ASFPM /
CFM
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Exam Prep Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
What /
/are /
/the //
3/
/most //common //types //of //flooding? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Riverine, //Coastal, //Shallow
_________ //flooding //has //accounted //for //the //most //flood //related //deaths //in //recent //history. //-
//CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Flash
What /
/turn //is //used //to //describe //a //cure //in //a //river //channel? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Meander
The /
/major //Cause //of //Coastal //flooding //is_________? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Storm //Surge
What /
/causes //
a/
/tsunami? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Underwater //earthquakes //or //underwater //volcanoes
What //topic //does //the //CFM //exam //not //cover? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Global //Warming
As //
a/
,/result /
/of /
/floodplain /
/development,____________? //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Infrastructures //are //often //damaged //by //flood
Watershed /
/development__________. //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Results //in //increased //runoff //due //to //the //increase //in //impervious //surfaces
What /
/is /
/one /
/of /
/the /
/problems /
/with /
/constructing /
/seawalls /
/to /
/protect /
/buildings /
/from /
/flooding? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //acceleration //of //erosion //to //adjoining //properties.
What /
/are /
/the //
5/
/main /
/causes /
/of /
/flood /
/damage? //- /
, /CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Hydrodynamic /
/Forces, //Debris //Impact, //Hydrostatic //Forces, //Sediment //and //Contamination, //Soaking
Standing //water //as //little //as //______ //feet //deep //can //collapse //the //walls //of //a //frame //house. //-
//CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔3'
Prior /
/to /
/the /
/1960's, /
/what /
/was /
/the /
/primary /
/way //to //reduce //flood //issues? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Structural //Flood //Control
A //decision-making //process //that //aims //to //achieve //the //wise //use //of //the //nation's //floodplains
//is //_______. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Floodplain //Management
What /
/areas /
/are /
/conductive /
/to /
/flash /
/flooding? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔hilly //areas //with //steep //slopes //and //narrow //valleys
Where /
/stormwater /
/runoff //collects //in //depressions //and //cannot //drain //out //is //known //as__________? //- //CORRECT
//ANSWERS(S)✔✔Ponding
CFM
/ /
Exam Prep Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
What /
/are /
/the //
3/
/most //common //types //of //flooding? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Riverine, //Coastal, //Shallow
_________ //flooding //has //accounted //for //the //most //flood //related //deaths //in //recent //history. //-
//CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Flash
What /
/turn //is //used //to //describe //a //cure //in //a //river //channel? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Meander
The /
/major //Cause //of //Coastal //flooding //is_________? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Storm //Surge
What /
/causes //
a/
/tsunami? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Underwater //earthquakes //or //underwater //volcanoes
What //topic //does //the //CFM //exam //not //cover? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Global //Warming
As //
a/
,/result /
/of /
/floodplain /
/development,____________? //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Infrastructures //are //often //damaged //by //flood
Watershed /
/development__________. //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Results //in //increased //runoff //due //to //the //increase //in //impervious //surfaces
What /
/is /
/one /
/of /
/the /
/problems /
/with /
/constructing /
/seawalls /
/to /
/protect /
/buildings /
/from /
/flooding? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔the //acceleration //of //erosion //to //adjoining //properties.
What /
/are /
/the //
5/
/main /
/causes /
/of /
/flood /
/damage? //- /
, /CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Hydrodynamic /
/Forces, //Debris //Impact, //Hydrostatic //Forces, //Sediment //and //Contamination, //Soaking
Standing //water //as //little //as //______ //feet //deep //can //collapse //the //walls //of //a //frame //house. //-
//CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔3'
Prior /
/to /
/the /
/1960's, /
/what /
/was /
/the /
/primary /
/way //to //reduce //flood //issues? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Structural //Flood //Control
A //decision-making //process //that //aims //to //achieve //the //wise //use //of //the //nation's //floodplains
//is //_______. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Floodplain //Management
What /
/areas /
/are /
/conductive /
/to /
/flash /
/flooding? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔hilly //areas //with //steep //slopes //and //narrow //valleys
Where /
/stormwater /
/runoff //collects //in //depressions //and //cannot //drain //out //is //known //as__________? //- //CORRECT
//ANSWERS(S)✔✔Ponding
