CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN
MANAGER TEST QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What year did the US Congress pass the National Flood Insurance Act? -
....ANSWER ...-1968
What did the National Flood Insurance Act create? - ....ANSWER ...-National
Flood Insurance Program
What is NFIP? - ....ANSWER ...-National Flood Insurance Program
What is the acronym for the National Flood Insurance Program? - ....ANSWER ...-
NFIP
The National Flood Insurance Program was created to do these two things? -
....ANSWER ...-1) reduce future flood losses theough local floodplain management,
and 2) provide protection for property owners against potential losses through an
insurance mechanism that allows a premium to be paid for protection of those most in
need.
As part of an agreement for making Flood Insurance available to the community, the
NFIP requires? - ....ANSWER ...-The community to adopt a floodplain
management ordinance that meet certain minimum requirements intended to reduce
future flood loss.
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, Flood event that has a 1% percent annual chance in any given year? -
....ANSWER ...-100 year flood also known as the base flood
Lands that are at risk of being inundated by the base Flood are called? -
....ANSWER ...-Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA)
What is the acronym for Special Flood Hazard Area? - ....ANSWER ...-SFHA
What is the acronym SFHA? - ....ANSWER ...-Special Flood Hazard Area
What is a LOMA? - ....ANSWER ...-Letters of Map Amendment
What is a CLOMA? - ....ANSWER ...-Condition Letters of Map Amendment
What is a LOMR-F? - ....ANSWER ...-Letters of Map Revision based on Fill
What is a CLOMR-F? - ....ANSWER ...-Conditional Letter of Map Revision based
on Fill
What is the acronym for Conditional Letters of Map Amendment? -
....ANSWER ...-CLOMA
What is the acronym for Letters of Map Amendment? - ....ANSWER ...-LOMA
What is the acronym for Conditional Letters of Map Revision based on Fill? -
....ANSWER ...-CLOMR-F
What is the acronym for Letters of Map Revision based on Fill? - ....ANSWER ...-
LOMR-F
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MANAGER TEST QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What year did the US Congress pass the National Flood Insurance Act? -
....ANSWER ...-1968
What did the National Flood Insurance Act create? - ....ANSWER ...-National
Flood Insurance Program
What is NFIP? - ....ANSWER ...-National Flood Insurance Program
What is the acronym for the National Flood Insurance Program? - ....ANSWER ...-
NFIP
The National Flood Insurance Program was created to do these two things? -
....ANSWER ...-1) reduce future flood losses theough local floodplain management,
and 2) provide protection for property owners against potential losses through an
insurance mechanism that allows a premium to be paid for protection of those most in
need.
As part of an agreement for making Flood Insurance available to the community, the
NFIP requires? - ....ANSWER ...-The community to adopt a floodplain
management ordinance that meet certain minimum requirements intended to reduce
future flood loss.
…FOR DTUDY PURPOSES ONLY…©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED… 1
, Flood event that has a 1% percent annual chance in any given year? -
....ANSWER ...-100 year flood also known as the base flood
Lands that are at risk of being inundated by the base Flood are called? -
....ANSWER ...-Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA)
What is the acronym for Special Flood Hazard Area? - ....ANSWER ...-SFHA
What is the acronym SFHA? - ....ANSWER ...-Special Flood Hazard Area
What is a LOMA? - ....ANSWER ...-Letters of Map Amendment
What is a CLOMA? - ....ANSWER ...-Condition Letters of Map Amendment
What is a LOMR-F? - ....ANSWER ...-Letters of Map Revision based on Fill
What is a CLOMR-F? - ....ANSWER ...-Conditional Letter of Map Revision based
on Fill
What is the acronym for Conditional Letters of Map Amendment? -
....ANSWER ...-CLOMA
What is the acronym for Letters of Map Amendment? - ....ANSWER ...-LOMA
What is the acronym for Conditional Letters of Map Revision based on Fill? -
....ANSWER ...-CLOMR-F
What is the acronym for Letters of Map Revision based on Fill? - ....ANSWER ...-
LOMR-F
…FOR DTUDY PURPOSES ONLY…©️2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED… 2
