ADA-C01 Question 143
Single answerName various types of organization accountsA global enterprise is standardizing account provisioning across its Snowflake organization. The central platform team wants one account dedicated to organization-wide administration tasks such as viewing usage across accounts and creating additional accounts. Individual business units will continue to operate their own workload-specific accounts. Which type of Snowflake account should the platform team designate for the central administration function?
- A
An organization account
- B
A reader account
- C
A replication account
- D
A standard member account
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
Snowflake organizations include a special organization account plus one or more regular accounts that belong to the organization. The organization account is used for centralized, organization-level administration, including tasks such as managing accounts and viewing organization-wide usage information. By contrast, standard member accounts are where business workloads typically run. Reader accounts are a separate concept used for data sharing with consumers who do not need a full Snowflake account, and they are not used as the organization's administrative control point. This distinction is important for SnowPro Advanced: Administrator candidates because governance and account lifecycle operations are performed from the organization account, not from ordinary workload accounts. See Snowflake documentation on organizations, organization accounts, and account management for the authoritative definitions and responsibilities of each account type.
- A. Correct.
Correct. An organization account is the special account used for organization-level administration in Snowflake. It is intended for tasks that span multiple accounts in the organization, such as creating and managing accounts and viewing organization-level information. In practice, this is the account the platform team should use for centralized administration.
- B. Incorrect.
Incorrect. A reader account is used to let consumers access shared data without becoming full Snowflake customers with their own standard account. It is not designed for organization-wide administration or account creation.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect. 'Replication account' is not a Snowflake account type used to identify an organization-level administrative account. Replication is a feature used for database and failover/replication scenarios, not a distinct organization account type for central governance.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect. A standard member account is a regular Snowflake account within an organization and is typically used for workloads such as development, testing, or production. While it belongs to the organization, it is not the special account intended for organization-level administrative functions.