Practice Exam B

Answers found in the PADI Guide to Teaching

1) The role of PADI Standards and Instructional Systems:
a. Help dive educators organise and conduct effective courses and programs.
b. Assist in reducing legal risk.
c. Responsibility for creating standards falls on PADI and the dive community at large, not the individual.
d. All of the above.

2) True or False. PADI programs are time-based and not performance-based.

3) True or False. PADI’s Quality Management program’s primary objective is to ensure that all PADI Members understand the importance of using PADI’s educational system and are aware of their responsibility to adhere to PADI standards.

4) The PADI Rescue Diver course focuses on…
a. The concept that there is rarely only one way to accomplish a task.
b. There is no single right way to perform a rescue.
c. There are many variables and resources that rescuers consider and draw upon.
d. All of the above.

Answers found in the PADI Instructor Manual

5) True or False. When conducting training dives in open water you must have direct vertical access to the surface. Exceptions include Ice, Cavern or Wreck Diver Specialty courses, and special orientation dives for certified divers.

6) True or False. Allow oral exams only when the exams are not available in a language understood by the student diver or a student diver has a learning disability as documented by a health care practitioner (medical
doctor, psychologist, etc.).

7) True or False. For children who are 10 or 11 years old going to confined open water or open water, have parent/guardian and child view the Youth Risk Management DVD (or review the Youth Diving: Responsibility and Risks Flipchart), as well as read and sign the Youth Diving: Responsibility and Risks Acknowledgment form before the course begins.

8) Which of the following statements is untrue: A certified assistant (in Active status, renewed and insured where applicable) can:
a. Independently guide Open Water Diver course students on the tour portion of Open Water Dives 2, 3 and 4 at a 2:1 ratio.
b. Independently conduct PADI Seal Team AquaMissions.
c. Teach and certify PADI Skin Divers independently.
d. Conduct the PADI Discover Local Diving experience.

9) True or False. Waivers to deviate from a PADI standard are issued to an individual and are valid for 1 year.

10) True or False. Confined open water is an open water site that offers swimming-pool-like conditions with respect to clarity, calmness and depth.

11) True or False. Before Open Water Dive 2 of the Open Water Course, student divers demonstrate that they can comfortably maintain themselves in water too deep in which to stand by completing a 10-minute swim/ float without using any swim aids.

12) After certification, 10 or 11-year-old Junior Scuba Divers must dive with :

a. An adult.
b. Their own parent or guardian.
c. A PADI Professional, Divemaster or above.
d. A PADI Instructor.

Ref Course Standards Page 73. All PADI Scuba Divers are trained to dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor.

13) True or False. Scuba Diver certification allows divers to dive with a certified assistant to a maximum depth of 12 metres?

14) If a PADI student diver will use a dry suit during open water training dives, they must:
a. Complete the knowledge development section of the PADI Dry Suit Specialty.
b. Complete the PADI Dry Suit Specialty.
c. Have an orientation to dry suit use in confined water before they use them for the first time in open water.
d. Complete the first dive in a wet suit.

15) True or False. To assess the Knowledge Development of PADI Open Water Diver Course digital learners (student divers who complete knowledge development through eLearning), administer applicable PADI Quick Reviews like a closed-book exam at some point prior to certification.

16) True or False. Open Water Diver student divers who successfully complete Knowledge Development 1 and Confined Water Dive 1 may participate in Open Water Dive 1 at a ratio of 4:1, or 6:1 with additional certified assistants.

17) To qualify as a PADI Open Water Diver, students must complete the following skills in open water :
a. 50 metre/yard straight line surface swim with a compass.
b. Remove and replace weight system at the surface in water too deep in which to stand.
c. Become neutrally buoyant and hover by inflating the BCD orally.
d. All of the above.

18) When making a third Open Water Course training dive in a single day, PADI Standards state:
a. The maximum depth limit is 18 metres.
b. The maximum depth limit is 8 metres.
c. The maximum depth limit is 10 metres.
d. The maximum depth limit is 12 metres.

19) True or False. If open water dives follow confined water dives in the same day, complete no more than two open water dives.

20) True or False. The following PADI Specialty Diver courses can be taught concurrently with the PADI Open Water Diver Course: Altitude, Boat, Coral Reef Conservation, Digital U/W Photography-Level one, Dry Suit, DSMB, Enriched Air, Full Face Mask, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Project AWARE and Sidemount Diver.

21) Each Adventure Dive may be counted as the first dive of the related PADI Specialty Diver course. Similarly, Dive 1 of a standardized PADI Specialty Diver course may be counted toward Adventure Diver qualification and/or Advanced Open Water course. What is the maximum referral time allowed for Adventure Dives to be counted towards these certifications :
a. 7 days
b. 30 days
c. 12 months
d. There is no maximum time limit.

22) True or False. The minimum to participate in the Rebreather Adventure Dive is 18 years old.

23) The minimum age to obtain the PADI Junior Open Water Certification is:
a. 8
b. 10
c. 12
d. 15

24) The maximum depth limit for a certified PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver (12-14 years old) is:
a. 18 metres
b. 21 metres
c. 30 metres
d. 40 metres

25) True or False. The emergency assistance plan prepared in the Rescue Diver course credits toward the same requirement in the Divemaster course.

26) True or False. For Rescue Diver course training exercises, you must have a first aid kit and oxygen unit and pocket masks.

27) During the PADI Rescue Diver course knowledge development section student divers must :
a. Complete all five knowledge development segments, including the Knowledge Reviews.
b. Complete the Rescue Diver Exam.
c. Prepare an emergency assistance plan for the location(s) where the scenario(s) will be held.
d. All of the above.

28) To qualify for PADI Rescue Diver certification, student divers must:
a. Complete five knowledge development segments and exam.
b. Demonstrate skills from the Self-Rescue Review either in confined or open water and demonstrate skills from Rescue Exercises 1-10 in open water.
c. Prepare an emergency assistance plan for a dive site and participate in Rescue Scenarios 1 and 2.
d. All of the above.

29) True or False. An Instructor can find the latest versions of PADI Rescue Diver course Knowledge Review and Exam Answer Keys on the Pros’ Site at padi.com

30) True or False. To enroll onto the PADI Divemaster course, an individual must have completed and logged at least 60 dives as documented by the individual’s personal log book.

31) True or False. At time of certification as a PADI Divemaster, an individual must have logged at least 60 dives including experience in night diving, deep diving and underwater navigation.

32) True or False. It is recommended that PADI Divemaster candidates view the PADI Divemaster video.

33) True or False. All Active Status PADI Divemasters are qualified to conduct PADI Discover Scuba Diving programs in a pool or confined open water environment.

34) True or False. The Discover Scuba Diving Leader Internship includes conducting six separate real (not simulated) PADI Discover Scuba Diving programs in confined water under the direct supervision of a PADI Instructor.

35) True or False. To submit an application for the PADI (Junior) Master Scuba Diver rating, an individual must be at least 12 years old, be certified as a PADI (Junior) Advanced Open Water Diver and a PADI (Junior) Rescue Diver . In addition they should have certification in any five PADI Specialty ratings or TecRec courses and show proof of 100 logged dives.

36) True or False. The minimum instructor level required to sign and submit a PADI (Junior) Master Scuba Diver Application is PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer :

37) The maximum depth for any Open Water Dive for 10-11 year olds is _____ metres :
a. 6
b. 12
c. 21
d. 30

38) True or False. A PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver who is 12 years old can participate in an Enriched Air Adventure Dive.

39) To enroll for the Dry Suit Adventure Dive, an individual must:
a. Be 10 years of age or older.
b. Be certified as a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver.
c. Own a Dry Suit.
d. a and b are correct.

40) Which of the following skills is not completed during the PADI Dry Suit Adventure Dive?
a. Plan the dry suit dive and enter the water with regard to the particular environmental conditions.
b. A controlled descent and avoid suit squeeze.
c. Hover using buoyancy control for at least one minute, without kicking or sculling.
d. A neutrally buoyant ascent from the bottom, at a rate no faster than 18 metres/60 feet per minute.

41) The Enriched Air Adventure Dive may be conducted by:
a. All Open Water Scuba Instructors.
b. Only PADI Enriched Air Specialty Instructors.
c. Only Master Scuba Diver Trainers.
d. A Certified Assistant.

42) True or False. During the PADI Deep Adventure Dive the instructor should directly supervise all student divers. Be in a position so that he, or a certified assistant can make immediate physical contact with and render assistance to student divers. Continually observe divers with only the brief, periodic interruptions needed to lead the dive and to provide assistance to individual divers.

43) For Advanced Open Water Diver certification, student divers must complete _____ Adventure Dives including Deep and Underwater Navigation and complete the Knowledge Reviews for all those Adventure Dives.
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6

44) True or False. To participate in the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive, an individual must be minimum 10 years of age and be certified as a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver.

45) The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive can be taught by:
a. A Certified Assistant.
b. A PADI Assistant Instructor under the direction of an instructor.
c. A PADI Assistant Instructor independently.
d. A PADI Divemaster.

46) The minimum age requirement for the PADI Sidemount Adventure Dive is:
a. 10
b. 18
c. 12
d. 15

47) True or False. During a Discover Scuba Diving program, the PADI Professional conducting the program may, at their discretion, introduce skills from the PADI Scuba Diver/Open Water Diver course Confined Water Dive One. Skills mastered during the Discover Scuba Diving program may be credited toward PADI Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver course requirements.

48) True or False. During a Discover Scuba Diving program a PADI Instructor introduces skills from the PADI Scuba Diver/Open Water Diver course Confined Water Dive One. These skills may be credited toward PADI Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver course requirements.

49) When taking children ages 10 and 11 on Discover Scuba Diving programs in confined open water, follow the Discover Scuba Diving standards and make the following amendment(s):
a. The whole experience must be conducted in a swimming pool.
b. The maximum depth is 4 metres.
c. The maximum instructor-to-participant ratio is four to one (4:1). However no more than two 10 or 11-year-old children may be included in a group of four participants.
d. All of the above.

50) True or False. An Assistant Instructor may independently conduct the entire PAD Seal Team program.