2026 DIVEMASTER STUDY CORRECT QUESTIONS
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✔✔True or False. If a diver has concerns about a dive, make it clear that if the diver
doesn't feel up to the dive for any reason, it's okay not to dive. - ✔✔True.
✔✔What is an advantage of inwater supervision?
a. You are closer to divers to respond to problems.
b. It's an effective way to supervise multiple groups at once.
c. Buddy teams have more individual options in where they dive.
d. You are closer to emergency related equipment. - ✔✔a. You are closer to divers to
respond to problems
✔✔What is a disadvantage of out of water supervision?
a. You can't remind divers to follow appropriate dive procedures.
b. You are closer to emergency-related equipment.
c. Buddy teams have fewer individual options.
d. You can only watch one group. - ✔✔a. You can't remind divers to follow appropriate
dive procedures.
✔✔The primary purpose of diver accounting procedures is to:
a. obtain information needed to plan repetitive dives.
b. track divers in and out of the water - making sure all divers have returned after a dive.
,c. make certain that all divers have a buddy.
d. check whether each diver has the proper equipment for a dive. - ✔✔b. track divers in
and out of the water - making sure all divers have returned after a dive.
✔✔What individual differences in divers do you need to recognize and accommodate?
a. Skill level and physical abilities
b. Learning challenges and responsible behavior
c. Equipment style and color
d. Both a and b. - ✔✔d. Both a and b.
✔✔You need to apply your judgment to which elements of diver supervision?
a. Evaluating whether dive conditions are acceptable.
b. Choosing which dive techniques to recommend.
c. Picking a vantage point for supervising dive activities.
d. All of the above. - ✔✔d. All of the above.
✔✔In the event of a dive accident when supervising certified divers, usually your
expected role is to:
a. assist the boat captain in managing the accident.
b. manage the accident if you are the most qualified person present
c. delegate management to a rescue diver so you can focus on the safety of uninvolved
divers.
d. None of the above. - ✔✔b. manage the accident if you are the most qualified person
present
✔✔Choosing a vantage point may be a compromise between the best place to
____________ and the best place to ______________.
a. enter the water / assess the environment.
b. lend assistance / enter the water.
c. watch divers / enter the water.
, d. watch divers / lend assistance - ✔✔d. watch divers / lend assistance
✔✔True or False. You only need to include an environmental orientation in your dive
briefing if there are certified divers who have little or no experince in the local area. -
✔✔False
✔✔Your primary role in an instructional setting is to:
a. focus on teaching.
b. prepare for emergencies.
c. gain experience with teaching skills.
d. assist the instructor including handling logistics and helping with student diver
supervision. - ✔✔d. assist the instructor including logistics and helping with student
diver supervision.
✔✔In your relationship with student divers, your primary role is to be:
a. a link between them and the instructor.
b. a counselor to the instructor
c. a first aid expert.
d. an authority - ✔✔a. a link between them and the instructor.
✔✔When assisting an instructor with student divers in the water, a good position for you
is one that allows:
a. you to see the entire group and the instructor.
b. you to respond quickly to problems.
c. student divers to alert you easily.
d. All of the above. - ✔✔d. All of the above.
✔✔True or False. Positioning student divers in a line or semicircle with the instructor in
front and you behind them at the center has the advantage of allowing the entire group
to see you? - ✔✔True.
✔✔When is it appropriate to make direct contact with a student diver?
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✔✔True or False. If a diver has concerns about a dive, make it clear that if the diver
doesn't feel up to the dive for any reason, it's okay not to dive. - ✔✔True.
✔✔What is an advantage of inwater supervision?
a. You are closer to divers to respond to problems.
b. It's an effective way to supervise multiple groups at once.
c. Buddy teams have more individual options in where they dive.
d. You are closer to emergency related equipment. - ✔✔a. You are closer to divers to
respond to problems
✔✔What is a disadvantage of out of water supervision?
a. You can't remind divers to follow appropriate dive procedures.
b. You are closer to emergency-related equipment.
c. Buddy teams have fewer individual options.
d. You can only watch one group. - ✔✔a. You can't remind divers to follow appropriate
dive procedures.
✔✔The primary purpose of diver accounting procedures is to:
a. obtain information needed to plan repetitive dives.
b. track divers in and out of the water - making sure all divers have returned after a dive.
,c. make certain that all divers have a buddy.
d. check whether each diver has the proper equipment for a dive. - ✔✔b. track divers in
and out of the water - making sure all divers have returned after a dive.
✔✔What individual differences in divers do you need to recognize and accommodate?
a. Skill level and physical abilities
b. Learning challenges and responsible behavior
c. Equipment style and color
d. Both a and b. - ✔✔d. Both a and b.
✔✔You need to apply your judgment to which elements of diver supervision?
a. Evaluating whether dive conditions are acceptable.
b. Choosing which dive techniques to recommend.
c. Picking a vantage point for supervising dive activities.
d. All of the above. - ✔✔d. All of the above.
✔✔In the event of a dive accident when supervising certified divers, usually your
expected role is to:
a. assist the boat captain in managing the accident.
b. manage the accident if you are the most qualified person present
c. delegate management to a rescue diver so you can focus on the safety of uninvolved
divers.
d. None of the above. - ✔✔b. manage the accident if you are the most qualified person
present
✔✔Choosing a vantage point may be a compromise between the best place to
____________ and the best place to ______________.
a. enter the water / assess the environment.
b. lend assistance / enter the water.
c. watch divers / enter the water.
, d. watch divers / lend assistance - ✔✔d. watch divers / lend assistance
✔✔True or False. You only need to include an environmental orientation in your dive
briefing if there are certified divers who have little or no experince in the local area. -
✔✔False
✔✔Your primary role in an instructional setting is to:
a. focus on teaching.
b. prepare for emergencies.
c. gain experience with teaching skills.
d. assist the instructor including handling logistics and helping with student diver
supervision. - ✔✔d. assist the instructor including logistics and helping with student
diver supervision.
✔✔In your relationship with student divers, your primary role is to be:
a. a link between them and the instructor.
b. a counselor to the instructor
c. a first aid expert.
d. an authority - ✔✔a. a link between them and the instructor.
✔✔When assisting an instructor with student divers in the water, a good position for you
is one that allows:
a. you to see the entire group and the instructor.
b. you to respond quickly to problems.
c. student divers to alert you easily.
d. All of the above. - ✔✔d. All of the above.
✔✔True or False. Positioning student divers in a line or semicircle with the instructor in
front and you behind them at the center has the advantage of allowing the entire group
to see you? - ✔✔True.
✔✔When is it appropriate to make direct contact with a student diver?
