Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) Certified Professional Practice Test

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• What step of spatial analysis creates tables, maps, and other deliverables to help interpret your results?
• A latitude and longitude value pair such as 49.178010, -122.842655 is an example of coordinates.
• Spatial data integration can require projecting multiple datasets with various coordinate systems into a single output using one coordinate system.
• What is the best use case for FME Flow webhook URLs?
• What happens when Automatic Inspect on Selection is enabled and you click a transformer with multiple feature caches?
• Which are examples of use cases for published parameters often included in self-serve FME Server workspaces?
• How can you learn more about why features were rejected?
• True or False: Representing missing values with a sentinel value like -99 treats the sentinel as a real value rather than as missing.
• Which of the following scenarios could benefit from spatial analysis?
• Which pair of transformers would you use to detect and report data type changes?
• The number of elements in a list attribute will always be the same for every feature.
• To reflect a newer author version in your workspace, which action is required?
• You set a feature type fanout by adding a Fanout object to the Canvas.
• What is the purpose of parameter exposure in a custom transformer regarding input attributes?
• To preserve all records from the left stream while including matching right values, which join mode should you select?
• In which FME Workbench window does your data with a background map appear?
• What can you use to help organize a workspace?
• If you wanted to create an attribute recording the distance from each vehicle in a layer to the nearest gas station, which transformer could you use?
• Which statement about triggers and actions is true?
• Which aspect of FME Server Apps cannot be customized?
• Why is setting the coordinate system for the reader in this exercise not strictly necessary?
• What is the main purpose of a Webhook URL?
• Which parameter must be published in your custom transformer to enable parallel processing?
• FME join transformers always reject features with null or missing attribute values.
• Automation Apps cannot pass data values from one Automation component to the next.
• FME's list attributes can be used to let you translate between object-oriented and relational data models.
• Choosing 'No Substitution' for Substitute Missing, Null and Empty by attribute can result in null or missing values in your dataset.
• Automations can both send and receive alerts to and from other applications.
• If a workspace's source data is likely to change in the future, which upload method should be used?
• What is the primary purpose of the Geometry Parameter in the FME Flow geometry picker?
• How can a workspace stored in Resources be executed?
• Which of the following is not one of the tabs available to view Jobs?
• Local coordinate systems sacrifice global accuracy to be more accurate in a specific location.
• True or False: A new bookmark added to the workspace would be shown in the Workspace Comparison window.
• FME writes a spatial log file containing any features mentioned in the log to the folder containing the workspace.
• Which port in the StatisticsCalculator is used to view cumulative results?
• True/False: A dynamic workspace will adapt its behavior based on the run-time data to optimize processing.
• What is the purpose of using FME Flow resource parameters in a workspace?
• Which statement about the Schema (From Table) reader is true?
• Which transformer dissolves boundaries between features that share an attribute?
• If you accidentally remove an attribute in the AttributeManager, you can undo the removal by setting Action to 'Do Nothing'.
• Which transformer is useful for error trapping workflows?
• A custom transformer will work on a different schema only if the exposed attributes are published.
• Which is true about how many jobs a single FME Server engine can handle simultaneously?
• Which statement represents an example of conditional filtering?
• Which ports can pass messages to downstream actions?
• True/False: Reading from an archive file format requires always merging a single feature type.
• Which transformer automatically creates dynamic schema attributes specifically so you can create a new schema?
• What transformer can you use to get around the fact you cannot include readers in custom transformers?
• Which transformer would you use to detect changes to the data type specifically?
• Right-clicking on column headings in Table view allows you to sort them:
• Which statement about Features Per Bulk Write and resource usage is true?
• Which encoding formats does FME support for the geometry parameter?
• For the Connectors group of transformers, which best describes their purpose?
• What protocol does the built-in mail server use to receive emails?
• Why would you disable transformers when measuring reader performance?
• Which case is NOT one where you could use the Data Download Service?
• If Require Authentication is enabled when creating a Server App, the user must log in to FME Server before accessing the app.
• In the design of a custom transformer, which attribute is cited as necessary to create parallel processing groups?
• If you had points of retail locations (including an attribute Store ID) and areas of neighborhoods, and you wanted to get a list of Store IDs within each neighborhood, which option would you check in your PointOnAreaOverlayer?
• Which of the following tends to have the biggest negative impact on workspace performance?
• Which is the correct data type for MarketType on Thursday when Empty Attributes is set to Use Default Data Type?
• The list of changes can be filtered to show only changed User Parameters, FME Flow Parameters, and Workspace Parameters.
• To create geometry from attributes using transformers, the attributes must contain which of the following?
• Bookmarks document sections of your workspace, while annotations document specific objects.
• Which scenario requires the user to set geometry manually with a GeometryCoercer?
• What is the primary purpose of the SchemaScanner when dealing with schema drift?
• Which of the following is a problem that can be addressed by using a version control system?
• Which scenario is appropriate for using a Choice with Alias parameter?
• What is the key advantage of using a Connector transformer over HTTPCaller when working with web services in an FME workflow?
• Which method is used to measure transformer performance by analyzing the translation log?
• Web Connections provided by Safe Software to all web services are fit for production use.
• Which of the following scenarios would not be suited to using a Group By parameter?
• What is the advantage of using schema features in this scenario?
• Schema features contain list attributes describing attribute names, data types, and geometry types.
• How do you turn dynamic mode on and off for reader feature types already on the canvas?
• Which statement is not supported according to the material?
• Database Connection containers are the only way to connect to a database with FME.
• Which of the following is not true when using the Resources filesystem?
• Which of the following is not an available math function?
• Which statement about exposing input attributes as parameters via Fix Manually (Advanced) is true?
• What is a schema?
• It is possible to show or hide columns from the Table view.
• Can you rename custom transformer ports from the Main canvas tab?
• You can use attribute values in a Text or Arithmetic Editor instead of fixed numbers when specifying an index number to extract values from a list.
• Adding a reader as a Resource will cause FME Workbench to read all that dataset's features, impacting performance as much as adding a regular reader. True or False?
• Geographic coordinate systems use linear units of measure (e.g., meter or foot), not angular units of measure (e.g., degrees or radians).
• True or False: You can reduce the number of transformers in your workspace by using conditional attribute values.
• Which Schedule Type is the simplest solution for a workspace that needs to run every 5 minutes?
• Which transformer would be most appropriate to join two streams of features from non-database formats?
• To close open line geometries into polygonal areas, which transformer would you use?
• Both the Arithmetic Editor and Text Editor will always be available to build transformer parameters.
• What is the best use case for FME Flow Apps?
• When reading multiple input datasets and using the SchemaScanner with default settings to supply a single schema to a dynamic writer, which statement best describes the writer's output?
• Which transformers can set an attribute value only if that attribute does not already exist?
• What happens when you click a bookmark in the Navigator?
• The 3D view in the Graphics View can be rotated using the:
• To obtain three output ports for dog parks and visitor counts, which transformer should you use?
• To expose configuration options to end users while keeping internal controls, you would use which parameter type?
• If a CSV input contains new attributes Lat and Long that are not defined on the reader feature type, what will the dynamic writer do with those attributes?
• To ensure bulk mode provides performance gains, what is recommended regarding software versions?
• When you set a parameter to use an attribute value, it means that the parameter can have a different value for each feature.
• Which role initiates a workspace run in a Flow when triggered by a user action?
• External Actions have both input and output ports.
• Transformer versions are available for embedded transformers.
• The Coordinate System parameter for the Microsoft Excel reader should be set if:
• Which Automation Action should you use to run different workspaces based on upstream message contents?
• Which scenario is not a valid use of a Connector transformer?
• What is an advantage of using an Email Action in an Automation over using an Emailer transformer in a workspace?
• Can you rename custom transformer ports from the Main canvas tab?
• To reduce log file size, which method is appropriate?
• Which FME Flow component runs FME Workspaces?
• When might you best use the Choice with Alias parameter?
• When are Deployment Parameters visible in FME Workbench Navigator?
• Which of the following is not a component of schema as defined in FME Workbench?
• After you add a Generic writer, the pre-generated FORMAT_GENERIC published parameter is where you can restrict the output format options.
• Which section of the workspace was in the middle time-wise?
• Which section was the fastest to run in the described workflow?
• Which geometry type would best represent the location of fire hydrants in a city?
• Saving a new version of a custom transformer also creates a new FMX file.
• You should use the buttons in the Translation Log window to filter messages if you want to quickly change your view of the log and still want to keep a full record of the translation.
• Which transformer sorts a list of values rather than features?
• Which of the following is NOT a valid method for managing source data in FME?
• Which of the following is not a way you can add a custom transformer to your workspace to reuse it?
• Which tool would you use to create batch-job files that run outside the Workbench?
• In a workflow where the reader does not automatically create geometry, which is a valid use of VertexCreator?
• Which scenario demonstrates using a dynamic workflow?
• Partial runs and feature caching are used to test a portion of the workspace and speed up testing.
• Adding a bookmark with multiple objects selected will ensure the new bookmark contains the selected objects.
• What is the role of a Data Upload custom transformer in the workspace?
• In a FME workspace, what do annotations document?
• Adjacent feature attributes in FME refer to...
• If you wanted to add an attribute Neighborhood to points of hospitals, which technique would you use?
• To produce a zip file output for file-based and folder-based datasets, you just have to add ".zip" to the end of the Destination File/Folder parameter.
• Using the {user.shapefile} output key in a Log Action Formatted Message, what does this key add to the Automation log when you trigger after updating a shapefile?
• Which method involves using an AttributeExposer before the custom transformer input and output port(s) to expose attributes?
• Which statement is true about geometry parameter encoding formats in FME?
• As the number of Features Per Bulk Write (chunk size) increases, the use of system resources increases and network traffic decreases. Which statement best describes this?
• Feature type fanout creates multiple outputs based on what?
• Which statement about creating custom transformers is accurate?
• How do CSV and Excel readers automatically create geometry from coordinates stored in attributes?
• Which of the following can positively impact writer performance?
• When setting a fixed attribute value (AttributeManager), you must manually set the 'Action' to 'Set Value'.
• The BulkAttributeRemover uses a regular expression to identify which attributes to remove.
• Webhooks can be used to run a workspace without using engine time.
• In an FME workflow, under which circumstance is using an SQLExecutor more appropriate than using an SQLCreator?
• Which statement best describes the primary function of FME Flow Apps?
• When you open a versioned custom transformer, which of the following options are not available to you?
• In which scenario might you be most likely to use a list attribute?
• The length of a feature can be calculated for a feature using what FME feature function?
• Which action is not a typical capability in FME Workbench?
• Which statement is true about Automation Apps' ability to pass data between components?
• If you place the Reprojector after the AreaCalculator, the data would not be projected before area calculation.
• Which is a direct capability gained by using the FeatureReader instead of the GeoTIFF reader?
• In the context of performance, what is the purpose of parallel processing groups within a custom transformer?
• Partial runs are useful for which of the following?
• Which option describes a common use of the Split-Merge Block?
• Which action can you use to find the path to a workspace stored using FME Flow resources?
• When writing to Esri Shapefile with multiple geometries, what is true?
• What is the outcome when using Multiple Writers in FME?
• Which scenario benefits from writing to an archive file format?
• Which dialog would you use to configure the attributes of a writer feature type?
• It is usually not necessary to use looping in your FME workspace.
• Published parameters on FME Server can only be used with the Data Download service.
• Which statement correctly describes when to use Process When Group Changes?
• You can increase workspace development speed by disabling feature types to prevent reading and writing data while you are testing other sections of the workspace.
• Which group of transformers supports sharing and modifying data through a web service without having to build API calls directly?
• Which scenario would benefit from using a fanout?
• What is a primary benefit of using published parameters in a self-serve workspace?
• Which statement is true about the fastest section among Reading, Transforming, and Writing?
• Geographic coordinate systems use linear units (e.g., meters), not angular units.
• Which of the following is not a valid reason to use partial runs when developing a workspace?
• Which option best describes how to handle null values when the writer format does not support them, to ensure the workspace writes correctly?
• Sequential workspaces; when will the second be triggered?
• Which statement best describes the Generate Workspace's schema handling?
• Are background maps supported in the 3D view?
• Which statement best describes sentinel value -99's role for missing values?
• Which of the following is not true about Database Connections?
• Which statement describes the recommended approach to incremental development planning?
• To use FME Server's built-in email server, it must be publicly accessible.
• Which statement about the BulkAttributeRenamer is correct?
• Seeing an ERROR message in your log usually means your workspace halted mid-translation.
• Which of these techniques should you not use to avoid overlapping connections?
• Which transformer would you use to extract just the fire hydrants (points) that fall within a single neighborhood (polygon) from a larger city-wide dataset of fire hydrants?
• To override parameter settings for the Generic Reader, which method is described?
• Which FME Flow Service is closest to running a workspace in Workbench?
• Which transformer is best suited for creating buffer zones around features?
• Define spatial analysis.
• Why might one want to use a NullAttributeMapper to convert missing and empty values to nulls?
• Which statement best describes dynamic schema construction from a workspace?
• Feature Information shows:
• What is the primary purpose of the Data Inspector?
• What published parameter type should be used to hide credentials in a workspace?
• Which statement about bookmark color customization is true?
• If you construct a label string in the Text Editor for use in a transformer parameter, that attribute value can be used downstream of the transformer.
• What kind of Trigger must an Automation use to work in an Automation App?
• A dynamic workspace will always read/write any format of data.
• Which transformer creates a message for each attribute added to the original schema?
• Which parameter is used to read downloaded datasets via a Connector into a FeatureReader?
• Which transformer could be used to sort features in ascending alphabetical order by the last_name attribute?
• User annotation should ideally be used to explain why you designed your workspace in a particular way.
• A data dictionary with missing values represented by -99. Which of the following ways of conceptualizing 'nothing' is the dataset using?
• How many features fall in Flood Risk zone 1?
• If you keep the XSD file selected after uploading it, what would happen?
• Which section of the workspace was the fastest to run?
• Why does OBJECTID appear in the output in step 5?
• You query an e-commerce API for the purchase history of many products. The results are one feature per product, with a list attribute containing an entry for each purchase. How would you get an attribute summarizing the number of purchases per product?
• Why did Jennifer change the Attribute Definition mode from Manual to Automatic on the BusinessOwners_incomplete feature type?
• Which of the following describes the purpose of the AttributeRangeFilter?
• Columns in an externally-defined schema table must contain columns named FeatureType, AttributeName, AttrDataType, etc.
• If you copy an attribute, the original attribute still exists on the feature.
• How can you access the FME Server Web Interface?
• Removing the FeatureReader from the BuildingValidator and instead of connecting it to the BuildingValidator with a new Input port results in faster translations.
• Data uploaded to Resources can be used by multiple workspaces.
• Which concept best describes a bookmark in a workspace?
• Which of the following methods works for measuring writer performance?
• Both the grid and guides are enabled by default.
• How many features belong to the Mount Pleasant reader feature type?
• When using a Web Connection in a CSV reader, which of the following is likely the data source?
• What is the most basic way to take advantage of bulk mode performance improvements?
• Which of the following is NOT listed as a Deployment Parameter type?
• Which statement about Merge Feature Types and Single Merged Feature Type in Workflow Options is most accurate?
• By granting a user full access to a repository you created, which permissions are granted?
• Which transformer lets you join directly to data stored on the web without an additional reader?
• You need to join a stream of features from a non-database format to a subset of features from a very large database table. Which transformer would be most appropriate?
• It is not appropriate to conduct spatial analysis, e.g., measuring area or distance, using a geographic coordinate system.
• Reprojecting data can be accomplished by configuring the writer's Coordinate System parameter.
• Which spatial data type uses points on a 2D or 3D Cartesian plane that can be connected to form lines or polygons?
• Integration of multiple spatial datasets makes spatial analysis in FME more powerful.
• Which transformers are used together to perform spatial filtering in the described example?
• In FME Flow, where can you locate a workspace to run?
• Which option can help identify why a feature was rejected?
• If you have multiple instances of a custom transformer in your workspace, editing one will cause changes in the others.
• Which method can you use in the PythonCaller to create an FME list from a Python list?
• Which is a good use-case for the SchemaScanner transformer?
• Which of the following is not an event the "Resource or Network Directory (updated)" trigger can watch for?
• If the middle time-wise section is Writing, which section should be targeted first for performance improvements?
• When a Directory Watch Trigger is configured to watch for just CREATE events, when will it send a message to trigger any actions connected to it?
• When would you choose to use SQLExecutor in an FME workflow?
• Which of the following is a valid method to reproject data in a workspace?
• Filling in a Description for your custom transformer is only useful if you plan to upload it to the FME Hub.
• The Parameter Manager allows you to group parameters.
• In an Automation, which of the following best describes the purpose of output ports?
• Which of the following is the best scenario for using a custom transformer?
• What would happen if you changed the Attribute References parameter from 'Handle with Published Parameters' to its other possible value, 'Fix Manually (Advanced)'?
• Published parameters can only provide their value to one parameter in a workspace.
• Which geometry type would best represent the footprint of a city boundary?
• Your workspace requires the user to enter their credentials to access a web service. Which type of published parameter will hide their credentials?
• Do Automation Apps support configurable input parameters?
• Which of the following is not a valid way to add a reader or writer to your workspace?
• Which statement best describes the recommended timing for removing unneeded attributes and geometry?
• Which of the following is not a valid way to read multiple datasets from a single reader?
• Who benefits from using annotation and bookmarks as part of best practice/style in FME?
• The default behavior of the Visual Preview is to display the cache of the selected object on the canvas. This can be turned off by clicking which Visual Preview button?
• Which of the following is NOT an FME Flow capability?
• Parallel processing in FME is beneficial when there are enough independent groups to process concurrently.
• Choosing Dynamic Schema under Workflow Options for Generate Workspace means the workspace will:
• Why did you need to create a new attribute, MonthlyPrecipitation, instead of overwriting the values of the existing Precipitation attribute?
• True or False: FME Flow has fewer source data options than FME Workbench.
• Which transformer would you use to combine multiple polygons separated by secondary soil types into fewer larger polygons grouped by their shared primary soil type?
• Using the {user.shapefile} output key, what information is included in the log?
• Why does moving the GeoTIFF writer before the Excel writer improve performance?
• When adding a writer in FME, in which scenario should you choose Automatic mode for Feature Type Definition?
• What must you provide to the workspace when using a web connection in FME Server?
• Why did we replace the GeoTIFF reader with a FeatureReader?
• In a multi-writer workflow, why might you place the GeoTIFF writer before the Excel writer?
• What makes dynamic workflows dynamic?
• In FME Automations, can an automation trigger on incoming emails and also send outgoing emails?
• You have connected two streams of data to a FeatureJoiner and are joining them using a common key attribute. After writing out the data, you notice your output looks incorrect with no errors or warnings. Where might you look first to troubleshoot?
• Which FME Flow page lets you view the log from a workspace that ran to completion?
• Merge Attributes checkboxes on Overlayer transformers do not generate lists.
• The AttributeCopier and AttributeRenamer transformers can set an attribute value, but only where the attribute doesn't already exist.
• What is the First Feature Defines Geometry Type option used for?
• Which statement represents an example of spatial filtering?
• Where would an administrator adjust system-wide settings in FME Flow?
• Additional attributes may be created by the writer if they are required by the format.
• In the context of temporary uploads, which translation type is most prone to producing an 'unexpected input' error?
• If two datasets participate in a one-to-one join with exact key correspondence and no missing values, the number of output features equals the number of features in each input.
• Which transformer is most appropriate for conducting multiple joins on many streams of features from non-database formats?
• Which items in the FME Flow side menu are only available to FME Flow administrators?
• If an API call returns a binary payload stored in the _response_body attribute, which transformer can you use to save that file locally?
• By default, for how long do user-uploaded data remain on FME Flow?
• Which extension would you add to your destination path to enable a zip output?
• Which of the following is not a connection style option in FME?
• Uploading datasets to the workspace Repository allows other workspaces to access those datasets.
• Which kind of attributes represent data as it is perceived by FME?
• You have a Tester reading road features. There are two tests: the first tests if the road type is a highway, the second tests if the road type is an off-ramp. Which Logic option do you need for the Tester to pass both highways and off-ramps features?
• Workspaces save all the data they work with into the workspace file itself.
• Renaming an attribute leaves the original attribute on the feature.
• To run a workspace using the Resources Data folder, you have to manually type in the path using the $(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA) notation.
• Which scenario would be appropriate for using a dynamic workflow?
• Job logs on FME Flow contain the same level of detail as logs run on FME Form.
• Which of the following is NOT an action you can take with the FMEServerResourceConnector?
• Which option describes the use of webhook URLs in FME Flow?
• The LineBuilder transformer cannot create polygons. Only the AreaBuilder transformer can create polygons.
• Both Scheduled Tasks and Automation Schedules can be viewed from the Manage Schedules page.
• Not all workspaces need a source dataset.
• What type of user parameter is intended to be controlled internally by the author and is not accessible to end-users?
• In FME Flow, which action would typically make Deployment Parameters available for use in workspaces across multiple projects?
• Deployment Parameters can be used in multiple workspaces.
• True or False: You can modify a dynamic workspace to always write data in the same format while still adopting the inbound schema from the reader.
• To enable parallel processing in a custom transformer, what must be published?
• Replacing transformers like AreaCalculator, LengthCalculator, and DateTimeStamper with functions in an AttributeManager can make the workspace difficult to understand if the AttributeManager is not properly annotated.
• If you convert summary annotation to user annotation, it will update automatically if you change a parameter.
• Which of the following is not a valid way to read multiple datasets from a single reader?
• Which tool is used to add prefixes and suffixes to attribute names?
• Which of the following best describes the purpose of a shared private parameter?
• The Data Download Service can handle workspaces with multiple writers.
• If a dynamic mode is turned off for a reader feature type, what is the typical result?
• Which of the following is not an FME Workbench capability?
• The ZIP file created by the Data Download service contains a single folder with the JPG inside it.
• The WorkspaceRunner can be used both to create chains of workspaces that run each other and to run the same workspace on multiple files.
• Which of the following is true about editing a versioned custom transformer?
• If you want OBJECTID to appear due to a schema source, which source's schema is responsible?
• Which statement about geometry creation from coordinates in CSV/Excel workflows is true?
• List attributes appear in Table View.
• How could you also separately check for changes to data types in the schema?
• The web connection created in this exercise is unique to this workspace and cannot be shared with other workspaces.
• A FeatureWriter only ever contains one output port.
• Which action would you use to run a Dynamic Workspace based on upstream input?
• A MapInfo writer destination path set to $(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA) will write to the FME Flow resources Data folder even when run from FME Workbench.
• FME Server Apps are very customizable, however, what is one thing you cannot change about them?
• Disadvantage of triggering events inside a workspace using a transformer rather than in an Automation?
• Which term describes a change in the structure of data over time, such as renaming attributes in a dataset?
• If you create a custom transformer containing transformers that are linked to user parameters, those will automatically move from being workspace user parameters to being user parameters within the custom transformer.
• You open an old workspace with several linked custom transformers in it. Where can you check custom transformer versions to see if they need to be upgraded?
• Projected coordinate systems can perfectly preserve area, shape, distance, and direction.
• Copying an attribute creates a duplicate and preserves the original.
• Which scenario best illustrates when to use a shared private parameter in a self-serve workflow?
• The 'Attribute Has a Value' test in the Tester will pass features where...
• With an elevation attribute, the AttributeFilter can divide features into three streams: below 100 meters, between 100 and 200 meters, and over 200 meters.
• Under what condition does the Process When Group Changes (Advanced) setting in group-based transformers help performance?
• Which statement about the Merge Action and Split-Merge Block is true?
• Which statement is not true regarding custom transformers?
• In parallel workspaces with same queue, what happens if only one engine is free?
• Which menu option lets you quickly remove unused feature types?
• Which transformer would you use to explode a list attribute into separate features?
• The Feature Type dialog box can be opened by:
• Which data type best represents a continuous surface such as elevation data?
• Which statement best describes when to use archive file formats in FME?
• Are files created by the data streaming service always displayed directly in the browser regardless of format, operating system, or browser configuration?
• Which two parameters are used to define the dynamic schema mapping for a writer feature type?
• In which of these scenarios must you use a dataset fanout?
• Which attribute is exposed to view Elevation in Table View after using PointOnRasterValueExtractor?
• If you add a new reader to the Canvas using the 'Single Merged Feature Type' option, what is created?
• If you want to create multiple layers or tables in your output dataset, which type of fanout should you use?
• Which tool rotates the 3D view in Graphics View?
• Which transformer can you use to create a subset of data to use when prototyping?
• FME Packages allow updating web connections outside of the annual FME release cycle.
• The output attribute value in a conditional setup can be which of the following?
• Which transformer would you read data from a local file but only include features that intersect another stream of polygon features?
• If a workspace is waiting to start, what status is shown?
• Which of the following methods works for measuring transformer performance?
• True or False: The Feature Type dialog can be opened by right-clicking on the feature type and selecting Properties.
• Which option can you not choose for 'Download as' when using the FMEServerResourceConnector?
• By setting the Group By parameter to an attribute while using the LineBuilder transformer, a new line will be started whenever the attribute value changes between sequential features.
• Bookmarks can be used to make moving large sections of a workspace easier.
• What is the purpose of the AttributeCreator transformer in this exercise?
• Which Trigger Type would you choose to start an automation in response to an external web service call?
• Why do some formats have writer feature types without a Geometry parameter?
• Which action is used to verify a specific output before committing changes?
• Which annotation best describes the AttributeValueMapper transformer?
• All FME users must align the tops of objects on the canvas.
• Once you add writer feature types, you are free to connect them or delete them as you wish.
• In a FME workspace, what do bookmarks document?
• Bookmarks can be used to make moving large sections of a workspace easier.
• Which statement best describes the effect of integrating multiple spatial datasets in spatial analysis?
• A workspace can have multiple readers and writers.
• Which statement is true about reading data from a URL using a reader's Dataset parameter?
• In the exercise, at which transformer do the address features stop (or get blocked at) when running with breakpoints?
• When writing, FME only converts 'null' values when the format does not support the current representation.
• Which term best describes the grouping of datasets such as tables and sheets in FME?
• Which statement best explains the benefit of filtering data at the reader stage using a WHERE clause rather than filtering after reading with a Tester?
• By default, the Generic Reader can handle datasets with different feature types.
• What is the primary effect of using a dissolver on a set of polygons?
• BulkAttributeRenamer processes every attribute on a feature.
• True or false: FME Server runs one job per engine at a time.
• Which methods can create a dynamic workspace in FME?
• Artificial grouping is used to enable parallel processing by dividing data into multiple groups.
• What step of spatial analysis checks the content of your data to ensure reliable and trustworthy results?
• What strategy is recommended to increase throughput when you need to process large datasets with FME?
• Which is an example of schema drift?
• Which of the following is an example of a case where you would NOT want to use an Automation in FME Flow?
• Where can you view the schema of your source data, i.e. the data you start with?
• In optimizing workspace performance, which writer should be first in the Navigator?
• Why might you confirm how the data is being read before you confirm how it is written?
• Which statement is true regarding the number of engines available in FME Cloud?
• Private Parameters are intended to be controlled internally and are not accessible to end-users.
• If dataset A has 50 features and dataset B also 50 features, and they correspond one-to-one with no missing values for the key, how many features will you end up with after the join?
• When merging workspaces, you can merge a selection of changes instead of all changes.
• In an automation, which statement about Output keys is true?
• In a Tester, which operator connects two clauses to require both conditions?
• If I select the three transformers highlighted with arrows and create a custom transformer, how many input and output ports will it have by default?
• The Tester lets you construct one or many clauses for a single test with a pass/fail or yes/no outcome.
• Which scheduling element determines when a workspace or automation runs?
• Which app type is best used to share a collection of apps with users?
• Where can you find the automation log file?
• Bookmarks can be placed or nested inside one another.
• In FME Workbench, when reading Microsoft Excel data, a feature type corresponds to which element in the workbook?
• Changing the port order on your FeatureJoiner can have a potentially negative result. Which option is the correct statement?
• Selecting the CommunityMap schema for Parks data causes Parks to adopt the CommunityMap schema rather than its own MITAB schema.
• What worker processes can you look for in the Task Manager/Activity Monitor/System Monitor to see if FME is using parallel processing?
• Setting reader and writer path parameters to use $(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA) notation means that the workspace will use data from FME Flow regardless of which user runs it.
• What is the purpose of the Logger transformer in FME workflows?
• When using the Geometry published parameter in FME Server, how does the end-user define their area of interest?
• What would you use to place a Python list into a feature attribute using the PythonCaller?
• The name of a feature type always sets the name of the output file.
• After making a change to a transformer in the middle of a workspace, which partial-run option should you use to rewrite the output data downstream from that transformer?
• Which statement is true about published parameters and reuse across workspaces?
• Which action should you choose to emit a log line rather than trigger a workspace?
• Which of the following could act as clients of FME Server?
• Having end-users manually enter bounding box coordinates is a better experience than interactively drawing an area of interest on a map.
• The BulkAttributeRenamer transforms which of the following?
• Which notation is used to reference the FME Flow shared resources data folder in path parameters?
• All protocols that can be used as Triggers in an Automation can also be used as Actions.
• Why do we suggest dropping indexes before writing to databases?
• Which statement best describes what Visual Preview and Data Inspector are used for?
• What method cannot be used to determine the change's component type while viewing differences?
• Compared to FME Workbench, FME Flow is limited in source data options.
• FME Server's built-in email server can both send and receive emails.
• The 'Attribute Has a Value' test passes when which condition holds?
• What is the purpose of the Schema Sources parameter on a writer feature type in a dynamic translation?
• FME Server Apps can be configured to not have the FME logo.
• Where can you view the schema of the source data you start with?
• Which hardware option is explicitly identified as beneficial for writer performance?
• @DateTimeNow() creates a timestamp in which of the following forms?
• FME uses external geocoding services to geocode data.
• If you completed this workspace and then realized you had an additional (separate) MapInfo TAB file of zones you needed to include, which of the following steps would not allow you to add this data to your workspace?
• All FME workspaces must have multiple streams of data.
• Which scenario could benefit the most from parallel processing?
• Custom transformers appear in which user interface locations?
• The VertexCreator transformer is useful if the data contains coordinates, but the reader doesn't automatically create geometry.
• The AttributeManager does not automatically populate its dialog with attribute names; you must click the Import button to fill in the attribute names.
• Which statement describes the primary function of the Sorter transformer?
• In a dynamic translation, which of the following best describes the role of dynamic schema?
• It would be best practice to use Run To This when testing a workspace output before writing to an online database.
• The VertexCreator transformer can create geometry from either X and Y (projected) coordinates or latitude and longitude (geographic) coordinates.
• In cartography, which geometry best represents a road network at a mapping scale?
• Adding data to the FME Flow Resources Data folder is the same as using a temporary upload when you publish a workspace.
• Which option describes run-time schema construction for dynamic workflows?
• Which component is used to obtain the destination schema for a dynamic writer?
• What are objects in FME that let you change the content or structure of your data?
• Which resource would you use to search for transformers and order the results by how often they are used?
• Which kind of attributes are specific to a format's schema?
• Relational databases commonly store data using key-value pairs.
• You can only connect one action to any trigger within an Automation.
• Which of the following is not a logical step to take when debugging an FME workspace?
• If a FeatureReader uses a spatial filter with centers as the input and areas as initiators with Intersect, which statement best describes duplicates?
• Sharing a repository with a user means they will only have access to the workspaces, but not the data.
• What’s the difference between the Merge Action and Split-Merge Block?
• If a Run a Workspace Action results in a workspace failing, which automation port receives the message?
• Which of these options would be the best annotation for the AttributeValueMapper transformer?
• A workspace must have Published Parameter(s) to make temporary uploads available at runtime.
• Which of the following is an advantage of using an Email Action in an Automation instead of the Emailer transformer in a workspace?
• The Generic Writer will allow different geometry types to be written to a single output feature type.
• You should use FME Options to filter log messages when you want to reduce log file size and don't mind restricting the record of the translation.
• Adjacent feature access methods include: using AttributeManager.
• In which scenario could you use adjacent feature attributes?
• What describes when the second workspace is triggered in a chained pair?
• What is the FME umbrella term for subdivisions such as tables, layers, sheets, or classes?
• Why might you choose the brown Readers/Writers color for bookmarks?
• To monitor an existing Gmail account for incoming emails, which protocol do you use?
• Annotating your workspace makes it easier for others (or you at a later date) to understand what the workspaces does and why.
• Which parameter identifies the dataset you want to read when multiple datasets are present?
• Which practice supports sharing work and experiments with colleagues by saving caches templates?
• When debugging an FME workspace, which practice is recommended regarding parameters?
• Which attribute is typically not shown on the summary port by default?
• Which statement about list element counts is true?
• You can read data from a URL using a reader's Dataset parameter.
• When you want to create a custom transformer for a very specific process you think will only ever be needed in your workspace, which transformer type should you choose?
• Which reader format is particularly useful to use in conjunction with the WorkspaceRunner transformer for batch processing?
• Creating a published user parameter within a custom transformer also causes any workspaces that contain the custom transformer to have that published user parameter.
• To compare a currently open workspace with another in FME, which action is the correct path?
• Datasets are always automatically included when the workspace is published to FME Flow.
• If two engines process four submitted jobs at the same time, what happens?
• As configured by default, which attribute does NOT appear on features exiting the FeatureWriter:Summary port?
• Which statement best describes the relationship among attribute managing transformers?
• Which option is used to store authentication details for repeated access to FME Flow?
• Which geometry type would best represent a road network?
• Which statement best defines a schema?
• The fme_feature_type format attribute contains...
• Which scenario best illustrates using adjacent feature attributes to compute a derived metric?
• How many FME engines does FME Cloud provide for running workspaces?
• Why might you use Continue Translation mode for the Rejected Feature Handling parameter?
• Which statement best describes the relationship between pre-sorted data and performance when using Process When Group Changes?
• Which feature is used to annotate the workspace to explain its design decisions?
• To enable feature debugging in FME Form / Debug Workspaces, which element must be added first?
• You have a list of customers and their companies and would like to join company data (left) to the customer records (right) using the FeatureJoiner. You want to output only records that found a match. Which Join Mode would you use?
• Linked custom transformers are stored in FMX files separate from FMW workspace files.
• Why would using all six characters of the POSTCODE attribute be suboptimal?
• In Generate Workspace, which item is not mandatory?
• What do you create to store and reuse FME Flow authentication information?
• Which attribute tells the dynamic writer which schema feature to use when it receives multiple schema features (Schema Definition Name)?
• Running a workspace on FME Flow creates a(n)...
• Which transformer is designed for performing ad-hoc queries across features from non-database formats?
• Which feature cannot be used from the automation writer port?
• What is the main purpose of a repository in FME Flow?
• There is no single perfect coordinate system that is appropriate for all use cases.
• What happens if this workspace runs on a CSV that does not contain the attribute Close?
• Format Attributes are defined by which of the following?
• Why do you have to disable transformers if you want to measure reader performance?
• Which window is used to set the coordinate system for data read and written by your workspace?
• Updating readers can be used to update the reader version if you have upgraded FME and/or to reload the dataset to add new feature types.
• What must be done to allow the Generic Reader to handle datasets with different feature types?
• Which kind of attributes appear in Table View?
• How should you best read features from a database based on the result of joining two tables and meeting an attribute-based condition?
• Which of these features should you use for a connection you want to deemphasize?
• What is a consequence of a dynamic schema change that does not include a proper mapping for incoming features?
• Which statement best describes a typical use of SchemaScanner when dealing with schema drift?
• Data can be reprojected in FME by setting the writer Coordinate System parameter or by using a transformer like the Reprojector.
• After clicking on a port, holding the CTRL key (or Shift on Mac) allows you to connect a feature connection to multiple ports.
• You must publish a Group By parameter in your custom transformer to enable parallel processing.
• Which of the following is not an advantage of using a Database?
• How did we connect to FME Flow from Workbench?
• Automatic Attribute Definition mode primarily affects what?
• Which statement best describes when to remove unneeded attributes and geometry to optimize performance?
• True or False: A change to the Workspace Overview parameter is considered a configuration-level change.
• Data can be stored locally on the FME Flow Engines even when operating system access is restricted.
• Which statement is true about using the Schema (From Table) reader vs Microsoft Excel for the external schema source?
• To view the log of a completed workspace run, which page should you open?
• Which parameters give the end-user control over how a workspace runs?
• The BulkAttributeRenamer always operates on all the attributes on a feature.
• When using the Geometry published parameter in FME Server, the end-user picks their area of interest using an interactive web map.
• What is the benefit of using a wildcard in the Merge Feature Type parameter?
• Which transformer would you use to aggregate per-feature data into lists by area?
• Which statement best describes the capability of the BulkAttributeRenamer regarding attribute naming?
• Which of the following is a valid component category used to modify data in an FME workspace?
• If you want to rename attributes in bulk, which transformer would you use?
• It is best practice to use bookmarks to plan your workspace before adding transformers.
• Which scenario is a typical use of a list attribute?
• Why would the Split-Merge Block be used?
• Which interface would you use to discover commonly used transformers by popularity?
• Which transformer is not a common filtering transformer?
• If you queried an e-commerce API for a user's purchase history and received a result with a list attribute containing all their purchases, which transformer could you use to generate one feature per purchase?
• Which scenario would benefit from using a data-aware transformer dialog?
• What must be enabled for FME Server to begin watching the directory for incoming files?
• You have a workspace with a linked custom transformer (version 1). The author of that transformer makes a series of edits and updates it to version 4. What do you think the upgrade option does to the custom transformer in your workspace?
• The FME Server Core and Engine(s) must be installed on the same computer.
• If you also wanted this custom transformer to provide a single feature with just the LengthAverage attribute, which of the following methods would work?
• What does the Process at End (Blocking) Group By Mode do?
• You can set a feature type and a dataset fanout on the same writer.
• Which Schedule Type would you choose to run a task at 5-minute intervals?
• If you checked Advanced Output Cumulative Results in the StatisticsCalculator, which statement is correct?
• Using conditional filtering via the Parameter Condition Definition dialog or data mapping via several transformers are both valid approaches.
• Which Deployment Parameter types can be created?
• Gratton and Erickson argue that collaboration is harder and more important due to which trend?
• Under what conditions can a FME Server App share a workspace with the public?
• What is the primary benefit of removing unnecessary attributes from a dataset?
• Features Per Transaction must always be equal to or a multiple of Features Per Bulk Write.
• Which advanced reader setting controls whether nulls are read as empty values?
• You can write data to a URL using a writer's Dataset parameter.
• After you create the OutputFormat user parameter, what step do you have to take for it to actually control how the workspace runs?
• Reader feature types that aren't connected to any other objects in your workspace are not read, therefore you don't need to worry about their performance impacts.
• How do you control which features arrive first for a transformer?
• Which statement best characterizes dynamic schema in FME?
• Partial runs allow updating a single cache without re-running the entire workspace.
• Why don't attributes values appear in the written data for the newly-defined schema?
• Which component can have multiple feature types?
• Bookmarks can be placed or nested inside one another.
• Which statement is true about email attachments in FME Server?
• Which type of shape is not possible to create with the geometry published parameter?
• The AttributeManager can remove attributes from features.
• Which Automations feature can you use to pass information between Actions?
• Which transformer would you use to keep only a subset of attributes and discard the rest?
• The AttributeRenamer can also copy attribute values into a new attribute.
• Why was TotalPopulation2001 automatically created as a parameter for the custom transformer while NeighborhoodArea was not?
• A GIS Technician wants to run multiple workspaces in succession every morning. Which scheduling workflow would be best?
• Automation Apps do not support configurable input parameters.
• Which setting in group-based transformers is associated with performance when groups are pre-sorted?
• Which of the following is not an available string function?
• What happens when a writer feature type receives data with geometry that is different from the schema, and the destination format does not support multiple geometry types?
• Which statement describes Run a Workspace Action?
• What is the effect of removing unnecessary attributes in FME?
• Why might Drop and Create be faster than Truncate Existing for Table Handling with database writers?
• Which FME Flow feature should you use if you need to handle messages arriving more than once every second?
• Which port receives a message when a Run a Workspace Action fails?
• Which statement best describes filtering differences by parameter categories (User Parameters, FME Flow Parameters, and Workspace Parameters)?
• Which Trigger Type is used to start an automation without user interaction and not tied to a specific file event or schedule?
• How is pre-configuring parameters for individual output formats done when using the Generic Writer?
• When writing to Esri Shapefile with geometry set to fme_any, which outcome occurs?
• Which statement about data movement in FME Flow is true?
• Can you nest custom transformers? That is, can you put one custom transformer inside another?
• You use PointOnAreaOverlayer to create a list containing data, including capacity, for all the music venues (points) in each neighborhood (areas) of a city. What transformer would you let you add up the total audience capacity of each neighborhood?
• Which button would you click to open the Data Inspector from Visual Preview?
• Which statement describes a common use case for List attributes?
• Which transformer allows you to access adjacent feature attributes?
• Dataset fanouts are set via the writer parameters in the Navigator.
• The AttributeRenamer can copy attribute values into a new attribute.
• What is the default retention duration for user-uploaded data on FME Flow?
• What is one of the primary business goals of introducing automation?
• FME Flow is included with every installation of FME Form.
• A user would like to run a workspace that requires a web connection in FME Server, how can they proceed?
• Which type of attribute is not listed among the material's described attribute types?
• Some reader parameters affect how feature types are created. Therefore, they can only be set when adding the reader.
• When publishing a workspace, are datasets automatically included?
• Which scenario best describes uploading data to a site for processing?
• Which of the following is not a supported schedule type in FME Server?
• What outcomes can the Tester produce?
• Why are Gallery Apps commonly used?
• Why did you check the box for CommunityMap but not Parks in step 4?
• Which practice helps you understand what changed and when in a workspace?
• Which operation produces only features that lie inside a polygon's boundary?
• I copy a workspace into a resources folder using the upload tool. What then?
• Navigating to the location of your written data requires remembering your file path and manually finding it using your operating system's file browser.
• If a reader feature type is named <All>, this means the reader feature type is merged, and it will read all features into one stream rather than individual feature types per feature class.
• The values of adjacent feature attributes can only be accessed by manually typing in feature[-n].attribute_name in the Arithmetic Editor.
• To create a compressed output format when writing, you can add .zip to an output file path or click the dropdown arrow and Zip output.
• Which kind of attributes store domain information about a feature?
• The Batch Deploy wizard lets you create batch files to save and execute outside of FME Workbench.
• Which transformer would you use to create buffer areas within 1 kilometer of a bus stop?
• After using Merge Feature Type, there is no way to split your data back into its original feature types during processing.
• A reader or writer can have multiple feature types.
• Which of the following is not somewhere you would check while debugging?
• Opening the writer feature type dialog and adding a new attribute is a form of:
• Which of the following is not a step in using incremental development to create a prototype workspace?
• What is a significant advantage of defining schema in an external table?
• Which statement is true about mapping a Resources folder as a drive?
• The Generic Writer will handle changes in the source dataset's schema by default.
• Which FME Flow menu selection lets you browse your repositories and workspaces like a file browser?
• Why is using a WHERE clause on the reader typically faster than filtering data with a Tester in an FME workflow?
• For pre-sorted maintenance request data by DateFiled, which Group By mode would likely provide better performance?
• Why might you choose the preset brown Readers/Writers color for your bookmarks containing readers, writers, and FeatureReaders/FeatureWriters?
• Which web service is not supported in the Select File From Web option?
• List attributes... Which statement is true?
• Columns in an externally-defined schema table must contain specific column names such as FeatureType, AttributeName, and AttrDataType.
• Inside a workspace, 2 Automation Writers are used. In total, how many output ports will the Run Workspace Action have inside an Automation?
• In AttributeManager, overwriting the values of an attribute can cause an error.
• Sharing a repository with a user role means it may be shared with multiple users.
• Which transformer would you use to dissolve boundaries between polygon features into larger polygons?
• The TestFilter lets you construct one or many tests with as many different outcomes as you wish.
• On the Jobs completed page, which detail indicates prior submission counts?
• Partial runs can help speed up workspace authoring by which of the following?
• Temporary Uploads are a good way to collect user input data for future use.
• Which button is used to fill in attribute names in the AttributeManager dialog?
• All Automations require a Trigger to start.
• Which of the following FME Workbench features is not commonly used in a production environment?
• When using temporary uploads, what type of translation is most likely to cause a workspace to fail with unexpected input?
• How can you override the default parameter settings for the Generic Reader when dealing with multiple formats?
• In FME Visual Preview, which icon do you click to inspect a feature cache?
• Attributes that match names like X, Y, Z or Latitude, Longitude, or Elevation will be automatically set to x_coord, y_coord, and z_coord for CSV and Excel readers.
• How is a web connection selected for a workspace on FME Server?
• Including a version number in your workspace name automatically checks your workspace into a version control system.
• Why did we include ExpressionEvaluator_2001 in the custom transformer but not ExpressionEvaluator_2011?
• Which change would not appear in the Workspace Comparison window?
• Which file format stores linked custom transformers separate from the workspace?
• A feature type can produce multiple features.
• You add a linked custom transformer to your workspace, then change it to embedded. You make changes to it. Can you now revert it to a linked transformer?
• Which of the following is a valid method to access or modify a feature type in FME?
• Feature caching being enabled or disabled is a setting stored at the workspace level.
• Which of the following is a spatial analysis task?
• FME cannot read 7zip archive files.
• What is a valid approach to leverage multiple engines on an FME Server when executing a single workspace?
• When the StatisticsCalculator Analyze attribute is set to VisitorCount instead of ParkArea, which neighborhood has the highest average park visitor count?
• Which feature supports making a workspace easier to understand and reuse by providing descriptive headings and structure?
• True or False: In Visual Preview and with the Sorter, empty string values are always displayed at the top of attribute columns when sorted ascending.
• What is the purpose of the SchemaScanner transformer?
• Which of the following is not a good reason to use bookmarks?
• Which of the following is a valid reason to set the Coordinate System parameter for the Microsoft Excel reader?
• If you wish to create a custom transformer that defines an organization-wide process that should be conducted the same way in all workspaces, which transformer type should you choose?
• VertexCreator can generate geometry from which coordinate sources?
• Publishing a user parameter inside a custom transformer automatically adds it to every workspace that uses that transformer.
• What do feature types attributes become inside an Automation?
• If you have a large number of attributes on a feature, but only want to keep a few, which transformer is best to remove unwanted attributes?
• The statement 'Checking the Merge Feature Types parameter on a reader feature type is similar to selecting Single Merged Feature Type in Workflow Options when adding a reader' is true or false?
• You can use the GeometryFilter to filter out features with no geometry.
• Which option is NOT an example of an FME Flow Web Service?
• Attributes added manually to the User Parameters tab of a dynamic writer feature type are overridden by the attribute schema settings in the Schema Source and Schema Definition Name parameters.
• Which transformer can you use to easily set attribute values to null?
• Turning on additional log timestamp information can help identify slow sections of your workspace.
• Creating a published user parameter within a custom transformer turns that parameter into a parameter in the custom transformer parameter dialog.
• Where did you set the name of the JobSummary output port on your Run a Workspace Action?
• Which of the following is a self-serve workflow?
• Which of the following is NOT a Transformation Service?
• Which transformer connects point features together into lines?
• Why did we use an AttributeRenamer in the exercise workspace?
• Which statement about versioning availability for embedded versus linked transformers is correct?
• The GeometryFilter created by Generate Workspace is a kind of:
• Generate Workspace automatically duplicates the reader schema on the writer schema, taking format limitations into account.
• What is best practice before moving a workspace into production regarding loggers and inspectors?
• Which of the following details is not contained in the Jobs completed page?
• Which statement about a reader feature type named <All> is correct?
• When you added the Reprojector transformer, why was it important to place it before the AreaCalculator?
• Which option is listed as a method to help organize a workspace?
• If you rename an attribute, the original attribute still exists on the feature.
• While using the Geocoder transformer, sometimes attribute editing is required to improve the percentage of successfully geocoded features.
• Which section of the workspace took the longest to run?
• The Resources Data folder is intended for sharing data used by workspaces across FME Flow.
• Which statement about the Resources filesystem is true?
• Which statement describes the impact of using conditional values on the number of transformers in a workspace?
• Which statement best describes why improving reader performance is important?
• Which of the following is not a feature of a workspace using good style?
• Which transformer does not have group-related parameters for improving performance?
• Which Trigger type is best to use when testing an Automation?
• A template can contain which of the following?
• Dynamic (Advanced) mode is typically selected when you want to customize the destination schema before writing using an AttributeManager.
• Among storage options, which provides the best common performance improvement for writer throughput?
• What is the default behavior of Visual Preview?
• What is the FME Flow web interface?
• Temporary Uploads require Published Parameter(s) to be available at runtime.
• If the CSV or Excel reader does not automatically identify geometry fields, is it possible to identify them manually?
• If the last point of a line is the same as the first point when using the LineBuilder transformer, FME will automatically create a polygon.
• Which transformer would you use to combine several lines into a single geometry object containing them all?
• What is true about configuring the ZIP folder structure returned by the Data Download service?
• Which of the following is not a way to filter data while reading?
• Which step is required to set up a workspace to use the Data Upload service?
• Date and time attributes can be manipulated with the Date/Time functions available in the Text Editor.
• Which statement is true about email handling in Automations?
• Which statement about coordinate system information provided by a reader is correct?
• What does turning on additional log timestamp information help identify?
• When creating a bookmark, what determines which objects are included?
• How do you control which attributes are exposed to the transformers in a custom transformer or output from the custom transformer?
• Which scenario best illustrates when to use a shared private parameter in a self-serve workflow?
• Which statement describes a Manual Trigger's function in an Automation App?
• Which visual cue in the differences list helps you quickly identify the type of a changed component?
• Connecting two feature connection lines to a writer feature type input port will automatically join incoming features based on a shared key.
• To update web connections outside the annual release, what tool is used?
• In which section of the FME Workbench Navigator can you create and manage published parameters?
• The Resource or Network Directory (updated) trigger will pass a message to the workspace for every file uploaded.
• What is the effect of pointing a reader's data path to $(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA)?
• Which option lets you browse repositories and workspaces as if using a file browser?
• A single trigger may be connected to multiple actions within an Automation.
• Which spatial data type uses pixels to represent values of a continuous phenomenon?
• In the hierarchy of FME components, which object is at the top level, containing all the others?
• Which statement describes how the DatabaseJoiner transformer functions?
• If you wanted to create one dataset containing roads within a certain distance of hospitals, and another containing roads beyond a certain distance of hospitals, what technique would you use?
• Is it possible for a workspace to have no source dataset?
• Once you have planned your workspace using bookmarks, it's best practice to work on one section at a time, testing your work as you go using partial runs and feature caching.
• If you only need to work with a subset of your data, where in your workspace should you filter it out?
• In database writing, is it usually faster to drop an index, write the data, and then recreate the index?
• Bookmarks cannot have their color changed after they are added.
• What does the MapInfo TAB reader in FME primarily do?
• Seeing an INFORM message in your log means your workspace halted mid-translation.
• The VertexCreator transformer can add an additional vertex to an existing point, creating a line.
• What FME Flow function would directly alleviate a data requests bottleneck by allowing users to access datasets on demand?
• Which of the following is not a valid Resource location that can be used within workspaces?
• If you receive no errors when running your workspace, the output must be correct.
• What technique would you use if you wanted to write your features to both Excel and Esri Shapefile format?
• FME Server Apps have a Run Immediately option. What does enabling this option do?
• If you want all features from a dataset to emerge from the FeatureReader in a single output stream, regardless of feature type, which Output Port option should you choose?
• If a schema is defined externally, what does not need to be edited when the source data changes?
• The Resource or Network Directory (updated) trigger can pass the File Path of created files to subsequent actions.
• Under most circumstances, which scenario will run faster?
• Which attribute can be used to locate written data downstream of a FeatureWriter?
• What does the Schema Definition Name parameter control in dynamic schema writing?
• When would a Directory Watch Trigger configured for CREATE events fire?
• The optimum number of groups for artificial groups for parallel processing should match the maximum number of processes allowable considering your hardware and license, assuming your workspace can process that many groups at once.
• You must always use a single merged feature type to read from an archive file format.
• When creating an FME workspace for personal use, which role do you embody?
• What is a stated benefit of using a database connection in FME?
• Which operation counts the number of elements in a list attribute per feature?
• Instead of creating a new attribute in the workspace (WeightedAttribute) and then exposing it in the custom transformer, we could have instead created an Attribute Name user parameter in the custom transformer directly.
• With a price attribute, the AttributeRangeFilter can divide features into three streams: below $10, between $10 and $50, and over $50.
• Which statement about Private Parameters is true?
• To use fme_feature_type to name feature types while applying the attribute schema from a single table, which dynamic writer feature type parameter must be changed?
• Which transformer would you use to securely send sensitive data of any size between applications in the Amazon Web Services ecosystem?
• Which statement about branding of FME Server Apps is true?
• Adjacent feature attributes allow access to values for previous and subsequent features.
• The Upload File button lets you upload multiple files at once.
• Which parameter helps you tell a transformer to expect a particular arrival order of features?
• It is appropriate to conduct spatial analysis, such as measuring area or distance, using a geographic coordinate system.
• Why would a Bufferer be included in a workspace?
• Which scenario does not require spatial data integration?
• All FME Server Apps require a user to log in before submitting a job.
• What is the cause of the error indicating that a FileGDB Writer feature class has shape type '<NO_GEOMETRY>' and is skipped?
• Is it possible to configure the folder structure of the ZIP returned by the Data Download service?
• Which Trigger Event should you select to watch a directory for files that have been created, modified, or deleted?
• In an FME workflow, which step should generally be used first to improve performance when starting with transformers?
• Why should you remove disabled sections of your workspace before putting it into production?
• Which case is NOT one where you could use the Data Download Service?
• Visual Preview and Data Inspector are examples of a GIS.
• FME can join features based on attribute values or spatial relationships.
• There is a lot of overlap in the operations performed by attribute managing transformers.
• What is the role of a Trigger in Automations when handling emails?
• Which of the following is a valid way to add a custom transformer to your workspace to reuse it?
• Where are dataset fanout settings configured?
• Which statement describes the purpose of a linked custom transformer?
• You can use wildcard expressions in the Source Dataset parameter to read multiple datasets with one reader.
• Which of the following is not a part of a geographic coordinate system?
• Which transformer could you use to create one feature per department with a list of employees in that department?
• If a user doesn’t have access to an FME Server App but they have access to a Gallery App that contains it, what do they see?
• In a reader, if an attribute contains a dataset path for multiple datasets, which reader parameter selects which datasets are read?
• What is the effect of editing attributes when using the Geocoder transformer?
• Which planning approach aligns with incremental workspace development in FME?
• What troubleshooting step would you take if you see an incorrect join output without errors?
• Which action can help identify slow sections of your workspace?
• Which statement best describes Run Immediately on a Server App?
• Which writer feature type parameter defines the attributes and geometry types written to the output?
• Which window in FME Workbench lets you find the coordinate system for a given feature?
• In a scenario with multiple engines, what happens when more jobs are submitted than available engines?
• Which statement about the Resource Directory (updated) trigger is true?
• A 1-to-1 join between two equally sized datasets with perfect key matches yields an output that has what relationship to the inputs?