SnowPro Core Certification

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SnowPro Core Certification Exam Format

COF-C03

Everything the official exam blueprint specifies: question count, time limit, scoring and the weight each domain carries. The SnowPro Core Certification validates comprehensive knowledge of Snowflake's architecture, account management, data loading, query optimization, and collaboration features. Candidates demonstrate ability to design, implement, and maintain Snowflake solutions effectively.

100 questions
115 min
75% to pass
5 domains

Exam facts at a glance

The published specifications for this certification.

SpecificationValue
Questions100
Time limit115 minutes (69s per question)
Passing score75% — 750 scaled score (0-1000)
Domains5
LevelAssociate
Question bank here100 questions
Published format100 questions, 115 minutes
SourceOfficial exam specification, published by the vendor

Official domain weights

The percentage of the exam each domain carries. Weight your revision by these numbers, not by what you find hardest.

DomainWeightTopicsPractice Qs
Data Collaboration10%
  • Data Sharing (reader accounts, listings)
  • Snowflake Marketplace and listings
  • Clean Rooms and governed sharing
  • +1 more
10
Account Management & Data Governance20%
  • Account setup, roles, and privileges
  • Role-based access control (RBAC) and discretionary access control (DAC)
  • Data masking and row-level security
  • +3 more
20
Data Loading, Unloading & Connectivity18%
  • Bulk loading with COPY INTO command
  • Snowpipe for continuous ingestion
  • Data unloading to external stages
  • +3 more
18
Snowflake AI Data Cloud Features & Architecture31%
  • Snowflake architecture: cloud services, compute, storage layers
  • Virtual warehouses and multi-cluster warehouses
  • Data sharing and cloning (zero-copy cloning)
  • +3 more
31
Performance Optimization, Querying & Transformation21%
  • Query performance: clustering keys, materialized views, search optimization
  • Query profiling and the Query Profile
  • DML operations: INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, MERGE
  • +3 more
21

The heaviest domain is Data Collaboration at 10%, and that is where lost points cost you the most. Certilum scores you per domain so you can see the difference between a knowledge gap and a formatting problem.

Note from the vendor record: Fee is charged in full at registration for every attempt (Specialty USD 225, Advanced USD 375). Delivered via Pearson VUE; exam may include unscored items; prep course and practice-exam fees are separate. Official exam page

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