“SnowPro Associate: Platform Certification” — an open-book exam?

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I wrote about this new SnowPro certification — the “SnowPro Associate: Platform Certification” — not long ago.

And then I passed the non-proctored entry-level exam myself. Just to provide an original Udemy course, with practice tests (and a published book). And help people out…

But students keep asking me if they are allowed or not to eventually look for some answers in a separate browser tab…

Unlike any other SnowPro exam, this “SnowPro Associate: Platform Certification” exam is not proctored. This means there is no one watching what you do through a camera. The exam is still hosted and provided by Pearson VUE. But Snowflake did not want to pay the services of a proctor this time.

I asked Kate Windom — the head of all SnowPro exams at Snowflake — about this. But she still has to come up with an answer…

Later Edit (this paragraph and the quote below have been added later): I finally got an answer from Kate, and I will post here only the relevant answer to our question, with no further comment at this time:

“You are correct that it is a…