Who these practice exams are for

• People trying to pass the new SnowPro Advanced: Security Engineer certification exam issued recently by Snowflake.

• Snowflake experts trying to prove their security skills on using Snowflake.

• Security Administrators, Security Engineers, and Security Architects.

• Snowflake Security Engineers.

This is not an introduction to Snowflake, as you should already have an advanced knowledge on this platform. Passing the SnowPro Core certification exam is also a requirement for this Advanced exam.

My name is Cristian Scutaru and I’m a world-class expert in Snowflake, SnowPro SME (Subject Matter Expert) and former Snowflake Data Superhero. For several years, I helped Snowflake create many of the exam questions out there. Many of the Advanced exam questions and answers from the SnowPro exams have been indeed created by me.

I passed over the years most of the SnowPro exams myself, all from the first attempt. Including a difficult certification exam on Security on AWS. In the last 3-4 years alone, I passed over 40 paid proctored certification exams overall. And I still never failed one, I’ve been lucky so far.

This contains two high-quality practice tests of 55 questions each, to help you become certified as a SnowPro Advanced: Security Engineer, passing the new online proctored certification exam.

• All questions are closely emulated from those currently found in the actual exam, so you’ll not waste time on anything else.

• All questions are curated and very similar to the actual exam questions, which are rather short as well for the most part.

• Some exam questions include short portions of SQL code, as this certification is targeted also for SQL developers.

• Unlike the real exam, you’ll know right away what questions you missed, and what the correct answers are.

• Detailed explanations with external references for any possible choice, in each practice test question.

• Quiz question types are mostly multi-choice and multi-select, emulating as structure the ones you’ll get at the exam.

Specifics of the real exam

• Announced by the end of 2025, as a beta specialty exam

• 55 questions (70 questions in the beta exam)

• 85 minutes time limit (120 minutes for the beta exam)

• Passing score is around 75%

• Valid for 2 years

• $375 US fee per attempt

What the exam will test you for

• Design and enforce data protection, privacy, and governance across Snowflake.

• Implement and manage user identity and access control mechanisms.

• Audit and monitor security policies, controls, and regulatory compliance requirements.

• Assess threats and risks, and execute robust security incident response protocols.

• Leverage Snowflake AI/ML capabilities to enhance security posture.

What the typical candidate may have

• 2 or more years of hands-on experience managing data governance and data security on a complex Snowflake account.

• 2 or more years of general IT cloud security and data governance experience.

• Basic SQL and Python knowledge.

Exam domain breakdown (download and check the Study Guide)

• Access Control and Identity Management – 22%

• Data Protection, Data Privacy, and Data Governance – 30%

• Auditing, Monitoring, and Compliance – 18%

• Threats, Risk Assessment, Incident Response, and Forensics – 18%

• Securing Snowflake Services and Features for AI/ML and Applications – 12%

How you should use these tests

• Try first practice test. And do not worry about the time limit or if you fail. You are expected to fail, this is how you learn…

• Stop the exam anytime, if you’re not patient enough to go over all the questions.

• The passing score is estimated at this time to be around 75%. Once you are done, go to the Answers and Explanations section for your test, and check both the right and wrong choices for each individual question (remember these!).

• Read the detailed Explanation for each question.

• Repeat with the second practice test. Don’t skip it, as both these tests together cover most types of actual exam questions.

• Repeat these tests again and again, until you score consistently at least 90% on each. And then go for the real deal.

• Good luck!

[Disclaimer: We are not affiliated with or endorsed by Snowflake, Inc.]

Who this course is for:

• Security Administrators
• Security Engineers
• Security Architects
• Snowflake Security Engineers
• Snowflake experts looking for another advanced SnowPro certification