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SnowPro Core COF-C03 exam guide: format, domains, pass mark
What the SnowPro Core COF-C03 exam covers and how it is scored: 100 questions, 115 minutes, a 750 scaled pass mark and five weighted domains.
Domain 1, on features and architecture, carries 31% of the exam on its own. Domain 5, data collaboration, carries just 10%.
01 What is on the COF-C03 exam, and how is it scored?
You open the official guide, read five domain names, and still can't picture exam day. Start with the format, then the domains.
The SnowPro Core exam at a glance
- questions
- 100
- minutes
- 115
- passing score
- 750
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100 questions, 115 minutes, and 750 to pass on a 0 to 1000 scale.
02 How many questions does each domain get?
How much of the exam each domain covers
The whole exam
- 1.0Snowflake AI Data Cloud Features and Architecture31%
- 2.0Account Management and Data Governance20%
- 3.0Data Loading, Unloading, and Connectivity18%
- 4.0Performance Optimization, Querying, and Transformation21%
- 5.0Data Collaboration10%
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With 100 questions, each weight reads almost directly as a question count: 31% is about 31 questions.
Domain 1 is close to a third of the exam at 31%.
03 What detail should you learn in each domain?
The weights tell you where to spend time; the documentation tells you what to learn, such as one masking policy per column.
Databases created from shares cannot be replicated, and a SQL statement can call only one stored procedure.
Learn each feature's rules and limits, like one masking policy per column.
04 How do you rehearse the real format?
Once you know the shape of the exam, rehearse it: MockCert's mock exams have 100 questions each, timed at 115 minutes.
Quizzes are untimed and explain each answer as you go, while a mock exam shows results only at the end.
Rehearse at full length: 100 questions in 115 minutes.
Summary
- COF-C03: 100 questions in 115 minutes, 750 to pass on a 0 to 1000 scale.
- Note each feature's firm rules as you study.
Sources and editorial status
Research checked Nov 1, 2026.