SnowPro Core Certification — Question 935

Which Snowflake function is maintained separately from the data and helps to support features such as Time Travel, Secure Data Sharing, and pruning?

Answer options

• A. Column compression
• B. Data clustering
• C. Micro-partitioning
• D. Metadata management

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D, Metadata management, as it encompasses the necessary information to enable features like Time Travel and Secure Data Sharing. Options A, B, and C relate to data optimization and storage methods, but they do not support the aforementioned features independently from the data.