DMV: ADL UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
You shall not drive an ambulance when your ability to operate the vehicle safely is - CORRECT
ANSWER - adversely affected by fatigue,
illness/temp. or permanent disability.
When driving an ambulance Code 3, the driver should avoid passing vehicles on the -
CORRECT ANSWER - right.
If your ambulance driver's license has been revoked for reckless driving, you may reapply after a
period of not less
than - CORRECT ANSWER - one year.
The ambulance driver's primary responsibility is: - CORRECT ANSWER - safe patient
transportation.
You must safely demonstrate your ability to safely operate an ambulance to - CORRECT
ANSWER - your employer.
High speed patient transportation is usually unnecessary, but the 5-7% that require Code 3
transport includes - CORRECT ANSWER - uncontrolled hemorrhage.
Although you posses an ambulance driver's license certificate renewed within the last 4 ½ years,
you may not respond to an emergency call if any of the above exist: - CORRECT
ANSWER - license suspended, EMT cert. expired, medical cert. was not issued within the
last two years.
The rules governing the operation of an ambulance used for emergency services are contained in
- CORRECT ANSWER - Title 13, California
Code of Regulations.
, While driving Code 3 exceptions: You may disobey a red stop signal only if the ambulance speed
is slowed to - CORRECT ANSWER - 15 mph.
An ambulance driver should transport an emergency patient to the most accessible emergency
medical facility - CORRECT ANSWER - equipped, staffed, and prepared to administer
care appropriate to the needs of the patient.
You may not operate an unsafe ambulance at - CORRECT ANSWER - any time.
The driver is required to inspect the ambulance - CORRECT ANSWER - prior to
operation.
When ambulances are readily available from two or more services, your ambulance may respond
to a motor vehicle
accident only upon instructions from - CORRECT ANSWER - law enforcement or public
agency dispatcher.
The decision to use high-speed patient transport requires sound judgment because operation can -
CORRECT ANSWER - frighten the
patient, put a stabilized patient into shock and disrupt ongoing medical treatment.
Medical conditions wherein especially - CORRECT ANSWER - smooth low speed patient
transportation.
A trainee may be substituted for the qualified ambulance attendant in - CORRECT
ANSWER - none of the above circumstances.
Every ambulance driver must be trained to use all of the required ambulance equipment and
assist the attendant in
care of the injured before - CORRECT ANSWER - responding to an emergency call.
and CORRECT Answers
You shall not drive an ambulance when your ability to operate the vehicle safely is - CORRECT
ANSWER - adversely affected by fatigue,
illness/temp. or permanent disability.
When driving an ambulance Code 3, the driver should avoid passing vehicles on the -
CORRECT ANSWER - right.
If your ambulance driver's license has been revoked for reckless driving, you may reapply after a
period of not less
than - CORRECT ANSWER - one year.
The ambulance driver's primary responsibility is: - CORRECT ANSWER - safe patient
transportation.
You must safely demonstrate your ability to safely operate an ambulance to - CORRECT
ANSWER - your employer.
High speed patient transportation is usually unnecessary, but the 5-7% that require Code 3
transport includes - CORRECT ANSWER - uncontrolled hemorrhage.
Although you posses an ambulance driver's license certificate renewed within the last 4 ½ years,
you may not respond to an emergency call if any of the above exist: - CORRECT
ANSWER - license suspended, EMT cert. expired, medical cert. was not issued within the
last two years.
The rules governing the operation of an ambulance used for emergency services are contained in
- CORRECT ANSWER - Title 13, California
Code of Regulations.
, While driving Code 3 exceptions: You may disobey a red stop signal only if the ambulance speed
is slowed to - CORRECT ANSWER - 15 mph.
An ambulance driver should transport an emergency patient to the most accessible emergency
medical facility - CORRECT ANSWER - equipped, staffed, and prepared to administer
care appropriate to the needs of the patient.
You may not operate an unsafe ambulance at - CORRECT ANSWER - any time.
The driver is required to inspect the ambulance - CORRECT ANSWER - prior to
operation.
When ambulances are readily available from two or more services, your ambulance may respond
to a motor vehicle
accident only upon instructions from - CORRECT ANSWER - law enforcement or public
agency dispatcher.
The decision to use high-speed patient transport requires sound judgment because operation can -
CORRECT ANSWER - frighten the
patient, put a stabilized patient into shock and disrupt ongoing medical treatment.
Medical conditions wherein especially - CORRECT ANSWER - smooth low speed patient
transportation.
A trainee may be substituted for the qualified ambulance attendant in - CORRECT
ANSWER - none of the above circumstances.
Every ambulance driver must be trained to use all of the required ambulance equipment and
assist the attendant in
care of the injured before - CORRECT ANSWER - responding to an emergency call.
