PADI Open Water Diver – Section 3: Diving Skills &
Safety Basics
1. I can enjoy diving in many different aquatic
True
environ- ments that include coral reefs,
flooded quarries, and human-made dive
environments.
2. Conditions that may affect me while diving include. temperature, water
move-
ment, sunlight, aquatic
life, bottom composition
3. In most (but not all) environments, as i go colder
deeper the water gets
4. Particles made of fine material affect visibility by remaining
suspended for
long
periods
5. When diving in clear water, I don't have to False. In clear water,
worry as much about staying close to my
you may get too far
buddy
from your buddy
because you can still
see each other. As a
rule of thumb, stay
within two seconds of
6. The two types of water motion that most affect each other.
me as a diver are waves and current
True
7. Although somewhat subjective, I measure
visibility as how far I can see underwater
horizantally
8. When diving in reduced visibility it is a good
idea to descend and ascend with a
reference. True
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Safety Basics
9. When diving in a mild current, normally I want to begin headed into
my dive the current
10. across
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Safety Basics
If I were caught in a current and carried
downstream past my planned exit, I should
swim the
current
establish positive buoyan- cy,
11. Due to a problem, my buddy and I had to signal the boat to pick
surface away from the boat. There is a
current, so we swam
across it to reach the line trailed from the boat, but the us up and
remain calm
current pushed us too quickly. To avoid
overexertion, we should
12. When I'm diving, I want to avoid bottom it helps keep the
contact be- cause
water clear, there
may be some hazard
of cuts, scrapes or
stings, fragile aquatic
life could be
damaged
13. The most common injury divers suffer may be sunburn
14. Within the recreational depth range, very distinct tem- fresh
perature changes are most common in
wa- ter environments
15. I learn to asses dive conditions by reading dive False. You learn to
maga- zines and online sources about diving
asses dive conditions
based on what other
divers and your
instructor show you,
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Safety Basics
1. I can enjoy diving in many different aquatic
True
environ- ments that include coral reefs,
flooded quarries, and human-made dive
environments.
2. Conditions that may affect me while diving include. temperature, water
move-
ment, sunlight, aquatic
life, bottom composition
3. In most (but not all) environments, as i go colder
deeper the water gets
4. Particles made of fine material affect visibility by remaining
suspended for
long
periods
5. When diving in clear water, I don't have to False. In clear water,
worry as much about staying close to my
you may get too far
buddy
from your buddy
because you can still
see each other. As a
rule of thumb, stay
within two seconds of
6. The two types of water motion that most affect each other.
me as a diver are waves and current
True
7. Although somewhat subjective, I measure
visibility as how far I can see underwater
horizantally
8. When diving in reduced visibility it is a good
idea to descend and ascend with a
reference. True
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21
, PADI Open Water Diver – Section 3: Diving Skills &
Safety Basics
9. When diving in a mild current, normally I want to begin headed into
my dive the current
10. across
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21
, PADI Open Water Diver – Section 3: Diving Skills &
Safety Basics
If I were caught in a current and carried
downstream past my planned exit, I should
swim the
current
establish positive buoyan- cy,
11. Due to a problem, my buddy and I had to signal the boat to pick
surface away from the boat. There is a
current, so we swam
across it to reach the line trailed from the boat, but the us up and
remain calm
current pushed us too quickly. To avoid
overexertion, we should
12. When I'm diving, I want to avoid bottom it helps keep the
contact be- cause
water clear, there
may be some hazard
of cuts, scrapes or
stings, fragile aquatic
life could be
damaged
13. The most common injury divers suffer may be sunburn
14. Within the recreational depth range, very distinct tem- fresh
perature changes are most common in
wa- ter environments
15. I learn to asses dive conditions by reading dive False. You learn to
maga- zines and online sources about diving
asses dive conditions
based on what other
divers and your
instructor show you,
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