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CFM Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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CFM Exam Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass What are the three most common types of flooding? Riverine, Coastal, and Shallow Flooding 
Which type of flooding has accounted for the most flood-related deaths? Flash Flooding 
A curve or turn in a river channel? Meander 
What is the major cause in coastal flooding? Storm Surge 
What causes a tsunami? Underwater earthquakes or volcanoes 
List the five types of special flood hazards covered in FEMA 480. 1. Closed Basin Lakes 2. Uncertain flow...
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Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) Exam (2022/2023) Already Passed
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Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) Exam (2022/2023) Already Passed Types of floodplains Riverine, coastal, and shallow 
Watershed area that drains into a lake, stream, or body of water. Also called basin or catchment area. 
Channel Ground features that carry water through and out of a watershed 
Riverine Flooding flooding that occurs along a channel 
Flash flooding flooding that occurs in hilly and mountainous areas that may come scant minutes after a heavy rainfall. One can also occur in urban ...
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GCSE Geography AQA 1-9 - Challenge of Natural Hazards || A+ Guaranteed.
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Hazard risk correct answers The probability or chance that a natural hazard may take place 
 
Natural hazard correct answers A natural event that threatens people or has the potential to cause damage, destruction 
and death. 
 
Examples of natural hazards correct answers - volcanic eruptions 
- earthquakes 
- stormsi 
- tsunami 
- landslides 
- floods 
 
What are the two main types of natural hazard? correct answers Atmospheric and tectonic 
 
Factors that affect risk correct answers - Urbanisa...
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Mollisol correct answers Important for agricultural production. Formed under grasslands.Possess a deep, darkly colored A horizon, often high in organic matter. Very fertile 
 
Alfisol correct answers Good crop production potential. Formed under hardwood forests in temperate, moist climates. Usually fertile, but sometimes acidic. 
 
Entisols correct answers Vary greatly in crop production potential. Relatively undeveloped soils, lack defined horizons in profile. Formed from volcanic deposits, flo...
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Flood License Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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Special Flood Hazard Area - ️️ A Special Flood Hazard Area is identified by FEMA in 
Flood Hazard Boundary Maps. A Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) or high risk area is 
defined as any land that would be inundated by having a 1-percent chance of occurring 
in any given year. This is also referred to as the base flood. 
more than 20 % of flood losses occur in lower risk zones due to - ️️ poor drainage 
systems 
rapid accumulation of ...
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Section 2 LARE Practice Exam Questions and Answers 2024 
A "Purchase of Development Rights" is typically used to: 
a. Encourage agricultural, open space, or environmental uses on a site that might 
otherwise be developed 
b. Transfer development rights from one property to another to encourage open 
space conservation 
c. Increase development density on eligible sites 
d. Restrict development in sensitive environmental areas - ANS ️️ A. Although 
PDRs can also be used to "restrict develop...
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Section 2 LARE Practice Exam Questions & AnswA "Purchase of Development Rights" is typically used to: 
 
a. Encourage agricultural, open space, or environmental uses on a site that might otherwise be developed 
b. Transfer development rights from one property to another to encourage open space conservation 
c. Increase development density on eligible sites 
d. Restrict development in sensitive environmental areas - ANSWERA. Although PDRs can also be used to "restrict development in sensitive ...
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Which horizon is not part of the soil solum? correct answer: C 
 
Organic matter in soil typically accounts for ____% or less of the soils total volume. correct answer: 5% 
 
Pore space in soil may contain either _____ or _____ correct answer: Air 
Water 
 
Soils are the result of ______ and biota acting on parent material over time as modified by ______ correct answer: Climate 
Topography 
 
Though plants depend on soil for growth, which of the items below is found in soil, but not required...
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CFM Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct Shallow flooding problems fall into (3) categories Sheet flow, ponding, urban drainage, coastal flooding (depths 1-3 feet) 
Describe areas where ponding may be a problem Glaciated areas, caves and sinkholes, man-made features 
What are (5) Special Flood Hazards Closed basin lakes, uncertain flow paths, dam breaks, ice jams, mud flows 
Alluvial fan flooding is what type of special flood hazard and what are the inherent hazards thereof? Uncertain flow pa...
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A series of elevated terraces (former wave-cut platforms) along an active plate boundary coast is evidence for correct answers uplift of the continental crust 
 
What cause landslides? correct answers Wildfire, earthquake, poor engineering, freezing and thawing, rain, deforestation 
 
River terraces form by correct answers repeated flooding over several years, uplift of land the river passing through, downcutting by the river which causes new, lower floodplains to form 
 
Which of the following ...
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