FIREFIGHTER 1C WILDLAND EXAM
PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS NEW MODIFIED
Hand tools should be treated in the following manner during a fire shelter
deployment:
a. Taken inside the shelter
b. Left outside the shelter
c. Leaned against the shelter for easy access
d. Sharpened --CORRECT ANSWER--b. Left outside the shelter
Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a. steep topography
b. gentle rolling hills
c. high winds
d. dense smoke --CORRECT ANSWER--b. gentle rolling hills
While working around a helispot, you should stay at least ____________ feet
away from a helicopter at all times unless you have a specific job that requires
otherwise.
a. 50
b. 150
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,c. 75
d. 100 --CORRECT ANSWER--d. 100
Name disadvantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire
fighting:
a. easier work/no heat, smoke reduces length of fire edge
b. burning operation can escape control, acreage burned increases
c. permits using natural barriers
d. can allow more time to construct line --CORRECT ANSWER--b. burning
operation can escape control, acreage burned increases
Name four good practices which increase the rate of handline construction:
a. hot spotting, taking frequent naps, leap frogging, cold trailing
b. keeping line straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers, cold
training on inactive portion of fire, hot spotting.
c. cold training, hot spotting, hydrating, leap frogging
d. scratching, hot spotting, cold trailing, straight lines --CORRECT ANSWER--
b. keeping line straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers, cold
training on inactive portion of fire, hot spotting.
What two documents have been developed to constantly remind us of wildland
fire safety rules?
a. LCES and the 4300 manual
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,b. 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and the 18 Situations That Shout "Watch
Out"
c. Four Common Denominators and the IFSTA 1800
d. None of the above --CORRECT ANSWER--b. 10 Standard Firefighting
Orders and the 18 Situations That Shout "Watch Out"
Which product container is most likely to BLEVE?
a. refrigerated rail road car
b. open top hopper
c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
d. non pressurized tank container --CORRECT ANSWER--c. 5 gallon liquid
propane tank
During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider a
secondary ____________ route.
a. response
b. hose lay
c. frequency
d. escape --CORRECT ANSWER--d. escape
How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
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, b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 --CORRECT ANSWER--c. 3
Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
a. your supervisor
b. any firefighter
c. a civilian
d. an inmate --CORRECT ANSWER--a. your supervisor
Name advantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire fighting:
a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
b. burning can get out of control, sacrifice acreage
c. firefighters working in unburned fuel can be overrun
d. acreage burned is increased --CORRECT ANSWER--a. firefighters subjected
to less heat and smoke
You should always carry a McLeod on the downhill side at balance point with
tines pointed down with the handle of the McLeod parallel to the earth's surface.
a. True
b. False --CORRECT ANSWER--b. False
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS NEW MODIFIED
Hand tools should be treated in the following manner during a fire shelter
deployment:
a. Taken inside the shelter
b. Left outside the shelter
c. Leaned against the shelter for easy access
d. Sharpened --CORRECT ANSWER--b. Left outside the shelter
Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a. steep topography
b. gentle rolling hills
c. high winds
d. dense smoke --CORRECT ANSWER--b. gentle rolling hills
While working around a helispot, you should stay at least ____________ feet
away from a helicopter at all times unless you have a specific job that requires
otherwise.
a. 50
b. 150
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,c. 75
d. 100 --CORRECT ANSWER--d. 100
Name disadvantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire
fighting:
a. easier work/no heat, smoke reduces length of fire edge
b. burning operation can escape control, acreage burned increases
c. permits using natural barriers
d. can allow more time to construct line --CORRECT ANSWER--b. burning
operation can escape control, acreage burned increases
Name four good practices which increase the rate of handline construction:
a. hot spotting, taking frequent naps, leap frogging, cold trailing
b. keeping line straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers, cold
training on inactive portion of fire, hot spotting.
c. cold training, hot spotting, hydrating, leap frogging
d. scratching, hot spotting, cold trailing, straight lines --CORRECT ANSWER--
b. keeping line straight, taking advantage of natural or man made barriers, cold
training on inactive portion of fire, hot spotting.
What two documents have been developed to constantly remind us of wildland
fire safety rules?
a. LCES and the 4300 manual
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,b. 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and the 18 Situations That Shout "Watch
Out"
c. Four Common Denominators and the IFSTA 1800
d. None of the above --CORRECT ANSWER--b. 10 Standard Firefighting
Orders and the 18 Situations That Shout "Watch Out"
Which product container is most likely to BLEVE?
a. refrigerated rail road car
b. open top hopper
c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
d. non pressurized tank container --CORRECT ANSWER--c. 5 gallon liquid
propane tank
During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider a
secondary ____________ route.
a. response
b. hose lay
c. frequency
d. escape --CORRECT ANSWER--d. escape
How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
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, b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 --CORRECT ANSWER--c. 3
Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
a. your supervisor
b. any firefighter
c. a civilian
d. an inmate --CORRECT ANSWER--a. your supervisor
Name advantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire fighting:
a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
b. burning can get out of control, sacrifice acreage
c. firefighters working in unburned fuel can be overrun
d. acreage burned is increased --CORRECT ANSWER--a. firefighters subjected
to less heat and smoke
You should always carry a McLeod on the downhill side at balance point with
tines pointed down with the handle of the McLeod parallel to the earth's surface.
a. True
b. False --CORRECT ANSWER--b. False
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