Exam GES-C01 Topic 4 Question 289 Discussion

Actual exam question for Snowflake's GES-C01 exam
Question #: 289
Topic #: 4

A compliance officer is reviewing the usage of Snowflake Cortex LLM functions and the Cortex REST API within their organization, specifically focusing on the implementation and impact of Cortex Guard. They observe several instances where 'guardrails' were enabled. Which of the following statements accurately describe the behavior and cost considerations of Cortex Guard when integrated with Snowflake Cortex LLM functions or the Cortex REST API?

A. Cortex Guard operates by evaluating responses after the LLM has fully generated its content, and it incurs additional compute cost for both input and output tokens during its processing. B. When Cortex Guard is enabled and a response is deemed unsafe, the LLM-generated output is replaced with a predefined message, and only the input tokens for Cortex Guard processing ('guard_tokens') are billed, not the potentially unsafe completion tokens. C. Cortex Guard can be configured with a custom message using the argument in the options object for both 'COMPLETE SQL function and the Cortex REST API. D. Cortex Guard is inherently part of all Cortex LLM functions and does not require explicit enablement via 'guardrails: TRUE for SQL functions or the REST API. E. The underlying model for Cortex Guard is Meta's Llama Guard 3, and its processing costs are separate from the primary LLM inference costs.

Suggested Answer: B,C,E Vote an answer

Option B is correct: when Cortex Guard is enabled and a response is blocked, the model's output is replaced by a message (defaulting to 'Response filtered by Cortex Guard'), and only 'guard_tokens' are counted as input tokens for Cortex Guard's processing, in addition to the primary LLM's prompt and completion tokens. Option C is correct as the argument allows customization of the filtered response message for both 'COMPLETE' and the REST API. Option E is correct because Cortex Guard is built with Meta's Llama Guard 3 and its usage is billed separately as 'guard_tokens' in addition to the 'COMPLETE function cost. Option A is incorrect because while guard_tokens' are billed, it's specifically for the guardrail processing, and the 'unsafe' completion tokens are not returned or billed as such, rather replaced by a filtered message. Option D is incorrect because Cortex Guard requires explicit enablement by setting 'guardrails' to 'TRUE'.

by smohanty.inf at Jul 17, 2026, 07:38 AM

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