Certified Floodplain Manager Test
Questions and Answers
What year did the US Congress pass the National Flood Insurance Act? - Correct
Answers -1968
What did the National Flood Insurance Act create? - Correct Answers -National Flood
Insurance Program
What exactly is a LOMA? - Correct Answers -A letter from DHS-FEMA stating an
existing structure or parcel of land that has not been elevated by fill (natural grade)
would not be inudated by the base flood.
What exactly is a CLOMA? - Correct Answers -A letter from DHS-FEMA stating an
proposed structure or parcel of land that has not been elevated by fill (natural grade)
would not be inudated by the base flood.
What exactly is a LOMR-F? - Correct Answers -A letter from DHS-FEMA stating an
existing structure or parcel of land that has been elevated by fill (natural grade) would
not be inudated by the base flood.
What exactly is a CLOMR-F? - Correct Answers -A letter from DHS-FEMA stating that a
parcel of land or proposed structure that will be elevated by fill would not be inudated by
the base flood if fill is placed on the parcel as proposed or the structure is built as
proposed.
What is NFIP? - Correct Answers -National Flood Insurance Program
What is the acronym for the National Flood Insurance Program? - Correct Answers -
NFIP
The National Flood Insurance Program was created to do these two things? - Correct
Answers -1) reduce future flood losses theough local floodplain management, and 2)
provide protection for property owners against potential losses through an insurance
mechanism that allows a premium to be paid for protection of those most in need.
As part of an agreement for making Flood Insurance available to the community, the
NFIP requires? - Correct Answers -The community to adopt a floodplain management
ordinance that meet certain minimum requirements intended to reduce future flood loss.
Questions and Answers
What year did the US Congress pass the National Flood Insurance Act? - Correct
Answers -1968
What did the National Flood Insurance Act create? - Correct Answers -National Flood
Insurance Program
What exactly is a LOMA? - Correct Answers -A letter from DHS-FEMA stating an
existing structure or parcel of land that has not been elevated by fill (natural grade)
would not be inudated by the base flood.
What exactly is a CLOMA? - Correct Answers -A letter from DHS-FEMA stating an
proposed structure or parcel of land that has not been elevated by fill (natural grade)
would not be inudated by the base flood.
What exactly is a LOMR-F? - Correct Answers -A letter from DHS-FEMA stating an
existing structure or parcel of land that has been elevated by fill (natural grade) would
not be inudated by the base flood.
What exactly is a CLOMR-F? - Correct Answers -A letter from DHS-FEMA stating that a
parcel of land or proposed structure that will be elevated by fill would not be inudated by
the base flood if fill is placed on the parcel as proposed or the structure is built as
proposed.
What is NFIP? - Correct Answers -National Flood Insurance Program
What is the acronym for the National Flood Insurance Program? - Correct Answers -
NFIP
The National Flood Insurance Program was created to do these two things? - Correct
Answers -1) reduce future flood losses theough local floodplain management, and 2)
provide protection for property owners against potential losses through an insurance
mechanism that allows a premium to be paid for protection of those most in need.
As part of an agreement for making Flood Insurance available to the community, the
NFIP requires? - Correct Answers -The community to adopt a floodplain management
ordinance that meet certain minimum requirements intended to reduce future flood loss.
