Ambulance test Questions and Answers
1) Studies have shown that sirens on emergency vehicles do not give sufficient warnings to:
A. Pedestrians
B. Drivers of vehicles directly ahead
C. Drivers of vehicles approaching on a cross street
D. Drivers of vehicles moving slowly in dense traffic Correct Ans-C. Drivers of vehicles
approaching on a cross street
2) The decision to use high-speed patient transportation requires sound judgment, because
such operation can:
A. Frighten the patient
B. Put a stabilized patient into shock
C. Disrupt ongoing medical treatment
D. Do all of the above Correct Ans-D. Do all of the above
3) In order to maintain a valid ambulance driver certificate you must pass a physical
examination:
A. Every year
, B. Every two years
C. When renewing the EMT-1(Ambulance) certificate
D. When renewing the ambulance driver certificate Correct Ans-B. Every two years
4) When a qualified attendant is not readily available, the driver of an ambulance dispatched for
emergency service shall:
A. respond promptly without the attendant
B. Wait for the attendant
C. Notify the dispatcher of the inability to respond
D. Substitute a trainee for the attendant Correct Ans-C. Notify the dispatcher of the inability
to respond
5) The amber warning lamps on the ambulance may be displayed only:
A. During "Code 3" operation
B. At the scene of an emergency
C. When an unusual traffic hazard exists
D. When loading or unloading a patient Correct Ans-C. When an unusual traffic hazard exists
20) The red warning lamps on the ambulance may be displayed:
1) Studies have shown that sirens on emergency vehicles do not give sufficient warnings to:
A. Pedestrians
B. Drivers of vehicles directly ahead
C. Drivers of vehicles approaching on a cross street
D. Drivers of vehicles moving slowly in dense traffic Correct Ans-C. Drivers of vehicles
approaching on a cross street
2) The decision to use high-speed patient transportation requires sound judgment, because
such operation can:
A. Frighten the patient
B. Put a stabilized patient into shock
C. Disrupt ongoing medical treatment
D. Do all of the above Correct Ans-D. Do all of the above
3) In order to maintain a valid ambulance driver certificate you must pass a physical
examination:
A. Every year
, B. Every two years
C. When renewing the EMT-1(Ambulance) certificate
D. When renewing the ambulance driver certificate Correct Ans-B. Every two years
4) When a qualified attendant is not readily available, the driver of an ambulance dispatched for
emergency service shall:
A. respond promptly without the attendant
B. Wait for the attendant
C. Notify the dispatcher of the inability to respond
D. Substitute a trainee for the attendant Correct Ans-C. Notify the dispatcher of the inability
to respond
5) The amber warning lamps on the ambulance may be displayed only:
A. During "Code 3" operation
B. At the scene of an emergency
C. When an unusual traffic hazard exists
D. When loading or unloading a patient Correct Ans-C. When an unusual traffic hazard exists
20) The red warning lamps on the ambulance may be displayed:
