AMERICAN RED CROSS
LIFEGUARDING TEST (CPR/FIRST
AID) 2024/2025 QUESTIONS WITH
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1) A victim has slurred speech, cannot lift their right arm level with the left, is unable
to smile and half her face is drooping. What would you assume has happened?-
Correct Answer ✔✔ A stroke.
2) As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a 7-year old, you would perform cycles
of...- Correct Answer ✔✔ 30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.
3) The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in two-rescuer CPR for an
infant is...- Correct Answer ✔✔ 15 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.
4) A victim is having a seizure in the water. What should you do? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Support the victim with his or her head above water until
the seizure ends.
5) How can you protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogens
when treating a victim? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Use Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier.
6) Sudden illness can be identified by many things, including... - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Loss of vision or blurred vision, changes in skin condition,
or nausea/vomiting.
7) What is the universal sign that a person is choking? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Clutching the throat.
8) You are performing CPR when a second lifeguard arrives. What is most
appropriate for the second lifeguard to do first? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called.
, 9) The purpose of a secondary assessment is to...- Correct Answer ✔✔ Identify and
care for conditions that are not life threatening.
10)When giving primary ventilation to an adult who is unconscious and not
breathing, you notice the chest is not rising. What should you do next? - Correct
Answer ✔ ️✔ ️Re-tilt the head and attempt another ventilation.
11)After summoning EMS for a victim who is conscious and bleeding severely, and
after obtaining consent and putting on gloves, what should you do next?- Correct
Answer ✔✔ Press firmly against the wound with a sterile dressing and apply
bandaging.
12)The bleachers at a swim meet suddenly collapse. Out of all the symptoms in the
crowd, you should first care for...- Correct Answer ✔✔ An unconscious victim.
13)You notice a child is choking on food at the concession stand. After activating
your EAP and getting consent from the parents, what should you do next? -
Correct Answer ✔ ️✔ ️If conscious: Encourage children to cough food out. Not
conscious: Stand or kneel behind the victim and give 5 back blows and 5
abdominal thrusts.
14)If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other on a small child or infant,
you should...- Correct Answer ✔✔ Place one pad in the middle of the chest and
the other on the back.
15)Where should you place your hands when giving CPR to an infant?- Correct
Answer ✔✔ One hand on the forehead and two or three fingers on the center of
the chest.
16)How deep should you compress the chest when giving CPR to an adult?- Correct
Answer ✔✔ At least 2 inches. (2 inches or more)
17)To ensure effective chest compressions during CPR, what should be noted?-
Correct Answer ✔✔ The chest is able to fully recoil between compressions.
18)If you have a victim that is an adult and is unconscious with a pulse but is not
breathing, what rate should you perform rescue breathing at? Child/Infant? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ ️Adult: 1 ventilation every 5 seconds. Child: 1 every 3
seconds
LIFEGUARDING TEST (CPR/FIRST
AID) 2024/2025 QUESTIONS WITH
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1) A victim has slurred speech, cannot lift their right arm level with the left, is unable
to smile and half her face is drooping. What would you assume has happened?-
Correct Answer ✔✔ A stroke.
2) As the only lifeguard performing CPR on a 7-year old, you would perform cycles
of...- Correct Answer ✔✔ 30 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.
3) The cycle of chest compressions and ventilations in two-rescuer CPR for an
infant is...- Correct Answer ✔✔ 15 chest compressions and 2 ventilations.
4) A victim is having a seizure in the water. What should you do? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Support the victim with his or her head above water until
the seizure ends.
5) How can you protect yourself from possible bloodborne pathogens
when treating a victim? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Use Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) such as disposable gloves and a breathing barrier.
6) Sudden illness can be identified by many things, including... - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Loss of vision or blurred vision, changes in skin condition,
or nausea/vomiting.
7) What is the universal sign that a person is choking? - Correct Answer
✔✔ Clutching the throat.
8) You are performing CPR when a second lifeguard arrives. What is most
appropriate for the second lifeguard to do first? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Check to see whether EMS personnel have been called.
, 9) The purpose of a secondary assessment is to...- Correct Answer ✔✔ Identify and
care for conditions that are not life threatening.
10)When giving primary ventilation to an adult who is unconscious and not
breathing, you notice the chest is not rising. What should you do next? - Correct
Answer ✔ ️✔ ️Re-tilt the head and attempt another ventilation.
11)After summoning EMS for a victim who is conscious and bleeding severely, and
after obtaining consent and putting on gloves, what should you do next?- Correct
Answer ✔✔ Press firmly against the wound with a sterile dressing and apply
bandaging.
12)The bleachers at a swim meet suddenly collapse. Out of all the symptoms in the
crowd, you should first care for...- Correct Answer ✔✔ An unconscious victim.
13)You notice a child is choking on food at the concession stand. After activating
your EAP and getting consent from the parents, what should you do next? -
Correct Answer ✔ ️✔ ️If conscious: Encourage children to cough food out. Not
conscious: Stand or kneel behind the victim and give 5 back blows and 5
abdominal thrusts.
14)If there is a risk of the AED pads touching each other on a small child or infant,
you should...- Correct Answer ✔✔ Place one pad in the middle of the chest and
the other on the back.
15)Where should you place your hands when giving CPR to an infant?- Correct
Answer ✔✔ One hand on the forehead and two or three fingers on the center of
the chest.
16)How deep should you compress the chest when giving CPR to an adult?- Correct
Answer ✔✔ At least 2 inches. (2 inches or more)
17)To ensure effective chest compressions during CPR, what should be noted?-
Correct Answer ✔✔ The chest is able to fully recoil between compressions.
18)If you have a victim that is an adult and is unconscious with a pulse but is not
breathing, what rate should you perform rescue breathing at? Child/Infant? -
Correct Answer ✔✔ ️Adult: 1 ventilation every 5 seconds. Child: 1 every 3
seconds
