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California Ambulance
DMV Exam
Practice Question Bank
Complete Practice Questions with Rationales
Topic Focus: Ambulance Driver Certification — California Vehicle Code & Title
13
Edition 1 · July 2026
Table of Contents
1. Instructions for Use 2
2. Practice Questions with Answers & Rationales — California Ambulance DMV Exam 2
California DMV — Ambulance Driver Exam Page 1
,CALIFORNIA AMBULANCE DMV EXAM REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS & PRACTICE QUESTIONS
How to Use This Guide
Read each stem, choose your answer, then check the rationale directly below it. The correct
option is marked, and each wrong option is explained so you understand why it's wrong — not
just that it is. Each question is derived directly from the California DMV Ambulance Driver
Certificate Exam content and formatted in exam style.
Category: California Ambulance Driver Certification — Comprehensive
Review
1 Required emergency care equipment may be legally removed from the ambulance
while:
A Using the ambulance for infant transportation
B Performing routine maintenance
C Cleaning the ambulance
D During shift change
Why A is correct: Required emergency care equipment may be legally removed from the
ambulance only when using the ambulance for infant transportation.
B — Routine maintenance does not permit removal of required emergency equipment.
C — Cleaning does not permit removal of required equipment.
D — Shift change does not permit removal of required equipment.
, 2 Dismissal of a driver because of a dishonest act committed must be:
A Reported to the DMV
B Reported to the CHP
C Reported to the employer only
D Reported to the union
Why A is correct: Dismissal of a driver because of a dishonest act committed must be
reported to the DMV.
B — The DMV, not CHP, receives these reports.
C — The employer must report to the DMV.
D — The union is not the reporting authority.
3 A tire may not be used on an ambulance when it is so worn that the tread depth in
any two adjacent grooves is less than:
A 1/32nd of an inch
B 1/16th of an inch
C 1/8th of an inch
D 2/32nds of an inch
Why A is correct: A tire may not be used when tread depth in any two adjacent grooves is
less than 1/32nd of an inch.
B — 1/16th of an inch is greater than the minimum requirement.
C — 1/8th of an inch is greater than the minimum requirement.
D — 2/32nds is equivalent to 1/16th, which is greater than the minimum.
California Ambulance
DMV Exam
Practice Question Bank
Complete Practice Questions with Rationales
Topic Focus: Ambulance Driver Certification — California Vehicle Code & Title
13
Edition 1 · July 2026
Table of Contents
1. Instructions for Use 2
2. Practice Questions with Answers & Rationales — California Ambulance DMV Exam 2
California DMV — Ambulance Driver Exam Page 1
,CALIFORNIA AMBULANCE DMV EXAM REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS & PRACTICE QUESTIONS
How to Use This Guide
Read each stem, choose your answer, then check the rationale directly below it. The correct
option is marked, and each wrong option is explained so you understand why it's wrong — not
just that it is. Each question is derived directly from the California DMV Ambulance Driver
Certificate Exam content and formatted in exam style.
Category: California Ambulance Driver Certification — Comprehensive
Review
1 Required emergency care equipment may be legally removed from the ambulance
while:
A Using the ambulance for infant transportation
B Performing routine maintenance
C Cleaning the ambulance
D During shift change
Why A is correct: Required emergency care equipment may be legally removed from the
ambulance only when using the ambulance for infant transportation.
B — Routine maintenance does not permit removal of required emergency equipment.
C — Cleaning does not permit removal of required equipment.
D — Shift change does not permit removal of required equipment.
, 2 Dismissal of a driver because of a dishonest act committed must be:
A Reported to the DMV
B Reported to the CHP
C Reported to the employer only
D Reported to the union
Why A is correct: Dismissal of a driver because of a dishonest act committed must be
reported to the DMV.
B — The DMV, not CHP, receives these reports.
C — The employer must report to the DMV.
D — The union is not the reporting authority.
3 A tire may not be used on an ambulance when it is so worn that the tread depth in
any two adjacent grooves is less than:
A 1/32nd of an inch
B 1/16th of an inch
C 1/8th of an inch
D 2/32nds of an inch
Why A is correct: A tire may not be used when tread depth in any two adjacent grooves is
less than 1/32nd of an inch.
B — 1/16th of an inch is greater than the minimum requirement.
C — 1/8th of an inch is greater than the minimum requirement.
D — 2/32nds is equivalent to 1/16th, which is greater than the minimum.
