SnowPro Core Certification — Question 139

What are the responsibilities of Snowflake's Cloud Service layer? (Choose three.)

Answer options

• A. Authentication
• B. Resource management
• C. Virtual warehouse caching
• D. Query parsing and optimization
• E. Query execution
• F. Physical storage of micro-partitions

Correct answer: A, B, D

Explanation

The Cloud Service layer is responsible for Authentication, Resource management, and Query parsing and optimization, making these the correct choices. Virtual warehouse caching, Query execution, and Physical storage of micro-partitions fall under different layers or processes within Snowflake's architecture.