SnowPro Core Certification — Question 295

Query compilation occurs in which architecture layer of the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform?

Answer options

• A. Compute layer
• B. Storage layer
• C. Cloud infrastructure layer
• D. Cloud services layer

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Query compilation is handled in the Cloud services layer of the Snowflake architecture, which is responsible for managing and orchestrating various services including query parsing and optimization. The other layers, such as Compute and Storage, deal with processing and data storage respectively, but do not handle the compilation of queries.