AMBULANCE DRIVER CA FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Loss of control of the vehicle can result from: - ✔✔- Driving too fast for conditions
- Accelerating too hard
- Braking inappropriately
- Changing direction too abruptly
- Taking a curve at too high a speed
✔✔Following distances should be used as a general rule: - ✔✔- increased 50% if
ambulance is large/heavy
- 2x if road surface is loose or slippery, vision is obscured, or driver not fully alert
- 3x if road surface is packed snow/ice
✔✔Responsibility for determining the mechanical safety of the ambulance rests
primarily with the: - ✔✔- Driver
✔✔Responsibility for equipping and maintaining the vehicle rests primarily with: - ✔✔-
The owner
✔✔If your ambulance drivers cert has been revoked, you may reapply after a period not
less than: - ✔✔- 1 year
✔✔You shall not drive an ambulance when your ability to operate the vehicle safely is
affected by: - ✔✔- Fatigue or illness
- Temporary disability
- Permanent disability
✔✔The ambulance driver is required to inspect the ambulance: - ✔✔- Prior to operation
✔✔While driving under "Code 3" exemptions, you may disobey a red stop signal only if:
- ✔✔- The ambulance is slowed to 15 mph
✔✔When ambulances are readily available from two or more services, your ambulance
company amy respond to a motor vehicle accident: - ✔✔- Only upon instruction from a
law-enforcement or public agency dispatcher
✔✔Tire tread depth may not be less than: - ✔✔- 1/32nd of an inch
✔✔Authority for the management of the scene of a traffic accident involving injuries is
vested in the: - ✔✔- Public safety agency having investigative authority
✔✔ The following are essential for safe ambulance operation: - ✔✔- Compliance with
applicable requirements
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Loss of control of the vehicle can result from: - ✔✔- Driving too fast for conditions
- Accelerating too hard
- Braking inappropriately
- Changing direction too abruptly
- Taking a curve at too high a speed
✔✔Following distances should be used as a general rule: - ✔✔- increased 50% if
ambulance is large/heavy
- 2x if road surface is loose or slippery, vision is obscured, or driver not fully alert
- 3x if road surface is packed snow/ice
✔✔Responsibility for determining the mechanical safety of the ambulance rests
primarily with the: - ✔✔- Driver
✔✔Responsibility for equipping and maintaining the vehicle rests primarily with: - ✔✔-
The owner
✔✔If your ambulance drivers cert has been revoked, you may reapply after a period not
less than: - ✔✔- 1 year
✔✔You shall not drive an ambulance when your ability to operate the vehicle safely is
affected by: - ✔✔- Fatigue or illness
- Temporary disability
- Permanent disability
✔✔The ambulance driver is required to inspect the ambulance: - ✔✔- Prior to operation
✔✔While driving under "Code 3" exemptions, you may disobey a red stop signal only if:
- ✔✔- The ambulance is slowed to 15 mph
✔✔When ambulances are readily available from two or more services, your ambulance
company amy respond to a motor vehicle accident: - ✔✔- Only upon instruction from a
law-enforcement or public agency dispatcher
✔✔Tire tread depth may not be less than: - ✔✔- 1/32nd of an inch
✔✔Authority for the management of the scene of a traffic accident involving injuries is
vested in the: - ✔✔- Public safety agency having investigative authority
✔✔ The following are essential for safe ambulance operation: - ✔✔- Compliance with
applicable requirements
