Official study guide summary - SnowPro Gen AI C02

Sources

• Official cert page: https://learn.snowflake.com/en/certifications/snowpro-GenAI-C02/
• Study guide PDF URL (auth-gated): https://learn.snowflake.com/en/certifications/snowpro-GenAI-C02/?pdf_name=SnowProGenAIStudyGuideC02.pdf
  • Direct fetch returned HTTP 530. PDF is behind the Snowflake learning portal login. Founder should download manually from his Snowflake learning portal account (cp.certmetrics.com/snowflake).
• FAQ PDF: https://publish-p93462-e887935.adobeaemcloud.com/content/dam/GenAI-GES-C02-FAQs.pdf (downloaded to ~/.claude/projects/-Users-ray/5628a080.../tool-results/webfetch-1778954309912-bj5oru.pdf — binary; founder can open locally if needed)

Snowflake's official scope statement (paraphrased)

The exam validates specialized knowledge to leverage Gen AI methodologies in Snowflake, including key concepts, features, and programming constructs.

Four tested domains + official weights (from C02 study guide PDF, verified 2026-06-18)

1. Snowflake for Gen AI Overview — 18% (Cortex suite concepts; SPCS + Model Registry fine-tuning live here in C02, not as their own domain)
2. Snowflake Gen AI Functions — 38% (Cortex AI / LLM functions; largest domain)
3. Snowflake Gen AI Governance — 29% (RBAC, cost governance, cross-region inference, CORTEX_MODELS_ALLOWLIST; 2nd-largest, NEW as its own domain in C02)
4. Snowflake Document Processing — 15% (PARSE_DOCUMENT / AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT pipelines)

Source: source-materials/SnowProGenAIStudyGuideC02.pdf, "Exam Domains and Weightings" table. This supersedes the earlier C01-proxy guess (26/40/22/12). Note the C01→C02 reframe: old Domain 3 (SPCS + Model Registry) was absorbed into Domain 1.0 Overview; the new Domain 3 is Governance.

What is NOT on the C02 exam (vs predecessors)

• Document AI (the older "extract from template" product) was removed from the C01 update on 2026-03-01. C02 reframes Domain 4 as "document processing functions" (PARSE_DOCUMENT / AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT pipelines), not the legacy Document AI UI flow. Spend time on the functions, not the legacy product.

Exam mechanics (best-known, pre-launch)

Snowflake hasn't published C02-specific mechanics. From multiple community sources reporting on C01 (which C02 inherits structure from):

• ~55 questions
• 85 minutes
• Scaled passing score: 750/1000
• Question types: multiple-choice, multiple-select, some interactive scenarios
• Cost: $375 / attempt
• Recertification: 2 years (Snowflake standard)

Verified against the official study guide (2026-06-18)

The official C02 study guide PDF is in source-materials/SnowProGenAIStudyGuideC02.pdf. Resolved from it:

1. Domain weights — CONFIRMED official: 18 / 38 / 29 / 15 (was C01-proxy 26/40/22/12).
2. Domain 3 is Governance, not SPCS/Model Registry (those moved into Domain 1.0).
3. Still unconfirmed from public/portal sources: exact C02 question count / time / passing score (C01 figures ~55q / 85min / 750-scaled are the working proxy; the PDF does not restate mechanics).

Action items

• Official C02 study guide PDF obtained (in source-materials/).
• Founder: register for exam, pick target date, update exam_date_target in README frontmatter.
• Rebalance study materials to the official weights — add study-governance.md (29% domain, currently no file); demote SPCS/Model-Registry files to overview-level. See README study-priority correction.