Firefighter 1C -Comprehensive Wildland Firefighter
Practice EXAM 2026-2027 LATEST UPDATED VERSION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS JUST RELEASED
Why do compact fuels burn more slowly than less compact fuels?
A) Heat is more efficiently radiated in compact fuels.
B) Oxygen and heat cannot circulate as freely around the more compact fuels.
C) Heat is more efficiently radiated in less compact fuels.
D) Air is trapped in more compact fuels. - answer>>B) Oxygen and heat cannot circulate as freely
around the more compact fuels.
pg. 789
For which type of fire is vegetation the primary fuel?
A) Neither wildland nor ground
B) Ground only
C) Wildland only
D) Both wildland and ground - answer>>D) Both wildland and ground
pg. 789
What is the most common type of wildland fire encountered by some departments?
A) Brush
B) Forest
C) Ground cover
D) Grass - answer>>C) Ground cover
pg. 788
Which type of respiratory protection is normally used for wildland firefighting?
A) SCBA
B) Filter mask
,C) APR
D) PAPR - answer>>B) Filter mask
pg. 804
Which effect, if any, does a built barrier, such as a highway, have on a wildland fire?
A) It gives the fire a sudden surge as it jumps over.
B) It adds a hydrocarbon fuel to the fire.
C) It has no measurable effect, usually.
D) It makes it easier to contain the fire. - answer>>D) It makes it easier to contain the fire.
pg. 792
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
Practice EXAM 2026-2027 LATEST UPDATED VERSION
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS JUST RELEASED
Why do compact fuels burn more slowly than less compact fuels?
A) Heat is more efficiently radiated in compact fuels.
B) Oxygen and heat cannot circulate as freely around the more compact fuels.
C) Heat is more efficiently radiated in less compact fuels.
D) Air is trapped in more compact fuels. - answer>>B) Oxygen and heat cannot circulate as freely
around the more compact fuels.
pg. 789
For which type of fire is vegetation the primary fuel?
A) Neither wildland nor ground
B) Ground only
C) Wildland only
D) Both wildland and ground - answer>>D) Both wildland and ground
pg. 789
What is the most common type of wildland fire encountered by some departments?
A) Brush
B) Forest
C) Ground cover
D) Grass - answer>>C) Ground cover
pg. 788
Which type of respiratory protection is normally used for wildland firefighting?
A) SCBA
B) Filter mask
,C) APR
D) PAPR - answer>>B) Filter mask
pg. 804
Which effect, if any, does a built barrier, such as a highway, have on a wildland fire?
A) It gives the fire a sudden surge as it jumps over.
B) It adds a hydrocarbon fuel to the fire.
C) It has no measurable effect, usually.
D) It makes it easier to contain the fire. - answer>>D) It makes it easier to contain the fire.
pg. 792
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
