Snowpro Associate Platform · Free Practice Question Medium
Question 5
- A To grant and revoke privileges across the account
- B To monitor query performance
- C To create and manage databases
- D To manage all aspects of the Snowflake account
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Correct answers: A, D
Explanation
✅ To manage all aspects of the Snowflake account
✅ To grant and revoke privileges across the account
Explanation:
The ACCOUNTADMIN role is the most powerful system-defined role in Snowflake. It is responsible for:
Managing all aspects of the account, including billing, parameters, and global configurations
Granting and revoking privileges across all objects and roles in the account
Overseeing security, user management, and resource governance
❌ To create and manage databases – Typically handled by the SYSADMIN role
❌ To monitor query performance – Can be done by roles with the MONITOR privilege, not exclusive to ACCOUNTADMIN
More details in Snowflake’s official access control documentation.
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