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True or False: A good floodplain management program must regulate construction
outside of the floodplain to ensure that watershed development does not increase. -
answer True
True or false: Most communities joined NFIP after the 1973 Flood Disaster Protection
Act mandated the purchase of flood insurance as a condition of federal aid or federally-
insured loans. - answer True
True or false: Flood insurance premiums can be lower for new buildings built to
standards higher than the minimum NFIP requirements. - answer True
True or false: The rules for subdivisions also apply to other large projects like
manufactured home parks, apartment complexes and planned unit developments. -
answer True
True or false: The best time to verify a construction project's setbacks and floodway
encroachments is before construction starts. - answer True
True or false: The best time to verify the lowest flood elevation is when the house is
finished. - answerFalse
True or false: After an elevated building has received a certificate of use or occupancy,
you should still periodically check it to see if it is compliant with the requirements of your
floodplain ordinance. - answerTrue
True or false: The base flood elevation is two feet above the floor on a one-story pre-
FIRM house. It is OK to add a second story without modifying the house because the
entire addition will be above the BFE. - answerFalse
T or F: The NFIP can provide financial assistance to help property owners bring their
flooded homes into compliance with the substantial damage requirements. - answerT
T or F: Once a LOMA is issued to remove a building from SFHA, a bank cannot require
flood insurance as a condition of a federally-insured loan. - answerF
T or F: A Presidential disaster declaration allows local officials to vary from the Federal
floodplain management regulations in order to expedite recovery operations. - answerF
, T or F: The NFIP recommends that communities adopt additional, more restrictive
regulatory standards. - answerT
T or F: Requiring freeboard means more flood protection and lower flood insurance
premiums. - answerT
T or F: FEMAs mitigation assistance programs are provided only after your community
has received a disaster declaration. - answerF
What type of flooding has caused the most death?
a. Riverine
b. Flash
c. Hurricanes
d. Alluvial fans - answerb
Coastal erosion
a. Only occurs during storms
b. is caused by tsunamis
c. is caused by storm surge
d. can be aggravated by human development - answerd
Which of the following are beneficial functions provided by floodplains?
a. reduction in flood flows
b. recharging of drinking water supplies
c. recreation and aesthetic benefits
d. all of the baove - answerd
Unregulated floodplain development in the floodplain can
a. increase flood heights upstream
b. increase flood heights downstream
c. increase flood velocities
d. all of the baove - answerd
Hydrostatic pressure on a building
a. increases as the water gets deeper
b. increases as the water moves faster
c. increases the longer the water stays up
d. all of the baove - answera
Under the Unified National Program for Floodplain Management, which of the following
can be appropriate floodplain management stratagies?
a. structural flood control projects
b. flood insurance
c. wetlands preservation
d. all of the above - answerd