Basic Wildland Firefighting Training Test with Verified
Answers Graded A+
1. an unplanned or unwanted natural or hu- Wildfire
man-caused fire, or a prescribed fire that
threatens to escape its bounds
2. purposely starting a fire that puts a home or ACA 5-38-302
others at risk
3. agency responsible for forest fire supres- Forestry Commission
sion
4. ACA 5-38-310 becomes a violation When a fire crosses onto an-
other perons property
5. Time, location, owner, agent When notifying AFC of a con-
trolled burn give the following
6. Damages are doubled In a civil action where a per-
son's property
7. does not need permission of the landowner Fire fighters working under
direction of AFC on private
property
8. combustion The act of burning is called
9. fuel, heat, oxygen This must be present for
combustion to occur
10. radiation, convection, conduction Fire spreads by three heat
transfer methods
11. Radiant heat This will push heat ahead of
the fire pulling moisture and
making fuel easy to ignite
12. Convection this will pull oxygen in from
all sides pushing heated air
upward making more oxygen
for fire (causes embers to
create spot fires)
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, Basic Wildland Firefighting Training Test with Verified
Answers Graded A+
13. Conduction heat transfers through root
systems
14. Fuel, weather, topography Environmental influences on
fires
15. small/light fuels sage grass, light brush, vines
16. large/heavy fuels hardwood and softwood
trees
17. relative humidity Most important of environ-
mental factors and first thing
to check when fighting wild-
fires
18. more humidity a fire burns slower with
19. less humidity high wind and dryness
20. wind changes rapidly over time in-
fluencing the spread of wild-
fire.
21. slope the steepness of the land,
never get caught uphill from
a fire
22. aspect the direction land faces
southern exposures have
higher fuel density and less
moisture
23. terrain local features of the land,
plays a large role in maneu-
verability
24. Ketch Byram Drought Index
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Answers Graded A+
1. an unplanned or unwanted natural or hu- Wildfire
man-caused fire, or a prescribed fire that
threatens to escape its bounds
2. purposely starting a fire that puts a home or ACA 5-38-302
others at risk
3. agency responsible for forest fire supres- Forestry Commission
sion
4. ACA 5-38-310 becomes a violation When a fire crosses onto an-
other perons property
5. Time, location, owner, agent When notifying AFC of a con-
trolled burn give the following
6. Damages are doubled In a civil action where a per-
son's property
7. does not need permission of the landowner Fire fighters working under
direction of AFC on private
property
8. combustion The act of burning is called
9. fuel, heat, oxygen This must be present for
combustion to occur
10. radiation, convection, conduction Fire spreads by three heat
transfer methods
11. Radiant heat This will push heat ahead of
the fire pulling moisture and
making fuel easy to ignite
12. Convection this will pull oxygen in from
all sides pushing heated air
upward making more oxygen
for fire (causes embers to
create spot fires)
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, Basic Wildland Firefighting Training Test with Verified
Answers Graded A+
13. Conduction heat transfers through root
systems
14. Fuel, weather, topography Environmental influences on
fires
15. small/light fuels sage grass, light brush, vines
16. large/heavy fuels hardwood and softwood
trees
17. relative humidity Most important of environ-
mental factors and first thing
to check when fighting wild-
fires
18. more humidity a fire burns slower with
19. less humidity high wind and dryness
20. wind changes rapidly over time in-
fluencing the spread of wild-
fire.
21. slope the steepness of the land,
never get caught uphill from
a fire
22. aspect the direction land faces
southern exposures have
higher fuel density and less
moisture
23. terrain local features of the land,
plays a large role in maneu-
verability
24. Ketch Byram Drought Index
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