Floodplain Management - Exam 1 Questions
and Verified Answers
Which one of the following is a flood according to the NFIP definition?
A. A washing machine springs a leak flooding a home utility room
B. Over a period of years, river erosion undermined a home foundation
C. A city water main ruptures flooding several buildings in San Francisco
D. A culvert plugged by debris and the ditch overflows flooding a home - CORRECT ANSWER C. A city
water main ruptures flooding several buildings in San Francisco
,If you purchase flood insurance today, it does not become effective for a month. Which of the following
it the reason for delay?
A. It takes a month to get the paperwork through
B. In some areas flooding takes 2 or more weeks to develop
C. They have to wait to make sure your check will clear
D. It takes this long to verify your eligibility for flood insurance - CORRECT ANSWER B. In some areas
flooding takes 2 or more weeks to develop
Hurricanes sometimes transform into extra-tropical cyclones. What is the main difference between a
hurricane and an extra-tropical cyclone?
A. Energy source
B. Rotation direction
C. Storm depth
D. Amount of lightening - CORRECT ANSWER A. Energy source
Which one of the following has caused the highest riverine flood discharge known in the historical or
geological record?
A. Dam break
B. Alluvial fan flooding
C. Flooding after a tropical storm crosses land
D. Ice Jam Flooding - CORRECT ANSWER D. Ice Jam Flooding
Which of the following are closed basin lakes. Select all that apply.
, A. Great Salt Lake
B. Salton Sea
C. Lake Tahoe
D. Pyramid Lake - CORRECT ANSWER A. Great Salt Lake
B. Salton Sea
D. Pyramid Lake
Alluvial fans are special flood hazards because...
A. Flow carrying channels can avulse
B. High levels of contaminants are common
C. Flow channels are subject to extreme meandering?
D. of extreme flow capacity of channels. - CORRECT ANSWER A. Flow carrying channels can avulse
Which of the following led to professional engineering licensure in California?
A. San Francisco earthquake
B. The Los Angeles Aqueduct
C. Damage from the Blackhawk Slide
D. Collapse of the St. Francis Dam - CORRECT ANSWER D. Collapse of the St. Francis Dam
Which of the following is most effective as an alluvial fan flood mitigation measure?
A. Elevating Houses
B. Large scale debris basins
and Verified Answers
Which one of the following is a flood according to the NFIP definition?
A. A washing machine springs a leak flooding a home utility room
B. Over a period of years, river erosion undermined a home foundation
C. A city water main ruptures flooding several buildings in San Francisco
D. A culvert plugged by debris and the ditch overflows flooding a home - CORRECT ANSWER C. A city
water main ruptures flooding several buildings in San Francisco
,If you purchase flood insurance today, it does not become effective for a month. Which of the following
it the reason for delay?
A. It takes a month to get the paperwork through
B. In some areas flooding takes 2 or more weeks to develop
C. They have to wait to make sure your check will clear
D. It takes this long to verify your eligibility for flood insurance - CORRECT ANSWER B. In some areas
flooding takes 2 or more weeks to develop
Hurricanes sometimes transform into extra-tropical cyclones. What is the main difference between a
hurricane and an extra-tropical cyclone?
A. Energy source
B. Rotation direction
C. Storm depth
D. Amount of lightening - CORRECT ANSWER A. Energy source
Which one of the following has caused the highest riverine flood discharge known in the historical or
geological record?
A. Dam break
B. Alluvial fan flooding
C. Flooding after a tropical storm crosses land
D. Ice Jam Flooding - CORRECT ANSWER D. Ice Jam Flooding
Which of the following are closed basin lakes. Select all that apply.
, A. Great Salt Lake
B. Salton Sea
C. Lake Tahoe
D. Pyramid Lake - CORRECT ANSWER A. Great Salt Lake
B. Salton Sea
D. Pyramid Lake
Alluvial fans are special flood hazards because...
A. Flow carrying channels can avulse
B. High levels of contaminants are common
C. Flow channels are subject to extreme meandering?
D. of extreme flow capacity of channels. - CORRECT ANSWER A. Flow carrying channels can avulse
Which of the following led to professional engineering licensure in California?
A. San Francisco earthquake
B. The Los Angeles Aqueduct
C. Damage from the Blackhawk Slide
D. Collapse of the St. Francis Dam - CORRECT ANSWER D. Collapse of the St. Francis Dam
Which of the following is most effective as an alluvial fan flood mitigation measure?
A. Elevating Houses
B. Large scale debris basins
