FME CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL - PRACTICE
QUESTION BANK LATEST UPDATE 2026-
2027
SECTION 1: FME Form - Connect to Data (25 Questions)
Q1: While you create an FME workspace for your own use,
you are considered which type of user?
A) End-user
B) Author
C) FME Flow Developer
D) Administrator
Correct Answer: B) Author
Rationale: When creating workspaces in FME Workbench for
your own use, you are functioning as an Author. Authors design
and build data transformation workflows. End-users typically
run published workspaces without editing them .
,Q2: For Microsoft Excel data being read by FME
Workbench, what does a feature type represent?
A) The entire Excel XLS or XLSX file
B) A sheet in the Excel file
C) A row in the sheet
D) A column in the sheet
Correct Answer: B) A sheet in the Microsoft Excel file
Rationale: In FME, a feature type maps to a data layer. For
Excel, each worksheet/sheet is treated as a separate feature
type. Rows become individual features, and columns become
attributes .
Q3: When should the Coordinate System parameter for
the Microsoft Excel reader be set?
A) When the data will be viewed with a background map
B) When the data will be compared to other data in a
different coordinate system
C) When the writer format requires a coordinate system
D) All of the above
Correct Answer: D) All of the above
Rationale: Setting the coordinate system parameter ensures
proper visualization with background maps, enables correct
,spatial comparisons between datasets in different coordinate
systems, and provides necessary information for writers that
require coordinate system definitions .
Q4: You receive the following error: "FileGDB Writer:
Feature class 'West_End' has shape type
'<NO_GEOMETRY>' which is unknown to FME. Skipping
feature class." What is the most likely cause?
A) FME cannot convert Microsoft Excel data to an Esri file
geodatabase
B) The correct feature types are not connected
C) The Geometry parameter on the writer feature type is not
set
D) Features with incompatible geometry types are connected
Correct Answer: C) Not setting the Geometry parameter
on the writer feature type
Rationale: The error indicates that the writer feature type
has no geometry defined. The Geometry parameter must be
explicitly set for file geodatabase writers so FME knows what
geometry type to write. The shape type '<NO_GEOMETRY>'
indicates the destination is not configured for any geometry .
, Q5: Which of the following methods can open the Feature
Type dialog box?
A) Double-clicking on the feature type on the canvas
B) Clicking the cog-wheel button on the feature type on the
canvas
C) Right-clicking the feature type and selecting "Properties"
D) All of the above
Correct Answer: D) All of the above
Rationale: FME Workbench offers multiple ways to access
feature type properties for user convenience—double-clicking,
the gear icon, and right-click context menu all open the same
Feature Type dialog .
Q6: The name of a feature type always determines the
name of the output file.
A) True
B) False
Correct Answer: B) False
Rationale: Feature type names map to dataset layers (like
tables or shapefiles), but output filenames are controlled by
the writer's dataset parameter. While related, the feature
type name does not always directly set the output file name .
QUESTION BANK LATEST UPDATE 2026-
2027
SECTION 1: FME Form - Connect to Data (25 Questions)
Q1: While you create an FME workspace for your own use,
you are considered which type of user?
A) End-user
B) Author
C) FME Flow Developer
D) Administrator
Correct Answer: B) Author
Rationale: When creating workspaces in FME Workbench for
your own use, you are functioning as an Author. Authors design
and build data transformation workflows. End-users typically
run published workspaces without editing them .
,Q2: For Microsoft Excel data being read by FME
Workbench, what does a feature type represent?
A) The entire Excel XLS or XLSX file
B) A sheet in the Excel file
C) A row in the sheet
D) A column in the sheet
Correct Answer: B) A sheet in the Microsoft Excel file
Rationale: In FME, a feature type maps to a data layer. For
Excel, each worksheet/sheet is treated as a separate feature
type. Rows become individual features, and columns become
attributes .
Q3: When should the Coordinate System parameter for
the Microsoft Excel reader be set?
A) When the data will be viewed with a background map
B) When the data will be compared to other data in a
different coordinate system
C) When the writer format requires a coordinate system
D) All of the above
Correct Answer: D) All of the above
Rationale: Setting the coordinate system parameter ensures
proper visualization with background maps, enables correct
,spatial comparisons between datasets in different coordinate
systems, and provides necessary information for writers that
require coordinate system definitions .
Q4: You receive the following error: "FileGDB Writer:
Feature class 'West_End' has shape type
'<NO_GEOMETRY>' which is unknown to FME. Skipping
feature class." What is the most likely cause?
A) FME cannot convert Microsoft Excel data to an Esri file
geodatabase
B) The correct feature types are not connected
C) The Geometry parameter on the writer feature type is not
set
D) Features with incompatible geometry types are connected
Correct Answer: C) Not setting the Geometry parameter
on the writer feature type
Rationale: The error indicates that the writer feature type
has no geometry defined. The Geometry parameter must be
explicitly set for file geodatabase writers so FME knows what
geometry type to write. The shape type '<NO_GEOMETRY>'
indicates the destination is not configured for any geometry .
, Q5: Which of the following methods can open the Feature
Type dialog box?
A) Double-clicking on the feature type on the canvas
B) Clicking the cog-wheel button on the feature type on the
canvas
C) Right-clicking the feature type and selecting "Properties"
D) All of the above
Correct Answer: D) All of the above
Rationale: FME Workbench offers multiple ways to access
feature type properties for user convenience—double-clicking,
the gear icon, and right-click context menu all open the same
Feature Type dialog .
Q6: The name of a feature type always determines the
name of the output file.
A) True
B) False
Correct Answer: B) False
Rationale: Feature type names map to dataset layers (like
tables or shapefiles), but output filenames are controlled by
the writer's dataset parameter. While related, the feature
type name does not always directly set the output file name .
