FEMA 480 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What act created the Unified National Program for Floodplain Management? - Answer-
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
What is the goal of the Unified National Program? - Answer-Set a conceptual framework
for coordination the floodplain management efforts of federal, state, and local agencies
as well as private parties.
How does the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force define
floodplain management? - Answer-A decision-making process that aims to achieve the
wise use (Reduced flood losses and protection of natural resources) of the nations
floodplain.
What are the four floodplain management strategies? - Answer-1. Modify human
susceptibility to flood damage
2. Modify the impact of flooding
3. Modify flooding itself
4. Preserve and restore natural resources
Area a flood inundates - Answer-Floodplain
Types of floodplains - Answer-Riverine, Coastal, Shallow
Area that drains to a lake - Answer-Watershed
Features in the ground that carry water through and out of a watershed - Answer-
Channels
Flooding that occurs along a channel - Answer-Riverine Flooding
Flooding in hilly or mountainous areas that come scant minutes after a heavy rain. -
Answer-Flash Flood
Most common type of flooding. The downstream channels receive more rain or
snowmelt from their watershed than normal or a channel is blocked. - Answer-Overbank
flooding
The speed the water is moving - Answer-Velocity
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What act created the Unified National Program for Floodplain Management? - Answer-
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
What is the goal of the Unified National Program? - Answer-Set a conceptual framework
for coordination the floodplain management efforts of federal, state, and local agencies
as well as private parties.
How does the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force define
floodplain management? - Answer-A decision-making process that aims to achieve the
wise use (Reduced flood losses and protection of natural resources) of the nations
floodplain.
What are the four floodplain management strategies? - Answer-1. Modify human
susceptibility to flood damage
2. Modify the impact of flooding
3. Modify flooding itself
4. Preserve and restore natural resources
Area a flood inundates - Answer-Floodplain
Types of floodplains - Answer-Riverine, Coastal, Shallow
Area that drains to a lake - Answer-Watershed
Features in the ground that carry water through and out of a watershed - Answer-
Channels
Flooding that occurs along a channel - Answer-Riverine Flooding
Flooding in hilly or mountainous areas that come scant minutes after a heavy rain. -
Answer-Flash Flood
Most common type of flooding. The downstream channels receive more rain or
snowmelt from their watershed than normal or a channel is blocked. - Answer-Overbank
flooding
The speed the water is moving - Answer-Velocity
