Snowflake Certification Practice Test

What occurs if a Resource Monitor is dropped?

1. The associated warehouses remain unaffected

2. All notifications cease

3. It cannot be reassigned later

4. It deletes all warehouse data

The correct answer is: All notifications cease

When a Resource Monitor is dropped, all notifications associated with it cease. This is because the Resource Monitor is responsible for tracking resource usage, such as credit consumption and usage limits, across Snowflake’s computing resources. When you drop the Resource Monitor, any alerts or notifications set up to trigger based on that monitor’s activity will no longer function since the monitor itself that was responsible for triggering those notifications no longer exists. The statement regarding the impact on associated warehouses is also critical. While the warehouses continue to exist, they will no longer be monitored under the specifications of the dropped Resource Monitor, meaning any budgetary controls or credit usage tracking linked with that monitor will no longer apply.