CALIFORNIA AMBULANCE DMV SCRIPTED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Responsibility for determining the mechanical safety of the ambulance rests
primarily with the - ✔✔Ambulance driver
✔✔When transporting a stabilized patient the driver should not - ✔✔Exceed the speed
limit
✔✔High speed patient transport is usually unnecessary, but the five to ten percent that
probably require "Code 3" transport include - ✔✔Uncontrolled hemorrhage
✔✔The amber warning lamps may be displayed only when - ✔✔An unusual traffic
hazard exists
✔✔An exemption from a requirement of Title 13 may be granted for not longer than -
✔✔Two Years
✔✔The driver of an ambulance being operated "Code 3" is not exempt from -
✔✔Reckless driving statues
✔✔Although you posses an ambulance certificate renewed with 4 1/2 years - ✔✔You
may not respond to an emergency call in all of the above circumstances: If your drivers
license has been suspended, if the required EMT certification has expired, and/or if your
medical certification was not issued within the past two years
✔✔Use of headlamps during daylight hours is effective in reducing accident frequency
by - ✔✔Making the ambulance more visible to other drivers
✔✔All emergency ambulances must be made available for inspection by a
representative of the CHP - ✔✔Upon notice by the CHP representative
✔✔ Required emergency care equipment may be legally removed from the ambulance
while - ✔✔Using the ambulance for infant transportation
✔✔Dismissal of a driver because of a dishonest act committed must be - ✔✔Reported
to the DMV
✔✔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 - ✔✔1/32nd of an inch
✔✔An ambulance driver is not required to use - ✔✔The defribrillator
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Responsibility for determining the mechanical safety of the ambulance rests
primarily with the - ✔✔Ambulance driver
✔✔When transporting a stabilized patient the driver should not - ✔✔Exceed the speed
limit
✔✔High speed patient transport is usually unnecessary, but the five to ten percent that
probably require "Code 3" transport include - ✔✔Uncontrolled hemorrhage
✔✔The amber warning lamps may be displayed only when - ✔✔An unusual traffic
hazard exists
✔✔An exemption from a requirement of Title 13 may be granted for not longer than -
✔✔Two Years
✔✔The driver of an ambulance being operated "Code 3" is not exempt from -
✔✔Reckless driving statues
✔✔Although you posses an ambulance certificate renewed with 4 1/2 years - ✔✔You
may not respond to an emergency call in all of the above circumstances: If your drivers
license has been suspended, if the required EMT certification has expired, and/or if your
medical certification was not issued within the past two years
✔✔Use of headlamps during daylight hours is effective in reducing accident frequency
by - ✔✔Making the ambulance more visible to other drivers
✔✔All emergency ambulances must be made available for inspection by a
representative of the CHP - ✔✔Upon notice by the CHP representative
✔✔ Required emergency care equipment may be legally removed from the ambulance
while - ✔✔Using the ambulance for infant transportation
✔✔Dismissal of a driver because of a dishonest act committed must be - ✔✔Reported
to the DMV
✔✔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 - ✔✔1/32nd of an inch
✔✔An ambulance driver is not required to use - ✔✔The defribrillator
