Snowflake Updated SOL-C01 Exam Questions and Answers by daisy-mae

TheLISTcommand displays all files available in a stage—internal, external, user, or table stages.

It is typically used prior to COPY INTO to confirm which files are available for loading.

SHOW TABLES lists tables; SHOW GRANTS shows privileges; GRANTS queries show user-role assignments—not LIST.

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Schemas serve as logical containers within a database, grouping tables, views, file formats, functions, and other objects.

Roles control access, not organization.

Tables store data but do not group objects.

Stages store files or point to external storage; they are not organizational containers.

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Snowflake Materialized Views physically store the results of a defined query. This pre-computation significantly improves performance for repetitive or complex queries, especially those based on aggregations and joins. Snowflake automatically maintains materialized views asynchronously. They do not update in real-time, cannot be changed through DML, and are not intended for masking—dynamic masking policies serve that purpose.

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Snowflake supports zero-copy cloning at thedatabase,schema, andtablelevels. Cloning creates a new metadata reference to existing data without physically duplicating micro-partitions, significantly reducing storage cost and clone creation time. Cloning adatabasereplicates all schemas and tables within it at that moment in time. Cloning aschemareplicates all objects inside that schema, including tables and views. Cloning atablecreates an isolated version of that table for development, testing, or analysis. Importantly,rolescannot be cloned because they are account-level security objects, not data objects. Privileges must be manually granted or recreated for cloned objects. Cloning enables rapid, efficient creation of consistent environments for workload isolation and testing.

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