FME Certified Professional: Practice
Questions with Answers & Rationales
This comprehensive practice exam is designed to help you prepare for
the FME Certified Professional examination. The exam is administered
by Safe Software, costs $150 USD, and consists of multiple-choice
questions with a 3-hour time limit. A passing score of 80% is required,
and certifications are valid for 3 years.
EXAM OVERVIEW
Detail Information
Exam Fee $150 USD
Time Limit 3 hours
Passing Score 80%
Question Format Multiple choice
Recommended Minimum 2 years of
Experience FME experience
Prerequisites None for FME
Certified
Professional
,Proctor Talview (online
proctoring)
SECTION 1: FME FORM – CONNECT TO DATA
Question 1
While you create an FME workspace for your own use, you are
considered which type of user?
A. Author
B. End-user
C. FME Flow Developer
D. Administrator
Answer: A. Author
Rationale: When you create a workspace for your own use, you are an
"Author." Authors are the primary creators and designers of FME
workflows. End-users typically run workspaces created by others. FME
Flow Developers work with server-side automation. Administrators
manage FME Flow systems.
Question 2
For Microsoft Excel data being read by FME Workbench, what does a
feature type represent?
,A. A Microsoft Excel XLS or XLSX file
B. A sheet in the Microsoft Excel file
C. A row in the sheet
D. A column in the sheet
Answer: B. A sheet in the Microsoft Excel file
Rationale: In FME Workbench, a feature type for Microsoft Excel data
corresponds to a worksheet or sheet within the Excel file. The file itself
is the dataset, not the feature type. A row represents an individual
feature (record). A column represents an attribute field.
Question 3
The Coordinate System parameter for the Microsoft Excel reader
should be set when:
A. The data will be viewed with a background map
B. The data will be compared to other data in a different coordinate
system
C. The writer format requires a coordinate system
D. All of the above
Answer: D. All of the above
Rationale: Setting the coordinate system for Excel data is important
for proper spatial visualization, comparison with other data in different
projections, and when the output format requires coordinate system
information.
, Question 4
What is the cause of the following error? "FileGDB Writer: Feature
class 'West_End' has shape type '<NO_GEOMETRY>' which is unknown
to FME. Skipping feature class"
A. FME being unable to convert Microsoft Excel data to an Esri file
geodatabase
B. Not connecting the correct feature types
C. Not setting the Geometry parameter on the writer feature type
D. Connecting features with incompatible geometry types to the writer
feature type
Answer: C. Not setting the Geometry parameter on the writer feature
type
Rationale: This error occurs when writing to a File Geodatabase and
the Geometry parameter has not been set on the writer feature type.
FME does not know what geometry type to expect and skips the
feature class.
Question 5
The Feature Type dialog box can be opened by which of the following
methods?
A. Double-clicking on the feature type on the canvas
B. Clicking on the cog-wheel button on the feature type on the canvas
C. Right-clicking on the feature type and selecting "Properties"
D. All of the above
Answer: D. All of the above
Questions with Answers & Rationales
This comprehensive practice exam is designed to help you prepare for
the FME Certified Professional examination. The exam is administered
by Safe Software, costs $150 USD, and consists of multiple-choice
questions with a 3-hour time limit. A passing score of 80% is required,
and certifications are valid for 3 years.
EXAM OVERVIEW
Detail Information
Exam Fee $150 USD
Time Limit 3 hours
Passing Score 80%
Question Format Multiple choice
Recommended Minimum 2 years of
Experience FME experience
Prerequisites None for FME
Certified
Professional
,Proctor Talview (online
proctoring)
SECTION 1: FME FORM – CONNECT TO DATA
Question 1
While you create an FME workspace for your own use, you are
considered which type of user?
A. Author
B. End-user
C. FME Flow Developer
D. Administrator
Answer: A. Author
Rationale: When you create a workspace for your own use, you are an
"Author." Authors are the primary creators and designers of FME
workflows. End-users typically run workspaces created by others. FME
Flow Developers work with server-side automation. Administrators
manage FME Flow systems.
Question 2
For Microsoft Excel data being read by FME Workbench, what does a
feature type represent?
,A. A Microsoft Excel XLS or XLSX file
B. A sheet in the Microsoft Excel file
C. A row in the sheet
D. A column in the sheet
Answer: B. A sheet in the Microsoft Excel file
Rationale: In FME Workbench, a feature type for Microsoft Excel data
corresponds to a worksheet or sheet within the Excel file. The file itself
is the dataset, not the feature type. A row represents an individual
feature (record). A column represents an attribute field.
Question 3
The Coordinate System parameter for the Microsoft Excel reader
should be set when:
A. The data will be viewed with a background map
B. The data will be compared to other data in a different coordinate
system
C. The writer format requires a coordinate system
D. All of the above
Answer: D. All of the above
Rationale: Setting the coordinate system for Excel data is important
for proper spatial visualization, comparison with other data in different
projections, and when the output format requires coordinate system
information.
, Question 4
What is the cause of the following error? "FileGDB Writer: Feature
class 'West_End' has shape type '<NO_GEOMETRY>' which is unknown
to FME. Skipping feature class"
A. FME being unable to convert Microsoft Excel data to an Esri file
geodatabase
B. Not connecting the correct feature types
C. Not setting the Geometry parameter on the writer feature type
D. Connecting features with incompatible geometry types to the writer
feature type
Answer: C. Not setting the Geometry parameter on the writer feature
type
Rationale: This error occurs when writing to a File Geodatabase and
the Geometry parameter has not been set on the writer feature type.
FME does not know what geometry type to expect and skips the
feature class.
Question 5
The Feature Type dialog box can be opened by which of the following
methods?
A. Double-clicking on the feature type on the canvas
B. Clicking on the cog-wheel button on the feature type on the canvas
C. Right-clicking on the feature type and selecting "Properties"
D. All of the above
Answer: D. All of the above
