YMCA LIFEGUARDING 2026 EXAMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Who is the leader during an EAP - ✔✔Lifeguard
✔✔What are some of the forms of communication - ✔✔Whistles, hand signals, rescue
equipment signals, megaphones, Flags, radios, telephones, airhorns
✔✔Is a water bottle optional equipment? - ✔✔No
✔✔What does DOTS stand for - ✔✔Deformities, open wounds, tenderness, swelling
✔✔What does PACA stand for - ✔✔Problem, alternative, consequences, action
✔✔What is the lawsuit process - ✔✔Accident occurs
Attorney hired by victim
Attorney lays out case
Complaint filled
Legal questions and statements
Request to produce
Trial held
✔✔What is important to remember at a waterpark - ✔✔You can see all 360
✔✔Do you evacuate the pool for a simple rescue in a wave pool - ✔✔No
✔✔Recommended PH - ✔✔7.2-7.6
✔✔Recommend chemical range - ✔✔3.0-5.0
✔✔What is the Q-1-2 system - ✔✔Question
Warning
Take a break
Help you be consistent, less stress, remained focus
✔✔Definition of scanning - ✔✔System of visual observation in which lifeguards perform
systematic visual sweeps of the facility, it's Patrons and their activity
✔✔What is inattentional blindness - ✔✔Feeling to notice something right in front of you
because you were intently focused on something else
✔✔Types of scanning - ✔✔Mental filing: build swimmer profiles based on their abilities
on each sweep
, Head counting: notice changes as you count swimmers
Risk- profile matching: measure what you see against characteristics of types of victims
✔✔3 stages of a tornado - ✔✔Watch
Warning
siren
✔✔Characteristics of a rip current - ✔✔Different color, large choppy waves, plume of
turbid water, floating debris moving seaward...
✔✔What are the 4 parts of cause- driven leadership - ✔✔Mission advancement,
collaboration, operational effectiveness, personal growth
✔✔Safe in six - ✔✔Prevent, recognize, Activate EMP, rescue, care, report
✔✔Safe In Six - ✔✔Prevent, Recognize, Activate EAP, Rescue, Emergency care,
Report
✔✔The Y's mission statement - ✔✔To put christian principles into practice through
programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.
✔✔The Y's cause - ✔✔Committed to strengthening communities through youth
development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
✔✔How many people die from drowning each year in the U.S. - ✔✔3,600
✔✔How many of those drowning deaths were children? - ✔✔1 in 4
✔✔What is PACA - ✔✔Problem, alternatives, consequences, action
✔✔What is the Q-1-2 accident prevention system? - ✔✔Question, Warning, Ask patron
to leave/ take a break
✔✔Entire-area coverage - ✔✔A single lifeguard supervises the entire swimming area
✔✔Zone coverage - ✔✔Swimming area is divided by lifeguards into zones
✔✔One short blast - ✔✔to get swimmers' attention
✔✔two short blasts - ✔✔used to get lifeguards' attention
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Who is the leader during an EAP - ✔✔Lifeguard
✔✔What are some of the forms of communication - ✔✔Whistles, hand signals, rescue
equipment signals, megaphones, Flags, radios, telephones, airhorns
✔✔Is a water bottle optional equipment? - ✔✔No
✔✔What does DOTS stand for - ✔✔Deformities, open wounds, tenderness, swelling
✔✔What does PACA stand for - ✔✔Problem, alternative, consequences, action
✔✔What is the lawsuit process - ✔✔Accident occurs
Attorney hired by victim
Attorney lays out case
Complaint filled
Legal questions and statements
Request to produce
Trial held
✔✔What is important to remember at a waterpark - ✔✔You can see all 360
✔✔Do you evacuate the pool for a simple rescue in a wave pool - ✔✔No
✔✔Recommended PH - ✔✔7.2-7.6
✔✔Recommend chemical range - ✔✔3.0-5.0
✔✔What is the Q-1-2 system - ✔✔Question
Warning
Take a break
Help you be consistent, less stress, remained focus
✔✔Definition of scanning - ✔✔System of visual observation in which lifeguards perform
systematic visual sweeps of the facility, it's Patrons and their activity
✔✔What is inattentional blindness - ✔✔Feeling to notice something right in front of you
because you were intently focused on something else
✔✔Types of scanning - ✔✔Mental filing: build swimmer profiles based on their abilities
on each sweep
, Head counting: notice changes as you count swimmers
Risk- profile matching: measure what you see against characteristics of types of victims
✔✔3 stages of a tornado - ✔✔Watch
Warning
siren
✔✔Characteristics of a rip current - ✔✔Different color, large choppy waves, plume of
turbid water, floating debris moving seaward...
✔✔What are the 4 parts of cause- driven leadership - ✔✔Mission advancement,
collaboration, operational effectiveness, personal growth
✔✔Safe in six - ✔✔Prevent, recognize, Activate EMP, rescue, care, report
✔✔Safe In Six - ✔✔Prevent, Recognize, Activate EAP, Rescue, Emergency care,
Report
✔✔The Y's mission statement - ✔✔To put christian principles into practice through
programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.
✔✔The Y's cause - ✔✔Committed to strengthening communities through youth
development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
✔✔How many people die from drowning each year in the U.S. - ✔✔3,600
✔✔How many of those drowning deaths were children? - ✔✔1 in 4
✔✔What is PACA - ✔✔Problem, alternatives, consequences, action
✔✔What is the Q-1-2 accident prevention system? - ✔✔Question, Warning, Ask patron
to leave/ take a break
✔✔Entire-area coverage - ✔✔A single lifeguard supervises the entire swimming area
✔✔Zone coverage - ✔✔Swimming area is divided by lifeguards into zones
✔✔One short blast - ✔✔to get swimmers' attention
✔✔two short blasts - ✔✔used to get lifeguards' attention
