American Red Cross lifeguarding written exam
questions with correct answers
What is the primary responsibility of a lifeguard? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-to prevent drowning and other injuries from occurring at | | | | | | | | |
your aquatic facility.
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Provide three examples of how lifeguards fulfill their primary
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responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-monitoring activities in and near
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the water through patron servaliance, preventing injuries by minimizing
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or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors, enforcing facility rules
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and regulations and educating patrons about them, recognizing and
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responding quickly and effectively to all the emergencies, administering
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first air and CPR including using an automated external defibrillator
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(AED) and if trained, administering emergency oxygen when needed,
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working as a team with other lifeguards, faculty, and staff management.
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list 5 examples of secondary responsibilities (other tasks) that should
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never interfere with patron serveillance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-testing
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|the pool water chemistry, assist patrons by performing safety
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orientations, administering swim tests, fitting life jackets and other
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duties, cleaning or performing maintenance, completing records and
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reports, performing opening duties, closing duties, or facility safety
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checks and inspections. | |
,list 5 characteristics of a professional lifeguard - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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knowledgable and skilled, reliable, mature, courteous and consistent, | | | | | | | |
positive, professional, healthy and fit | | | |
lifeguards should: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-always be attentive and sit
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or stand upright when on surveillance duty
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a lifeguard is texting while on surveillance duty and fails to recognize a
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swimmer in distress. what legal principle could be a problem for this
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lifeguard? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-negligence | | |
list the 5 steps that a lifeguard should take when obtaining consent from
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|an injured or ill person before providing first air or emergency care -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-state your name, state your level of training, ask
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if you may help, explain that you would like to assess them to find out
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what you think may be wrong or what you can do to help, explain what
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you plan to do. | | |
what is the validity of an American Red Cross lifeguarding certification?
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how does an American Red Cross certified lifeguard get recertified? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(2 years.) annual certification training.
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why is it important to attend a pre-season orientation and training -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to ensure lifeguards understand their
| | | | | |
responsibilities and know how to perform their job, to ensure that they | | | | | | | | | | | |
,get practice with their facilities safety and rescue equipment and
| | | | | | | | | |
emergency action plans, to ensure they understand codes, rules and
| | | | | | | | | |
regulations of their facility. | | |
what does EAP stand for - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-emergency action
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plan
why is it important for lifeguards and other team members to
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understand and practice the EAP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to know what
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role you'll play, to know how you all work as a team
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what is the best practice for the frequency of in-service training
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participation at well-managed aquatic facilities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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at least. hours of in service training each month
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what are the benefits of regular, frequent in-service training - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-gives you a chance to maintain your knowledge and skills | | | | | | | | | |
at a professional level and practice with the lifeguards at your facility.
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list. topics that could be a discussed during in-service training - CORRECT
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|ANSWER✔✔-surveillance and recognition, water and land rescue skills, | | | | | | | |
emergency response drills, decision making protocols, facility rules and
| | | | | | | | |
regulations, customer service, records and reports and physical
| | | | | | | |
conditioning.
, what items are considered to be personal protective equipment for a
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lifeguard - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-resuscitation mask and gloves. (may
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also include gowns, masks, shields, protective eyewear)
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what equipment should be worn or carried by a lifeguard at all times
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while on duty? list at least two and include the reasons why this
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equipment should be worn or carried - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-rescue
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tube (keeping people afloat), resuscitation mask (one way mouth to
| | | | | | | | | |
mouth contact for oxygen) and gloves (protect yourself from infectious
| | | | | | | | | |
materials). (whistle: to signal other lifeguards) | | | | |
what safety equipment/items should be easily accessible for a lifeguard
| | | | | | | | | |
while on duty? list at least two and describe how/when each item is
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used - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-back boards (to remove victims from the
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water when they are unable to exit on their own), rescue buoy (to throw
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
to a person to keep them afloat), other personal protective equipment
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(PPE), other resuscitation equipment, an automated external
| | | | | | |
defibrillator (AED), first aid supplies and rescue boards. | | | | | | |
as a lifeguard you are responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
consistently enforcing your facilities rules and regulations| | | | | |
list 5 common rules and regulations often posted at an aquatic facility -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-swim only when a lifeguard is on duty, swim
| | | | | | | | | |
diapers are required for small children or people with incontience, no
| | | | | | | | | | |
swimming with open or infected wounds, obey lifeguard instructions at
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questions with correct answers
What is the primary responsibility of a lifeguard? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-to prevent drowning and other injuries from occurring at | | | | | | | | |
your aquatic facility.
| |
Provide three examples of how lifeguards fulfill their primary
| | | | | | | | |
responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-monitoring activities in and near
| | | | | | | |
the water through patron servaliance, preventing injuries by minimizing
| | | | | | | | |
or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors, enforcing facility rules
| | | | | | | | |
and regulations and educating patrons about them, recognizing and
| | | | | | | | |
responding quickly and effectively to all the emergencies, administering
| | | | | | | | |
first air and CPR including using an automated external defibrillator
| | | | | | | | | |
(AED) and if trained, administering emergency oxygen when needed,
| | | | | | | | |
working as a team with other lifeguards, faculty, and staff management.
| | | | | | | | | |
list 5 examples of secondary responsibilities (other tasks) that should
| | | | | | | | | |
never interfere with patron serveillance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-testing
| | | | | | |
|the pool water chemistry, assist patrons by performing safety
| | | | | | | | |
orientations, administering swim tests, fitting life jackets and other
| | | | | | | | |
duties, cleaning or performing maintenance, completing records and
| | | | | | | |
reports, performing opening duties, closing duties, or facility safety
| | | | | | | | |
checks and inspections. | |
,list 5 characteristics of a professional lifeguard - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
knowledgable and skilled, reliable, mature, courteous and consistent, | | | | | | | |
positive, professional, healthy and fit | | | |
lifeguards should: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-always be attentive and sit
| | | | | | | | |
or stand upright when on surveillance duty
| | | | | |
a lifeguard is texting while on surveillance duty and fails to recognize a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
swimmer in distress. what legal principle could be a problem for this
| | | | | | | | | | | |
lifeguard? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-negligence | | |
list the 5 steps that a lifeguard should take when obtaining consent from
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|an injured or ill person before providing first air or emergency care -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-state your name, state your level of training, ask
| | | | | | | | | |
if you may help, explain that you would like to assess them to find out
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
what you think may be wrong or what you can do to help, explain what
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
you plan to do. | | |
what is the validity of an American Red Cross lifeguarding certification?
| | | | | | | | | | |
how does an American Red Cross certified lifeguard get recertified? -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-(2 years.) annual certification training.
| | | | |
why is it important to attend a pre-season orientation and training -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to ensure lifeguards understand their
| | | | | |
responsibilities and know how to perform their job, to ensure that they | | | | | | | | | | | |
,get practice with their facilities safety and rescue equipment and
| | | | | | | | | |
emergency action plans, to ensure they understand codes, rules and
| | | | | | | | | |
regulations of their facility. | | |
what does EAP stand for - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-emergency action
| | | | | | | | |
plan
why is it important for lifeguards and other team members to
| | | | | | | | | | |
understand and practice the EAP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to know what
| | | | | | | | |
role you'll play, to know how you all work as a team
| | | | | | | | | | | |
what is the best practice for the frequency of in-service training
| | | | | | | | | | |
participation at well-managed aquatic facilities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | |
at least. hours of in service training each month
| | | | | | | |
what are the benefits of regular, frequent in-service training - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-gives you a chance to maintain your knowledge and skills | | | | | | | | | |
at a professional level and practice with the lifeguards at your facility.
| | | | | | | | | | |
list. topics that could be a discussed during in-service training - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
|ANSWER✔✔-surveillance and recognition, water and land rescue skills, | | | | | | | |
emergency response drills, decision making protocols, facility rules and
| | | | | | | | |
regulations, customer service, records and reports and physical
| | | | | | | |
conditioning.
, what items are considered to be personal protective equipment for a
| | | | | | | | | | |
lifeguard - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-resuscitation mask and gloves. (may
| | | | | | | |
also include gowns, masks, shields, protective eyewear)
| | | | | |
what equipment should be worn or carried by a lifeguard at all times
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
while on duty? list at least two and include the reasons why this
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
equipment should be worn or carried - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-rescue
| | | | | | | | |
tube (keeping people afloat), resuscitation mask (one way mouth to
| | | | | | | | | |
mouth contact for oxygen) and gloves (protect yourself from infectious
| | | | | | | | | |
materials). (whistle: to signal other lifeguards) | | | | |
what safety equipment/items should be easily accessible for a lifeguard
| | | | | | | | | |
while on duty? list at least two and describe how/when each item is
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
used - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-back boards (to remove victims from the
| | | | | | | | | |
water when they are unable to exit on their own), rescue buoy (to throw
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
to a person to keep them afloat), other personal protective equipment
| | | | | | | | | | | |
(PPE), other resuscitation equipment, an automated external
| | | | | | |
defibrillator (AED), first aid supplies and rescue boards. | | | | | | |
as a lifeguard you are responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
consistently enforcing your facilities rules and regulations| | | | | |
list 5 common rules and regulations often posted at an aquatic facility -
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-swim only when a lifeguard is on duty, swim
| | | | | | | | | |
diapers are required for small children or people with incontience, no
| | | | | | | | | | |
swimming with open or infected wounds, obey lifeguard instructions at
| | | | | | | | | |
