The FME Server Core and Engine(s) must be installed on the same computer.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not necessarily
• D. It depends on configuration

Answer: (B)

The concept being tested is that FME Server can be deployed in a distributed way, with the Core handling management and orchestration while Engines can run on separate hosts to execute translations. This separation is a designed feature, not a requirement. You can install the Core on one machine and have one or more Engine machines elsewhere, connected over the network. This lets you scale processing by adding engines or place engines closer to data sources to improve performance. They must be the same FME version and properly licensed, but there’s no requirement to keep them on the same computer. Hence the statement is not necessary, and the best understanding is that Core and Engine(s) do not have to be on the same machine.