 bucket in AWS Singapore.
   • BUse an external table against the S3 bucket in AWS Singapore and copy the data into transient tables.
   • CCopy the data between providers from S3 to Azure Blob storage to collocate, then use Snowpipe for data ingestion.
   • DUse AWS Transfer Family to replicate data between the S3 bucket in AWS Singapore and an Azure Netherlands Blob storage, then use an external table against the Blob storage.

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   Answer: A

   References

   • Snowflake documentation

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9. Question 9 · 193 in bank

   Select 3

   Based on the Snowflake object hierarchy, what securable objects belong directly to a Snowflake account? (Choose three.)

   • ADatabase
   • BSchema
   • CTable
   • DStage
   • ERole
   • FWarehouse

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   Answer: AEF

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10. Question 10 · 193 in bank

    What is a characteristic of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) as used in Snowflake?

    • APrivileges can be granted at the database level and can be inherited by all underlying objects.
    • BA user can use a "super-user" access along with SECURITYADMIN to bypass authorization checks and access all databases, schemas, and underlying objects.
    • CA user can create managed access schemas to support future grants and ensure only schema owners can grant privileges to other roles.
    • DA user can create managed access schemas to support current and future grants and ensure only object owners can grant privileges to other roles.

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    Answer: C

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