Ambulance Driver Test CA Questions
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Private Ambulances may only respond to emergency calls if ✔✔CHP has authorized them to
Definition of Ambulance ✔✔Rescue vehicle
Vehicle modified to transport injured people
Code 3 Operation describes ✔✔use of lights and sirens
Code 3 is justified for 3 reasons ✔✔1 to save a life
2 prevent undue suffering
3 prevent disability
Do guilty vertics that have dismissed by courts still count as convictions? ✔✔Yes
Must all ambulances operating under the same license display the same name? ✔✔Yes
,How many hours of service must be provided under each license? ✔✔24, unless the ambulance
does not respond to calls from public agencies.
Fire extinguishers ✔✔must be inspected and serviced yearly or immediately after use
Ambulances will be inspected by CHP ✔✔initially
yearly
and randonmly
Destination restrictions prevent ✔✔ambulances from taking unnecessarily long routes.
Escorts for patients: The prohibition against unqualified drivers and attendants serving as patient
escorts does not exclude ✔✔Family,
other persons concerned with the patients well being
minors should be allowed to come whenever possible
Good Samaritan Laws do not protect EMT's when ✔✔acts or omissions are performed in a
grossly negligent manner or not in good faith.
, Can CHP grant exceptions to statutory requirements? ✔✔No
Purpose of DMV ambulance driver test is ✔✔not to prove driving competence, but to screen
those with criminal backgrounds, physical disabilities, or poor driving habits.
You do not need an ambulance driving license if ✔✔are a police officer
firefighter
or if you are licensed in an a different state and driving in an emergency into CA.
6 Prerequisites to getting an Ambulance license. ✔✔1. 18 years old
2. Hold a valid CA driving license
3. File a complete application including criminal convictions and certain traffic offenses
4. Pass a written test
5. Submit fingerprints
6. Complete meddical form DL-51
Temporary certificates last _____ days ✔✔180
and Answers 100% Pass
Private Ambulances may only respond to emergency calls if ✔✔CHP has authorized them to
Definition of Ambulance ✔✔Rescue vehicle
Vehicle modified to transport injured people
Code 3 Operation describes ✔✔use of lights and sirens
Code 3 is justified for 3 reasons ✔✔1 to save a life
2 prevent undue suffering
3 prevent disability
Do guilty vertics that have dismissed by courts still count as convictions? ✔✔Yes
Must all ambulances operating under the same license display the same name? ✔✔Yes
,How many hours of service must be provided under each license? ✔✔24, unless the ambulance
does not respond to calls from public agencies.
Fire extinguishers ✔✔must be inspected and serviced yearly or immediately after use
Ambulances will be inspected by CHP ✔✔initially
yearly
and randonmly
Destination restrictions prevent ✔✔ambulances from taking unnecessarily long routes.
Escorts for patients: The prohibition against unqualified drivers and attendants serving as patient
escorts does not exclude ✔✔Family,
other persons concerned with the patients well being
minors should be allowed to come whenever possible
Good Samaritan Laws do not protect EMT's when ✔✔acts or omissions are performed in a
grossly negligent manner or not in good faith.
, Can CHP grant exceptions to statutory requirements? ✔✔No
Purpose of DMV ambulance driver test is ✔✔not to prove driving competence, but to screen
those with criminal backgrounds, physical disabilities, or poor driving habits.
You do not need an ambulance driving license if ✔✔are a police officer
firefighter
or if you are licensed in an a different state and driving in an emergency into CA.
6 Prerequisites to getting an Ambulance license. ✔✔1. 18 years old
2. Hold a valid CA driving license
3. File a complete application including criminal convictions and certain traffic offenses
4. Pass a written test
5. Submit fingerprints
6. Complete meddical form DL-51
Temporary certificates last _____ days ✔✔180
