SnowPro Core Certification — Question 342

What services are provided by the cloud services layer in Snowflake? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Metadata management
• B. Object authorization
• C. Authentication
• D. Query execution
• E. Result caching

Correct answer: A, C

Explanation

The cloud services layer in Snowflake is responsible for managing metadata and handling authentication processes, which are essential for data access and security. While object authorization, query execution, and result caching are important functionalities, they are not directly managed by the cloud services layer.