SSI OPEN WATER UPDATED EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Two examples of soft corrals are? - ✔✔Black and red corral
✔✔Two examples of hard corrals are? - ✔✔Elkhorn and staghorn
✔✔The ocean is an important host of sea life because? - ✔✔Sea life serves as the first
link in the food chain
✔✔Examples of fresh water life include? - ✔✔Bass
Eels
Crayfish
✔✔Divers should avoid all contact with coral because? - ✔✔Contact can be harmful for
the diver
Touching coral can damage your equipment
Contact can damage the coral
✔✔Coral reefs are formed by? - ✔✔Coral animals called polyps that form skeletal
structures
✔✔Water comprises ____ of the earth's surface? - ✔✔72%
✔✔T/F In a deep water out of air emergency, and your buddy is not close enough, the
best response to this emergency is to perform a Controlled Swimming Ascent: -
✔✔False
✔✔Causes of panic include: - ✔✔Environmental conditions
Diving outside of diver's comfort or ability
Using unfamiliar or ill fitting equipment
✔✔To achieve the SSI Advanced Open Water Diver rating, a diver is required to: -
✔✔Complete 4 specialty courses and log 24 dives
✔✔An independent action to take in response to an out of air emergency is: -
✔✔Controlled swimming ascent or emergency buoyancy ascent
✔✔To achieve the SSI Specialty Diver rating, a diver is required to: - ✔✔Complete 2
specialty courses and log a total of 12 dives
✔✔Signs of a panicked diver are: - ✔✔Wide-eyed, fearful look and a fast and erratic
breathing pattern
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Two examples of soft corrals are? - ✔✔Black and red corral
✔✔Two examples of hard corrals are? - ✔✔Elkhorn and staghorn
✔✔The ocean is an important host of sea life because? - ✔✔Sea life serves as the first
link in the food chain
✔✔Examples of fresh water life include? - ✔✔Bass
Eels
Crayfish
✔✔Divers should avoid all contact with coral because? - ✔✔Contact can be harmful for
the diver
Touching coral can damage your equipment
Contact can damage the coral
✔✔Coral reefs are formed by? - ✔✔Coral animals called polyps that form skeletal
structures
✔✔Water comprises ____ of the earth's surface? - ✔✔72%
✔✔T/F In a deep water out of air emergency, and your buddy is not close enough, the
best response to this emergency is to perform a Controlled Swimming Ascent: -
✔✔False
✔✔Causes of panic include: - ✔✔Environmental conditions
Diving outside of diver's comfort or ability
Using unfamiliar or ill fitting equipment
✔✔To achieve the SSI Advanced Open Water Diver rating, a diver is required to: -
✔✔Complete 4 specialty courses and log 24 dives
✔✔An independent action to take in response to an out of air emergency is: -
✔✔Controlled swimming ascent or emergency buoyancy ascent
✔✔To achieve the SSI Specialty Diver rating, a diver is required to: - ✔✔Complete 2
specialty courses and log a total of 12 dives
✔✔Signs of a panicked diver are: - ✔✔Wide-eyed, fearful look and a fast and erratic
breathing pattern
