Wildland Firefighting (3rd Edition)-Chapter 1 Definitions Test #2

Wildland Firefighting (3rd Edition) Chapter 1 Definitions Test (#2) 22 questions Enter the correct answer in the Drop-Down boxes. When all answers have been supplied click on the "GRADE TEST" button below to check on the correctness of your answers.
1) Prediction of probable fire behavior, usually prepared by a fire-behavior officer in support of fire suppression or prescribed-burning operations.
2) Anvil-shaped cloud with considerable vertical development, usually with fibrous ice crystal tops, and usually accompanied by lightning, thunder, hail, and strong winds.
3) Rate of heat energy released per unit time per unit length of fire front. Numerically, it is the product of the heat of combustion, quantity of fuel consumed in the fire front, and the rate of spread of a fire in Btu per second per foot (kilojoules per second per meter) of fire front. Synonymous with Fireline Intensity.
4) Spinning vortex column of ascending hot air and gases rising from a fire and carrying smoke, debris, and flame aloft.
5) Transfer of heat energy from one body to another through direct contact or an intervening medium from a region of high temperature to a region of low temperature.
6) Manipulation of fuel prior to an incident to prevent the occurrence or slow the spread of wildland fire. Synonymous with Vegetation Management or Fuel Management.
7) Fast-drying fuels, with a comparatively high surface-area-to-volume ratio, that are generally less than 1/4inch in diameter and have a time lag of 1 hour or less. These fuels readily ignite and are rapidly consumed by fire when dry.
8) Large-scale winds caused by high- and low-pressure systems but generally influenced and modified in the lower atmosphere by terrain.
9) Daily; OR especially pertaining to cyclic actions of the atmosphere that are completed within 24 hours and that recur every 24 hours.
10) Ignition or nearly simultaneous ignition of several individual fires that influence the main fire and each other in a way that produces a hot, fast-moving fire or blowup throughout the area.
11) (1) Total amount of heat produced per unit mass of fuel consumed per unit time. (2) Amount of heat released to the atmosphere from the convective-lift fire phase of a fire per unit time.
12) Thermal or chemical decomposition of fuel because of heat; the preignition combustion phase of burning during which heat energy is absorbed by the fuel, which in turn gives off flammable tars, pitches, and gases.
13) Unplanned and unwanted fire requiring suppression action; an uncontrolled fire, usually spreading through vegetative fuels. These fires can threaten structures or other improvements.
14) Small-scale convective winds that occur due to local heating and cooling of a natural incline of the ground.
15) Any sudden acceleration in rate of spread or intensification of a fire. Relatively short duration and does not radically change existing control plans.
16) Rapid oxidation of combustible materials accompanied by a release of energy in the form of heat and light.
17) Self-sustaining process of rapid oxidation of a fuel, which produces heat and light.
18) Sudden dangerous increase in fireline intensity typically caused by strong or erratic wind, steep slopes, large open areas, and easily ignited fuels. It is sufficient to preclude direct attack or to change the incident action plan; often accompanied by violent convection and may have other characteristics of a fire storm.
19) Degree or extent of continuous or uninterrupted distribution of fuel particles in a fuel bed, thus affecting a fire's ability to sustain combustion and spread. This applies to aerial fuels as well as surface fuels.
20) Portion of the atmosphere that has a relatively low dew point temperature and where the formation of clouds, fog, or precipitation is unlikely.
21) Degree to which vertical motion in the atmosphere is enhanced or suppressed.
22) Fuels that provide vertical continuity between strata, thereby allowing fire to carry from surface fuels into the crowns of trees or shrubs with relative ease. They help initiate and assure the continuation of crowning.

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Wildland Firefighting (3rd Edition)
Chapter 1 Definitions Test (#2)
22 questions

Enter the correct answer in the Drop-Down boxes. When all answers have been supplied click on the "GRADE TEST" button below to check on the correctness of your answers.

1) Prediction of probable fire behavior, usually prepared by a fire-behavior officer in support of fire suppression or prescribed-burning operations.

2) Anvil-shaped cloud with considerable vertical development, usually with fibrous ice crystal tops, and usually accompanied by lightning, thunder, hail, and strong winds.

4) Spinning vortex column of ascending hot air and gases rising from a fire and carrying smoke, debris, and flame aloft.

5) Transfer of heat energy from one body to another through direct contact or an intervening medium from a region of high temperature to a region of low temperature.

6) Manipulation of fuel prior to an incident to prevent the occurrence or slow the spread of wildland fire. Synonymous with Vegetation Management or Fuel Management.

7) Fast-drying fuels, with a comparatively high surface-area-to-volume ratio, that are generally less than 1/4inch in diameter and have a time lag of 1 hour or less. These fuels readily ignite and are rapidly consumed by fire when dry.

8) Large-scale winds caused by high- and low-pressure systems but generally influenced and modified in the lower atmosphere by terrain.

9) Daily; OR especially pertaining to cyclic actions of the atmosphere that are completed within 24 hours and that recur every 24 hours.

10) Ignition or nearly simultaneous ignition of several individual fires that influence the main fire and each other in a way that produces a hot, fast-moving fire or blowup throughout the area.

11) (1) Total amount of heat produced per unit mass of fuel consumed per unit time. (2) Amount of heat released to the atmosphere from the convective-lift fire phase of a fire per unit time.

12) Thermal or chemical decomposition of fuel because of heat; the preignition combustion phase of burning during which heat energy is absorbed by the fuel, which in turn gives off flammable tars, pitches, and gases.

13) Unplanned and unwanted fire requiring suppression action; an uncontrolled fire, usually spreading through vegetative fuels. These fires can threaten structures or other improvements.

14) Small-scale convective winds that occur due to local heating and cooling of a natural incline of the ground.

15) Any sudden acceleration in rate of spread or intensification of a fire. Relatively short duration and does not radically change existing control plans.

16) Rapid oxidation of combustible materials accompanied by a release of energy in the form of heat and light.

17) Self-sustaining process of rapid oxidation of a fuel, which produces heat and light.

19) Degree or extent of continuous or uninterrupted distribution of fuel particles in a fuel bed, thus affecting a fire's ability to sustain combustion and spread. This applies to aerial fuels as well as surface fuels.

20) Portion of the atmosphere that has a relatively low dew point temperature and where the formation of clouds, fog, or precipitation is unlikely.

21) Degree to which vertical motion in the atmosphere is enhanced or suppressed.

22) Fuels that provide vertical continuity between strata, thereby allowing fire to carry from surface fuels into the crowns of trees or shrubs with relative ease. They help initiate and assure the continuation of crowning.

Wildland Firefighting (3rd Edition) Chapter 1 Definitions Test (#2) 22 questions

Enter the correct answer in the Drop-Down boxes. When all answers have been supplied click on the "GRADE TEST" button below to check on the correctness of your answers.

1) Prediction of probable fire behavior, usually prepared by a fire-behavior officer in support of fire suppression or prescribed-burning operations.

2) Anvil-shaped cloud with considerable vertical development, usually with fibrous ice crystal tops, and usually accompanied by lightning, thunder, hail, and strong winds.

4) Spinning vortex column of ascending hot air and gases rising from a fire and carrying smoke, debris, and flame aloft.

5) Transfer of heat energy from one body to another through direct contact or an intervening medium from a region of high temperature to a region of low temperature.

6) Manipulation of fuel prior to an incident to prevent the occurrence or slow the spread of wildland fire. Synonymous with Vegetation Management or Fuel Management.

7) Fast-drying fuels, with a comparatively high surface-area-to-volume ratio, that are generally less than 1/4inch in diameter and have a time lag of 1 hour or less. These fuels readily ignite and are rapidly consumed by fire when dry.

8) Large-scale winds caused by high- and low-pressure systems but generally influenced and modified in the lower atmosphere by terrain.

9) Daily; OR especially pertaining to cyclic actions of the atmosphere that are completed within 24 hours and that recur every 24 hours.

10) Ignition or nearly simultaneous ignition of several individual fires that influence the main fire and each other in a way that produces a hot, fast-moving fire or blowup throughout the area.

11) (1) Total amount of heat produced per unit mass of fuel consumed per unit time. (2) Amount of heat released to the atmosphere from the convective-lift fire phase of a fire per unit time.

12) Thermal or chemical decomposition of fuel because of heat; the preignition combustion phase of burning during which heat energy is absorbed by the fuel, which in turn gives off flammable tars, pitches, and gases.

13) Unplanned and unwanted fire requiring suppression action; an uncontrolled fire, usually spreading through vegetative fuels. These fires can threaten structures or other improvements.

14) Small-scale convective winds that occur due to local heating and cooling of a natural incline of the ground.

15) Any sudden acceleration in rate of spread or intensification of a fire. Relatively short duration and does not radically change existing control plans.

16) Rapid oxidation of combustible materials accompanied by a release of energy in the form of heat and light.

17) Self-sustaining process of rapid oxidation of a fuel, which produces heat and light.

19) Degree or extent of continuous or uninterrupted distribution of fuel particles in a fuel bed, thus affecting a fire's ability to sustain combustion and spread. This applies to aerial fuels as well as surface fuels.

20) Portion of the atmosphere that has a relatively low dew point temperature and where the formation of clouds, fog, or precipitation is unlikely.

21) Degree to which vertical motion in the atmosphere is enhanced or suppressed.

22) Fuels that provide vertical continuity between strata, thereby allowing fire to carry from surface fuels into the crowns of trees or shrubs with relative ease. They help initiate and assure the continuation of crowning.

Wildland Firefighting (3rd Edition)
Chapter 1 Definitions Test (#2)
22 questions