CERTIFIED FLOODPLAIN MANAGER FINAL EXAM 2026
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Flood Insurance Study - ✔✔A report published by FEMA for a community issued
along with the community's FIRM. The study contains such background data as the
base flood discharges and water surface elevations that were used to prepare the FIRM
✔✔Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) - ✔✔A grant program that supports plans and
projects for mitigating losses to insured buildings funded by the NFIP.
✔✔Flood Record - ✔✔The highest known flood level for the area, as recorded in
historical documents
✔✔Floodplain - ✔✔Any land area susceptible to being inundated by flood waters from
any source
✔✔Floodproofing - ✔✔Protective measures added to or incorporated in a building that
is not elevated above the base flood elevation to prevent or minimize flood damage.
"Dry Floodproofing" measures are designed to keep water from entering a building.
"Wet Floodproofing" measures minimized damage to a structure and its contents from
water that is allowed into a building
✔✔Floodway - ✔✔The cahnnel of a river or other watercourse and that portion of the
adjacent floodplain that must remain open to permit passage of the base flood without
cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height
(usually 1 foot)
✔✔Freeboard - ✔✔A margin of safety added added to the base flood elevation to
account for waves, debris, miscalculations, or lack of data
✔✔Functionally Dependent Use - ✔✔A use which cannot perform its intended purpose
unless it is carried out in close proximity to water. The term includes only docking
facilities, port facilities that are necessary for the loading and unloading of cargo, and
ship building and ship repair facilities
✔✔Geographic Information System - ✔✔Computer based map systems that allow the
user to keep a map updated easily and correlate geographic information with other data,
such as tax records on properties
✔✔Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) - ✔✔A FEMA disaster assistance grant
that funds mitigation projects
✔✔HEC-2 - ✔✔A computer model used to conduct a hydraulic study, which produces
flood elevations, velocities, and floodplain widths
, ✔✔HEC-RAS - ✔✔A computer model used to conduct a hydraulic study, which
produces flood elevations, velocities, and floodplain widths
✔✔Home Rule - ✔✔A community authorized to do anything that is not prohibited by
statute
✔✔Human Intervention - ✔✔Actions that must be taken by one or more persons before
floodwaters arrive in order for a building to be floodproofed
✔✔Hydrodynamic Force - ✔✔The force of moving water, including the impact of debris
and high velocities
✔✔Hydrologic Cycle - ✔✔The natural cycle that circulates water throughout the
environment to maintain an overall balance between water in the air, on the surface and
in the ground
✔✔Hydrology - ✔✔The science dealing with the waters of the earth. A flood discharge
is developed by a hydrologic study
✔✔Hydrostatic Pressure - ✔✔The pressure put on a structure by the weight of standing
water. The deeper the water, the more it weighs and the greater the hydrostatic
pressure
✔✔Ice Floe - ✔✔Large chunks of ice that can cause a great deal of damage when a
frozen river or lake begins to melt and break up
✔✔Ice Jam - ✔✔Flooding that occurs when warm weather and rain break up frozen
rivers and the broken ice floats downriver until it is blocked by an obstruction, creating
an ice dam that blocks the channel and causes flooding upstream
✔✔Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC) - ✔✔An additional claim payment made to a
flood insurance policy holder to help cover the costs of bringing a substantially damaged
or repetitively damaged building into compliance with the community's floodplain
✔✔Individual and Family Grants (IFG) - ✔✔A disaster assistance grant that helps
people with their unmet needs (ie needs not helped by other disaster assistance
program)
✔✔Inverse Condemnation - ✔✔Also known as "Taking". Obtaining private property with
or without compensating the owner. The term also includes reducing the value of private
property to such an extent that the owner is deprived of all economic interest
✔✔ISO - ✔✔The Insurance Services Office Inc an insurance organization that provides
support to FEMA on implementation of the CRS
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Flood Insurance Study - ✔✔A report published by FEMA for a community issued
along with the community's FIRM. The study contains such background data as the
base flood discharges and water surface elevations that were used to prepare the FIRM
✔✔Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) - ✔✔A grant program that supports plans and
projects for mitigating losses to insured buildings funded by the NFIP.
✔✔Flood Record - ✔✔The highest known flood level for the area, as recorded in
historical documents
✔✔Floodplain - ✔✔Any land area susceptible to being inundated by flood waters from
any source
✔✔Floodproofing - ✔✔Protective measures added to or incorporated in a building that
is not elevated above the base flood elevation to prevent or minimize flood damage.
"Dry Floodproofing" measures are designed to keep water from entering a building.
"Wet Floodproofing" measures minimized damage to a structure and its contents from
water that is allowed into a building
✔✔Floodway - ✔✔The cahnnel of a river or other watercourse and that portion of the
adjacent floodplain that must remain open to permit passage of the base flood without
cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height
(usually 1 foot)
✔✔Freeboard - ✔✔A margin of safety added added to the base flood elevation to
account for waves, debris, miscalculations, or lack of data
✔✔Functionally Dependent Use - ✔✔A use which cannot perform its intended purpose
unless it is carried out in close proximity to water. The term includes only docking
facilities, port facilities that are necessary for the loading and unloading of cargo, and
ship building and ship repair facilities
✔✔Geographic Information System - ✔✔Computer based map systems that allow the
user to keep a map updated easily and correlate geographic information with other data,
such as tax records on properties
✔✔Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) - ✔✔A FEMA disaster assistance grant
that funds mitigation projects
✔✔HEC-2 - ✔✔A computer model used to conduct a hydraulic study, which produces
flood elevations, velocities, and floodplain widths
, ✔✔HEC-RAS - ✔✔A computer model used to conduct a hydraulic study, which
produces flood elevations, velocities, and floodplain widths
✔✔Home Rule - ✔✔A community authorized to do anything that is not prohibited by
statute
✔✔Human Intervention - ✔✔Actions that must be taken by one or more persons before
floodwaters arrive in order for a building to be floodproofed
✔✔Hydrodynamic Force - ✔✔The force of moving water, including the impact of debris
and high velocities
✔✔Hydrologic Cycle - ✔✔The natural cycle that circulates water throughout the
environment to maintain an overall balance between water in the air, on the surface and
in the ground
✔✔Hydrology - ✔✔The science dealing with the waters of the earth. A flood discharge
is developed by a hydrologic study
✔✔Hydrostatic Pressure - ✔✔The pressure put on a structure by the weight of standing
water. The deeper the water, the more it weighs and the greater the hydrostatic
pressure
✔✔Ice Floe - ✔✔Large chunks of ice that can cause a great deal of damage when a
frozen river or lake begins to melt and break up
✔✔Ice Jam - ✔✔Flooding that occurs when warm weather and rain break up frozen
rivers and the broken ice floats downriver until it is blocked by an obstruction, creating
an ice dam that blocks the channel and causes flooding upstream
✔✔Increased Cost of Compliance (ICC) - ✔✔An additional claim payment made to a
flood insurance policy holder to help cover the costs of bringing a substantially damaged
or repetitively damaged building into compliance with the community's floodplain
✔✔Individual and Family Grants (IFG) - ✔✔A disaster assistance grant that helps
people with their unmet needs (ie needs not helped by other disaster assistance
program)
✔✔Inverse Condemnation - ✔✔Also known as "Taking". Obtaining private property with
or without compensating the owner. The term also includes reducing the value of private
property to such an extent that the owner is deprived of all economic interest
✔✔ISO - ✔✔The Insurance Services Office Inc an insurance organization that provides
support to FEMA on implementation of the CRS
