AMBULANCE DRIVER UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
(Latest 2026/2027 Update)
●● Definition of Ambulance
Answer: Rescue vehicle
Vehicle modified to transport injured people
●● Code 3 Operation describes
Answer: use of lights and sirens
●● Code 3 is justified for 3 reasons
Answer: 1 to save a life
2 prevent undue suffering
3 prevent disability
●● Do guilty vertics that have dismissed by courts still count as
convictions?
Answer: Yes
●● Must all ambulances operating under the same license display the
same name?
Answer: Yes
●● How many hours of service must be provided under each license?
Answer: 24, unless the ambulance does not respond to calls from public
agencies.
●● Fire extinguishers
Answer: must be inspected and serviced yearly or immediately after use
, ●● Ambulances will be inspected by CHP
Answer: initially
yearly
and randonmly
●● Destination restrictions prevent
Answer: ambulances from taking unnecessarily long routes.
●● Escorts for patients: The prohibition against unqualified drivers and
attendants serving as patient escorts does not exclude
Answer: Family,
other persons concerned with the patients well being
minors should be allowed to come whenever possible
●● Good Samaritan Laws do not protect EMT's when
Answer: acts or omissions are performed in a grossly negligent manner
or not in good faith.
●● Can CHP grant exceptions to statutory requirements?
Answer: No
●● Purpose of DMV ambulance driver test is
Answer: not to prove driving competence, but to screen those with
criminal backgrounds, physical disabilities, or poor driving habits.
●● You do not need an ambulance driving license if
Answer: are a police officer
firefighter
or if you are licensed in an a different state and driving in an emergency
into CA.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
(Latest 2026/2027 Update)
●● Definition of Ambulance
Answer: Rescue vehicle
Vehicle modified to transport injured people
●● Code 3 Operation describes
Answer: use of lights and sirens
●● Code 3 is justified for 3 reasons
Answer: 1 to save a life
2 prevent undue suffering
3 prevent disability
●● Do guilty vertics that have dismissed by courts still count as
convictions?
Answer: Yes
●● Must all ambulances operating under the same license display the
same name?
Answer: Yes
●● How many hours of service must be provided under each license?
Answer: 24, unless the ambulance does not respond to calls from public
agencies.
●● Fire extinguishers
Answer: must be inspected and serviced yearly or immediately after use
, ●● Ambulances will be inspected by CHP
Answer: initially
yearly
and randonmly
●● Destination restrictions prevent
Answer: ambulances from taking unnecessarily long routes.
●● Escorts for patients: The prohibition against unqualified drivers and
attendants serving as patient escorts does not exclude
Answer: Family,
other persons concerned with the patients well being
minors should be allowed to come whenever possible
●● Good Samaritan Laws do not protect EMT's when
Answer: acts or omissions are performed in a grossly negligent manner
or not in good faith.
●● Can CHP grant exceptions to statutory requirements?
Answer: No
●● Purpose of DMV ambulance driver test is
Answer: not to prove driving competence, but to screen those with
criminal backgrounds, physical disabilities, or poor driving habits.
●● You do not need an ambulance driving license if
Answer: are a police officer
firefighter
or if you are licensed in an a different state and driving in an emergency
into CA.
