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The Snowflake SnowPro Core (COF-C03) exam has 100 questions in 115 minutes, costs USD 175 per attempt, and has no required prerequisites (checked November 2026). See all the exam facts.
About the exam
SnowPro Core Certification
The SnowPro Core Certification is Snowflake's core credential for people who work with the Snowflake platform. The certification page says a candidate has 6 or more months of experience using Snowflake. If that describes your work, this practice test shows how well you know the topics the certification covers. The certification page groups the content into five domains: Features & Architecture (31%), Performance Optimization, Querying, and Transformation (21%), Account Management and Data Governance (20%), Data Loading, Unloading, and Connectivity (18%), and Data Collaboration (10%). Our questions are short, self-contained scenarios with exactly one correct answer. The real exam mixes multiple-select and multiple-choice items, so this practice test does not match the real format in every way.
Our questions are original, written from the Snowflake certification page and Snowflake product documentation, and each answer is explained. Studying nearby topics? Try the Databricks Data Engineer Associate, Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer and ServiceNow System Administrator free practice tests.
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Exam facts
SnowPro Core: format, time and fee Last checked November 2026
- Exam name
- SnowPro Core CertificationCertification page (Snowflake)
- Exam code
- COF-C03Certification page (Snowflake)
- Questions
- 100 questions. Exams may include unscored items.Certification page (Snowflake)
- Time
- 115 minutesCertification page (Snowflake)
- Fee
- USD 175 per attempt (USD 140 in India)Certification page (Snowflake)
- Question types
- Multiple select and multiple choice. The share of each type is not published.Certification page (Snowflake)
- Passing score
- 750 on a scaled score from 0 to 1000Certification page (Snowflake)
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean, French, SpanishCertification page (Snowflake)
- Delivery
- Online proctoring, or onsite at a testing centerCertification page (Snowflake)
- Prerequisites
- None listed. The page says a candidate has 6 or more months of experience using Snowflake.Certification page (Snowflake)
- Retakes and results
- Not published.Not published on the certification page
- Exam version
- COF-C03. The page does not publish a revision date.Not published on the certification page
- Domains
- Features & Architecture 31%; Performance Optimization, Querying, and Transformation 21%; Account Management and Data Governance 20%; Data Loading, Unloading, and Connectivity 18%; Data Collaboration 10%Certification page (Snowflake)
- Our practice test
- Single-answer questions only, with our own question count, pass mark and timer. These are not Snowflake's settings.This site
Every question here has exactly one correct answer. If the real exam also uses multiple-select or other types, the facts above say so. Confirm current details with Snowflake before you register.
What to focus on for the SnowPro Core
- Treating Snowflake features as available in every edition, when a feature depends on the edition the account runs.
- Mixing up Time Travel and Fail-safe, and what each one can restore and for how long.
- Assuming a materialized view stays current without checking how Snowflake maintains it when its base table changes.
- Confusing a role's privileges with object ownership when deciding who can create or change a resource.
- Read the five domains on the certification page, note each weight, and rate yourself on each one.
- Take this free practice test one section at a time, read every explanation, then retake your weakest section.
Sample SnowPro Core practice questions
Three questions pulled straight from the bank, with the answer shown. For the timed, no-peeking version, use the quiz above.
Why: Time Travel gives access to historical data, meaning data that was changed or deleted, at any point within a defined period. It covers changed rows as well as dropped objects, and it is limited to the retention period.
Source: Snowflake Documentation, Understanding & using Time Travel
Why: Snowflake maintains metadata for each micro-partition, including the range of values and number of distinct values for each column. This is automatic, so no user-defined partition keys are needed.
Source: Snowflake Documentation, Micro-partitions & Data Clustering
Why: Only users with the ACCOUNTADMIN role can create a resource monitor, although an account administrator can grant other roles privileges to view and modify them. Holding warehouse privileges does not allow creating a monitor.
Source: Snowflake Documentation, Working with resource monitors
FAQ
SnowPro Core questions, answered
How much does the exam cost and how do I register?
Snowflake lists the fee as USD 175 per attempt (USD 140 in India). Registration and the current price are on the Snowflake certification page (checked November 2026), so confirm there before you book. Snowflake certification page.
Is this the real exam?
No. This is a free mock test made of original questions we wrote from Snowflake's public documentation. It is not the real exam, it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Snowflake, and it cannot promise a pass.
What is the passing score for SnowPro Core?
Snowflake lists a passing score of 750 on a scaled score from 0 to 1000. Our practice test uses its own pass mark, which is not Snowflake's.
Does the real SnowPro Core exam include multiple-select questions?
Yes. The real exam mixes multiple-select and multiple-choice items. This practice test uses single-answer questions only, so it does not match the real format in every way.
Where can I find Snowflake's official study material?
Snowflake publishes a study guide behind a registration form on its certification page. This quiz was built from the certification page weights and public Snowflake documentation at docs.snowflake.com.