American Red Cross Lifeguarding Final Written Exam Questions & Answers
What is the primary To prevent drowning and other injuries from occurring at their
responsibility of a aquatic facility
lifeguard?
Monitoring activities in and near the water through patron
Provide three examples of
surveillance,
how lifeguards fulfill their
Administering first aid, CPR, and AED, and Working as a
primary responsibility.
team with other lifeguards, facility staff, and
management
Testing pool water chemistry, Assist patrons by
List five examples of
secondary performing safety orientations, administrating swim
responsibilities that should tests, fitting life jackets, and other duties, Cleaning or
never interfere with patron performing maintenance, Completing records and
surveillance. reports, and Performing opening duties,
closing duties, or facility safety checks and inspections
List five characteristics of a Knowledgeable and skilled, Reliable, Mature, Courteous and
professional lifeguard. consistent, and Positive
Lifeguards should always do Be attentive and sit or stand upright when on surveillance duty
what?
A lifeguard is texting while Negligence
on surveillance duty and
fails to recognize a
swimmer in distress.
What legal principle could
be a problem for this
lifeguard?
List the five steps that a State your name, State your level of training, Ask if you
lifeguard should take may help, Explain that you would like to assess them to
when obtaining consent find out what you think may be wrong or what you can
from an do to help
injured or ill person before
providing first
aid or emergency care.
What is the validity period Two years
of an American Red Cross
, Lifeguarding
certification?
How does an American Red Going through the Lifeguard class or course again
Cross certified lifeguard
get recertified?
To ensure that lifeguards understand their
Why is it important to attend a responsibilities and know how to perform their job, To
pre-season orientation and ensure that lifeguards get practice with their facility's
training? safety and rescue equipment and emergency action
plans, and To ensure lifeguards understand codes,
rules, and regulations of the facility
What does EAP stand for? Emergency Action Plan
Why is it important for So everyone knows their responsibilities and can perform them
lifeguards and other team effectively
members to understand and
practice the EAP?
What is the best practice for At least four hours of in-service training each month
the frequency of in-service
training participation at
well-
managed aquatic facilities?
Surveillance and recognition, Water and land rescue
What are four topics
skills, Emergency response drills, and Decision-making
that could be a
protocols (or Facility rules and regulations, Customer
discussed during in-
service, Records and reports, and Physical
service training?
conditioning)
Helps you maintain your knowledge and skills at a
What are the benefits of
professional level, gives you a chance to practice with
regular, frequent in-
other lifeguards at your facility, and it will help you to
service training?
efficiently respond as a team in an emergency
Inspecting and test run of rides and slides, Checking
In a water park setting,
that rafts, tubes, and/or sleds are properly inflated
what additional items
and the handles are secure, Landing areas are free of
might be included in a
rough
safety checklist?
surfaces and debris, Water level and flow is appropriate for
attraction, and Electronic dispatch systems are tested
What is the primary To prevent drowning and other injuries from occurring at their
responsibility of a aquatic facility
lifeguard?
Monitoring activities in and near the water through patron
Provide three examples of
surveillance,
how lifeguards fulfill their
Administering first aid, CPR, and AED, and Working as a
primary responsibility.
team with other lifeguards, facility staff, and
management
Testing pool water chemistry, Assist patrons by
List five examples of
secondary performing safety orientations, administrating swim
responsibilities that should tests, fitting life jackets, and other duties, Cleaning or
never interfere with patron performing maintenance, Completing records and
surveillance. reports, and Performing opening duties,
closing duties, or facility safety checks and inspections
List five characteristics of a Knowledgeable and skilled, Reliable, Mature, Courteous and
professional lifeguard. consistent, and Positive
Lifeguards should always do Be attentive and sit or stand upright when on surveillance duty
what?
A lifeguard is texting while Negligence
on surveillance duty and
fails to recognize a
swimmer in distress.
What legal principle could
be a problem for this
lifeguard?
List the five steps that a State your name, State your level of training, Ask if you
lifeguard should take may help, Explain that you would like to assess them to
when obtaining consent find out what you think may be wrong or what you can
from an do to help
injured or ill person before
providing first
aid or emergency care.
What is the validity period Two years
of an American Red Cross
, Lifeguarding
certification?
How does an American Red Going through the Lifeguard class or course again
Cross certified lifeguard
get recertified?
To ensure that lifeguards understand their
Why is it important to attend a responsibilities and know how to perform their job, To
pre-season orientation and ensure that lifeguards get practice with their facility's
training? safety and rescue equipment and emergency action
plans, and To ensure lifeguards understand codes,
rules, and regulations of the facility
What does EAP stand for? Emergency Action Plan
Why is it important for So everyone knows their responsibilities and can perform them
lifeguards and other team effectively
members to understand and
practice the EAP?
What is the best practice for At least four hours of in-service training each month
the frequency of in-service
training participation at
well-
managed aquatic facilities?
Surveillance and recognition, Water and land rescue
What are four topics
skills, Emergency response drills, and Decision-making
that could be a
protocols (or Facility rules and regulations, Customer
discussed during in-
service, Records and reports, and Physical
service training?
conditioning)
Helps you maintain your knowledge and skills at a
What are the benefits of
professional level, gives you a chance to practice with
regular, frequent in-
other lifeguards at your facility, and it will help you to
service training?
efficiently respond as a team in an emergency
Inspecting and test run of rides and slides, Checking
In a water park setting,
that rafts, tubes, and/or sleds are properly inflated
what additional items
and the handles are secure, Landing areas are free of
might be included in a
rough
safety checklist?
surfaces and debris, Water level and flow is appropriate for
attraction, and Electronic dispatch systems are tested
