CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGER ACTUAL
FINALS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Rehabilitation - ✔✔An improvement made to an existing structure which does not
affect its external dimensions.
✔✔Restudy - ✔✔A new Flood Insurance Study for all or part of a community that has
already had a Flood Insurance Study.
✔✔Retrofitting - ✔✔Retrofitting techniques include floodproofing, elevation, construction
of small levees, and other modifications made to an existing building or its yard to
protect it from flood damage.
✔✔Revision - ✔✔A change to a floodplain map based on new data submitted to FEMA
✔✔Riverine - ✔✔Of or produced by a river. Riverine floodplains have readily identifiable
channels. Floodway maps can only be prepared for riverine floodplains.
✔✔Roughness - ✔✔A measure related to ground surface conditions that reflects
changes in floodwater velocity due to ground friction.
✔✔Runoff - ✔✔Rainfall and snowmelt that reaches a stream
✔✔Sheet flow - ✔✔Floodwater that spreads out over a large area that does not have
defined channels at a somewhat uniform depth
✔✔Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) - ✔✔the base floodplain displayed on FEMA
maps. It includes the A and V zones
✔✔Stafford Act - ✔✔The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act of 1988 as amended which authorizes FEMA's current disaster assistance programs
and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 made
extensive changes to the Stafford Act
, ✔✔Stationing - ✔✔Determining the distance along a stream
✔✔Statutory authority - ✔✔The powers granted to a local government by state law
✔✔Stillwater flood elevations - ✔✔show the elevations of various coastal floods, not
counting waves
✔✔Storm surge - ✔✔Water that is pushed toward shore by persistent high wind and
changes in air pressure. This can result from hurricanes and other coastal storms
✔✔Stormwater management - ✔✔Efforts to reduce the impact of increased runoff that
results from new development
✔✔Stormwater detention - ✔✔Storing stormwater runoff for release at a restricted rate
after the storm subsides
✔✔Stormwater retention - ✔✔Storing stormwater runoff for later use in irrigation or
groundwater recharge, or to reduce pollution
✔✔Structural flood control - ✔✔Measures that control floodwaters by construction of
barriers or storage areas or by modifying or redirecting channels.
✔✔Submit to rate - ✔✔a process used when an insurance agent cannot complete the
rate calculation for a flood insurance policy. The application is sent to the WYO
Company or FEMA to be individually rated
✔✔Substantial damage - ✔✔: Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby
the cost of re- storing the structure to its before damaged condition would equal or
exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred
✔✔Substantial improvement - ✔✔Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or other
improvement to a structure, the total cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the
market value of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement. The
definition of "substantial improvement" includes buildings that have incurred "substantial
damage" regardless of the actual repair work performed
✔✔Transect - ✔✔a survey of topographic conditions used in coastal flood studies
✔✔Tsunami - ✔✔A large wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcano which
can raise water levels as much as 15 feet
✔✔Variance - ✔✔A grant of relief by a community from the terms of a land use, zoning
or building code regulation
FINALS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Rehabilitation - ✔✔An improvement made to an existing structure which does not
affect its external dimensions.
✔✔Restudy - ✔✔A new Flood Insurance Study for all or part of a community that has
already had a Flood Insurance Study.
✔✔Retrofitting - ✔✔Retrofitting techniques include floodproofing, elevation, construction
of small levees, and other modifications made to an existing building or its yard to
protect it from flood damage.
✔✔Revision - ✔✔A change to a floodplain map based on new data submitted to FEMA
✔✔Riverine - ✔✔Of or produced by a river. Riverine floodplains have readily identifiable
channels. Floodway maps can only be prepared for riverine floodplains.
✔✔Roughness - ✔✔A measure related to ground surface conditions that reflects
changes in floodwater velocity due to ground friction.
✔✔Runoff - ✔✔Rainfall and snowmelt that reaches a stream
✔✔Sheet flow - ✔✔Floodwater that spreads out over a large area that does not have
defined channels at a somewhat uniform depth
✔✔Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) - ✔✔the base floodplain displayed on FEMA
maps. It includes the A and V zones
✔✔Stafford Act - ✔✔The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act of 1988 as amended which authorizes FEMA's current disaster assistance programs
and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 made
extensive changes to the Stafford Act
, ✔✔Stationing - ✔✔Determining the distance along a stream
✔✔Statutory authority - ✔✔The powers granted to a local government by state law
✔✔Stillwater flood elevations - ✔✔show the elevations of various coastal floods, not
counting waves
✔✔Storm surge - ✔✔Water that is pushed toward shore by persistent high wind and
changes in air pressure. This can result from hurricanes and other coastal storms
✔✔Stormwater management - ✔✔Efforts to reduce the impact of increased runoff that
results from new development
✔✔Stormwater detention - ✔✔Storing stormwater runoff for release at a restricted rate
after the storm subsides
✔✔Stormwater retention - ✔✔Storing stormwater runoff for later use in irrigation or
groundwater recharge, or to reduce pollution
✔✔Structural flood control - ✔✔Measures that control floodwaters by construction of
barriers or storage areas or by modifying or redirecting channels.
✔✔Submit to rate - ✔✔a process used when an insurance agent cannot complete the
rate calculation for a flood insurance policy. The application is sent to the WYO
Company or FEMA to be individually rated
✔✔Substantial damage - ✔✔: Damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby
the cost of re- storing the structure to its before damaged condition would equal or
exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred
✔✔Substantial improvement - ✔✔Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition or other
improvement to a structure, the total cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the
market value of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement. The
definition of "substantial improvement" includes buildings that have incurred "substantial
damage" regardless of the actual repair work performed
✔✔Transect - ✔✔a survey of topographic conditions used in coastal flood studies
✔✔Tsunami - ✔✔A large wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcano which
can raise water levels as much as 15 feet
✔✔Variance - ✔✔A grant of relief by a community from the terms of a land use, zoning
or building code regulation
