What does SCHEDULE = '5 minute' specify for a Snowflake TASK?

• A. Run every 5 minutes
• B. Run at 5-minute intervals starting at quarter past the hour
• C. Run every 5 seconds
• D. Run only once at 5 minutes past midnight

Answer: (A)

The schedule string is an interval for how often the task should run. A value of '5 minute' means the task will repeat every five minutes. It’s a recurring cadence that fires on the 5-minute marks (00, 05, 10, 15, and so on) after you enable it, not a one-time event. It’s not every 5 seconds, and it’s not fixed to run only once at a specific time like five minutes past midnight. If you need a start time or a different pattern, you’d use a cron-like expression, but for '5 minute' the behavior is simple, regular five-minute runs.