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COF-R02 · Question #324

Which statement describes pruning?

The correct answer is A. The filtering or disregarding of micro-partitions that are not needed to return a query. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

Which statement describes pruning?

Options

  • AThe filtering or disregarding of micro-partitions that are not needed to return a query.
  • BThe return of micro-partitions values that overlap with each other to reduce a query's runtime.
  • CA service that is handled by the Snowflake Cloud Services layer to optimize caching.
  • DThe ability to allow the result of a query to be accessed as if it were a table.

How the community answered

(53 responses)
  • A
    77% (41)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    13% (7)

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