Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
How should you act around an injured person after a crash?
- Give them water and food immediately
- Aid them only if trained and don’t move unless in immediate danger — correct answer
- Move them to your vehicle right away
Why
Call 911 and give only the aid you are trained to give. Do not move an injured person unless they are in immediate danger of further harm. (Handbook, Section 10.)
Practise this in the real format
Reading one answer is not the same as sitting the test. The simulator runs the first-time adult form: 36 questions, 6 mistakes allowed, 83% to pass.
Source: California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025), the document the DMV writes the real test from. Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
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