ARA-C01 Accounts and Security Practice Question
A security team is designing a Snowflake deployment where they need to centrally manage user access to a set of databases across multiple accounts in an organization. They want to define a set of privileges once and grant them to roles in each account without recreating the roles in every account. Which Snowflake feature should they use?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse database roles or account roles with organization roles, as all are role types but only organization roles operate across accounts.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Organization roles
Organization roles allow centralized management of privileges across multiple accounts within a Snowflake organization. They are defined once and can be granted to accounts, eliminating the need to recreate roles in each account. This provides a scalable and consistent way to manage access, which is exactly what the security team needs.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Organization roles
Why this is correct
Organization roles are designed for cross-account access management within a Snowflake organization. They allow you to define a role once at the organization level and grant it to accounts, enabling centralized privilege management. This matches the requirement to manage access across multiple accounts without recreating roles.
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Account roles
Why it's wrong here
Account roles are scoped to a single account and cannot be shared across accounts. While they can be granted to other roles within the same account, they do not provide a mechanism to centrally define and grant privileges across multiple accounts. Thus, they are not suitable for this cross-account requirement.
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Application roles
Why it's wrong here
Application roles are used within Snowflake Native Apps to provide access to an application's objects. They are not intended for managing user access across multiple accounts in an organization. They serve a different purpose and do not provide the centralized cross-account role management needed here.
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Database roles
Why it's wrong here
Database roles are scoped to a single database and cannot be granted across accounts. They are useful for managing privileges within a database, but they do not provide cross-account role management. In this scenario, the requirement is to manage access across multiple accounts in an organization, which database roles cannot fulfill.
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Last reviewed September 2026 · checked against the official Snowflake exam blueprint
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