CA DMV AMBULANCE TEST EXAM STUDY

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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:

• Not mentioned in the regulations
• Permitted by regulations
• Prohibited only in the patient compartment
• 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:

• The ambulance makes a full stop first
• The ambulance speed is slowed to 15 MPH
• The ambulance does not exceed 25 MPH
• 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:

• If your drivers license has been suspended
• If your required EMT has expired
• If your medical certificate was not issued within the last two years
• 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:

• Before responding to an emergency call
• Within the first 90 days of employment
• Within the first 6 months of employment
• Within the first year of employment
• - 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: 2 / 4

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• 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

QUESTION: 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

QUESTION: order to maintain a valid ambulance driver certificate you must pass a physical

examination:

• Every year 3 / 4

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

• 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

QUESTION: 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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