Use of what Snowflake Continuous Data Protection (CDP) feature will consume compute credits?

Question

Options

• ACreating zero-copy clones
• BEnabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• CUsing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• DRetrieval of data from Fail-safe

• A
  13% (3)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  78% (18)

Explanation

Retrieval of data from Fail-safe (D) requires Snowflake to spin up compute resources to recover data from the 7-day fail-safe period, which is why it consumes credits - the operation is performed by Snowflake's internal processes but is billed to your account.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Zero-copy clones): Cloning is a metadata operation - no data is physically copied and no compute is consumed at creation time.
• B (MFA): Authentication is a security/identity feature with no compute involvement.
• C (RBAC): Access control is purely policy-based; defining or enforcing roles consumes no compute credits.

Memory tip: Think of the CDP layers as a spectrum of effort - Time Travel is self-serve (no extra cost), but Fail-safe is a Snowflake-assisted recovery operation, meaning their engineers and compute work on your behalf, and you pay for it. "Rescue missions cost money."

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