Option B is the best design to meet the requirements because it uses Snowpipe to ingest the data continuously and efficiently as new records arrive in the object storage, leveraging event notifications. Snowpipe is a service that automates the loading of data from external sources into Snowflake tables1. It also uses streams and tasks to orchestrate transformations on the ingested data. Streams are objects that store the change history of a table, and tasks are objects that execute SQL statements on a schedule or when triggered by another task2. Option B also uses an external function to do model inference with Amazon Comprehend and write the final records to a Snowflake table. An external function is a user-defined function that calls an external API, such as Amazon Comprehend, to perform computations that are not natively supported by Snowflake3. Finally, option B uses the Snowflake Marketplace to make the de-identified final data set available publicly for advertising companies who use different cloud providers in different regions. The Snowflake Marketplace is a platform that enables data providers to list and share their data sets with data consumers, regardless of the cloud platform or region they use4.
Option A is not the best design because it uses copy into to ingest the data, which is not as efficient and continuous as Snowpipe. Copy into is a SQL command that loads data from files into a table in a single transaction. It also exports the data into Amazon S3 to do model inference with Amazon Comprehend, which adds an extra step and increases the operational complexity and maintenance of the infrastructure.
Option C is not the best design because it uses Amazon EMR and PySpark to ingest and transform the data, which also increases the operational complexity and maintenance of the infrastructure. Amazon EMR is a cloud service that provides a managed Hadoop framework to process and analyze large-scale data sets. PySpark is a Python API for Spark, a distributed computing framework that can run on Hadoop. Option C also develops a python program to do model inference by leveraging the Amazon Comprehend text analysis API, which increases the development effort.
Option D is not the best design because it is identical to option A, except for the ingestion method. It still exports the data into Amazon S3 to do model inference with Amazon Comprehend, which adds an extra step and increases the operational complexity and maintenance of the infrastructure.
References: 1: Snowpipe Overview 2: Using Streams and Tasks to Automate Data Pipelines 3: External Functions Overview 4: Snowflake Data Marketplace Overview : [Loading Data Using COPY INTO] : [What is Amazon EMR?] : [PySpark Overview]
The copy into
command is used to load data from staged files into an existing table in Snowflake. The command supports various file formats, such as CSV, JSON, AVRO, ORC, PARQUET, and XML1.
The match_by_column_name parameter is a copy option that enables loading semi-structured data into separate columns in the target table that match corresponding columns represented in the source data. The parameter can have one of the following values2:
The match_by_column_name parameter only applies to semi-structured data, such as JSON, AVRO, ORC, PARQUET, and XML. It does not apply to CSV data, which is considered structured data2.
When using the copy into
command with the CSV file format, the match_by_column_name parameter behaves as follows2:
References:
1: COPY INTO
| Snowflake Documentation
2: MATCH_BY_COLUMN_NAME | Snowflake Documentation
Question 45
The following DDL command was used to create a task based on a stream:
Assuming MY_WH is set to auto_suspend – 60 and used exclusively for this task, which statement is true?
Options:
A.
The warehouse MY_WH will be made active every five minutes to check the stream.
B.
The warehouse MY_WH will only be active when there are results in the stream.
C.
The warehouse MY_WH will never suspend.
D.
The warehouse MY_WH will automatically resize to accommodate the size of the stream.
The warehouse MY_WH will only be active when there are results in the stream. This is because the task is created based on a stream, which means that the task will only be executed when there are new data in the stream. Additionally, the warehouse is set to auto_suspend - 60, which means that the warehouse will automatically suspend after 60 seconds of inactivity. Therefore, the warehouse will only be active when there are results in the stream. References:
[CREATE TASK | Snowflake Documentation]
[Using Streams and Tasks | Snowflake Documentation]
[CREATE WAREHOUSE | Snowflake Documentation]
Question 46
A user can change object parameters using which of the following roles?
According to the Snowflake documentation, object parameters are parameters that can be set on individual objects such as databases, schemas, tables, and stages. Object parameters can be set by users with the appropriate privileges on the objects. For example, to set the object parameter AUTO_REFRESH on a table, the user must have the MODIFY privilege on the table. The ACCOUNTADMIN role has the highest level of privileges on all objects in the account, so it can set any object parameter on any object. However, other roles, such as SECURITYADMIN or SYSADMIN, do not have the same level of privileges on all objects, so they cannot set object parameters on objects they do not own or have the required privileges on. Therefore, the correct answer is C. ACCOUNTADMIN, USER with PRIVILEGE.
References:
Parameters | Snowflake Documentation
Object Parameters | Snowflake Documentation
Object Privileges | Snowflake Documentation
Question 47
What Snowflake features should be leveraged when modeling using Data Vault?
Options:
A.
Snowflake’s support of multi-table inserts into the data model’s Data Vault tables
B.
Data needs to be pre-partitioned to obtain a superior data access performance
C.
Scaling up the virtual warehouses will support parallel processing of new source loads
D.
Snowflake’s ability to hash keys so that hash key joins can run faster than integer joins
These two features are relevant for modeling using Data Vault on Snowflake. Data Vault is a data modeling approach that organizes data into hubs, links, and satellites. Data Vault is designed to enable high scalability, flexibility, and performance for data integration and analytics. Snowflake is a cloud data platform that supports various data modeling techniques, including Data Vault. Snowflake provides some features that can enhance the Data Vault modeling, such as:
Snowflake’s support of multi-table inserts into the data model’s Data Vault tables. Multi-table inserts (MTI) are a feature that allows inserting data from a single query into multiple tables in a single DML statement. MTI can improve the performance and efficiency of loading data into Data Vault tables, especially for real-time or near-real-time data integration. MTI can also reduce the complexity and maintenance of the loading code, as well as the data duplication and latency12.
Scaling up the virtual warehouses will support parallel processing of new source loads. Virtual warehouses are a feature that allows provisioning compute resources on demand for data processing. Virtual warehouses can be scaled up or down by changing the size of the warehouse, which determines the number of servers in the warehouse. Scaling up the virtual warehouses can improve the performance and concurrency of processing new source loads into Data Vault tables, especially for large or complex data sets. Scaling up the virtual warehouses can also leverage the parallelism and distribution of Snowflake’s architecture, which can optimize the data loading and querying34.
References:
Snowflake Documentation: Multi-table Inserts
Snowflake Blog: Tips for Optimizing the Data Vault Architecture on Snowflake
Snowflake Documentation: Virtual Warehouses
Snowflake Blog: Building a Real-Time Data Vault in Snowflake
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