FIREFIGHTER 1C WILDLAND EXAM MASTERY: IN-
DEPTH ANALYSIS AND PRACTICE TESTS
1. Which product container is most likely to BLEVE?
a) Refrigerated railroad car
b) Open top hopper
c) 5-gallon liquid propane tank
d) Non-pressurized tank container
Answer: c) 5-gallon liquid propane tank
2. During structural firefighting operations, you should always consider a
secondary ____________ route.
a) Response
b) Hose lay
c) Frequency
d) Escape
Answer: d) Escape
3. How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Answer: c) 3
4. Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
,a) Your supervisor
b) Any firefighter
c) A civilian
d) An inmate
Answer: a) Your supervisor
5. Name advantages of using the indirect attack method of wildland firefighting:
a) Firefighters are subjected to less heat and smoke
b) Burning can get out of control, sacrificing acreage
c) Firefighters working in unburned fuel can be overrun
d) Acreage burned is increased
Answer: a) Firefighters are subjected to less heat and smoke
6. 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
Answer: b) False
Note: You want to carry it the same way, but with the tines pointed up, as the
cutting edge is always pointed down/away from your body.
7. When your fireline is completed to a natural or constructed barrier, or another
fire line, you have reached a:
a) Flank
b) Tie-in
,c) Slop over
d) Island
Answer: b) Tie-in
8. There are ________________________ basic attack methods used on wildland
fires.
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
Answer: c) Three
Note: Direct attack, indirect attack, parallel attack.
9. The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept together and ready
for immediate use.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a) True
10. 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
Answer: b) Left outside the shelter
11. Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a) Steep topography
b) Gentle rolling hills
c) High winds
d) Dense smoke
Answer: b) Gentle rolling hills
12. 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
c) 75
d) 100
Answer: d) 100
13. Name disadvantages of using the indirect attack method of wildland fi
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
DEPTH ANALYSIS AND PRACTICE TESTS
1. Which product container is most likely to BLEVE?
a) Refrigerated railroad car
b) Open top hopper
c) 5-gallon liquid propane tank
d) Non-pressurized tank container
Answer: c) 5-gallon liquid propane tank
2. During structural firefighting operations, you should always consider a
secondary ____________ route.
a) Response
b) Hose lay
c) Frequency
d) Escape
Answer: d) Escape
3. How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Answer: c) 3
4. Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
,a) Your supervisor
b) Any firefighter
c) A civilian
d) An inmate
Answer: a) Your supervisor
5. Name advantages of using the indirect attack method of wildland firefighting:
a) Firefighters are subjected to less heat and smoke
b) Burning can get out of control, sacrificing acreage
c) Firefighters working in unburned fuel can be overrun
d) Acreage burned is increased
Answer: a) Firefighters are subjected to less heat and smoke
6. 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
Answer: b) False
Note: You want to carry it the same way, but with the tines pointed up, as the
cutting edge is always pointed down/away from your body.
7. When your fireline is completed to a natural or constructed barrier, or another
fire line, you have reached a:
a) Flank
b) Tie-in
,c) Slop over
d) Island
Answer: b) Tie-in
8. There are ________________________ basic attack methods used on wildland
fires.
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
Answer: c) Three
Note: Direct attack, indirect attack, parallel attack.
9. The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept together and ready
for immediate use.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a) True
10. 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
Answer: b) Left outside the shelter
11. Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a) Steep topography
b) Gentle rolling hills
c) High winds
d) Dense smoke
Answer: b) Gentle rolling hills
12. 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
c) 75
d) 100
Answer: d) 100
13. Name disadvantages of using the indirect attack method of wildland fi
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
