LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR CORRECT FINAL EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Program Prerequisites - ✔✔Failure to have attained the appropriate skill level could
pose a safety threat to themselves and to others in the class
✔✔What Happens to participants Who Fail Their Initial Prerequisite Skills? - ✔✔If a
candidate is not successful on the first attempt at the prerequisite skills, they only have
one more opportunity to meet the prerequisites after sufficient rest, prior to the first
scheduled class session.
✔✔What are the Lifeguarding and Water Park Skills Prerequisites? - ✔✔Swim 300
yards, continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates
may swim using the front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both, but swimming
on the back or side is not allowed.
Tread water for 2 minutes, using only the legs.
Complete a timed event within 1 minute and 40 seconds: Starting in the water, swim 20
yards. Surface dive to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. Return to
the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point with both
hands holding the object and keeping the face at or near the surface so they are able to
get a breath. Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.
, ✔✔Shallow Water Lifeguarding Prerequisites - ✔✔Swim 100 yards, continuously
demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates may swim using the
front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both, but swimming on the back or side is
not allowed.
Tread water for 2 minutes, using only the legs.
Complete a timed event within 50 seconds: Starting in the water, swim 20 yards.
Surface dive to a depth of 4 to 5 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. Return to the
surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point with both hands
holding the object and keeping the face at or near the surface so they are able to get a
breath. Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.
✔✔Aquatic Attraction Lifeguarding Swimming Prerequisites - ✔✔Step into water from
the side and totally submerge.
Maintain position for one minute by treading water or floating (or a combination of the
two).
Rotate one full turn and orient to the exit.
Level off and swim on the front or back 25 yards.
Exit without using a ladder or steps.
✔✔Aquatic Attraction Lifeguarding Treading Prerequisites - ✔✔Surface dive to a depth
of 3 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. Return to the surface and walk or swim 20 yards
on the back to return to the starting point with both hands holding the object and
keeping the face at or near the surface so they are able to get a breath. Exit the water
without using a ladder or steps.
✔✔What is the Time limit for the Aquatic Attraction Lifeguarding Treading
Prerequisites? - ✔✔50 seconds
✔✔What are the Waterfront Skills Swimming Prerequisites? - ✔✔Swim 550 yards,
continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates may
swim using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both, but swimming on the
back or side is not allowed.
Swim 5 yards, submerge and retrieve three dive rings placed 5 yards apart in 4 to 7 feet
of water, resurface and continue to swim another 5 yards to complete the skill
sequence.
Tread water for 2 minutes, using only the legs.
✔✔What is the Waterfront Skills Timed Event Prerequisites? - ✔✔Starting in the water,
swim 20 yards.
Surface dive to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Program Prerequisites - ✔✔Failure to have attained the appropriate skill level could
pose a safety threat to themselves and to others in the class
✔✔What Happens to participants Who Fail Their Initial Prerequisite Skills? - ✔✔If a
candidate is not successful on the first attempt at the prerequisite skills, they only have
one more opportunity to meet the prerequisites after sufficient rest, prior to the first
scheduled class session.
✔✔What are the Lifeguarding and Water Park Skills Prerequisites? - ✔✔Swim 300
yards, continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates
may swim using the front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both, but swimming
on the back or side is not allowed.
Tread water for 2 minutes, using only the legs.
Complete a timed event within 1 minute and 40 seconds: Starting in the water, swim 20
yards. Surface dive to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. Return to
the surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point with both
hands holding the object and keeping the face at or near the surface so they are able to
get a breath. Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.
, ✔✔Shallow Water Lifeguarding Prerequisites - ✔✔Swim 100 yards, continuously
demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates may swim using the
front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both, but swimming on the back or side is
not allowed.
Tread water for 2 minutes, using only the legs.
Complete a timed event within 50 seconds: Starting in the water, swim 20 yards.
Surface dive to a depth of 4 to 5 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. Return to the
surface and swim 20 yards on the back to return to the starting point with both hands
holding the object and keeping the face at or near the surface so they are able to get a
breath. Exit the water without using a ladder or steps.
✔✔Aquatic Attraction Lifeguarding Swimming Prerequisites - ✔✔Step into water from
the side and totally submerge.
Maintain position for one minute by treading water or floating (or a combination of the
two).
Rotate one full turn and orient to the exit.
Level off and swim on the front or back 25 yards.
Exit without using a ladder or steps.
✔✔Aquatic Attraction Lifeguarding Treading Prerequisites - ✔✔Surface dive to a depth
of 3 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object. Return to the surface and walk or swim 20 yards
on the back to return to the starting point with both hands holding the object and
keeping the face at or near the surface so they are able to get a breath. Exit the water
without using a ladder or steps.
✔✔What is the Time limit for the Aquatic Attraction Lifeguarding Treading
Prerequisites? - ✔✔50 seconds
✔✔What are the Waterfront Skills Swimming Prerequisites? - ✔✔Swim 550 yards,
continuously demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing. Candidates may
swim using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both, but swimming on the
back or side is not allowed.
Swim 5 yards, submerge and retrieve three dive rings placed 5 yards apart in 4 to 7 feet
of water, resurface and continue to swim another 5 yards to complete the skill
sequence.
Tread water for 2 minutes, using only the legs.
✔✔What is the Waterfront Skills Timed Event Prerequisites? - ✔✔Starting in the water,
swim 20 yards.
Surface dive to a depth of 7 to 10 feet to retrieve a 10-pound object.
