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CA DMV AMBULANCE TEST EXAM STUDY
GUIDE ALL WITH 450 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS JUST
RELEASED THIS YEAR
QUESTION: Smoking in the ambulance is:
A. Not mentioned in the regulations
B. Permitted by regulations
C. Prohibited only in the patient compartment
D. Permitted only as specified by regulation - ANSWER✔✔A. Not mentioned in the regulations
QUESTION: While driving under "Code 3" exemptions, you may disobey a red stop signal only if:
A. The ambulance makes a full stop first
B. The ambulance speed is slowed to 15 MPH
C. The ambulance does not exceed 25 MPH
D. There is no cross traffic observed - ANSWER✔✔B. The ambulance speed is slowed to 15 MPH
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QUESTION: Although you possess an ambulance driver certificate renewed after December of
last year, you may not respond to an emergency call:
A. If your drivers license has been suspended
B. If your required EMT has expired
C. If your medical certificate was not issued within the last two years
D. If any of the above circumstances exist - ANSWER✔✔D. If any of the above circumstances
exist
QUESTION: 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
1 - ANSWER✔✔A. Before responding to an emergency call
QUESTION: When ambulances are readily available from two or more services, your ambulance
company may respond to a motor vehicle accident:
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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 - ANSWER✔✔A.
Only upon instruction from a law-enforcement or public agency dispatcher
QUESTION: 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 - ANSWER✔✔C. Drivers of vehicles
approaching on a cross street
QUESTION: order to maintain a valid ambulance driver certificate you must pass a physical
examination:
A. Every year
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B. Every two years
C. When renewing the EMT-1(Ambulance) certificate
D. When renewing the ambulance driver certificate - ANSWER✔✔B. Every two years
QUESTION: 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 - ANSWER✔✔C. Notify the dispatcher of the inability to
respond
QUESTION: 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 - ANSWER✔✔C. When an unusual traffic hazard exists
CA DMV AMBULANCE TEST EXAM STUDY
GUIDE ALL WITH 450 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS JUST
RELEASED THIS YEAR
QUESTION: Smoking in the ambulance is:
A. Not mentioned in the regulations
B. Permitted by regulations
C. Prohibited only in the patient compartment
D. Permitted only as specified by regulation - ANSWER✔✔A. Not mentioned in the regulations
QUESTION: While driving under "Code 3" exemptions, you may disobey a red stop signal only if:
A. The ambulance makes a full stop first
B. The ambulance speed is slowed to 15 MPH
C. The ambulance does not exceed 25 MPH
D. There is no cross traffic observed - ANSWER✔✔B. The ambulance speed is slowed to 15 MPH
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QUESTION: Although you possess an ambulance driver certificate renewed after December of
last year, you may not respond to an emergency call:
A. If your drivers license has been suspended
B. If your required EMT has expired
C. If your medical certificate was not issued within the last two years
D. If any of the above circumstances exist - ANSWER✔✔D. If any of the above circumstances
exist
QUESTION: 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
1 - ANSWER✔✔A. Before responding to an emergency call
QUESTION: When ambulances are readily available from two or more services, your ambulance
company may respond to a motor vehicle accident:
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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 - ANSWER✔✔A.
Only upon instruction from a law-enforcement or public agency dispatcher
QUESTION: 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 - ANSWER✔✔C. Drivers of vehicles
approaching on a cross street
QUESTION: order to maintain a valid ambulance driver certificate you must pass a physical
examination:
A. Every year
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B. Every two years
C. When renewing the EMT-1(Ambulance) certificate
D. When renewing the ambulance driver certificate - ANSWER✔✔B. Every two years
QUESTION: 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 - ANSWER✔✔C. Notify the dispatcher of the inability to
respond
QUESTION: 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 - ANSWER✔✔C. When an unusual traffic hazard exists
