ERDI DIVER TECHNICIAN FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Most emergency response dive teams perform a combination of three basic job functions: human
remains recoveries, ____________ recoveries and evidentiary recovery.
Carcass
Propeller
Vehicle
Nightime - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Vehicle
Personal opinion and ___________ have no place in determining the functionality of the team.
Abilities
Strengths
Equipment
Ego - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ego
In modern times, emergency response teams began forming to respond to:
Increases in state budgets.
Pressure from fire departments.
Localized needs.
An increase in the number of coastal boating accidents. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Localized needs
Human remains recoveries require exacting disciplines in ______________ diving, underwater mapping
and archeology, and basic crime scene investigation procedures.
Swift water
Wreck
Contaminated water
None of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Contaminated water
,Proper ______________on a regular schedule will keep the skills of the team members current, relevant
and proficient.
Training
Eating
Exercise
Reading - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Exercise
Transfer of diving authority is generally based upon?
Financial obligations
Skills, abilities and equipment needs
Political control
Type of diving target - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Skills, abilities and equipment needs
What team has initial jurisdiction over a dive scenario?
Highest trained dive team responding
U.S. Coast Guard
Fire department
First responding dive team in jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅First responding dive team in
jurisdiction
True or False: Dive teams are required to have, at a minimum 'reasonable suspicion' in order to dive on
someone's personal land. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
If a dive team is trespassing and operating illegally any evidence they recover will most likely be:
Allowed in legal proceedings.
Nullified in any subsequent legal action.
Considered on an individual basis.
None of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nullified in any subsequent legal action
, Every time an emergency response dive team is called upon to perform a recovery it is a(n) ______ dive.
Training
Support
Evidentiary
Wasted - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Evidentiary
Some of the requirements for ____________ public safety dive team classifications far exceed
recreational training and in some cases can only be obtained with some commercial or scientific dive
training and experience.
NIMS
SIMS
NAFTA
ARC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NIMS
A diver is either governed under ____________or the State's Department of Labor.
Federal Dive Rescue Association
Federal OSHA
Federal IRS
Federal Marshall's Office - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Federal OSHA
The golden hour begins at the time the _________is submerged, not the time the team arrives on scene.
Rescue diver
ROV
Victim
None of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Victim
The OSHA 29CFR1910.400 and Subpart T standard exempts emergency response divers only when
operating within the first _____________ that a body has been submerged, as described in the
introduction of this course.
Hour
ANSWERS
Most emergency response dive teams perform a combination of three basic job functions: human
remains recoveries, ____________ recoveries and evidentiary recovery.
Carcass
Propeller
Vehicle
Nightime - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Vehicle
Personal opinion and ___________ have no place in determining the functionality of the team.
Abilities
Strengths
Equipment
Ego - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ego
In modern times, emergency response teams began forming to respond to:
Increases in state budgets.
Pressure from fire departments.
Localized needs.
An increase in the number of coastal boating accidents. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Localized needs
Human remains recoveries require exacting disciplines in ______________ diving, underwater mapping
and archeology, and basic crime scene investigation procedures.
Swift water
Wreck
Contaminated water
None of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Contaminated water
,Proper ______________on a regular schedule will keep the skills of the team members current, relevant
and proficient.
Training
Eating
Exercise
Reading - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Exercise
Transfer of diving authority is generally based upon?
Financial obligations
Skills, abilities and equipment needs
Political control
Type of diving target - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Skills, abilities and equipment needs
What team has initial jurisdiction over a dive scenario?
Highest trained dive team responding
U.S. Coast Guard
Fire department
First responding dive team in jurisdiction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅First responding dive team in
jurisdiction
True or False: Dive teams are required to have, at a minimum 'reasonable suspicion' in order to dive on
someone's personal land. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
If a dive team is trespassing and operating illegally any evidence they recover will most likely be:
Allowed in legal proceedings.
Nullified in any subsequent legal action.
Considered on an individual basis.
None of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nullified in any subsequent legal action
, Every time an emergency response dive team is called upon to perform a recovery it is a(n) ______ dive.
Training
Support
Evidentiary
Wasted - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Evidentiary
Some of the requirements for ____________ public safety dive team classifications far exceed
recreational training and in some cases can only be obtained with some commercial or scientific dive
training and experience.
NIMS
SIMS
NAFTA
ARC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NIMS
A diver is either governed under ____________or the State's Department of Labor.
Federal Dive Rescue Association
Federal OSHA
Federal IRS
Federal Marshall's Office - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Federal OSHA
The golden hour begins at the time the _________is submerged, not the time the team arrives on scene.
Rescue diver
ROV
Victim
None of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Victim
The OSHA 29CFR1910.400 and Subpart T standard exempts emergency response divers only when
operating within the first _____________ that a body has been submerged, as described in the
introduction of this course.
Hour
