Wildland TCFP Review Exam | Authentic Latest Exam Questions With Answers

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Wildland TCFP Review Exam | Authentic
Latest Exam Questions With Answers


What term describes the behavior of a fire spreading rapidly with a well-defined
head?
Creeping
Smoldering
Running
Spotting -correct-answer-Running




What are the three methods of heat transfer?
Convection, Conduction, and Steam
Convection, Conduction, and Radiation
Conduction, Flotation, and Radiation
Convection, Conduction, and Terrestrial Waves -correct-answer-Convection,
Conduction, and Radiation




What is a unit of measure popular in fire management, equal to 66 feet?
A chain
A yard

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A meter
A metric section -correct-answer-A chain




What term describes a fire burning without presence of flame or direct flame and
barely spreading?
Creeping
Smoldering
Running
Crowning -correct-answer-Smoldering




The entire outer edge or boundary of a fire is defined as __________.
Fire Perimeter
Outskirts
Fire Ring
Fire circumference -correct-answer-Fire Perimeter




What term describes a spinning vortex column of ascending hot air and gases
rising from a fire and carrying aloft smoke, debris, and flame?
Hellfire
Fire Tornado
Firenado

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Fire whirl -correct-answer-Fire whirl




A(n) _____________ is an advantageous location, usually a barrier to fire spread,
from which to start constructing a fireline. It is used to minimize the chance of
being flanked by the fire while the line is being constructed.
Heel
Origin
Flank
Anchor Point -correct-answer-Anchor Point




What part of the fire is the most rapidly spreading portion of a fire's perimeter,
usually to the leeward or upslope?
Flank
Head
Heel
Torching -correct-answer-Head




What are the three elements of the fire triangle?
Oxygen, Fuel, and Heat
Oxygen, Fuel, and Oil
Oxygen, Fuel, and Weather