CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGER
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION VERIFIED
RESOURCE
●● Most common type of flooding in the United States
Answer: Riverine.
●● Banks on the outside of a meander experience
Answer: Erosion, while areas on the inside of a channel experience
deposition.
●● 25-year floodplain
Answer: A site in the 25-year floodplain is not in the 10-year floodplain.
●● Hydrostatic pressure as water gets deeper
Answer: Increases.
●● High velocity flood definition
Answer: Defined as having floodwaters flowing faster than 5 ft/s.
●● Lateral force of standing water
,Answer: 3 feet of standing water can be enough to collapse the walls of
a typical house.
●● Natural benefits of floodplains
Answer: Recharge drinking water supplies, reduce flood flows, filter
water and increase water quality.
●● 4 floodplain management strategies
Answer: Modify human susceptibility to flood damage, modify the
impact of flooding, preserve and restore natural resources, reduce the
likelihood of flood events.
●● 5 special flood hazards
Answer: Hurricanes, Closed-basin lakes, Ice Jams, Mudflows.
●● Type of flooding causing most flood-related deaths
Answer: Flash flooding.
●● Hydrostatic force
Answer: Refers to the weight of standing water.
●● National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
Answer: Created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
,●● 1973 Flood Disaster Protection Act
Answer: Mandated flood insurance for buildings located in the Special
Flood Hazard Area (SFHA).
●● Basic part of the NFIP
Answer: Mapping, Insurance, Regulations.
●● Community Rating System
Answer: Authorized by The 1973 Flood Disaster Protection Act.
●● Time to update floodplain management regulations after new FEMA
map
Answer: 6 months.
●● Flood Hazard Boundary Maps (FHBM)
Answer: Produced in the early 1970's and 1980s, do not include Base
Flood Elevations (BFE), include an approximate SFHA as a shaded area
and labeled Zone A.
●● Base flood, 100 year flood, 1% annual chance flood
Answer: Terms that can be used interchangeably to describe the same
level flood event.
, ●● Determining if flood insurance is required
Answer: Banks and lending institutions must use FEMA's Q3 Flood
Data product, FIRM, LOMR-F, or LOMA.
●● Elevation Reference Marks
Answer: Provide the local NGVD, provide the elevation of the spot
above sea level, also called benchmarks.
●● FIRM panel revisions
Answer: Panel number 0017D indicates 1 revision.
●● Panel Number 0017D
Answer: There have been 1 revision of this panel.
●● Stationing
Answer: Refers to the distance along a stream, beginning upstream
moving downstream towards the mouth of a river.
●● Development in Floodway
Answer: Permitted as long as it can be demonstrated that such
development will not cause the BFE to rise greater than 1 ft at any point
along the stream.
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION VERIFIED
RESOURCE
●● Most common type of flooding in the United States
Answer: Riverine.
●● Banks on the outside of a meander experience
Answer: Erosion, while areas on the inside of a channel experience
deposition.
●● 25-year floodplain
Answer: A site in the 25-year floodplain is not in the 10-year floodplain.
●● Hydrostatic pressure as water gets deeper
Answer: Increases.
●● High velocity flood definition
Answer: Defined as having floodwaters flowing faster than 5 ft/s.
●● Lateral force of standing water
,Answer: 3 feet of standing water can be enough to collapse the walls of
a typical house.
●● Natural benefits of floodplains
Answer: Recharge drinking water supplies, reduce flood flows, filter
water and increase water quality.
●● 4 floodplain management strategies
Answer: Modify human susceptibility to flood damage, modify the
impact of flooding, preserve and restore natural resources, reduce the
likelihood of flood events.
●● 5 special flood hazards
Answer: Hurricanes, Closed-basin lakes, Ice Jams, Mudflows.
●● Type of flooding causing most flood-related deaths
Answer: Flash flooding.
●● Hydrostatic force
Answer: Refers to the weight of standing water.
●● National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
Answer: Created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
,●● 1973 Flood Disaster Protection Act
Answer: Mandated flood insurance for buildings located in the Special
Flood Hazard Area (SFHA).
●● Basic part of the NFIP
Answer: Mapping, Insurance, Regulations.
●● Community Rating System
Answer: Authorized by The 1973 Flood Disaster Protection Act.
●● Time to update floodplain management regulations after new FEMA
map
Answer: 6 months.
●● Flood Hazard Boundary Maps (FHBM)
Answer: Produced in the early 1970's and 1980s, do not include Base
Flood Elevations (BFE), include an approximate SFHA as a shaded area
and labeled Zone A.
●● Base flood, 100 year flood, 1% annual chance flood
Answer: Terms that can be used interchangeably to describe the same
level flood event.
, ●● Determining if flood insurance is required
Answer: Banks and lending institutions must use FEMA's Q3 Flood
Data product, FIRM, LOMR-F, or LOMA.
●● Elevation Reference Marks
Answer: Provide the local NGVD, provide the elevation of the spot
above sea level, also called benchmarks.
●● FIRM panel revisions
Answer: Panel number 0017D indicates 1 revision.
●● Panel Number 0017D
Answer: There have been 1 revision of this panel.
●● Stationing
Answer: Refers to the distance along a stream, beginning upstream
moving downstream towards the mouth of a river.
●● Development in Floodway
Answer: Permitted as long as it can be demonstrated that such
development will not cause the BFE to rise greater than 1 ft at any point
along the stream.
