SnowPro Core Certification — Question 1140

Which Snowflake object will consume credits during automatic background maintenance?

Answer options

• A. View
• B. Table
• C. External table
• D. Materialized view

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D, Materialized view, as it requires additional credits for maintenance operations like refreshing its data. The other options, while they may be involved in different operations within Snowflake, do not incur credits during automatic background maintenance.