WILDLAND TCFP EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ 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. Answer: Convection,
Conduction, and Radiation
◉ What is a unit of measure popular in fire management, equal to 66
feet?
A chain
A yard
A meter
A metric section. Answer: A chain
◉ What term describes a fire burning without presence of flame or
direct flame and barely spreading?
Creeping
Smoldering
Running
,Crowning. Answer: Smoldering
◉ The entire outer edge or boundary of a fire is defined as __________.
Fire Perimeter
Outskirts
Fire Ring
Fire circumference. 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
Fire whirl. 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. 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. Answer: Head
◉ What are the three elements of the fire triangle?
Oxygen, Fuel, and Heat
Oxygen, Fuel, and Oil
Oxygen, Fuel, and Weather
Fuel, Weather, and Heat. Answer: Oxygen, Fuel, and Heat
◉ A long, narrow extension of a fire projecting from the main body is
a __________.
Pocket
Island
Finger
Spot. Answer: Finger
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ 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. Answer: Convection,
Conduction, and Radiation
◉ What is a unit of measure popular in fire management, equal to 66
feet?
A chain
A yard
A meter
A metric section. Answer: A chain
◉ What term describes a fire burning without presence of flame or
direct flame and barely spreading?
Creeping
Smoldering
Running
,Crowning. Answer: Smoldering
◉ The entire outer edge or boundary of a fire is defined as __________.
Fire Perimeter
Outskirts
Fire Ring
Fire circumference. 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
Fire whirl. 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. 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. Answer: Head
◉ What are the three elements of the fire triangle?
Oxygen, Fuel, and Heat
Oxygen, Fuel, and Oil
Oxygen, Fuel, and Weather
Fuel, Weather, and Heat. Answer: Oxygen, Fuel, and Heat
◉ A long, narrow extension of a fire projecting from the main body is
a __________.
Island
Finger
Spot. Answer: Finger
