Exam GES-C01 Topic 1 Question 266 Discussion

Actual exam question for Snowflake's GES-C01 exam
Question #: 266
Topic #: 1

A data engineering team is setting up a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) application using Snowflake Cortex Search to provide contextual answers from customer support transcripts. The transcripts are stored in a Snowflake table named SUPPORT _ TRANSCRIPTS. Which of the following statements are crucial considerations or accurate facts regarding the initial setup and configuration of the Cortex Search Service for this use case?

A. The CREATE CORTEX SEARCH SERVICE command requires that CHANGE_TRACKING = TRUE be enabled on the source table, especially if the role creating the service is not the table owner. This ensures that the service can track updates to the base data. B. Snowflake recommends using a dedicated virtual warehouse of any size, including X-Large or 2X-Large, for each Cortex Search Service to ensure the fastest possible materialization of search indexes during creation and refresh. C. Columns specified in the ATTRIBUTES field during service creation are only used for filtering search results and do not need to be present in the source query. D. Cortex Search is designed to get users up and running quickly with a hybrid (vector and keyword) search engine on text data, handling embedding, infrastructure maintenance, and search quality parameter tuning automatically. E. The Cortex Search Service can effectively be used as a RAG engine for LLM chatbots by leveraging semantic search capabilities to provide customized and contextualized responses from the text data.

Suggested Answer: A,D,E Vote an answer

Option A is correct because change tracking is required for the Cortex Search Service to monitor updates to the base table. Option B is incorrect; Snowflake recommends using a dedicated warehouse no larger than MEDIUM for each service, as larger warehouses do not necessarily increase performance for index materialization. Option C is incorrect because columns in the ATTRIBUTES field must be included in the source query. Options D and E are correct as Cortex Search provides low-latency, high-quality hybrid (vector and keyword) search, handling underlying complexities, and is primarily used as a RAG engine for LLM chatbots leveraging semantic search.

by Afra at Dec 01, 2025, 08:08 AM

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