CA DMV AMBULANCE CORE EXAMS SET QUESTIONS AND

CA DMV AMBULANCE CORE EXAMS SET QUESTIONS AND

ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+

✔✔The decision to use high speed patient transportation requires sound judgement,

because such operation can:

• Frighten the patient
• Put a stabilized patient into shock
• Disrupt ongoing medical treatment
• Do all of the above - ✔✔D. Do all of the above

✔✔In order to maintain a valid ambulance driver certificate you must pass a physical

examination:

• Every year
• Every two years
• When renewing the EMT-1(Ambulance) certificate
• 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:

• respond promptly without the attendant
• Wait for the attendant
• Notify the dispatcher of the inability to respond
• 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:

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

✔✔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 - ✔✔D. Under any of the above

circumstances

✔✔Responsibility for determining the mechanical safety of the ambulance rests

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• Service owner
• Ambulance attendant
• Service mechanic
• 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:

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

✔✔When transporting a stabilized patient, the driver should:

• Always drive "Code 3"
• Use only the flashing red lights but not the siren
• Not exceed the posted speed limit
• Have no need to be concerned about smooth driving - ✔✔C. Not exceed the posted

speed limit

✔✔Unless specifically exempted, a new ambulance driver must obtain a valid EMT-

1(ambulance) certificate:

• Within one year of employment
• After two years of employment
• Only if needed to work as an attendant
• Only to renew an ambulance driver certificate - ✔✔A. Within one year of employment

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

• Possession of stolen property
• Possession of marijuana
• Indecent exposure
• Any of the above - ✔✔D. Any of the above

✔✔A conviction that has been set aside or dismissed following probation as permitted

by Penal Code Section 1203.4:

• Is considered a conviction regardless of the dismissal
• Will have no effect on the application
• Need not be reported on the application
• May not be used to used to disqualify an applicant - ✔✔A. Is considered a conviction

regardless of the dismissal

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