SnowPro Core Certification: Practice Tests (COF-C02/C03)
Course Description
Who these practice exams are for
People trying to pass the SnowPro Core certification exam issued by Snowflake.
Software Engineers and Database Administrators trying to prove Snowflake knowledge for job opportunities.
Anyone who wants to add a basic but very valuable modern data warehouse certification to their portfolio.
The typical candidate should have 6 or more months of knowledge using Snowflake.
First two practice tests are only for the COF-C02 version, still active at this time until May 14, 2026.
Last practice test has been added to fully cover the new COF-C03 version, active from Feb 16, 2026.
Passing the SnowPro Core certification exam is also a requirement for all Snowflake SnowPro Advanced and Specialty exam. The certification will be automatically renewed when you renew or pass a new Advanced SnowPro certification 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 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. 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 three high-quality practice tests of 100 questions each, to help you become SnowPro Core certified, passing the 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 for the most part.
Be careful to not run out of time, because 100 questions in less than two hours it's a lot.
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, including True/False, emulating as structure the ones you'll get at the exam.
Specifics of the real exam
First ever SnowPro exam, issued by Snowflake several years ago.
Updated to COF-C03 since Feb 16, 2026.
100 questions
115 minutes time limit
75% scaled passing score
Valid for 2 years (but auto-renewed with passing or recertifying with an Advanced exam)
$175 US fee per attempt ($140 US in India)
What the exam will test you for (COF-C02)
Perform data loading and transformation
Monitor and optimize virtual warehouse performance and concurrencies
Execute DDL and DML queries
Use structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
Use cloning, Time Travel, and Fail-safe to manage data
Facilitate Secure Data Sharing among different Snowflake accounts
Design and manage the structure of a Snowflake account
What the exam will test you for (COF-C03)
Use the Snowflake AI Data Cloud architecture
Manage Snowflake accounts and virtual warehouses
Perform data loading, unloading, and transformation
Use structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
Monitor and optimize performance
Enable data collaboration and protection
Establish Snowflake connectivity
Exam domain breakdown (download and check the Study Guide, COF-C02)
Snowflake AI Data Cloud Features & Architecture - 24%
Account Access and Security - 18%
Performance and Cost Optimization Concepts - 16%
Data Loading and Unloading - 12%
Data Transformations - 18%
Data Protection and Data Sharing - 12%
Exam domain breakdown (download and check the Study Guide, COF-C03)
Snowflake AI Data Cloud Features and Architecture - 31%
Account Management and Data Governance - 20%
Data Loading, Unloading, and Connectivity - 18%
Performance Optimization, Querying, and Transformation - 21%
Data Collaboration - 10%
SnowPro certification exams I passed myself (all from the first attempt)
SnowPro Core
SnowPro Associate: Platform
SnowPro Specialty: Gen AI
SnowPro Specialty: Native Apps
SnowPro Specialty: Snowpark
SnowPro Advanced: Architect
SnowPro Advanced: Data Analyst
SnowPro Advanced: Data Engineer
SnowPro Advanced: Data Scientist
SnowPro Advanced: Security Engineer
(SnowPro Advanced: Administrator - the only one I didn't have time for)
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 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. Go further on References, to read more about in the online documentation.
Repeat with the second and third practice tests. Don't skip them, as all these tests together cover most types of actual exam questions. Last practice tests covers the new content for COF-C03.
Repeat these tests again and again, until you score consistently at least 90% on each. And then go for the real deal.
Good luck!
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