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California Ambulance Driver Certificate
Exam / Test Questions and answers
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Private Ambulances may only respond to emergency calls if - Answer✔✔-CHP has authorized them to
Definition of Ambulance - Answer✔✔-Rescue vehicle
Vehicle modified to transport injured people
Code 3 Operation describes - Answer✔✔-use of lights and sirens
Code 3 is justified for 3 reasons - Answer✔✔-1 to save a life
2 prevent undue suffering
3 prevent disability
Do guilty vertics that have dismissed by courts still count as convictions? - Answer✔✔-Yes
Must all ambulances operating under the same license display the same name? - Answer✔✔-Yes
How many hours of service must be provided under each license? - Answer✔✔-24, unless the
ambulance does not respond to calls from public agencies.
Fire extinguishers - Answer✔✔-must be inspected and serviced yearly or immediately after use
Ambulances will be inspected by CHP - Answer✔✔-initially
yearly
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Destination restrictions prevent - Answer✔✔-ambulances from taking unnecessarily long routes.
Escorts for patients: The prohibition against unqualified drivers and attendants serving as patient escorts
does not exclude - Answer✔✔-Family,
other persons concerned with the patients well being
minors should be allowed to come whenever possible
Good Samaritan Laws do not protect EMT's when - Answer✔✔-acts or omissions are performed in a
grossly negligent manner or not in good faith.
Can CHP grant exceptions to statutory requirements? - Answer✔✔-No
Purpose of DMV ambulance driver test is - Answer✔✔-not to prove driving competence, but to screen
those with criminal backgrounds, physical disabilities, or poor driving habits.
You do not need an ambulance driving license if - Answer✔✔-are a police officer
firefighter
or if you are licensed in an a different state and driving in an emergency into CA.
Prerequisites to getting an Ambulance license - Answer✔✔-- Be at least 18 years old
- Hold a license that's valid in CA (doesn't have to be FROM CA)
- Visit a DMV office (w/ appointment preferrably)
- Pay application fee
- $25 for original certificate
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California Ambulance Driver Certificate
Exam / Test Questions and answers
|100% Pass
Private Ambulances may only respond to emergency calls if - Answer✔✔-CHP has authorized them to
Definition of Ambulance - Answer✔✔-Rescue vehicle
Vehicle modified to transport injured people
Code 3 Operation describes - Answer✔✔-use of lights and sirens
Code 3 is justified for 3 reasons - Answer✔✔-1 to save a life
2 prevent undue suffering
3 prevent disability
Do guilty vertics that have dismissed by courts still count as convictions? - Answer✔✔-Yes
Must all ambulances operating under the same license display the same name? - Answer✔✔-Yes
How many hours of service must be provided under each license? - Answer✔✔-24, unless the
ambulance does not respond to calls from public agencies.
Fire extinguishers - Answer✔✔-must be inspected and serviced yearly or immediately after use
Ambulances will be inspected by CHP - Answer✔✔-initially
yearly
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Destination restrictions prevent - Answer✔✔-ambulances from taking unnecessarily long routes.
Escorts for patients: The prohibition against unqualified drivers and attendants serving as patient escorts
does not exclude - Answer✔✔-Family,
other persons concerned with the patients well being
minors should be allowed to come whenever possible
Good Samaritan Laws do not protect EMT's when - Answer✔✔-acts or omissions are performed in a
grossly negligent manner or not in good faith.
Can CHP grant exceptions to statutory requirements? - Answer✔✔-No
Purpose of DMV ambulance driver test is - Answer✔✔-not to prove driving competence, but to screen
those with criminal backgrounds, physical disabilities, or poor driving habits.
You do not need an ambulance driving license if - Answer✔✔-are a police officer
firefighter
or if you are licensed in an a different state and driving in an emergency into CA.
Prerequisites to getting an Ambulance license - Answer✔✔-- Be at least 18 years old
- Hold a license that's valid in CA (doesn't have to be FROM CA)
- Visit a DMV office (w/ appointment preferrably)
- Pay application fee
- $25 for original certificate
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