S-290 Final Exam Questions & Verified Answers Graded A+ (Latest Update)

S-290 Final Exam Questions & Verified Answers Graded A+ (Latest Update)

T/F Topography can directly and indirectly affect fuels and their availability for
combustion. - Answer - True
Of the three primary environmental factors that influence fire behavior, which is the least
variable? - Answer - Topography
The least critical form of heat transfer that influences rate of spread in a running wild
land fire is: - Answer - Conduction
The point to which a combustible material must be heated to produce self-sustaining
combustion is known as the: - Answer - Ignition temperature
Fireline intensity is dependent upon: - Answer - All of the above.
Fuel size
Fuel moisture
Fuel temperature
Fuel compactness and arrangement
T/F Two requirements for long range spotting are wind and a well developed convection
column. - Answer - True
A fire that advances through canopies of brush and trees is known as a: - Answer -
Crown fire
Fire is burning in litter on top of the ground, but occasionally carries into the crowns of
individual trees, which produces burning embers that start new fires outside the fire
perimeter. - Answer - Surface fire with torching and spotting.