Certified Floodplain Manager Test
Questions with Correct Answers
What year did the US Congress pass the National Flood Insurance Act? - ANSWER✔✔-1968
What did the National Flood Insurance Act create? - ANSWER✔✔-National Flood Insurance
Program
What is NFIP? - ANSWER✔✔-National Flood Insurance Program
What is the acronym for the National Flood Insurance Program? - ANSWER✔✔-NFIP
The National Flood Insurance Program was created to do these two things? - ANSWER✔✔-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? - ANSWER✔✔-The community to adopt a floodplain management ordinance that meet
certain minimum requirements intended to reduce future flood loss.
Flood event that has a 1% percent annual chance in any given year? - ANSWER✔✔-100 year flood
also known as the base flood
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Questions with Correct Answers
What year did the US Congress pass the National Flood Insurance Act? - ANSWER✔✔-1968
What did the National Flood Insurance Act create? - ANSWER✔✔-National Flood Insurance
Program
What is NFIP? - ANSWER✔✔-National Flood Insurance Program
What is the acronym for the National Flood Insurance Program? - ANSWER✔✔-NFIP
The National Flood Insurance Program was created to do these two things? - ANSWER✔✔-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? - ANSWER✔✔-The community to adopt a floodplain management ordinance that meet
certain minimum requirements intended to reduce future flood loss.
Flood event that has a 1% percent annual chance in any given year? - ANSWER✔✔-100 year flood
also known as the base flood
FOR STUDY PURPOSES ONLY COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1