Certified Floodplain Managers Exam Terms
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Act Ans✓✓✓ The statutes authorizing the National Flood Insurance
Program
Actual cash value Ans✓✓✓ Replacement cost value at the time of loss,
less the value of its physical depreciation
Actuarial Rates Ans✓✓✓ see premium rates
Alluvial Fan Flooding Ans✓✓✓ flooding occurring on the surface of an
alluvial fan or similar landform which originates at the apex and is
characterized by high-velocity flows and unpredictable flow paths
Apex Ans✓✓✓ a point on an alluvial fan or similar landform below
which the flow path of the major stream that formed the fan becomes
unpredictable and alluvial fan flooding can occur
Applicant Ans✓✓✓ a community which indicates a desire to participate
in the program
Appurtenant Structure Ans✓✓✓ a structure that is on the same parcel
of property as the principal structure to be insured and the use of which
is incidental to the use of the principal structure
, Area of future-conditions flood hazard Ans✓✓✓ the land area that
would be inundated by the 1-percent-annual-chance (100 year) flood
based on future-conditions hydrology
Area of shallow flooding Ans✓✓✓ a designated AO, AH, AR/AO,
AR/AH, or VO zone on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM) with a 1 percent or greater annual chance of flooding to an
average depth of 1-3 feet where a clearly defined channel does not exist,
where the path of flooding is unpredictable and where velocity flow may
be evident. Such flooding is characterized by ponding or sheet flow.
Area of special flood hazard Ans✓✓✓ is the land in the flood plain
within a community subject to a 1 percent or greater chance of flooding
in any given year. The area may be designated as Zone A on the FHBM.
After detailed rate making has been completed in preparation for
publication of the FIRM, Zone A usually is refined into Zones A, AO,
AH, A1-30, AE, A99, AR, AR/!1-30, AR/AE, AR/AO, AR/AH, AR/A,
VO, or V1-30, VE, or V
Area of special flood-related erosion hazard Ans✓✓✓ the land within a
community that is most likely to be subject to severe flood-related
erosion losses. The area may be designated as Zone E on the Flood
Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM). After the detailed evaluation of the
special flood-related erosion hazard area in preparation for publication
of the FIRM, Zone E may be further refined.
Area of special mudslide Ans✓✓✓ the land within a community most
likely to be subject to severe mudslides. The area may be designated as
Zone M on the FHBM. After the detailed evaluation of the special
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Act Ans✓✓✓ The statutes authorizing the National Flood Insurance
Program
Actual cash value Ans✓✓✓ Replacement cost value at the time of loss,
less the value of its physical depreciation
Actuarial Rates Ans✓✓✓ see premium rates
Alluvial Fan Flooding Ans✓✓✓ flooding occurring on the surface of an
alluvial fan or similar landform which originates at the apex and is
characterized by high-velocity flows and unpredictable flow paths
Apex Ans✓✓✓ a point on an alluvial fan or similar landform below
which the flow path of the major stream that formed the fan becomes
unpredictable and alluvial fan flooding can occur
Applicant Ans✓✓✓ a community which indicates a desire to participate
in the program
Appurtenant Structure Ans✓✓✓ a structure that is on the same parcel
of property as the principal structure to be insured and the use of which
is incidental to the use of the principal structure
, Area of future-conditions flood hazard Ans✓✓✓ the land area that
would be inundated by the 1-percent-annual-chance (100 year) flood
based on future-conditions hydrology
Area of shallow flooding Ans✓✓✓ a designated AO, AH, AR/AO,
AR/AH, or VO zone on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map
(FIRM) with a 1 percent or greater annual chance of flooding to an
average depth of 1-3 feet where a clearly defined channel does not exist,
where the path of flooding is unpredictable and where velocity flow may
be evident. Such flooding is characterized by ponding or sheet flow.
Area of special flood hazard Ans✓✓✓ is the land in the flood plain
within a community subject to a 1 percent or greater chance of flooding
in any given year. The area may be designated as Zone A on the FHBM.
After detailed rate making has been completed in preparation for
publication of the FIRM, Zone A usually is refined into Zones A, AO,
AH, A1-30, AE, A99, AR, AR/!1-30, AR/AE, AR/AO, AR/AH, AR/A,
VO, or V1-30, VE, or V
Area of special flood-related erosion hazard Ans✓✓✓ the land within a
community that is most likely to be subject to severe flood-related
erosion losses. The area may be designated as Zone E on the Flood
Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM). After the detailed evaluation of the
special flood-related erosion hazard area in preparation for publication
of the FIRM, Zone E may be further refined.
Area of special mudslide Ans✓✓✓ the land within a community most
likely to be subject to severe mudslides. The area may be designated as
Zone M on the FHBM. After the detailed evaluation of the special
