CFM- Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM)
Exam Questions (Latest Update 2025) with
100% Accurate Answers/Solutions
CAP - ✔✔Community Assistance Program
Cfs - ✔✔cubic feet per second, the unit by which discharges are measured (A cubic foot
of water is about 7.5 gallons)
CLOMA - ✔✔Conditional Letter of Map Amendment
CLOMR - ✔✔Conditional Letter Of Map Revision
Closed Basin Lake - ✔✔A lake that has either no outlet or relatively small one, where
rainfall or groundwater can cause the lake's level to ride faster than it can drain
Coastal high hazard area - ✔✔the part of the coastal floodplain extending from offshore to
the inland limit of the primary coastal dune along an open coast and any other area subject to
high velocity wave action from storms and seismic sources. Wave heights during the base flood
will generally be three feet or more in height above the stillwater elevation
CBRA - ✔✔The coastal barrier resources Act which identified undeveloped portions
of coastal barriers
, Community Assistance Program - ✔✔A FEMA program that funds state activities that
help communities in the NFIP
Community - ✔✔A city, county, township, Indian tribe, or authorized tribal
organization, Alaska Native village or authorized native organization, or other local
government with the statutory authority to adopt and enforce floodplain regulations and
participate in the NFIP
Conditional Letter of Map Amendment (CLOMA) - ✔✔A statement from FEMA that is
a project is constructed as planned, a LOMA can be issued later
Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) - ✔✔A statement from FEMA that is a project
is constructed as planned, a LOMR can be issued later.
Contour Map - ✔✔A topographic map that shows points with the same elevation
as connected by a contour line.
Contour - ✔✔A line of equal elevation on a topographic map
Conveyance Shadow - ✔✔An area upstream or downstream of an existing obstruction
to flood flows
Cross Section - ✔✔Surveyed information that describes the stream and the floodplain at
a particular point along the stream
CRS - ✔✔Community Rating System
Dam breach inundation area - ✔✔The area flooded by a dam failure
Exam Questions (Latest Update 2025) with
100% Accurate Answers/Solutions
CAP - ✔✔Community Assistance Program
Cfs - ✔✔cubic feet per second, the unit by which discharges are measured (A cubic foot
of water is about 7.5 gallons)
CLOMA - ✔✔Conditional Letter of Map Amendment
CLOMR - ✔✔Conditional Letter Of Map Revision
Closed Basin Lake - ✔✔A lake that has either no outlet or relatively small one, where
rainfall or groundwater can cause the lake's level to ride faster than it can drain
Coastal high hazard area - ✔✔the part of the coastal floodplain extending from offshore to
the inland limit of the primary coastal dune along an open coast and any other area subject to
high velocity wave action from storms and seismic sources. Wave heights during the base flood
will generally be three feet or more in height above the stillwater elevation
CBRA - ✔✔The coastal barrier resources Act which identified undeveloped portions
of coastal barriers
, Community Assistance Program - ✔✔A FEMA program that funds state activities that
help communities in the NFIP
Community - ✔✔A city, county, township, Indian tribe, or authorized tribal
organization, Alaska Native village or authorized native organization, or other local
government with the statutory authority to adopt and enforce floodplain regulations and
participate in the NFIP
Conditional Letter of Map Amendment (CLOMA) - ✔✔A statement from FEMA that is
a project is constructed as planned, a LOMA can be issued later
Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) - ✔✔A statement from FEMA that is a project
is constructed as planned, a LOMR can be issued later.
Contour Map - ✔✔A topographic map that shows points with the same elevation
as connected by a contour line.
Contour - ✔✔A line of equal elevation on a topographic map
Conveyance Shadow - ✔✔An area upstream or downstream of an existing obstruction
to flood flows
Cross Section - ✔✔Surveyed information that describes the stream and the floodplain at
a particular point along the stream
CRS - ✔✔Community Rating System
Dam breach inundation area - ✔✔The area flooded by a dam failure
