Certified Floodplain Manager questions with accurate
answers
-Must have flood insurance.
-Covers damages caused by flood.
-Claims are limited to $30,000
-Claims must be accompanied by a substantial damages determination
by floodplain ord administration. Ans✓✓✓ Increased Cost of
Complaice require 4 steps
1 foot above grade unit five page 34 Ans✓✓✓ The openings on the side
of the house to be installed to where the bottom of the opening must be
no higher than______??
1 foot. Unit five page 24, 44 CFR 60.3 (C) (10) Ans✓✓✓ If your
community has a firm with a base foot elevation along rivers or streams
but no map floodway, you must elevate all development to ensure that it
will not increase flood stages by more than what?
1-Lakes with no outlets, like the great Salt Lake, Utah, Devils Lake,
North Dakota, and the Salton Sea, California; 2-lakes with inadequate,
regulated or elevated outlets, such as the great lakes and many glacial
lakes. Ans✓✓✓ What are the two types of close basin lakes?
1) Hilly areas with steep slopes and narrow valleys 2)Urban areas with
large amounts of impervious surfaces and storm sewers. 3) Areas
downstream of dams or subject to ice jams (Unit 1 learning exercise)
Ans✓✓✓ What areas are conducive to flash flooding?
,1). Sudden flooding of areas upstream from the jam, often in clear days
with little or no warning. 2). Movement of ice chunks (floes) that can
push over trees and crush building. 3). Sudden flooding of areas
downstream when an ice jam breaks. The impact is similar to a a dam
break, damaging or destroying building and structures. Ans✓✓✓ What
are the three types of ice jams??
1). The foundation fails due to seepage, settling or earthquake. 2). The
design, construction, materials or operation were deficient. 3). Flooding
exceed the capacity of the dam's spillway. Ans✓✓✓ Dam breaks occur
for one of three reasons:
1). Velocity of floodwaters and debris they carry 2). Sediment and debris
deposited by the floodwaters 3). The potential for the channel to move
across the fan during the flood. Ans✓✓✓ Alluvial Fan poses the
hazards.
10-15 feet Unit 5-28 Ans✓✓✓ Fill can be used by itself or conjunction
with the types of foundations to raise the lowest floor of a building
above the BFE. The FILL should also be properly sloped and protected
from erosion and scour during flooding. To provide a factory of safety
for the building and it's residence, it's recommended to extend how many
feet beyond the walls?
128 unit five page 34 Ans✓✓✓ To determine how many openings you
will need you must take the square footage of the area and divide by
what??
,15 feet Ans✓✓✓ Another hazard along the coast is a tsunami, a large
wave often called a "tidal" wave even though tides and tsunami's are not
related. Caused by an underwater earthquake or volcano, a tsunami is a
pressure wave that can raise water levels as much as______
150 people, $6 billion Ans✓✓✓ And an average year of flood can kill
how many people? In an average year how much money is lost in
property damage?
1800s unit one page 28 Ans✓✓✓ The federal government got involved
in floodplain management in the______, when it had an interest in the
maintaining of navigability rivers rivers to facilitate interstate
commerce.
1928 and 1936, 1936 unit one page 28 Ans✓✓✓ As defined by the
Flood Control Acts of_____and______, the role of government agencies
was to build massive flood control structures to control the great rivers,
protect coastal areas and prevent flash flooding. The ______ act alone
authorize construction of some 250 projects for both flood control and
relief work..
1968 unit one page 28 Ans✓✓✓ What year was the National Flood
Insurance Program created?
2 feet of water (Unit 1-23) Hydrodynamic Flood Ans✓✓✓ A car will
float in ________ feet of water
, 3 feet Ans✓✓✓ Standing water as little as ______ feet deep can
collapse the walls of a frame house
60.3 Ans✓✓✓ In what part of the code of Federal regulation would you
find the floodplain management criteria for flood prone areas?
a) 60.2
b) 60.3
c) 60.4
d) 60.5
7% Ans✓✓✓ Floodplains account for only ______ of the nations total
land area. However they contain a tremendous amount of property value.
8 to 10,000,000 household Ans✓✓✓ How many households are in a
floodplain?
90%, 90% Ans✓✓✓ When rain falls in a natural setting what is the
percentage that will infiltrate the ground? In urbanized area what is the
percentage that will runoff?
A permit is needed for each building that will be repaired by removing,
altering or replacing the roof, walls, sliding, wallboard, plaster,
insulation, paneling, cabinets, flooring, electrical system, plumbing,
heating or air conditioning. These repairs/reconstruction projects must
meet your building code and flood protection ordinance. Unit 10-7
answers
-Must have flood insurance.
-Covers damages caused by flood.
-Claims are limited to $30,000
-Claims must be accompanied by a substantial damages determination
by floodplain ord administration. Ans✓✓✓ Increased Cost of
Complaice require 4 steps
1 foot above grade unit five page 34 Ans✓✓✓ The openings on the side
of the house to be installed to where the bottom of the opening must be
no higher than______??
1 foot. Unit five page 24, 44 CFR 60.3 (C) (10) Ans✓✓✓ If your
community has a firm with a base foot elevation along rivers or streams
but no map floodway, you must elevate all development to ensure that it
will not increase flood stages by more than what?
1-Lakes with no outlets, like the great Salt Lake, Utah, Devils Lake,
North Dakota, and the Salton Sea, California; 2-lakes with inadequate,
regulated or elevated outlets, such as the great lakes and many glacial
lakes. Ans✓✓✓ What are the two types of close basin lakes?
1) Hilly areas with steep slopes and narrow valleys 2)Urban areas with
large amounts of impervious surfaces and storm sewers. 3) Areas
downstream of dams or subject to ice jams (Unit 1 learning exercise)
Ans✓✓✓ What areas are conducive to flash flooding?
,1). Sudden flooding of areas upstream from the jam, often in clear days
with little or no warning. 2). Movement of ice chunks (floes) that can
push over trees and crush building. 3). Sudden flooding of areas
downstream when an ice jam breaks. The impact is similar to a a dam
break, damaging or destroying building and structures. Ans✓✓✓ What
are the three types of ice jams??
1). The foundation fails due to seepage, settling or earthquake. 2). The
design, construction, materials or operation were deficient. 3). Flooding
exceed the capacity of the dam's spillway. Ans✓✓✓ Dam breaks occur
for one of three reasons:
1). Velocity of floodwaters and debris they carry 2). Sediment and debris
deposited by the floodwaters 3). The potential for the channel to move
across the fan during the flood. Ans✓✓✓ Alluvial Fan poses the
hazards.
10-15 feet Unit 5-28 Ans✓✓✓ Fill can be used by itself or conjunction
with the types of foundations to raise the lowest floor of a building
above the BFE. The FILL should also be properly sloped and protected
from erosion and scour during flooding. To provide a factory of safety
for the building and it's residence, it's recommended to extend how many
feet beyond the walls?
128 unit five page 34 Ans✓✓✓ To determine how many openings you
will need you must take the square footage of the area and divide by
what??
,15 feet Ans✓✓✓ Another hazard along the coast is a tsunami, a large
wave often called a "tidal" wave even though tides and tsunami's are not
related. Caused by an underwater earthquake or volcano, a tsunami is a
pressure wave that can raise water levels as much as______
150 people, $6 billion Ans✓✓✓ And an average year of flood can kill
how many people? In an average year how much money is lost in
property damage?
1800s unit one page 28 Ans✓✓✓ The federal government got involved
in floodplain management in the______, when it had an interest in the
maintaining of navigability rivers rivers to facilitate interstate
commerce.
1928 and 1936, 1936 unit one page 28 Ans✓✓✓ As defined by the
Flood Control Acts of_____and______, the role of government agencies
was to build massive flood control structures to control the great rivers,
protect coastal areas and prevent flash flooding. The ______ act alone
authorize construction of some 250 projects for both flood control and
relief work..
1968 unit one page 28 Ans✓✓✓ What year was the National Flood
Insurance Program created?
2 feet of water (Unit 1-23) Hydrodynamic Flood Ans✓✓✓ A car will
float in ________ feet of water
, 3 feet Ans✓✓✓ Standing water as little as ______ feet deep can
collapse the walls of a frame house
60.3 Ans✓✓✓ In what part of the code of Federal regulation would you
find the floodplain management criteria for flood prone areas?
a) 60.2
b) 60.3
c) 60.4
d) 60.5
7% Ans✓✓✓ Floodplains account for only ______ of the nations total
land area. However they contain a tremendous amount of property value.
8 to 10,000,000 household Ans✓✓✓ How many households are in a
floodplain?
90%, 90% Ans✓✓✓ When rain falls in a natural setting what is the
percentage that will infiltrate the ground? In urbanized area what is the
percentage that will runoff?
A permit is needed for each building that will be repaired by removing,
altering or replacing the roof, walls, sliding, wallboard, plaster,
insulation, paneling, cabinets, flooring, electrical system, plumbing,
heating or air conditioning. These repairs/reconstruction projects must
meet your building code and flood protection ordinance. Unit 10-7
