Plan Multi-Account and Cross-Cloud Architectures ARA-C01 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   Which roles are involved in a Snowflake data share between two accounts?

   • AData provider and data consumer
   • BAccount admin and security admin
   • CDatabase owner and schema owner
   • DShare creator and share viewer
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2. 7application · medium

   A company has two Snowflake accounts: one for production and one for development. They want to establish private connectivity between their on-premises data center and both accounts, but they want to minimize the number of network connections to manage. What is the most efficient way to achieve this?

   • ASet up a separate private connection (e.g., AWS Direct Connect or Azure ExpressRoute) from the data center to each Snowflake account.
   • BUse a VPN connection from the data center to each Snowflake account.
   • CSet up a single private connection from the data center to the cloud provider's network and use VPC peering or a transit gateway to route traffic to both Snowflake accounts.
   • DUse the public internet for the development account and a private connection only for the production account.
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4. 8foundation · easy

   What is the role of a secondary database in Snowflake's replication and failover architecture?

   • AIt is a writable copy used for load balancing.
   • BIt is a separate database that stores only metadata.
   • CIt is a read-only copy that can be promoted to primary during a failover.
   • DIt is a backup that must be restored manually before use.
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5. 9foundation · easy

   In a multi-account Snowflake architecture, what is the role of DNS in network connectivity?

   • AIt resolves Snowflake account URLs to the appropriate private or public endpoints.
   • BIt provides encryption for data in transit.
   • CIt routes traffic between different cloud providers.
   • DIt manages access control for network connections.
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6. 10foundation · easy

   What is a primary consideration when planning cost management for cross-cloud data sharing?

   • AData transfer costs between clouds
   • BNetwork costs are included in the Snowflake subscription
   • CCompute costs are waived for cross-cloud queries
   • DStorage costs are identical across all clouds
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