Practice Exam D

Use PADI’s Guide to Teaching to answer the following questions:

1) To keep PADI Members up-to-date on important dive issues, safety, training techniques and business information, PADI publishes:
a. The Undersea Journal.
b. Surface Interval.
c. Training Bulletin.
d. All of the above.

2) The Mission on PADI’s Mission Statement is:
a. International Program Integration.
b. We want to teach the world to scuba dive.
c. PADI – The Way the World Learns to Dive.®
d. Leadership, Integrity and Quality.

3) True or False. Teaching Status PADI Instructors are required to have professional liability insurance in some regions, but it is recommended everywhere.

4) The Quality Management Committee monitors PADI programs to help PADI Members :

a. Offer a consistent level of service.
b. For quality control purposes.
c. For risk management purposes.
d. All of the above.

5) True or False. PADI’s training and ethical standards address the protection of children by pre-screening potential members; by follow up through the Quality Management process on any reports of abuse and by providing a code of practice for PADI Members.

6) True or False. Use PIC envelopes (or PIC online) to certify student divers to non-membership levels such as PADI Scuba Diver, Junior Scuba Diver, Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver, Adventure Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, Junior Adventure Diver, Junior Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver, Junior Rescue Diver, Specialty Diver, Skin Diver and TecRec courses.

7) To upgrade a Junior Diver when the diver reaches 15 years of age:

a. Submit a PIC envelope (or online) to your PADI Office and indicate that it is for a replacement card – upgrade for junior certification level.
b. Submit a Certification Card Replacement Form to your PADI Office.
c. If more than one year has passed since earning a Junior certification, it is recommended that the diver complete a Scuba Review/ReActivate program.
d. All of the above

Use PADI’s Instructor Manual to answer the following questions:

8) True or False. The most important thing about the General Standards and Procedures Guide is that it provides an overall set of standards for all PADI courses and programs. If the individual guide for a course or program doesn’t specify a standard, the standard in General Standards and Procedures applies.

9) When assessing open water dive readiness for either Open Water Diver referrals or continuing education courses, you need to assess the diver’s:
a. skills
b. comfort level inwater
c. dive knowledge
d. All of the above

10) True or False. When assessing open water dive readiness for continuing education courses, recent dive experience with the diver is acceptable as a screen if you are confident in the diver’s current knowledge level, inwater skills and comfort.

11) True or False. Confined water is a general term that refers to either a swimming pool or confined open water.

12) True or False. When teaching Open Water Diver students in confined open water. After confined open water dive 1, have divers leave the water and remove equipment before beginning open water dive 1. Do not combine confined open water dives with open water dives.

13) During open water dives, if certified divers join non-certified divers (entry-level or Discover Scuba Diving):
a. you are breaking standards as certified divers must not join non-certified divers.
b. you can count the certified divers and non-certified divers as two different ratios
c. count the certified divers in the ratio, and stay within the student diver/participant ratio for the least qualified person.
d. you can increase the number of non-certified divers in the water as long as the certified divers have rescue experience.

14) After certification a 12 year old diver must dive witha.

a parent/guardian
b. a PADI Professional
c. an adult certified diver
d. someone of the same age

15) True or False. There are 4 dives in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Diver course?

16) What is the minimum age to enroll on a PADI Delayed Surface Marker Buoy Diver specialty course?

a. 10
b. 12
c. 15
d. 18

17) What is the minimum age to enroll on all PADI TecRec courses and programs?

a. 18
b. 15
c. 12
d. 10

18) What is the prerequisite certification to become a PADI Tec Deep Instructor?

a. PADI Instructor
b. Enriched Air Specialty Instructor rating
c. Deep Specialty Instructor rating
d. All of the above.

19) True or False. An Open Water Student Diver has met all of the course requirements, but they have not paid all of the course fees and you are unsure if they will pay or not. You should withhold certification until the course has been paid for in full.
Ref: Certification – Page 37

20) True or False. An Open Water Student Diver wants to also complete the Dry Suit Diver course during the Open Water course. This is within PADI standards if you integrate Dry Suit Diver knowledge development, confined water performance requirements and conduct all four Open Water course dives in a dry suit. Dry Suit dive 1 skills are performed during Open Water Diver course dives 2, 3, and 4. An additional dive, beyond the Open Water course dives must be made to complete Dry Suit dive 2 skills.

21) During the PADI Open Water Course a PADI Instructor conducts and directly supervises all open water dives. With the exception(s) of:

a. Certified assistants supervising student divers during surface swims to and from the entry-exit point and during navigational exercises, as well as when remaining with the class when the instructor conducts a
skill such as an ascent or descent with a student or student team.
b. Certified assistants guiding student divers (at a ratio of 2:1) on Dives 2-4 when exploring the dive site.
c. Assistant Instructors evaluating dive flexible skills at the surface in open water and conducting air pressure checks underwater.
d. All of the above.

22) Which Open Water Diver course dive flexible skill(s) can be completed during any dive, in either confined or open water, at the surface in water too deep in which to stand?

a. Loose Cylinder Band
b. Weight System Removal and Replacement
c. Emergency Weight Drop
d. All of the above.

Ref Dive Flexible Skills – Page 56

23) During Open Water Diver course training, student divers have to indicate remaining air supply within _____ bar/_____ psi without rechecking their SPG.

a. 10/250

b. 20/300

c. 40/350

d. 50/400

24) During the Open Water Diver Course, the instructor should not conduct a dive flexible skill in open water until it has been mastered in confined water. The exception(s) to this:
a. compass navigation exercises
b. inflatable signal tube/DSMB use
c. emergency weight drop
d. all of the above

25) To meet certification requirements for PADI Scuba Diver, student divers must complete which Dive Flexible Skills during Open Water Dives 1-2?

a. Snorkel to Regulator Exchange and Cramp Release
b. Inflatable Signal Tube/DSMB Deployment
c. Emergency Weight Drop
d. All of the above