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Red Cross Lifeguarding Exam 2025 – 200 Practice
Questions and Correct Answers/ Red Cross
Lifeguard Practice Test (Brand new!)
What will American Red Cross Lifeguarding class teach
you? (pg. 2) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Teach you skills needed to
prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies. Teach land
and water rescue skills plus first aid and CPR
Primary Responsibilities of Lifeguards (pg. 2) -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Monitor activities in and near water,
prevent injuries by minimalizing hazardous situations,
enforce facility rules, recognize and respond quickly,
administering first aid and CPR, work as a team with
other facility employees
Secondary Responsibilities of Lifeguards (pg. 2-3) -
...ANSWER...✓✓ test pool water chemistry, assisting
patrons, cleaning/maintenance of pool area, completing
records and reports
(pg. 4) Professional Lifeguards SHOULD NOT -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Leave your posted station or area while
on duty, use mobile phones or other types of
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communication while on duty, slouch in chair, participate
in conversation with other patrons or lifeguard staff, eat
on stand, use alcohol or drugs (any that could negatively
impact your alertness)
F.I.N.D (pg. 6) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ F=Figure out the problem
I= Identify possible solutions
N= Name the pros and cons for each solution.
D= Decide which solution is best, then act on it
EAP (pg. 6) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Emergency Action Plan
Duty to Act (pg. 6) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ While on the job, you
have legal responsibility to act in an emergency
Negligence (pg. 6) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ When a person
receiving emergency care has additional harm because
lifeguards failed to follow the standard of care
Consent (pg. 6) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ All people giving
medical care MUST obtain consent before helping an
individual
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Rescue Tube (pg. 13) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 45-54 inch vinyl,
foam-filled tube with an attached tow line and shoulder
strap capable of keeping victims afloat
Resuscitation Masks (pg. 13) - ...ANSWER...✓✓
Transparent, flexible device that creates a tight seal over
the victims mouth and nose to allow you to breathe air
into a victim without making mouth-to-mouth contact.
Gloves (pg. 13) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Disposable (single-use)
gloves are used to protect employees that may be
exposed to blood or other bodily fluids.
Backboards (pg. 13) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Standard piece of
equipment used at aquatics facilities to remove victims
from water when they are unable to exit the water on
their own. Backboards are also used during head, neck,
or back injuries
PPE (pg. 14) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Personal Protective
Equipment: specialized clothing, equipment, and supplies
used to prevent you from coming into direct contact with
a victims body fluids
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BVM (pg. 14) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Bag-Valve-Mask
Resuscitator: handheld device attached to a resuscitation
mask used to ventilate a victim in respiratory arrest when
performing CPR. BVM REQUIRES TWO RESCUERS.
Oxygen Cylinder and Delivery Device (pg. 14) -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Breathing device used to administer
emergency oxygen to a victim experiencing breathing or
cardiac emergency
AED (pg. 14) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Automated External
Defibrillators: portable electronic device that analyzes a
victims heart rhythm and delivers electrical shock to re-
establich proper rhythm.
RWI (pg. 24) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Recreational Water Illness:
earaches, rashes, diarrhea that can cause illness in
aquatics facility
Formed Stool Emergency (pg. 24) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 1.
Continue Operation of Filtration System
2. pH must be below 7.5
Red Cross Lifeguarding Exam 2025 – 200 Practice
Questions and Correct Answers/ Red Cross
Lifeguard Practice Test (Brand new!)
What will American Red Cross Lifeguarding class teach
you? (pg. 2) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Teach you skills needed to
prevent and respond to aquatic emergencies. Teach land
and water rescue skills plus first aid and CPR
Primary Responsibilities of Lifeguards (pg. 2) -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Monitor activities in and near water,
prevent injuries by minimalizing hazardous situations,
enforce facility rules, recognize and respond quickly,
administering first aid and CPR, work as a team with
other facility employees
Secondary Responsibilities of Lifeguards (pg. 2-3) -
...ANSWER...✓✓ test pool water chemistry, assisting
patrons, cleaning/maintenance of pool area, completing
records and reports
(pg. 4) Professional Lifeguards SHOULD NOT -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Leave your posted station or area while
on duty, use mobile phones or other types of
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communication while on duty, slouch in chair, participate
in conversation with other patrons or lifeguard staff, eat
on stand, use alcohol or drugs (any that could negatively
impact your alertness)
F.I.N.D (pg. 6) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ F=Figure out the problem
I= Identify possible solutions
N= Name the pros and cons for each solution.
D= Decide which solution is best, then act on it
EAP (pg. 6) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Emergency Action Plan
Duty to Act (pg. 6) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ While on the job, you
have legal responsibility to act in an emergency
Negligence (pg. 6) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ When a person
receiving emergency care has additional harm because
lifeguards failed to follow the standard of care
Consent (pg. 6) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ All people giving
medical care MUST obtain consent before helping an
individual
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Rescue Tube (pg. 13) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 45-54 inch vinyl,
foam-filled tube with an attached tow line and shoulder
strap capable of keeping victims afloat
Resuscitation Masks (pg. 13) - ...ANSWER...✓✓
Transparent, flexible device that creates a tight seal over
the victims mouth and nose to allow you to breathe air
into a victim without making mouth-to-mouth contact.
Gloves (pg. 13) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Disposable (single-use)
gloves are used to protect employees that may be
exposed to blood or other bodily fluids.
Backboards (pg. 13) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Standard piece of
equipment used at aquatics facilities to remove victims
from water when they are unable to exit the water on
their own. Backboards are also used during head, neck,
or back injuries
PPE (pg. 14) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Personal Protective
Equipment: specialized clothing, equipment, and supplies
used to prevent you from coming into direct contact with
a victims body fluids
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BVM (pg. 14) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Bag-Valve-Mask
Resuscitator: handheld device attached to a resuscitation
mask used to ventilate a victim in respiratory arrest when
performing CPR. BVM REQUIRES TWO RESCUERS.
Oxygen Cylinder and Delivery Device (pg. 14) -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Breathing device used to administer
emergency oxygen to a victim experiencing breathing or
cardiac emergency
AED (pg. 14) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Automated External
Defibrillators: portable electronic device that analyzes a
victims heart rhythm and delivers electrical shock to re-
establich proper rhythm.
RWI (pg. 24) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Recreational Water Illness:
earaches, rashes, diarrhea that can cause illness in
aquatics facility
Formed Stool Emergency (pg. 24) - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 1.
Continue Operation of Filtration System
2. pH must be below 7.5
