CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGER FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED STUDY SHEET
●● This document can serve two purposes.
Answer: 1) a study guide to enhance the knowledge abba skills of local
officials Responsible for administering and enforcing local floodplain
management regulations. 2) It is also intends to broaden their
understanding a floodplain management strategies that can be applied at
a local level
●● Hydrologic cycle
Answer: The natural cycle that circulates water throughout the
environment to maintain an overall balance between water in the air, on
the surface and in the ground. Unit 1, Section A
●● Floodplain
Answer: Any land area susceptible to being inundated by flood waters
from any source. Unit 1, Section A
●● Riverine, Coastal and Shallow flooding
Answer: What are the 3 major categories
,●● Flood
Answer: Sometimes the hydrologic cycle gets out of balance, sending
more water to an area than it can normally handle. The resulting is
a______?
●● Watershed
Answer: An area that drains into a lake, stream or other body of water.
Unit 1, Section A.
●● Channels
Answer: Defined landforms that carry water. They may be called rivers,
creeks, streams or ditches. They can been wet all the time or dry most of
the time.
●● Riverine Flooding
Answer: When a channel receive too much water, the excess flows over
its banks and into the adjacent floodplain. Flooding that occurs along a
channel is called_______?
●● Overbank Flooding
Answer: The most common type of flooding in the United States is
called_________
Section 1 page 7.
,●● Velocity
Answer: The speed of moving water, that is measured in feet per second
●● Units one and two
Answer: To be introduced to the kinds of floods common to
communities in United States, concepts behind floodplain management
and the NFIP
●● Unit Three
Answer: In this unit you will learn about the various types of flood data
needed to administer a floodplain management program.
●● Unit Four
Answer: In this unit discusses how to use data provided in NFIP studies
and maps
●● flash flooding
Answer: A flood that develops in a very short time. It is usually caused
by intense and heavy rain
●● Coastal flooding
Answer: Development along the coast line, Gulf of Mexico, in large
lakes are exposed to two types of flooding in riverine areas. Coastal
storms and coastal erosions.
, ●● Tsunamis
Answer: The Pacific and Caribbean coast face three problems Coastal
storm, coastal erosion and _____
●● Nor'easter
Answer: Hurricanes and severe storms cause most coastal flooding.
These include, "_____"which are severe storms on the Atlantic coast
with winds out of the north east.
●● Storm surge
Answer: Persistent Highwinds and changes in the air pressure push
water towards the shore, causing a ________ which can raise the level of
a large body of water by several feet. Waves can be highly destructive as
they move inland, battering structures in their path.
●● Protection of inland development
Answer: Wind and waves shape sand dunes, blocks and barrier islands.
Because these landforms provide natural buffers from the effects of a
storm, their preservation is important to this?
●● Accrete
Answer: To build up a shoreline by depositing sand, either by nature or
human actions. Unit one, section 8.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED STUDY SHEET
●● This document can serve two purposes.
Answer: 1) a study guide to enhance the knowledge abba skills of local
officials Responsible for administering and enforcing local floodplain
management regulations. 2) It is also intends to broaden their
understanding a floodplain management strategies that can be applied at
a local level
●● Hydrologic cycle
Answer: The natural cycle that circulates water throughout the
environment to maintain an overall balance between water in the air, on
the surface and in the ground. Unit 1, Section A
●● Floodplain
Answer: Any land area susceptible to being inundated by flood waters
from any source. Unit 1, Section A
●● Riverine, Coastal and Shallow flooding
Answer: What are the 3 major categories
,●● Flood
Answer: Sometimes the hydrologic cycle gets out of balance, sending
more water to an area than it can normally handle. The resulting is
a______?
●● Watershed
Answer: An area that drains into a lake, stream or other body of water.
Unit 1, Section A.
●● Channels
Answer: Defined landforms that carry water. They may be called rivers,
creeks, streams or ditches. They can been wet all the time or dry most of
the time.
●● Riverine Flooding
Answer: When a channel receive too much water, the excess flows over
its banks and into the adjacent floodplain. Flooding that occurs along a
channel is called_______?
●● Overbank Flooding
Answer: The most common type of flooding in the United States is
called_________
Section 1 page 7.
,●● Velocity
Answer: The speed of moving water, that is measured in feet per second
●● Units one and two
Answer: To be introduced to the kinds of floods common to
communities in United States, concepts behind floodplain management
and the NFIP
●● Unit Three
Answer: In this unit you will learn about the various types of flood data
needed to administer a floodplain management program.
●● Unit Four
Answer: In this unit discusses how to use data provided in NFIP studies
and maps
●● flash flooding
Answer: A flood that develops in a very short time. It is usually caused
by intense and heavy rain
●● Coastal flooding
Answer: Development along the coast line, Gulf of Mexico, in large
lakes are exposed to two types of flooding in riverine areas. Coastal
storms and coastal erosions.
, ●● Tsunamis
Answer: The Pacific and Caribbean coast face three problems Coastal
storm, coastal erosion and _____
●● Nor'easter
Answer: Hurricanes and severe storms cause most coastal flooding.
These include, "_____"which are severe storms on the Atlantic coast
with winds out of the north east.
●● Storm surge
Answer: Persistent Highwinds and changes in the air pressure push
water towards the shore, causing a ________ which can raise the level of
a large body of water by several feet. Waves can be highly destructive as
they move inland, battering structures in their path.
●● Protection of inland development
Answer: Wind and waves shape sand dunes, blocks and barrier islands.
Because these landforms provide natural buffers from the effects of a
storm, their preservation is important to this?
●● Accrete
Answer: To build up a shoreline by depositing sand, either by nature or
human actions. Unit one, section 8.
