The cloud services layer coordinates activities across Snowflake and processes user requests, from login to query dispatch.

• A. It handles authentication
• B. It stores all data
• C. True
• D. It handles storage

Answer: (C)

The cloud services layer is responsible for coordinating activities across Snowflake and handling user requests from login to query dispatch. This includes authenticating users, managing sessions, handling authorization, and orchestrating the flow of a query—from parsing and planning to dispatching it to the appropriate virtual warehouses. It does not store data—that role belongs to the storage layer. So the statement describing the cloud services layer’s activities is correct.