SLA exam prep questions and
answers
What are the three tasks of notified of a missing person? ✔✔Get as much info as
possible about them
Keep the informant with you at all times
Alert your patrol captain
What are the 4 Ps? In order ✔✔Position
Problem
People
Progress
What are 5 skills to be a good communicator? ✔✔Pay attention
Observe
Listen
Summarise
Respond
How is a wave formed? ✔✔1. Strength of wind (velocity)
2. Time wind blew (duration)
3. Distance it blew (fetch)
,What is a wave? ✔✔A body of water moving across the ocean floor
Name risks to lifeguards ✔✔Hygiene (personal and environment)
Sun
Dehydration
Hypothermia
Transmissible diseases
Alcohol and drugs
Lifting and carrying
Describe the 8 risk management steps ✔✔Activity
People
Hazards
Risks
Preventative
Monitor
Maintain
Emergency response plan
What are your health and safety responsibilities ✔✔Team - operate with captain
and team
, Equipment - use gear correctly
Be safe - be safe and healthy
First aid - provide when needed
Behave - use appropriate behaviour
Name steps to setting up flagged area ✔✔Elevation - use to get a true picture of
beach
Swim - guard should test the swim area
Proximity - flags should remain close to waters edge in changing tides
Equipment - check it is in working order
Emergency - define processes and roles
How many high tides in 24 hours? ✔✔Two (every 12 hours)
When should you NOT wear your lifeguard uniform? ✔✔To and from patrol
At a party
At a sporting event or concert
When not on patrolName 4 signs someone is choking ✔✔1. Distress
2. Grasping
3. Coughing
4. Wheezing
5. Can't speak
answers
What are the three tasks of notified of a missing person? ✔✔Get as much info as
possible about them
Keep the informant with you at all times
Alert your patrol captain
What are the 4 Ps? In order ✔✔Position
Problem
People
Progress
What are 5 skills to be a good communicator? ✔✔Pay attention
Observe
Listen
Summarise
Respond
How is a wave formed? ✔✔1. Strength of wind (velocity)
2. Time wind blew (duration)
3. Distance it blew (fetch)
,What is a wave? ✔✔A body of water moving across the ocean floor
Name risks to lifeguards ✔✔Hygiene (personal and environment)
Sun
Dehydration
Hypothermia
Transmissible diseases
Alcohol and drugs
Lifting and carrying
Describe the 8 risk management steps ✔✔Activity
People
Hazards
Risks
Preventative
Monitor
Maintain
Emergency response plan
What are your health and safety responsibilities ✔✔Team - operate with captain
and team
, Equipment - use gear correctly
Be safe - be safe and healthy
First aid - provide when needed
Behave - use appropriate behaviour
Name steps to setting up flagged area ✔✔Elevation - use to get a true picture of
beach
Swim - guard should test the swim area
Proximity - flags should remain close to waters edge in changing tides
Equipment - check it is in working order
Emergency - define processes and roles
How many high tides in 24 hours? ✔✔Two (every 12 hours)
When should you NOT wear your lifeguard uniform? ✔✔To and from patrol
At a party
At a sporting event or concert
When not on patrolName 4 signs someone is choking ✔✔1. Distress
2. Grasping
3. Coughing
4. Wheezing
5. Can't speak
