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CA DMV AMBULANCE CERTIFICATION EXAM,
WRITTEN EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST
2025-2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
You shall not drive an ambulance when your ability to operate
the vehicle safely is affected by:
A. Fatigue or illness
B. A temporary disability
C. A permanent disability
D. Any of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ D. Any of the above
The ambulance driver is required to inspect the ambulance:
A. Once a week
B. Daily
C. Prior to operation
D. After each trip - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ C. Prior to operation
Smoking in the ambulance is:
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A. Not mentioned in the regulations
B. Permitted by regulations
C. Prohibited only in the patient compartment
D. Permitted only as specified by regulation - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ A. Not mentioned in the regulations
Smoking in the ambulance is:
A. Not mentioned in the regulations
B. Permitted by regulations
C. Prohibited only in the patient compartment
D. Permitted only as specified by regulation - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ A. Not mentioned in the regulations
While driving under "Code 3" exemptions, you may disobey a
red stop signal only if:
A. The ambulance makes a full stop first
B. The ambulance speed is slowed to 15 MPH
C. The ambulance does not exceed 25 MPH
D. There is no cross traffic observed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ B.
The ambulance speed is slowed to 15 MPH
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Although you possess an ambulance driver certificate renewed
after December of last year, you may not respond to an
emergency call:
A. If your drivers license has been suspended
B. If your required EMT has expired
C. If your medical certificate was not issued within the last two
years
D. If any of the above circumstances exist - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ D. If any of the above circumstances exist
Every ambulance driver must be trained to use all the required
ambulance equipment and to assist the attendant in care of the
injured:
A. Before responding to an emergency call
B. Within the first 90 days of employment
C. Within the first 6 months of employment
D. Within the first year of employment
1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ A. Before responding to an emergency
call
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When ambulances are readily available from two or more
services, your ambulance company may respond to a motor
vehicle accident:
A. Only upon instruction from a law-enforcement or public
agency dispatcher
B. Promptly after receiving a call from a private person
C. Immediately after receiving the call via CB radio
D. Whenever your ambulance is closer to the scene than your
competitor's - CORRECT 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:
A. Pedestrians
B. Drivers of vehicles directly ahead
C. Drivers of vehicles approaching on a cross street
D. Drivers of vehicles moving slowly in dense traffic - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ C. Drivers of vehicles approaching on a cross street
CA DMV AMBULANCE CERTIFICATION EXAM,
WRITTEN EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST
2025-2026 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 200
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
You shall not drive an ambulance when your ability to operate
the vehicle safely is affected by:
A. Fatigue or illness
B. A temporary disability
C. A permanent disability
D. Any of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ D. Any of the above
The ambulance driver is required to inspect the ambulance:
A. Once a week
B. Daily
C. Prior to operation
D. After each trip - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ C. Prior to operation
Smoking in the ambulance is:
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A. Not mentioned in the regulations
B. Permitted by regulations
C. Prohibited only in the patient compartment
D. Permitted only as specified by regulation - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ A. Not mentioned in the regulations
Smoking in the ambulance is:
A. Not mentioned in the regulations
B. Permitted by regulations
C. Prohibited only in the patient compartment
D. Permitted only as specified by regulation - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ A. Not mentioned in the regulations
While driving under "Code 3" exemptions, you may disobey a
red stop signal only if:
A. The ambulance makes a full stop first
B. The ambulance speed is slowed to 15 MPH
C. The ambulance does not exceed 25 MPH
D. There is no cross traffic observed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ B.
The ambulance speed is slowed to 15 MPH
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Although you possess an ambulance driver certificate renewed
after December of last year, you may not respond to an
emergency call:
A. If your drivers license has been suspended
B. If your required EMT has expired
C. If your medical certificate was not issued within the last two
years
D. If any of the above circumstances exist - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ D. If any of the above circumstances exist
Every ambulance driver must be trained to use all the required
ambulance equipment and to assist the attendant in care of the
injured:
A. Before responding to an emergency call
B. Within the first 90 days of employment
C. Within the first 6 months of employment
D. Within the first year of employment
1 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔ A. Before responding to an emergency
call
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When ambulances are readily available from two or more
services, your ambulance company may respond to a motor
vehicle accident:
A. Only upon instruction from a law-enforcement or public
agency dispatcher
B. Promptly after receiving a call from a private person
C. Immediately after receiving the call via CB radio
D. Whenever your ambulance is closer to the scene than your
competitor's - CORRECT 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:
A. Pedestrians
B. Drivers of vehicles directly ahead
C. Drivers of vehicles approaching on a cross street
D. Drivers of vehicles moving slowly in dense traffic - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔ C. Drivers of vehicles approaching on a cross street
