SGE LG + Instructor Exam with precise detailed answers
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Proactive Interventions - ✔✔Every time you enforce a rule, discourage high-risk
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behavior, or educate guests about risks || || || || ||
You're scanning your zone and notice a child that seems to be a weak swimmer in the
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deep end of the pool without a life vest on. What do you do first? - ✔✔Look for a
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parent/guardian, signal for them to come to you, and suggest a life vest for the child. || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Maintain eye contact with the child while signaling for their parents.
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You look for the parent or guardian, but you can't find them. What do you do? -
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✔✔Politely ask the child to exit the pool until they can bring a parent/guardian to
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you.
Later that day, the child you asked to exit the pool comes to you with a parent, and
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the parent asks you why you asked their child to exit the pool. What do you say? -
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✔✔For the safety of your child, we ask that they are supervised at all times and if they
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are not a strong swimmer, they wear a life vest.
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Bloodborne pathogens - ✔✔Are disease-causing microorganisms found in blood or
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other bodily fluids. || ||
How can you be exposed to Bloodborne pathogens? - ✔✔by coming into physical
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contact with a guest's bodily fluids. Ex: open wounds, mucus from a guest's eyes, nose
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or mouth, and sharp objects that puncture the skin.
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Diseases caused by Blood Borne pathogens? - ✔✔Hepatitis B/C, Zika, HIV (Human
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Immunodeficiency Virus) ||
,Recreational water illnesses (RWIs) are caused by - ✔✔germs spread by swallowing,
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breathing in mists or aerosols of, or having contact with contaminated water in
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swimming pools, hot tubs, water parks, water play areas, interactive fountains, lakes,
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rivers, or oceans. || ||
The most commonly reported RWI is - ✔✔Diarrhea. Diarrheal illnesses can be caused
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by germs such as Crypto (short for Cryptosporidium), Giardia, Shigella, norovirus, and
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E. coli O157:H7.
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In pools and hot tubs with the correct pH and disinfectant levels, the chlorine will kill
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most germs that cause RWIs in less than an hour - ✔✔True
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Swimmers should not be allowed to participate in breath-holding or underwater
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swimming contests or games - ✔✔True/False || || || || ||
What is the approximate ratio of bleach to water when creating a solution for cleaning
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up bodily fluids and fecal matter from a hard surface? - ✔✔1 parts bleach to 9 parts
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water
Who is responsible in the team approach to best practices in aquatic safety? - ✔✔The
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employer, staff, and patrons || || ||
What is the minimum personal protective equipment you should have available? -
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✔✔Disposable gloves, CPR barrier mask, eyewear, footwear || || || || || ||
What does RWI stand for? - ✔✔Recreational Water Illness
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What would you do if you were following "universal Precautions"? - ✔✔Consider and
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treat all bodily fluids and bodily substances as though they were contaminated
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,Which answer best describes why diseases are more likely to be transmitted through
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loose stools than a solid stool? - ✔✔A person who is sick is likely to have diarrhea and
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diarrhea spreads more quickly through the water
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Which is NOT a quality of an effective rule? - ✔✔Includes as much detail as possible
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Distress - ✔✔a person is in distress if they're still on the surface of the water and able
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to breathe but struggling to stay afloat.
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Distress Signs - ✔✔Bobbing up and down, look of panic, gasping for air, struggling to
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swim/move/grab something ||
Drowning - ✔✔A person is drowning if the nose and mouth are covered with water
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and the person has respiratory impairment because they cannot return or remain on
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the surface to breathe.
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Drowning Signs - ✔✔Bobbing, floating on or under water, laying at bottom of the
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pool, swimming or playing underwater
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T/F- Any submersion or immersion incident with evidence of respiratory impairment
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(aspiration) should be considered a drowning - ✔✔True || || || || || || ||
A person who experiences drowning will have one of three outcomes - ✔✔survival
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with complete recovery, survival with brain damage, or death.
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Drowning Stages - ✔✔Breath Holding, Unable to breath and shallow water, falling
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blood oxygen level and presence of foam, and Organ Damage
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, Drowning - ✔✔The process of experiencing respiratory impairment from
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submersion/immersion in liquid || ||
3 Outcomes of Drowning - ✔✔Fatal, Non-Fatal, Non Fatal but Brain Damage
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Scanning - ✔✔What you will do to search the water in a systematic way.
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Effective scanning is a combination of - ✔✔Eye movement, head movement, body
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position, alertness (vigilance), and engagement. Scanning is the skill that you perform
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to look for distress or drowning.
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Look for Life (L4L) - ✔✔By looking for life while you scan, you can constantly confirm
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that the swimmers are safe.
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What are components of effective scanning? - ✔✔Eye movement, head movement,
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body position, alertness, engagement
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The Recognition, Intrusion, and Distraction (RID) factor - ✔✔3 aspects that result in
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distress and drowning. || ||
Turbid Water - ✔✔If you are lifeguarding at a natural body of water such as a lake,
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pond, or river, the water may not be clear and you may be unable to see anything
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under the surface. || ||
Why might you need to change your posture or position and walk or stand while
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maintaining scanning? - ✔✔To remain alert and vigilant & to be able to see around
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curves, play structures, or waterfalls. || || || ||
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Proactive Interventions - ✔✔Every time you enforce a rule, discourage high-risk
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behavior, or educate guests about risks || || || || ||
You're scanning your zone and notice a child that seems to be a weak swimmer in the
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deep end of the pool without a life vest on. What do you do first? - ✔✔Look for a
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parent/guardian, signal for them to come to you, and suggest a life vest for the child. || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Maintain eye contact with the child while signaling for their parents.
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You look for the parent or guardian, but you can't find them. What do you do? -
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✔✔Politely ask the child to exit the pool until they can bring a parent/guardian to
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you.
Later that day, the child you asked to exit the pool comes to you with a parent, and
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the parent asks you why you asked their child to exit the pool. What do you say? -
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✔✔For the safety of your child, we ask that they are supervised at all times and if they
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are not a strong swimmer, they wear a life vest.
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Bloodborne pathogens - ✔✔Are disease-causing microorganisms found in blood or
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other bodily fluids. || ||
How can you be exposed to Bloodborne pathogens? - ✔✔by coming into physical
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contact with a guest's bodily fluids. Ex: open wounds, mucus from a guest's eyes, nose
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or mouth, and sharp objects that puncture the skin.
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Diseases caused by Blood Borne pathogens? - ✔✔Hepatitis B/C, Zika, HIV (Human
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Immunodeficiency Virus) ||
,Recreational water illnesses (RWIs) are caused by - ✔✔germs spread by swallowing,
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breathing in mists or aerosols of, or having contact with contaminated water in
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swimming pools, hot tubs, water parks, water play areas, interactive fountains, lakes,
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rivers, or oceans. || ||
The most commonly reported RWI is - ✔✔Diarrhea. Diarrheal illnesses can be caused
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by germs such as Crypto (short for Cryptosporidium), Giardia, Shigella, norovirus, and
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E. coli O157:H7.
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In pools and hot tubs with the correct pH and disinfectant levels, the chlorine will kill
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most germs that cause RWIs in less than an hour - ✔✔True
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Swimmers should not be allowed to participate in breath-holding or underwater
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swimming contests or games - ✔✔True/False || || || || ||
What is the approximate ratio of bleach to water when creating a solution for cleaning
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up bodily fluids and fecal matter from a hard surface? - ✔✔1 parts bleach to 9 parts
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water
Who is responsible in the team approach to best practices in aquatic safety? - ✔✔The
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employer, staff, and patrons || || ||
What is the minimum personal protective equipment you should have available? -
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✔✔Disposable gloves, CPR barrier mask, eyewear, footwear || || || || || ||
What does RWI stand for? - ✔✔Recreational Water Illness
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What would you do if you were following "universal Precautions"? - ✔✔Consider and
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treat all bodily fluids and bodily substances as though they were contaminated
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,Which answer best describes why diseases are more likely to be transmitted through
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loose stools than a solid stool? - ✔✔A person who is sick is likely to have diarrhea and
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diarrhea spreads more quickly through the water
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Which is NOT a quality of an effective rule? - ✔✔Includes as much detail as possible
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Distress - ✔✔a person is in distress if they're still on the surface of the water and able
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to breathe but struggling to stay afloat.
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Distress Signs - ✔✔Bobbing up and down, look of panic, gasping for air, struggling to
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swim/move/grab something ||
Drowning - ✔✔A person is drowning if the nose and mouth are covered with water
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and the person has respiratory impairment because they cannot return or remain on
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the surface to breathe.
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Drowning Signs - ✔✔Bobbing, floating on or under water, laying at bottom of the
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pool, swimming or playing underwater
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T/F- Any submersion or immersion incident with evidence of respiratory impairment
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(aspiration) should be considered a drowning - ✔✔True || || || || || || ||
A person who experiences drowning will have one of three outcomes - ✔✔survival
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with complete recovery, survival with brain damage, or death.
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Drowning Stages - ✔✔Breath Holding, Unable to breath and shallow water, falling
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blood oxygen level and presence of foam, and Organ Damage
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, Drowning - ✔✔The process of experiencing respiratory impairment from
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submersion/immersion in liquid || ||
3 Outcomes of Drowning - ✔✔Fatal, Non-Fatal, Non Fatal but Brain Damage
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Scanning - ✔✔What you will do to search the water in a systematic way.
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Effective scanning is a combination of - ✔✔Eye movement, head movement, body
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position, alertness (vigilance), and engagement. Scanning is the skill that you perform
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to look for distress or drowning.
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Look for Life (L4L) - ✔✔By looking for life while you scan, you can constantly confirm
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that the swimmers are safe.
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What are components of effective scanning? - ✔✔Eye movement, head movement,
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body position, alertness, engagement
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The Recognition, Intrusion, and Distraction (RID) factor - ✔✔3 aspects that result in
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distress and drowning. || ||
Turbid Water - ✔✔If you are lifeguarding at a natural body of water such as a lake,
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pond, or river, the water may not be clear and you may be unable to see anything
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under the surface. || ||
Why might you need to change your posture or position and walk or stand while
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maintaining scanning? - ✔✔To remain alert and vigilant & to be able to see around
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curves, play structures, or waterfalls. || || || ||
