Snowflake Exam ARA-R01 Topic 2 Question 29 Discussion

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Question #: 29
Topic #: 2

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What Snowflake system functions are used to view and or monitor the clustering metadata for a table? (Select TWO).

ASYSTEMSCLUSTERING

BSYSTEMSTABLE_CLUSTERING

CSYSTEMSCLUSTERING_DEPTH

DSYSTEMSCLUSTERING_RATIO

ESYSTEMSCLUSTERING_INFORMATION

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Suggested Answer: C

Enabling the search optimization service on the table can improve the performance of queries that have selective filtering criteria, which seems to be the case here. This service optimizes the execution of queries by creating a persistent data structure called a search access path, which allows some micro-partitions to be skipped during the scanning process. This can significantly speed up query performance without increasing compute costs1.

Reference

* Snowflake Documentation on Search Optimization Service1.

by Rex at Mar 09, 2025, 04:32 PM

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Jenelle

3 months ago

I bet the people who came up with these function names are the same ones who decided to call it 'Snowflake' in the first place. Clearly, they have a thing for winter weather metaphors.

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Phung

3 months ago

Wait, there's a 'SYSTEMSCLUSTERING' function? Sounds like Snowflake's developers were having a little too much fun with the naming conventions. Maybe they should have gone with 'SNOWFLAKECLUSTERING' instead, just to keep things interesting.

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Dorthy

2 months ago

Definitely, but once you get used to it, it's not too bad.

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Timothy

2 months ago

I agree, the naming conventions can be a bit confusing sometimes.

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Margret

2 months ago

Yeah, those are the correct functions to use for that.

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Nadine

2 months ago

I think SYSTEMSCLUSTERING_RATIO and SYSTEMSCLUSTERING_INFORMATION are used to view and monitor clustering metadata.

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Timothy

3 months ago

C'mon, this is easy! The answer is clearly C) SYSTEMSCLUSTERING_DEPTH and D) SYSTEMSCLUSTERING_RATIO. I mean, what else would you use to monitor clustering metadata? Snowflake's naming conventions are so straightforward, it's like they're begging us to get it right.

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Jarvis

2 months ago

Yeah, Snowflake definitely makes it clear which functions to use for monitoring clustering metadata.

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Blondell

2 months ago

Snowflake does make it easy with their naming conventions. It's pretty straightforward.

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Cora

3 months ago

I agree, C) SYSTEMSCLUSTERING_DEPTH and D) SYSTEMSCLUSTERING_RATIO are the correct functions to view and monitor clustering metadata.

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Lazaro

4 months ago

I'm going with B) SYSTEMSTABLE_CLUSTERING and E) SYSTEMSCLUSTERING_INFORMATION. Gotta cover all my bases, you know? Although, I do wonder if 'systemsclustering' is just a fancy way of saying 'table clustering'.

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Azalee

2 months ago

Yeah, 'systemsclustering' does sound like it could be related to table clustering in some way.

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Nobuko

2 months ago

I agree, those seem like the most relevant options to monitor clustering metadata for a table.

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Laura

3 months ago

I think you're on the right track with B) SYSTEMSTABLE_CLUSTERING and E) SYSTEMSCLUSTERING_INFORMATION.

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Lenna

4 months ago

Hmm, I'm not sure. Maybe I'll just pick C) and E) to be safe. After all, 'systemsclustering' sounds like it could be the right answer!

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Geoffrey

3 months ago

I agree, 'systemsclustering' does sound like it could be the right answer.

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Lino

3 months ago

I think C) and E) are good choices.

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Elroy

4 months ago

I think C) SYSTEMSCLUSTERING_DEPTH and D) SYSTEMSCLUSTERING_RATIO are the correct answers. They seem to be the most relevant functions for viewing and monitoring clustering metadata.

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