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Question 5

What is the purpose of the ACCOUNTADMIN role in Snowflake? (Choose any 2 options)
  • 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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