SnowCD checks access to which resources?

• A. Warehouses and users
• B. Snowflake database and stages
• C. External tables
• D. Storage buckets

Answer: (B)

Access inside Snowflake is governed by privileges on the objects that actually store and expose data. SnowCD focuses on the Snowflake database and stages because these are the core resources that control data access within Snowflake. To work with data, a role must have the appropriate privileges on the database (and its schemas) and on any stage used to load or unload data. Warehouses determine compute power for running queries, not whether you can access the data itself, so having a warehouse privilege doesn’t decide data access. External tables and storage buckets involve additional layers outside the immediate Snowflake object set—external tables rely on privileges on the table and its underlying stage, and storage buckets are governed by external storage credentials and integrations. Thus, SnowCD’s access checks center on the Snowflake database and stages.