Ambulance Driving Test Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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California Ambulance Driver
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California Ambulance Driver
Ambulance Driving Test Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
Component of Transportation System - Answer-Driver, vehicle, environment
Amount of incoming data through vision - Answer-90 to 95 percent
SIPDE process - Answer-Sensing, Identifying, Predicting, Deciding, Executing
Sensing - Answer-sea...
Centripetal force - Answer✔✔-pushes a body into a curved path
Centrifugal force - Answer✔✔-tendency of object to go into a straight line
static traction - Answer✔✔-vehicle is at rest, 100 percent efficiency
Rolling Traction - Answer✔✔-vehicle in motion, 50 to 60% traction efficiency
Sliding traction - Answer✔✔-efficiency is nil
route that is 600 level or under - Answer✔✔-serves through traffic, called a primary route
route that is 600 level or above - Answer✔✔-local roads, land servide roads, called a secondary route
Class 1 vehicle - Answer✔✔-0 to 10000 pounds. Cars and small vehicles
Class 2 vehicle - Answer✔✔-10,001 - 26,000 pounds. MOst ambulances and smaller fire apparatus
Class 3 vehicle - Answer✔✔-26, 001 plus
proper backing technique - Answer✔✔-sound horn prior to backing
Stopping distance formula - Answer✔✔-reaction distance + braking distance = total stopping distance
reaction time - Answer✔✔-3/4 of a Second
follow 3 seconds behind car
Outrunning sirens - Answer✔✔-at 60 mph, sirens are 12 feet effective, at 70 mph they are no longer
effective
Things for daily maintenance of vehicle - Answer✔✔-fluid leaks, cleanliness, lights, tire pressure
The most important factor in emergency vehicle operation - Answer✔✔-Driver attitude
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