It would be best practice to use Run To This when testing a workspace output before writing to an online database.

• A. CANNOT TELL
• B. NOT APPLICABLE
• C. TRUE
• D. FALSE

Answer: (C)

Starting point testing in FME hinges on validating data as you go, not after you’ve committed it. Run To This lets you execute the workspace up to a chosen point—typically just before the writer that would reach the online database—so you can inspect the intermediate features, their attributes, and the data structure without actually writing to the database. This approach catches issues like incorrect field mappings, bad data types, or malformed geometry early, and it prevents test data from being written to the live system. Once you’re confident the flow produces the expected output, you can run further to include the writer and perform the final write. In short, it’s best practice because it enables safe, incremental validation of the workspace output before any write operation.