CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGER CFM
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Enabling Legislation. Answer: State laws that authorize communities
to perform governmental activities, such as enacting and enforcing
regulations
⩥ Encroachment Review. Answer: An analysis to determine if a project
will increase flood heights or cause increased flooding downstream
⩥ EO 11988. Answer: Executive Order 11988 Floodplain Management.
A directive by the President that sets procedures Federal agencies must
follow before they take or fund an action in the floodplain
⩥ FBFM. Answer: Flood Boundary Floodway Map. An official map of a
community, on which FEMA has delineated the regulatory floodway.
Recent FISs show the floodway on the FIRM and do not include an
FBFM
⩥ FEMA. Answer: Federal Emergency Management Agency., Most of
the NFIP field work and community coordination are done by the 10
FEMA Regional Offices
,⩥ FHBM. Answer: Flood Hazard Boundary Map. An official map of a
community published by FEMA that delineates the approximate
boundary of the floodplain. An FHBM is generally the initial map
provided the community and is eventually superceded by a FIRM
⩥ Federal Insurance Administration (FIA). Answer: was the part of
FEMA that administered the NFIP. This is now the responsibility of
FEMAs Mitigation Division
⩥ Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). Answer: An official map of a
community, on which FEMA has delineated both the SFHAs and the risk
premium zones applicable to the community
⩥ Flood. Answer: A general and temporary condition of partial or
complete inundation of normally dry land areas
⩥ Flood Fringe. Answer: The portion of the floodplain lying outside the
floodway
⩥ Flood Hazard Mitigation. Answer: All actions that can be taken to
reduce property damage and the threat to life and public health from
flooding
⩥ Flood Insurance Study. Answer: A report published by FEMA for a
community issued along with the community's FIRM. The study
, contains such background data as the base flood discharges and water
surface elevations that were used to prepare the FIRM
⩥ Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA). Answer: A grant program that
supports plans and projects for mitigating losses to insured buildings
funded by the NFIP.
⩥ Flood Record. Answer: The highest known flood level for the area, as
recorded in historical documents
⩥ Floodplain. Answer: Any land area susceptible to being inundated by
flood waters from any source
⩥ Floodproofing. Answer: Protective measures added to or incorporated
in a building that is not elevated above the base flood elevation to
prevent or minimize flood damage. "Dry Floodproofing" measures are
designed to keep water from entering a building. "Wet Floodproofing"
measures minimized damage to a structure and its contents from water
that is allowed into a building
⩥ Floodway. Answer: The cahnnel of a river or other watercourse and
that portion of the adjacent floodplain that must remain open to permit
passage of the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water
surface elevation more than a designated height (usually 1 foot)
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Enabling Legislation. Answer: State laws that authorize communities
to perform governmental activities, such as enacting and enforcing
regulations
⩥ Encroachment Review. Answer: An analysis to determine if a project
will increase flood heights or cause increased flooding downstream
⩥ EO 11988. Answer: Executive Order 11988 Floodplain Management.
A directive by the President that sets procedures Federal agencies must
follow before they take or fund an action in the floodplain
⩥ FBFM. Answer: Flood Boundary Floodway Map. An official map of a
community, on which FEMA has delineated the regulatory floodway.
Recent FISs show the floodway on the FIRM and do not include an
FBFM
⩥ FEMA. Answer: Federal Emergency Management Agency., Most of
the NFIP field work and community coordination are done by the 10
FEMA Regional Offices
,⩥ FHBM. Answer: Flood Hazard Boundary Map. An official map of a
community published by FEMA that delineates the approximate
boundary of the floodplain. An FHBM is generally the initial map
provided the community and is eventually superceded by a FIRM
⩥ Federal Insurance Administration (FIA). Answer: was the part of
FEMA that administered the NFIP. This is now the responsibility of
FEMAs Mitigation Division
⩥ Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). Answer: An official map of a
community, on which FEMA has delineated both the SFHAs and the risk
premium zones applicable to the community
⩥ Flood. Answer: A general and temporary condition of partial or
complete inundation of normally dry land areas
⩥ Flood Fringe. Answer: The portion of the floodplain lying outside the
floodway
⩥ Flood Hazard Mitigation. Answer: All actions that can be taken to
reduce property damage and the threat to life and public health from
flooding
⩥ Flood Insurance Study. Answer: A report published by FEMA for a
community issued along with the community's FIRM. The study
, contains such background data as the base flood discharges and water
surface elevations that were used to prepare the FIRM
⩥ Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA). Answer: A grant program that
supports plans and projects for mitigating losses to insured buildings
funded by the NFIP.
⩥ Flood Record. Answer: The highest known flood level for the area, as
recorded in historical documents
⩥ Floodplain. Answer: Any land area susceptible to being inundated by
flood waters from any source
⩥ Floodproofing. Answer: Protective measures added to or incorporated
in a building that is not elevated above the base flood elevation to
prevent or minimize flood damage. "Dry Floodproofing" measures are
designed to keep water from entering a building. "Wet Floodproofing"
measures minimized damage to a structure and its contents from water
that is allowed into a building
⩥ Floodway. Answer: The cahnnel of a river or other watercourse and
that portion of the adjacent floodplain that must remain open to permit
passage of the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water
surface elevation more than a designated height (usually 1 foot)
