AMBULANCE DMV TEST LATEST

AMBULANCE DMV TEST LATEST

EXAM UPDATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

When ambulances are readily available from two or more services, your

ambulance company may respond to a motor vehicle accident:

• Only upon instruction from a law-enforcement or public agency

dispatcher

• Promptly after receiving a call from a private person
• Immediately after receiving the call via CB radio
• 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

Studies have shown that sirens on emergency vehicles do not give

sufficient warnings to:

• Pedestrians
• Drivers of vehicles directly ahead
• Drivers of vehicles approaching on a cross street
• Drivers of vehicles moving slowly in dense traffic - Answer-C.

Drivers of vehicles approaching on a cross street

order to maintain a valid ambulance driver certificate you must pass a

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• Every year
• Every two years
• When renewing the EMT-1(Ambulance) certificate
• When renewing the ambulance driver certificate - Answer-B. Every

two years

When a qualified attendant is not readily available, the driver of an

ambulance dispatched for emergency service shall:

• respond promptly without the attendant
• Wait for the attendant
• Notify the dispatcher of the inability to respond
• Substitute a trainee for the attendant - Answer-C. Notify the

dispatcher of the inability to respond

The amber warning lamps on the ambulance may be displayed only:

• During "Code 3" operation
• At the scene of an emergency
• When an unusual traffic hazard exists
• When loading or unloading a patient - Answer-C. When an unusual

traffic hazard exists

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The red warning lamps on the ambulance may be displayed:

• When responding to an emergency call
• When an extreme hazard exists
• When speed in transporting the patient is essential
• Under any of the above circumstances - Answer-... D. Under any of

the above circumstances

Responsibility for determining the mechanical safety of the ambulance

rests primarily with the:

• Service owner
• Ambulance attendant
• Service mechanic
• Ambulance driver - Answer-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:

• 1/32 of an inch
• 3/32 of an inch
• 1/16 of an inch
• None of the above - Answer-A. 1/32 of an inch
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