CALIFORNIA AMBULANCE DMV COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Medical conditions wherein especially smooth, low speed patient transportation is
preferable include:
A. Spinal Injuries
B. Serious Fractures
C. Heart Attacks
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔A trainee may be substituted for the qualified ambulance attendant:
A. If no qualified attendant is available
B. If the trainee has completed an advanced first-aid course
C. If the trainee is enrolled in an approved EMT-1A course
D. In none of the above instances - ✔✔D. In none of the above instances
✔✔Every ambulance driver must be trained to use all the required ambulance
equipment and to assist the attendant in care of the injured:
A. Before responding to an emergency call
B. Within the first 90 days of employment
C. Within the first 6 months of employment
D. Within the first year of employment - ✔✔A. Before responding to an emergency call
✔✔When ambulances are readily available from two or more services, your ambulance
company may respond to a motor vehicle accident:
A. Only upon instruction from a law-enforcement or public agency dispatcher
B. Promptly after receiving a call from a private person
C. Immediately after receiving the call via CB radio
D. Whenever your ambulance is closer to the scene than your competitor's - ✔✔A. Only
upon instruction from a law-enforcement or public agency dispatcher
✔✔Studies have shown that sirens on emergency vehicles do not give sufficiant
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 - ✔✔C. Drivers of vehicles
approaching on a cross street
, ✔✔The decision to use high speed patient transportation requires sound judgement,
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 - ✔✔D. Do all of the above
✔✔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 - ✔✔B. Every two years
✔✔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 - ✔✔C. Notify the dispatcher of the inability to
respond
✔✔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 - ✔✔C. When an unusual traffic hazard exists
✔✔The red warning lamps on the ambulance may be displayed:
A. When responding to an emergency call
B. When an extreme hazard exists
C. When speed in transporting the patient is essential
D. Under any of the above circumstances - ✔✔D. Under any of the above
circumstances
✔✔Responsibility for determining the mechanical safety of the ambulance rests
primarily with the:
A. Service owner
B. Ambulance attendant
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Medical conditions wherein especially smooth, low speed patient transportation is
preferable include:
A. Spinal Injuries
B. Serious Fractures
C. Heart Attacks
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
✔✔A trainee may be substituted for the qualified ambulance attendant:
A. If no qualified attendant is available
B. If the trainee has completed an advanced first-aid course
C. If the trainee is enrolled in an approved EMT-1A course
D. In none of the above instances - ✔✔D. In none of the above instances
✔✔Every ambulance driver must be trained to use all the required ambulance
equipment and to assist the attendant in care of the injured:
A. Before responding to an emergency call
B. Within the first 90 days of employment
C. Within the first 6 months of employment
D. Within the first year of employment - ✔✔A. Before responding to an emergency call
✔✔When ambulances are readily available from two or more services, your ambulance
company may respond to a motor vehicle accident:
A. Only upon instruction from a law-enforcement or public agency dispatcher
B. Promptly after receiving a call from a private person
C. Immediately after receiving the call via CB radio
D. Whenever your ambulance is closer to the scene than your competitor's - ✔✔A. Only
upon instruction from a law-enforcement or public agency dispatcher
✔✔Studies have shown that sirens on emergency vehicles do not give sufficiant
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 - ✔✔C. Drivers of vehicles
approaching on a cross street
, ✔✔The decision to use high speed patient transportation requires sound judgement,
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 - ✔✔D. Do all of the above
✔✔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 - ✔✔B. Every two years
✔✔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 - ✔✔C. Notify the dispatcher of the inability to
respond
✔✔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 - ✔✔C. When an unusual traffic hazard exists
✔✔The red warning lamps on the ambulance may be displayed:
A. When responding to an emergency call
B. When an extreme hazard exists
C. When speed in transporting the patient is essential
D. Under any of the above circumstances - ✔✔D. Under any of the above
circumstances
✔✔Responsibility for determining the mechanical safety of the ambulance rests
primarily with the:
A. Service owner
B. Ambulance attendant
