SnowPro Core free question 2 / 10 · Domain 1: Snowflake AI Data Cloud Features and Architecture
A team moves a warehouse up to the next larger size. How does credit consumption per full hour of running change?
- It quadruples for each step up in warehouse size
- It rises by half for each step up in warehouse size
- It stays the same, since billing depends on the queries
- It doubles for each step up in warehouse size
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Answer: D
Why this is correct
Each time you move to the next larger warehouse size, credit consumption per full hour of running doubles. The smallest size, X-Small, uses 1 credit per hour, and the figure doubles with every step up.
Why the other options are wrong
"It rises by half for each step up in warehouse size" … The increase is a doubling, not a 1.5-fold rise.
"It quadruples for each step up in warehouse size" … A single step up doubles consumption. A fourfold rise would correspond to two steps.
"It stays the same, since billing depends on the queries" … Consumption per hour is tied to the size of the warehouse, so a larger size costs more even for the same queries.
Key point
Knowing that consumption doubles per step lets you work out the credits for any size from X-Small without memorizing a table. Billing is per second, so you pay for the time the warehouse actually runs.
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