Ambulance Driving Test with complete solutions

Ambulance Driving Test (with complete solutions)

Required emergency care equipment may be legally removed from the ambulance:

• When making non-emergency patient transfers
• While using the ambulance for infant transportation
• To accommodate extra patients

d None of the above correct answers b.While using the ambulance for infant transportation

Dismissal of a driver because of a dishonest act committed:

• Should be reported to the CHP
• Must be reported to DMV
• Is of no interest to the DMV
• Is confidential and cannot be disclosed correct answers b. Must be reported to DMV

A tire may not be used on an ambulance when it is so worn that the tread dept in any two

adjacent grooves is less than:

• 1/32 of an inch
• 1/16 of an inch
• 3/32 of an inch
• None of the above correct answers a. 1/32 of an inch

1. An ambulance driver is not required to be trained to use:

• The defibrillator
• The jack and tools for wheel changes
• The portable oxygen equipment
• The resuscitator correct answers a. The defibrillator

Both left and right turn signal lights flashing at the same time on a moving passenger vehicle

most likely mean:

• The vehicle is going to make a U-turn
• The driver bumped the flasher switch
• The vehicle is carrying children to and from school
• There is a hazard of an accident ahead correct answers d. There is a hazard of an accident

ahead The decision to use high speed patient transportation requires sound judgment because such

operation can:

• Frighten the patient
• Put a stabilized patient into shock
• Disrupt ongoing medical treatment 1 / 2

• Do all of the above correct answers d. Do all of the above

Authority for the management of the scene of a traffic accident involving injuries is vested in

the:

• Public safety having investigative authority
• Paramedic
• Ambulance attendant
• Most medically qualified health care professional correct answers d. Most medically qualified

health care professional Unless specifically exempted, a new ambulance driver must obtain a valid EMT-1 (Ambulance)

certificate:

• Within one year of initial employment
• After two years of employment
• Only if needed to work as an attendant
• Only to renew an ambulance driver certificate correct answers a. Within one year of initial

employment

Your ambulance driver certificate may be denied or revoked for conviction of:

• Possession of stolen property
• Possession of marijuana
• Indecent exposure
• All of the above correct answers d. All of the above

The exemptions granted by Vehicle Code Section 21055:

• Relieve you of the duty to drive safely
• Protect you from civil liability
• Exempt you from all traffic tickets
• Do not relieve you of the duty to drive safely correct answers d. Do not relieve you of the duty

to drive safely

The driver of an ambulance being operated "Code3" must sound a siren:

• Continuously
• Only as many be reasonably necessary
• At every intersection
• When on heavily congested freeways correct answers b. Only as many be reasonably

necessary You shall not drive an ambulance when your ability to operate the vehicle safely is adversely

affected by:

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