Plan Multi-Account and Cross-Cloud Architectures ARA-C01 Practice Questions (Page 5)

Questions 21–23

1. 21expert · hard

   A multinational corporation is designing its Snowflake architecture. They have two main business units: 'Finance' and 'Analytics'. Finance has strict data residency requirements and must keep data within the EU. Analytics is a global team that needs to access data from both EU and US regions. The company wants to minimize complexity while meeting these requirements. Which architecture is most appropriate?

   • ACreate a single account in the US and replicate the Finance data to an EU account for residency.
   • BCreate three accounts: one in the EU for Finance, one in the US for Analytics, and one in the EU for Analytics to access EU data.
   • CCreate two accounts: one in the EU for Finance and one in the US for Analytics, and share the necessary data from the EU account to the US account.
   • DCreate a single account in the EU and have the Analytics team access it from anywhere.
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2. 22foundation · easy

   What is the purpose of using AWS PrivateLink or Azure Private Link in a multi-account Snowflake architecture?

   • ATo enable private connectivity between Snowflake and your VNet/VPC without traversing the public internet
   • BTo replace the need for Snowflake's cloud services
   • CTo encrypt data at rest in Snowflake
   • DTo allow Snowflake to access your on-premises data sources directly
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3. 23foundation · easy

   In Snowflake, what is the purpose of a reader account in the context of data sharing?

   • AIt is a standard account that has been granted read-only privileges on all databases.
   • BIt enables consumers to write data back to the provider's account.
   • CIt provides a fully managed Snowflake account for consumers to access shared data without needing their own Snowflake account.
   • DIt allows a data provider to read data from a consumer's account.
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