FPTC 105A Monterey Peninsula College
Firefighter 1C - Wildland EXAM, || QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS || comprehensive
questions and verified answers | GET IT RIGHT
|2026!
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 but the tines pointed up as
the cutting edge is always pointed down/away from your body.
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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-d. escape
How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-a. firefighters
subjected to less heat and smoke
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
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
The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept
together and ready for immediate use.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-a. True
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
Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a. steep topography
b. gentle rolling hills
Firefighter 1C - Wildland EXAM, || QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS || comprehensive
questions and verified answers | GET IT RIGHT
|2026!
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 but the tines pointed up as
the cutting edge is always pointed down/away from your body.
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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-d. escape
How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔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 - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-a. firefighters
subjected to less heat and smoke
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
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
The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept
together and ready for immediate use.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔ANSWER ✔✔-a. True
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
Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a. steep topography
b. gentle rolling hills
