ANFI® 205 National Flood Insurance: Fundamentals Study Guide PDF

Study guide last updated: May 6, 2026

Current Text Edition: 1st

Current Course Guide Edition: 1st

Ray's estimate of course difficulty (1, easiest and 10, hardest): 6

Number of study guide pages: 65

Covered within this study guide:

• Introduction to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
• Community Eligibility for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
• Building and Property Eligibility for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
• The Standard Flood Insurance Policy (SFIP)
• Effective Dates for New Policies and Endorsements
• Flood Insurance Provisions
• Flood Insurance Application Form
• Determining the Flood Insurance Policy Premium
• The Newly Mapped Discount
• Insuring Condominiums
• Insuring Residential Condominium Building Associations
• Policy Renewals
• General Change Endorsement
• Policy Renewal Notices
• Cancellation and Nullification
• Standard Flood Insurance Policy (SFIP) Dwelling Form
• The General Property Form
• The Residential Condominium Building Association Policy (RCBAP)
• First Floor Height Guidelines
• The Coastal Barrier Resource System (CBRS) 
• Claims 
• The Community Rating System (CRS)
• Leased Federal Properties
• Types of FEMA Flood Maps
• Flood Zones in FEMA Flood Maps
• Changing or Correcting FEMA Flood Maps
• Severe Repetitive Loss Properties

As a good study guideline, figure anything in those 65 pages might be on your exam and that there will be nothing on your exam that is not covered in those 65 pages.

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