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Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM)
Examination||Verified Exam!!!||, Association of State
Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), 2026/2027 – Floodplain
Management Competency Assessment||Newest
Exam!!!
Purpose of the Coastal Barriers Resources Act of 1982
was "to minimize loss of human life, wasteful expenditures
of Federal revenues, and the damage to fish, wildlife, and
other natural resources associated with coastal barriers."
To achieve these goals in the designated units of the
CBRS, Congress has:
A: Restricted the availability of Federal grants and loans
that have the effect of encouraging development
B: Denied the availability of flood insurance under the
NFIP
C: Appropriated additional funds to hire more natural
hazards specialists, field biologists, naturalists, and natural
resources managers at all levels of government
D: A and B - Answer-D
Targeted to reduce repetitive flooding damage to
structures - Answer-FMA
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Nationally competitive program with awards based on
ranking factors and evaluation criteria - Answer-PDM-C
Available after Presidentially declared disasters - Answer-
HMGP
The base, or 100-year flood has what percent chance of
being equaled or exceeded in any given year? - Answer-1
percent
Results of hydrological analyses are used to estimate:
A: Approximate floodplain boundaries
B: The geometric configuration of the stream channel
C: Flood frequency and flood discharge
D: All of the above - Answer-C
The flood profiles in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS):
A: Should always be used to determine the BFE at a
particular site
B: Show water-surface profiles of the 10, 50, 100, and 500
year floods
C: Are estimates based on historical data
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D: All of the above
E: A and B - Answer-E
The flood insurance rate zone corresponding to the 100-
year floodplains determined in the Flood Insurance Study
by detailed methods - Answer-Zone AE (or A1-30)
The flood insurance rate zone corresponding to the areas
of 100-year shallow flooding associated with sheet flow of
1-3 feet - Answer-Zone AO
The flood insurance rate zone corresponding to 100-year
coastal floodplains that have additional hazards
associated with storm waves - Answer-Zone VE (or V1-30)
The flood insurance rate zone corresponding to the areas
of 100-year flooding where a detailed study has not been
conducted - Answer-Zone A
The area of minimal flooding (replaced with Zone X on
new studies) - Answer-Zone C
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The flood insurance rate zone corresponding to areas
outside the 500-year floodplain - Answer-Zone X
The National Flood Insurance Act was intended to:
A: Encourage State and local governments to make
appropriate land-use adjustments to restrict development
of land that is exposed to flood hazards
B: Make flood insurance unconditionally available to all
communities nationwide
C: Provide Federal regulation of the insurance industry
D: All of the above - Answer-A
The Elevation Certificate can be used:
A: As a floodplain permit application form
B: To set floodway boundaries
C: To provide backup data for a LOMA or LOMR-F
D: As a Certificate of Occupancy - Answer-C
Floodplain management may be defined as the full range
of public and private polices and actions to:
A: Promote wise use of floodplains
B: Reduce flood loses
Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM)
Examination||Verified Exam!!!||, Association of State
Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), 2026/2027 – Floodplain
Management Competency Assessment||Newest
Exam!!!
Purpose of the Coastal Barriers Resources Act of 1982
was "to minimize loss of human life, wasteful expenditures
of Federal revenues, and the damage to fish, wildlife, and
other natural resources associated with coastal barriers."
To achieve these goals in the designated units of the
CBRS, Congress has:
A: Restricted the availability of Federal grants and loans
that have the effect of encouraging development
B: Denied the availability of flood insurance under the
NFIP
C: Appropriated additional funds to hire more natural
hazards specialists, field biologists, naturalists, and natural
resources managers at all levels of government
D: A and B - Answer-D
Targeted to reduce repetitive flooding damage to
structures - Answer-FMA
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Nationally competitive program with awards based on
ranking factors and evaluation criteria - Answer-PDM-C
Available after Presidentially declared disasters - Answer-
HMGP
The base, or 100-year flood has what percent chance of
being equaled or exceeded in any given year? - Answer-1
percent
Results of hydrological analyses are used to estimate:
A: Approximate floodplain boundaries
B: The geometric configuration of the stream channel
C: Flood frequency and flood discharge
D: All of the above - Answer-C
The flood profiles in the Flood Insurance Study (FIS):
A: Should always be used to determine the BFE at a
particular site
B: Show water-surface profiles of the 10, 50, 100, and 500
year floods
C: Are estimates based on historical data
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D: All of the above
E: A and B - Answer-E
The flood insurance rate zone corresponding to the 100-
year floodplains determined in the Flood Insurance Study
by detailed methods - Answer-Zone AE (or A1-30)
The flood insurance rate zone corresponding to the areas
of 100-year shallow flooding associated with sheet flow of
1-3 feet - Answer-Zone AO
The flood insurance rate zone corresponding to 100-year
coastal floodplains that have additional hazards
associated with storm waves - Answer-Zone VE (or V1-30)
The flood insurance rate zone corresponding to the areas
of 100-year flooding where a detailed study has not been
conducted - Answer-Zone A
The area of minimal flooding (replaced with Zone X on
new studies) - Answer-Zone C
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The flood insurance rate zone corresponding to areas
outside the 500-year floodplain - Answer-Zone X
The National Flood Insurance Act was intended to:
A: Encourage State and local governments to make
appropriate land-use adjustments to restrict development
of land that is exposed to flood hazards
B: Make flood insurance unconditionally available to all
communities nationwide
C: Provide Federal regulation of the insurance industry
D: All of the above - Answer-A
The Elevation Certificate can be used:
A: As a floodplain permit application form
B: To set floodway boundaries
C: To provide backup data for a LOMA or LOMR-F
D: As a Certificate of Occupancy - Answer-C
Floodplain management may be defined as the full range
of public and private polices and actions to:
A: Promote wise use of floodplains
B: Reduce flood loses
