Snowflake Updated SnowPro-Core Exam Questions and Answers by dotty

Micro-partitioning is a Snowflake function that is maintained separately from the data and supports features such as Time Travel, Secure Data Sharing, and pruning. It allows Snowflake to efficiently manage and query large datasets by organizing them into micro-partitions1.

The minimum Snowflake Edition that supports secure storage of Protected Health Information (PHI) data is the Business Critical Edition. This edition offers enhanced security features necessary for compliance with regulations such as HIPAA and HITRUST CSF4.

 A network policy in Snowflake is used to restrict access to the Snowflake account from unauthorized or unknown sources. It allows administrators to specify allowed IP address ranges, thus preventing access from any IP addresses not listed in the policy1.

Snowflake stores metadata for rows in micro-partitions, including the range of values for each column and the number of distinct values1.