QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
1. 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: c. 5 gallon liquid propane tank
2. During structural fire fighting operations you should always consider a
secondary route.
a. response
b. hose lay
c. frequency
d. escape: d. escape
3. How many ICS bulldozer types or classifications are there?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4: c. 3
4. Do not get off the engine until told to do so by?
a. your supervisor
b. any firefighter
c. a civilian
d. an inmate: a. your supervisor
5. Name advantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire fight-
ing:
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: a. firefighters subjected to less heat and smoke
6. 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: 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.
,7. 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: b. tie-in
8. There are basic attack methods used on wild-
land fires.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four: c. three
Note: direct attack, indirect attack, parallel attack
9. The wildland safety uniform and equipment should be kept together and
ready for immediate use.
a. True
b. False: a. True
10. 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: b. Left outside the shelter
11. Which of the following is NOT a hazard for air tankers?
a. steep topography
b. gentle rolling hills
c. high winds
d. dense smoke: b. gentle rolling hills
12. While working around a helispot, you should stay at least
feet away from a helicopter at all times unless you have a specific job that
requires otherwise.
a. 50
b. 150
c. 75
d. 100: d. 100
13. Name disadvantages in using the indirect attack method of wildland fire
fighting:
a. easier work/no heat, smoke reduces length of fire edge
b. burning operation can escape control, acreage burned increases
c. permits using natural barriers
d. can allow more time to construct line: b. burning operation can escape control,
acreage burned increases