FIREFIGHTER 1C WILDLAND EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS||
ALREADY GRADED A+|| LATEST VERSION
2026
How high up do fuels have to be in order to be considered aerial fuels?
a. More than twenty-five feet
b. More than twelve feet
c. More than six feet
d. More than two feet - ANSWER-c. More than six feet
pg. 789
What is the term for fuels that are close together or touch each other?
A) Contiguity
B) Continuity
C) Contactivity
D) Constancy - ANSWER-B) Continuity
pg. 790
One of the two primary methods for a direct attack on a wildland fire is the
flanking attack. What is another?
A) The pinch attack
B) The frontal attack
C) The circular attack
D) The indirect attack - ANSWER-A) The pinch attack
,Note: aka Pincer attack
pg. 799
Which type of fuel is ground duff?
A) Heavy
B) Dense
C) Sparse
D) Fine - ANSWER-D) Fine
pg. 789
What is the source of almost all naturally caused wildland and ground fires?
A) Improperly disposed cigarettes
B) Sunlight
C) Lightning
D) Unattended camp fires - ANSWER-C) Lightning
pg. 791
What is the burned area of a wildland fire called?
A) The black
B) The harbor
C) The parking lot
D) The post - ANSWER-A) The black
pg. 793
Relative humidity is the ratio of the amount of water vapor present in the air
compared to:
A) the amount of water that it would make if it came out of the vapor state.
B) the maximum amount the air can hold at a given temperature.
,C) the amount that would totally exclude the oxygen in that volume of air.
D) the amount of oxygen in the same volume of air at that particular time. -
ANSWER-B) the maximum amount the air can hold at a given temperature.
pg. 791
Which NFPA standard covers protective clothing and equipment for wildland
firefighting?
A) 1977
B) 1978
C) 1979
D) 1980 - ANSWER-A) 1977
pg. 803
Topography refers to changes in the elevation of land, but it also includes:
A) rate of precipitation.
B) tectonic plate activity.
C) natural and man-made features.
D) population and inhabitation information. - ANSWER-C) natural and man-
made features.
pg. 792
What is the term for the partly decomposed organic material on a forest floor?
A) Organophosphate
B) Chippings
C) Brush mash
D) Ground duff - ANSWER-D) Ground duff
pg. 789
, Why is a pocket dangerous for fire fighters?
A) Because of the running water that defines it
B) Because nothing can survive in a pocket, even with protection
C) Because there is no air there
D) Because it is an unburned area surrounded on three sides by fire -
ANSWER-D) Because it is an unburned area surrounded on three sides by fire
pg. 792
What is dry lightning?
A) strike of only negatively charged ions
B) A lightning strike without rain
C) A strike of only positively charged ions
D) A lightning strike that does not make it all the way down to the ground -
ANSWER-B) A lightning strike without rain
pg. 791
What is another word for aerial fuels?
A) Raised fuels
B) Jump fuels
C) Canopy fuels
D) Free fuels - ANSWER-C) Canopy fuels
pg. 789
What is the unburned part of a wildland fire area called?
A) The zone
B) The dude
C) The wood
D) The green - ANSWER-D) The green
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS||
ALREADY GRADED A+|| LATEST VERSION
2026
How high up do fuels have to be in order to be considered aerial fuels?
a. More than twenty-five feet
b. More than twelve feet
c. More than six feet
d. More than two feet - ANSWER-c. More than six feet
pg. 789
What is the term for fuels that are close together or touch each other?
A) Contiguity
B) Continuity
C) Contactivity
D) Constancy - ANSWER-B) Continuity
pg. 790
One of the two primary methods for a direct attack on a wildland fire is the
flanking attack. What is another?
A) The pinch attack
B) The frontal attack
C) The circular attack
D) The indirect attack - ANSWER-A) The pinch attack
,Note: aka Pincer attack
pg. 799
Which type of fuel is ground duff?
A) Heavy
B) Dense
C) Sparse
D) Fine - ANSWER-D) Fine
pg. 789
What is the source of almost all naturally caused wildland and ground fires?
A) Improperly disposed cigarettes
B) Sunlight
C) Lightning
D) Unattended camp fires - ANSWER-C) Lightning
pg. 791
What is the burned area of a wildland fire called?
A) The black
B) The harbor
C) The parking lot
D) The post - ANSWER-A) The black
pg. 793
Relative humidity is the ratio of the amount of water vapor present in the air
compared to:
A) the amount of water that it would make if it came out of the vapor state.
B) the maximum amount the air can hold at a given temperature.
,C) the amount that would totally exclude the oxygen in that volume of air.
D) the amount of oxygen in the same volume of air at that particular time. -
ANSWER-B) the maximum amount the air can hold at a given temperature.
pg. 791
Which NFPA standard covers protective clothing and equipment for wildland
firefighting?
A) 1977
B) 1978
C) 1979
D) 1980 - ANSWER-A) 1977
pg. 803
Topography refers to changes in the elevation of land, but it also includes:
A) rate of precipitation.
B) tectonic plate activity.
C) natural and man-made features.
D) population and inhabitation information. - ANSWER-C) natural and man-
made features.
pg. 792
What is the term for the partly decomposed organic material on a forest floor?
A) Organophosphate
B) Chippings
C) Brush mash
D) Ground duff - ANSWER-D) Ground duff
pg. 789
, Why is a pocket dangerous for fire fighters?
A) Because of the running water that defines it
B) Because nothing can survive in a pocket, even with protection
C) Because there is no air there
D) Because it is an unburned area surrounded on three sides by fire -
ANSWER-D) Because it is an unburned area surrounded on three sides by fire
pg. 792
What is dry lightning?
A) strike of only negatively charged ions
B) A lightning strike without rain
C) A strike of only positively charged ions
D) A lightning strike that does not make it all the way down to the ground -
ANSWER-B) A lightning strike without rain
pg. 791
What is another word for aerial fuels?
A) Raised fuels
B) Jump fuels
C) Canopy fuels
D) Free fuels - ANSWER-C) Canopy fuels
pg. 789
What is the unburned part of a wildland fire area called?
A) The zone
B) The dude
C) The wood
D) The green - ANSWER-D) The green
