CALIFORNIA AMBULANCE DMV 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Warning Lamp effectiveness may be reduced by what 3 factors - ✔✔1. low sun or
glare
2. confusion with traffic signals and neon lights
3. Their position if mounted to high or low on the ambulance.
✔✔Should headlamps be used in the daylight? - ✔✔yes, they increase visibility.
✔✔Definition of defensive driving: - ✔✔doing everything reasonably possible to avoid
accidents.
✔✔a preventable accident is one - ✔✔in which the driver failed to take reasonable
precautions to avoid the accident
✔✔Defensive driving requires - ✔✔continual exercise of sound judgment and good
driving habits with an awareness that all other drivers cannot be relied upon to drive
safely
✔✔Is physical fitness a prerequisite for safe driving? - ✔✔Yes.
✔✔Five elements of defensive driving - ✔✔1. knowledge: of the rules of the road, his,
and his vehicles limitations.
2. Alertness: of potential hazards
3. Vision: as speed increases visual accuracy decreases
4. Judgement: knowing what to do when
5. Skill: in handling an ambulance.
✔✔Loss of control is often due to - ✔✔1. driving to fast for the conditions
2. Accelerating too hard
3. Braking too hard
4. Changing direction to hard
5. Taking a curve to fast
✔✔Minor backing mishaps (crashes) result in - ✔✔1. keeping an ambulance out of
service
2. costly repairs
3. additional paperworl
4. poor public image
5. expensive insurance
6. job loss
✔✔Too back up a vehicle station a crew member - ✔✔outside to the left rear of the
vehicle
, ✔✔Before backing up check for - ✔✔pedestrians and obstacles
✔✔Before backing up push - ✔✔the horn
✔✔Back up at what pace - ✔✔slowly
✔✔While backing up check your - ✔✔mirrors constantly
✔✔Intersections are the most likely cause of accidents because - ✔✔1. visibility is
obstructed
2.Drivers misjudge clearance
3. Motorists may not see or hear the ambulance
4. Two or more ambulances meet at an intersection
✔✔At an intersection the driver should check for - ✔✔actual and potential hazards well
in advance of the intersection
✔✔At intersections the driver should look to the left, then - ✔✔then to the right, then,
the left again before entering the intersection.
✔✔Maintain a safe ______ distance - ✔✔following
✔✔A safe following distance enables a driver to - ✔✔stop or steer around without
crashing into a vehicle that stops suddenly
✔✔Is greater than the distance required to react (3/4ths of a second), but shorter -
✔✔than the total stopping time
✔✔You should keep a separation of at least ____ between the ambulance and the next
vehicle - ✔✔3 seconds
✔✔If the ambulance is large or heavy increase following distances by - ✔✔50%
✔✔If the surface is loose or slippery increase following distances by - ✔✔2X
✔✔If vision is obscured increase following distances by - ✔✔2X
✔✔If the driver is not fully alert increase following distances by - ✔✔2X
✔✔If the road surface is packed snow or ice increase following distances by - ✔✔3X
✔✔At speeds of 40 to 60 mph safely passing a vehicle takes - ✔✔10 seconds
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Warning Lamp effectiveness may be reduced by what 3 factors - ✔✔1. low sun or
glare
2. confusion with traffic signals and neon lights
3. Their position if mounted to high or low on the ambulance.
✔✔Should headlamps be used in the daylight? - ✔✔yes, they increase visibility.
✔✔Definition of defensive driving: - ✔✔doing everything reasonably possible to avoid
accidents.
✔✔a preventable accident is one - ✔✔in which the driver failed to take reasonable
precautions to avoid the accident
✔✔Defensive driving requires - ✔✔continual exercise of sound judgment and good
driving habits with an awareness that all other drivers cannot be relied upon to drive
safely
✔✔Is physical fitness a prerequisite for safe driving? - ✔✔Yes.
✔✔Five elements of defensive driving - ✔✔1. knowledge: of the rules of the road, his,
and his vehicles limitations.
2. Alertness: of potential hazards
3. Vision: as speed increases visual accuracy decreases
4. Judgement: knowing what to do when
5. Skill: in handling an ambulance.
✔✔Loss of control is often due to - ✔✔1. driving to fast for the conditions
2. Accelerating too hard
3. Braking too hard
4. Changing direction to hard
5. Taking a curve to fast
✔✔Minor backing mishaps (crashes) result in - ✔✔1. keeping an ambulance out of
service
2. costly repairs
3. additional paperworl
4. poor public image
5. expensive insurance
6. job loss
✔✔Too back up a vehicle station a crew member - ✔✔outside to the left rear of the
vehicle
, ✔✔Before backing up check for - ✔✔pedestrians and obstacles
✔✔Before backing up push - ✔✔the horn
✔✔Back up at what pace - ✔✔slowly
✔✔While backing up check your - ✔✔mirrors constantly
✔✔Intersections are the most likely cause of accidents because - ✔✔1. visibility is
obstructed
2.Drivers misjudge clearance
3. Motorists may not see or hear the ambulance
4. Two or more ambulances meet at an intersection
✔✔At an intersection the driver should check for - ✔✔actual and potential hazards well
in advance of the intersection
✔✔At intersections the driver should look to the left, then - ✔✔then to the right, then,
the left again before entering the intersection.
✔✔Maintain a safe ______ distance - ✔✔following
✔✔A safe following distance enables a driver to - ✔✔stop or steer around without
crashing into a vehicle that stops suddenly
✔✔Is greater than the distance required to react (3/4ths of a second), but shorter -
✔✔than the total stopping time
✔✔You should keep a separation of at least ____ between the ambulance and the next
vehicle - ✔✔3 seconds
✔✔If the ambulance is large or heavy increase following distances by - ✔✔50%
✔✔If the surface is loose or slippery increase following distances by - ✔✔2X
✔✔If vision is obscured increase following distances by - ✔✔2X
✔✔If the driver is not fully alert increase following distances by - ✔✔2X
✔✔If the road surface is packed snow or ice increase following distances by - ✔✔3X
✔✔At speeds of 40 to 60 mph safely passing a vehicle takes - ✔✔10 seconds
