Snowflake Updated ARA-R01 Exam Questions and Answers by thiago

In Snowflake, data sharing capabilities allow a Business Critical edition account to share data with an Enterprise edition consumer account. The ability to share data is contingent upon the role permissions within the provider account. If a user has the necessary role authority (like ACCOUNTADMIN or a role with similar privileges to create or manage shares), they can add an Enterprise edition account as a consumer. This feature enables flexibility in data sharing across different Snowflake account editions, facilitating broader data collaboration and accessibility.References: Snowflake's data sharing documentation and the specifics of edition-based capabilities discussed in SnowPro Advanced: Architect certification materials.

According to the Snowflake documentation, to create a database from an inbound share, the user’s role must have the following privileges:

• The CREATE DATABASE privilege on the current account. This privilege allows the user to create a new database in the account1.
• The IMPORT DATABASE privilege on the share. This privilege allows the user to import a database from the share into the account2. The other privileges listed are not relevant for this requirement. The IMPORT SHARE privilege is used to import a share into the account, not a database3. The IMPORT PRIVILEGES privilege is used to import the privileges granted on the shared objects, not the objects themselves2. The CREATE SHARE privilege is used to create a share to provide data to other accounts, not to consume data from other accounts4.

References:

• CREATE DATABASE | Snowflake Documentation
• Importing Data from a Share | Snowflake Documentation
• Importing a Share | Snowflake Documentation
• CREATE SHARE | Snowflake Documentation

• Snowflake supports cloning of various objects, such as databases, schemas, tables, stages, file formats, sequences, streams, tasks, and roles. Cloning creates a copy of an existing object in the system without copying the data or metadata. Cloning is also known as zero-copy cloning1.
• Among the objects listed in the question, the following ones can be cloned in Snowflake:
• The following objects listed in the question cannot be cloned in Snowflake:

References: : Cloning Considerations : CREATE TABLE … CLONE : CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE … CLONE : Temporary Tables : Internal Stages