CFM EXAM QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
26) In what part of the Code of Federal Regulations would you find the floodplain
management criteria for floodprone areas?
a)
b)
c)
d) - ANSWERb) 60.3
27) What type of flooding has caused the most deaths?
a) Riverine
b) Flash
c) Hurricanes
d) alluvial fan - ANSWERb) Flash
28) Coastal erosion
a) only occurs during storms
b) is caused by tsunami's
c) is caused by storm surge
d) can be aggravated by human development - ANSWERd) Can be aggravated by
human development
35) Which of the following agencies are responsible for enforcing the sanctions for
non- participation in the NFIP?
a) Federal emergency management agency
b) US environmental protection agency
c) Federal deposit insurance corporation
d) all of the above - ANSWERd) All of the above
36) When it joins the NFIP, a community promises to
a) regulate new development in the floodplain
b) help prepare and revise NFIP maps
c) help residents learn about flood insurance
d) all of the above - ANSWERa) Regulate new development in the floodplain
29) 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 above - ANSWERd) All of the above
,30) Unregulated development in a floodplain can
a) increase flood heights of string
b) increase flood heights down stream
c) increase flood velocities
d) all of the above - ANSWERd) All of the above
31) 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 above - ANSWERa) Increases as the water gets deeper
32) Under the Unified National Program for Floodplain Management, which of the
following can be appropriate floodplain management strategies?
a) structural flood control projects
b) flood insurance
c) wetlands preservation
d) all of the above - ANSWERd) All of the above
33) Why was the NFIP created?
a) to stop development in floodplains
b) to provide financial assistance to insurance companies struggling to help flood
victims
c) to shift the cost of disaster assistance to floodplain residents
d) all of the above - ANSWERc) To shift the cost of disaster assistance to floodplain
residents
34) If a community does not regulate new construction to the minimum requirements
of the NFIP,
a) the community can be suspended from the NFIP
b) flood insurance premiums can be increased for all properties in the community
c) new buildings may suffer flood damage
d) all of the above - ANSWERd) All of the above
37) Which of the following best describes the base flood?
a) BFE
b) 500 year flood
c) 1% annual chance flood
d) flood of record - ANSWERc) One percent annual chance flood
38) Which of the following best describes the Special Flood Hazard Area?
, a) flood way
b) A, B, and C zones
c) bass floodplain
d) BFE - ANSWERc) Base floodplain
39) What does an elevation reference mark tell you?
a) the elevation of the ground at the reference Mark
b) the elevation of the ground at the building site
c) the base flood elevation
d) the local NGVD - ANSWERd) The local NGVD
40) Which of the following is used to describe the amount of water that comes
downstream during a flood?
a) hydrology
b) hydraulics
c) cross section
d) discharge - ANSWERd) Discharge
41) What is the best source of base flood elevations for any location along a stream?
a) profile
b) FIRM
c) flood way data table
d) flood boundary floodway map - ANSWERa) Profile
42) What is the best source of base flood elevations for any location along the ocean
shoreline?
a) profile
b) FIRM
c) flood way data table
d) flood boundary flood way map - ANSWERb) FIRM
43) V Zones are floodplains where:
a) waves are more than 3 feet above the stillwater flood elevation
b) waves are less than 3 feet above the still water flood elevation
c) the still water fluid elevation is outside the 100 year flood plain
d) floodways have been mapped for coastal areas - ANSWERa) Waves are more
than 3 feet above the stillwater flood elevation
44) A floodplain map that does not show base flood elevations was prepared by:
a) A detailed study
b) An approximate study
c) A hydrologic study
d) A flood insurance restudy - ANSWERb) An approximate study
ANSWERS(RATED A+)
26) In what part of the Code of Federal Regulations would you find the floodplain
management criteria for floodprone areas?
a)
b)
c)
d) - ANSWERb) 60.3
27) What type of flooding has caused the most deaths?
a) Riverine
b) Flash
c) Hurricanes
d) alluvial fan - ANSWERb) Flash
28) Coastal erosion
a) only occurs during storms
b) is caused by tsunami's
c) is caused by storm surge
d) can be aggravated by human development - ANSWERd) Can be aggravated by
human development
35) Which of the following agencies are responsible for enforcing the sanctions for
non- participation in the NFIP?
a) Federal emergency management agency
b) US environmental protection agency
c) Federal deposit insurance corporation
d) all of the above - ANSWERd) All of the above
36) When it joins the NFIP, a community promises to
a) regulate new development in the floodplain
b) help prepare and revise NFIP maps
c) help residents learn about flood insurance
d) all of the above - ANSWERa) Regulate new development in the floodplain
29) 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 above - ANSWERd) All of the above
,30) Unregulated development in a floodplain can
a) increase flood heights of string
b) increase flood heights down stream
c) increase flood velocities
d) all of the above - ANSWERd) All of the above
31) 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 above - ANSWERa) Increases as the water gets deeper
32) Under the Unified National Program for Floodplain Management, which of the
following can be appropriate floodplain management strategies?
a) structural flood control projects
b) flood insurance
c) wetlands preservation
d) all of the above - ANSWERd) All of the above
33) Why was the NFIP created?
a) to stop development in floodplains
b) to provide financial assistance to insurance companies struggling to help flood
victims
c) to shift the cost of disaster assistance to floodplain residents
d) all of the above - ANSWERc) To shift the cost of disaster assistance to floodplain
residents
34) If a community does not regulate new construction to the minimum requirements
of the NFIP,
a) the community can be suspended from the NFIP
b) flood insurance premiums can be increased for all properties in the community
c) new buildings may suffer flood damage
d) all of the above - ANSWERd) All of the above
37) Which of the following best describes the base flood?
a) BFE
b) 500 year flood
c) 1% annual chance flood
d) flood of record - ANSWERc) One percent annual chance flood
38) Which of the following best describes the Special Flood Hazard Area?
, a) flood way
b) A, B, and C zones
c) bass floodplain
d) BFE - ANSWERc) Base floodplain
39) What does an elevation reference mark tell you?
a) the elevation of the ground at the reference Mark
b) the elevation of the ground at the building site
c) the base flood elevation
d) the local NGVD - ANSWERd) The local NGVD
40) Which of the following is used to describe the amount of water that comes
downstream during a flood?
a) hydrology
b) hydraulics
c) cross section
d) discharge - ANSWERd) Discharge
41) What is the best source of base flood elevations for any location along a stream?
a) profile
b) FIRM
c) flood way data table
d) flood boundary floodway map - ANSWERa) Profile
42) What is the best source of base flood elevations for any location along the ocean
shoreline?
a) profile
b) FIRM
c) flood way data table
d) flood boundary flood way map - ANSWERb) FIRM
43) V Zones are floodplains where:
a) waves are more than 3 feet above the stillwater flood elevation
b) waves are less than 3 feet above the still water flood elevation
c) the still water fluid elevation is outside the 100 year flood plain
d) floodways have been mapped for coastal areas - ANSWERa) Waves are more
than 3 feet above the stillwater flood elevation
44) A floodplain map that does not show base flood elevations was prepared by:
a) A detailed study
b) An approximate study
c) A hydrologic study
d) A flood insurance restudy - ANSWERb) An approximate study
