- | Page
BASIC WILDLAND FIREF IGHTING
TRAINING EXAM WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWER S
```
Question : What is an unplanned or unwanted natural or
human-caused fire, or a prescribed fire that threatens to escape its bounds?
CORRECT ANSWER : Wildfire
Question : Purposely starting a fire that puts a home or
others at risk is known as?
CORRECT ANSWER : ACA 5-38-302
Question : Which agency is responsible for forest fire
suppression?
CORRECT ANSWER : Forestry Commission
Question : When does ACA 5-38-310 become a
violation?
- | Page
CORRECT ANSWER : When a fire crosses onto
another person's property
Question : What information should be given when
notifying AFC of a controlled burn?
CORRECT ANSWER : Time, location, owner, agent
Question : What happens in a civil action where a
person's property is damaged?
CORRECT ANSWER : Damages are doubled
Question : Does a firefighter working under direction of
AFC on private property need permission of the landowner?
CORRECT ANSWER : No, they do not need
permission of the landowner
Question : What is the act of burning called?
CORRECT ANSWER : Combustion
- | Page
Question : What must be present for combustion to occur?
CORRECT ANSWER : Fuel, heat, oxygen
Question : How does fire spread by heat transfer
methods?
CORRECT ANSWER : Radiation, convection,
conduction
Question : What pushes heat ahead of the fire pulling
moisture and making fuel easy to ignite?
CORRECT ANSWER : Radiant heat
Question : What pulls oxygen in from all sides pushing
heated air upward making more oxygen for fire (causes embers to create spot fires)?
CORRECT ANSWER : Convection
Question : How does heat transfer through root systems?
CORRECT ANSWER : Conduction
- | Page
Question : What are the environmental influences on
fires?
CORRECT ANSWER : Fuel, weather, topography
Question : What are examples of small/light fuels?
CORRECT ANSWER : Sage grass, light brush, vines
Question : What are examples of large/heavy fuels?
CORRECT ANSWER : Hardwood and softwood trees
Question : What is the most important environmental
factor and the first thing to check when fighting wildfires?
CORRECT ANSWER : Relative humidity
Question : How does a fire burn with more humidity?
CORRECT ANSWER : A fire burns slower with more
humidity