CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGER
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● Watershed
Answer: area that drains into a lake, stream, or body of water. Also
called basin or catchment area.
●● Channel
Answer: Ground features that carry water through and out of a
watershed
●● Riverine Flooding
Answer: flooding that occurs along a channel
●● Flash flooding
Answer: flooding that occurs in hilly and mountainous areas that may
come scant minutes after a heavy rainfall. One can also occur in urban
areas where pavements and drainage improvements speed runoff to a
stream.
●● Overbank Flooding
,Answer: The most common type flooding in the US. It occurs when
downstream channels receive more rain or snowmelt than normal, or a
channel is blocked by ice or debris. Excess water overloads the channels
and flows out onto the floodplain
●● Velocity
Answer: One measure of a flood is the speed of moving water. Measured
in feet per second
●● Thalweg
Answer: The channel bottom
●● Meander
Answer: a curve in the channel. The outside bank of the meander is
subject to erosion, the inside bank is subject to deposits
●● Accrete
Answer: to build up a shoreline by depositing sand, either by nature or
human actions
●● Actual Cash Value
Answer: The replacement cost for a building, minus a depreciation
percentage based on age and condition.
, ●● Alluvial Fan
Answer: An area at the base of a valley where the slope flattens out,
allowing the floodwater to decrease in speed and spread out, dropping
sediment and rock over a fan-shaped area.
●● Amendment
Answer: A change to a FEMA floodplain map that removes an area that
was inadvertently included in the Special Flood Hazard Area
●● Approximate studies
Answer: Flood hazard mapping done using approximate study methods
that show the approximate outline of the base floodplain. An
approximate study does not produce a base flood elevation.
●● Base Flood Depth
Answer: A measurement of the base flood in feet above ground, used for
shallow flooding
●● Basement
Answer: Any area of the building having its flood subgrade (below
ground level) on all sides
●● Base floodplain
Answer: the area of water and land inundated by the base flood
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
●● Watershed
Answer: area that drains into a lake, stream, or body of water. Also
called basin or catchment area.
●● Channel
Answer: Ground features that carry water through and out of a
watershed
●● Riverine Flooding
Answer: flooding that occurs along a channel
●● Flash flooding
Answer: flooding that occurs in hilly and mountainous areas that may
come scant minutes after a heavy rainfall. One can also occur in urban
areas where pavements and drainage improvements speed runoff to a
stream.
●● Overbank Flooding
,Answer: The most common type flooding in the US. It occurs when
downstream channels receive more rain or snowmelt than normal, or a
channel is blocked by ice or debris. Excess water overloads the channels
and flows out onto the floodplain
●● Velocity
Answer: One measure of a flood is the speed of moving water. Measured
in feet per second
●● Thalweg
Answer: The channel bottom
●● Meander
Answer: a curve in the channel. The outside bank of the meander is
subject to erosion, the inside bank is subject to deposits
●● Accrete
Answer: to build up a shoreline by depositing sand, either by nature or
human actions
●● Actual Cash Value
Answer: The replacement cost for a building, minus a depreciation
percentage based on age and condition.
, ●● Alluvial Fan
Answer: An area at the base of a valley where the slope flattens out,
allowing the floodwater to decrease in speed and spread out, dropping
sediment and rock over a fan-shaped area.
●● Amendment
Answer: A change to a FEMA floodplain map that removes an area that
was inadvertently included in the Special Flood Hazard Area
●● Approximate studies
Answer: Flood hazard mapping done using approximate study methods
that show the approximate outline of the base floodplain. An
approximate study does not produce a base flood elevation.
●● Base Flood Depth
Answer: A measurement of the base flood in feet above ground, used for
shallow flooding
●● Basement
Answer: Any area of the building having its flood subgrade (below
ground level) on all sides
●● Base floodplain
Answer: the area of water and land inundated by the base flood
