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Data masking policies in Snowflake allow for the obfuscation of specific data within a field, enabling some users to see the full data while limiting others. This feature is particularly useful for handling PII, ensuring that sensitive information is only visible to authorized users1.

 By default, the Snowflake role required to create a share is ACCOUNTADMIN (D). This role has the necessary privileges to perform administrative tasks, including creating shares for data sharing purposes

Operations that do not require compute resources are typically those that can leverage previously cached results. However, if no queries have been executed previously, all the given operations would require compute to execute. It’s important to note that certain operations like DDL statements and queries that hit the result cache do not consume compute credits2.

 When cloning a database in Snowflake, the clone includes all privileges on the database as well as existing child objects within the database, such as schemas, tables, views, etc. However, it does not include future child objects or privileges on schemas within the database2.

References = [COF-C02] SnowPro Core Certification Exam Study Guide, Snowflake Documentation