PADI Quiz 3A
You should take a local area orientation dive whenever: - correct answer You dive someplace new.
How can you avoid vertigo (dizziness and confusion) on a dive? - correct answer Ascend (go up) and descend (go down) along the bottom or a reference line.
Underwater visibility (how far you can see horizontally) can be affected by: - correct answer Water movement, weather, and suspended particles (floating silt) in the water.
Imagine there is a mild current on your dive. You should begin your dive: - correct answer Swimming against or into the current.
Most diver injuries caused by aquatic animals happen because: - correct answer The animal is protecting itself from you.
You can prevent most surface emergencies (problems) by: - correct answer Reducing your physical effort and making yourself float.
What is the first thing you should do with an injured diver at the surface? - correct answer Make the diver float, and check to see if the diver is breathing.
Imagine you accidentally get tangled in something. What should you do first? - correct answer Stop, think, and slowly untangle yourself.
Imagine you are very low on air and about to run out. When would you do a buoyant emergency assent (dropping your weight system)? - correct answer When your buddy is too far away, and you are deeper than 30 feet.
You should take a local area orientation dive whenever: - correct answer You dive someplace new.
How can you avoid vertigo (dizziness and confusion) on a dive? - correct answer Ascend (go up) and descend (go down) along the bottom or a reference line.
Underwater visibility (how far you can see horizontally) can be affected by: - correct answer Water movement, weather, and suspended particles (floating silt) in the water.
Imagine there is a mild current on your dive. You should begin your dive: - correct answer Swimming against or into the current.
Most diver injuries caused by aquatic animals happen because: - correct answer The animal is protecting itself from you.
You can prevent most surface emergencies (problems) by: - correct answer Reducing your physical effort and making yourself float.
What is the first thing you should do with an injured diver at the surface? - correct answer Make the diver float, and check to see if the diver is breathing.
Imagine you accidentally get tangled in something. What should you do first? - correct answer Stop, think, and slowly untangle yourself.
Imagine you are very low on air and about to run out. When would you do a buoyant emergency assent (dropping your weight system)? - correct answer When your buddy is too far away, and you are deeper than 30 feet.
