ASFPM CFM Exam Prep Questions (Latest
Update 2025) with 100% Accurate
Answers/Solutions
A project is projected in the flood fringe and the owner pland to divert the stream to
another course(same property) a ________ is issued by FEMA. - ✔✔LOMC and/or LOMR
ICC is______? - ✔✔additional money from NFIP on top of the claim to bring the structure
into compliance
A SFHA with Sheet Flow is known as________? - ✔✔AO
Under FEMA 480 the following item(s) in a basement is covered under flood insurance -
✔✔washer and food in freezer
Which of the following must be consulted with the FIRM to ensure compliance for NFIP? -
✔✔Flood Insurance Study
The SFHA is how the ______ floodplain is shown on the FEMA maps. - ✔✔Base flood
Areas behind recognized levees are designed as________? - ✔✔Shaded Zone Z/X
Floodways are shown along the _________toe of a levee on the FIRM. - ✔✔Landslide
CBRA stands for ___________. - ✔✔Coastal Barriers Resource Act
, -------- is the study of a watershed's behavior during and after a storm. - ✔✔Hydrology
Surveyors reference elevation to a common___________? - ✔✔Datum (NGVD 29 or NAVD
88)
Most permanent FIS elevation reference marks are referenced to what datum? - ✔✔NGVD
In riverine situation, the floodplain is divided into two separate parts for the floodplain
management purposes. These parts are the _______ and ________. - ✔✔Flood Fringe
and
Floodway
Based on the minimum NFIP standard, of the flood fringe were completely filled, the base
flood elevation could go up to______. - ✔✔1'
What publication has the NFIP requirements for communities? - ✔✔44 CFR
If a state requirement is more restrictive than the NFIP requirements, which set of rules must
a community follow? - ✔✔State
in how many court cases have the NFIP regulations been overruled as unconstitutional?
- ✔✔0
If a regulatory requirement prohibits an owner from any use of his land, it is referred to by
the legal term_________. - ✔✔take or taking
What NFIP program recognizes local regulatory standards that are more restrictive than
the minimum NFIP regulations? - ✔✔CRS (Community Rating System)
Update 2025) with 100% Accurate
Answers/Solutions
A project is projected in the flood fringe and the owner pland to divert the stream to
another course(same property) a ________ is issued by FEMA. - ✔✔LOMC and/or LOMR
ICC is______? - ✔✔additional money from NFIP on top of the claim to bring the structure
into compliance
A SFHA with Sheet Flow is known as________? - ✔✔AO
Under FEMA 480 the following item(s) in a basement is covered under flood insurance -
✔✔washer and food in freezer
Which of the following must be consulted with the FIRM to ensure compliance for NFIP? -
✔✔Flood Insurance Study
The SFHA is how the ______ floodplain is shown on the FEMA maps. - ✔✔Base flood
Areas behind recognized levees are designed as________? - ✔✔Shaded Zone Z/X
Floodways are shown along the _________toe of a levee on the FIRM. - ✔✔Landslide
CBRA stands for ___________. - ✔✔Coastal Barriers Resource Act
, -------- is the study of a watershed's behavior during and after a storm. - ✔✔Hydrology
Surveyors reference elevation to a common___________? - ✔✔Datum (NGVD 29 or NAVD
88)
Most permanent FIS elevation reference marks are referenced to what datum? - ✔✔NGVD
In riverine situation, the floodplain is divided into two separate parts for the floodplain
management purposes. These parts are the _______ and ________. - ✔✔Flood Fringe
and
Floodway
Based on the minimum NFIP standard, of the flood fringe were completely filled, the base
flood elevation could go up to______. - ✔✔1'
What publication has the NFIP requirements for communities? - ✔✔44 CFR
If a state requirement is more restrictive than the NFIP requirements, which set of rules must
a community follow? - ✔✔State
in how many court cases have the NFIP regulations been overruled as unconstitutional?
- ✔✔0
If a regulatory requirement prohibits an owner from any use of his land, it is referred to by
the legal term_________. - ✔✔take or taking
What NFIP program recognizes local regulatory standards that are more restrictive than
the minimum NFIP regulations? - ✔✔CRS (Community Rating System)
