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Question 1

You have implemented a Python UDTF in Snowflake to train a machine learning model incrementally using incoming data'. The UDTF performs well initially, but as the volume of data processed increases significantly, you observe a noticeable degradation in performance and an increase in query execution time. You suspect that the bottleneck is related to the way the model is being updated and persisted within the UDTF. Which of the following optimization strategies, or combination of strategies, would be MOST effective in addressing this performance issue?

A. Persist the trained model to a Snowflake stage after each batch update. Use a separate UDF (User-Defined Function) to load the model from the stage before processing new data. This decouples model training from inference.
B. Leverage Snowflake's external functions and a cloud-based ML platform (e.g., SageMaker, Vertex A1) to offload the model training process. The UDTF would then only be responsible for data preparation and calling the external function.
C. Instead of updating the model incrementally within the UDTF for each row, batch the incoming data into larger chunks and perform model updates only on these batches. Use Snowflake's VARIANT data type to store these batches temporarily.
D. Use the 'cachetools' library within the UDTF to cache intermediate results and reduce redundant calculations during each function call. Configure the cache with a maximum size and eviction policy appropriate for the data volume.
E. Rewrite the UDTF in Java or Scala, as these languages generally offer better performance compared to Python for computationally intensive tasks. Use the same machine learning libraries that you used with Python.

Question 2

A data scientist is tasked with building a predictive maintenance model for industrial equipment. The data is collected from IoT sensors and stored in Snowflake. The raw sensor data is voluminous and contains noise, outliers, and missing values. Which of the following code snippets, executed within a Snowflake environment, demonstrates the MOST efficient and robust approach to cleaning and transforming this sensor data during the data collection phase, specifically addressing outlier removal and missing value imputation using robust statistics? Assume necessary libraries like numpy and pandas are available via Snowpark.

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Question 3

You are a data scientist working for an e-commerce company. You have a table named 'sales_data' with columns 'product_id' , customer_id' , 'transaction_date' , and 'sale_amount'. You need to identify the top 5 products by total sale amount for each month. Which of the following Snowflake SQL queries is the MOST efficient and correct way to achieve this, while also handling potential ties in sale amounts?

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Question 4

You are a data scientist working for a retail company using Snowflake. You're building a linear regression model to predict sales based on advertising spend across various channels (TV, Radio, Newspaper). After initial EDA, you suspect multicollinearity among the independent variables. Which of the following Snowflake SQL statements or techniques are MOST appropriate for identifying and addressing multicollinearity BEFORE fitting the model? Choose two.

A. Calculate the Variance Inflation Factor (VIF) for each independent variable using a user-defined function (UDF) in Snowflake that implements the VIF calculation based on R-squared values from auxiliary regressions. This requires fitting a linear regression for each independent variable against all others.
B. Use ' on each independent variable to estimate its uniqueness. If uniqueness is low, multicollinearity is likely.
C. Generate a correlation matrix of the independent variables using 'CORR aggregate function in Snowflake SQL and examine the correlation coefficients. Values close to +1 or -1 suggest high multicollinearity.
D. Implement Principal Component Analysis (PCA) using Snowpark Python to transform the independent variables into uncorrelated principal components and then select only the components explaining a certain percentage of the variance.
E. Drop one of the independent variable randomly if they seem highly correlated.

Question 5

You are managing a machine learning model lifecycle in Snowflake using the Model Registry. Which of the following statements are true regarding model lineage and governance when utilizing the Model Registry for model versioning and deployment?

A. Model Registry automatically retrains models based on scheduled data updates, ensuring models are always up-to-date without manual intervention.
B. The Model Registry automatically tracks the exact SQL queries used to train the model, allowing for full reproducibility of the training process.
C. The Model Registry provides a central repository to register, version, and manage models, enabling better collaboration and governance across data science teams.
D. Integration with Snowflake's RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) allows for granular control over who can register, update, and deploy model versions.
E. Custom tags and metadata can be associated with each model version, enabling detailed documentation and traceability of model development and deployment.

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