CA DMV AMBULANCE REVISION EXAMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+ 2025/2026
✔✔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 sufficient
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
✔✔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
C. Service mechanic
D. Ambulance driver - ✔✔D. Ambulance driver
✔✔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:
A. 1/32 of an inch
B. 3/32 of an inch
C. 1/16 of an inch
D. None of the above - ✔✔A. 1/32 of an inch
✔✔Your ambulance drivers certificate may be denied or revoked for conviction of:
A. Possession of stolen property
B. Possession of marijuana
C. Indecent exposure
D. Any of the above - ✔✔D. Any of the above
✔✔Authority for the management of the scene of a traffic accident involving injuries is
vested in the:
A. Public safety agency having investigative authority
B. Paramedic
C. Ambulance attendant
D. Most medically qualified health care professional - ✔✔A. Public safety agency having
investigative authority
✔✔Temporary Certificate becomes void after: - ✔✔180 days
✔✔Regular Certificate is issued not to exceed _____ years and will expire as the
applicant's driver license. - ✔✔Five
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+ 2025/2026
✔✔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 sufficient
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
✔✔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
C. Service mechanic
D. Ambulance driver - ✔✔D. Ambulance driver
✔✔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:
A. 1/32 of an inch
B. 3/32 of an inch
C. 1/16 of an inch
D. None of the above - ✔✔A. 1/32 of an inch
✔✔Your ambulance drivers certificate may be denied or revoked for conviction of:
A. Possession of stolen property
B. Possession of marijuana
C. Indecent exposure
D. Any of the above - ✔✔D. Any of the above
✔✔Authority for the management of the scene of a traffic accident involving injuries is
vested in the:
A. Public safety agency having investigative authority
B. Paramedic
C. Ambulance attendant
D. Most medically qualified health care professional - ✔✔A. Public safety agency having
investigative authority
✔✔Temporary Certificate becomes void after: - ✔✔180 days
✔✔Regular Certificate is issued not to exceed _____ years and will expire as the
applicant's driver license. - ✔✔Five
