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Science of Diving Final, SCUBA, SSI Open Water Diver Final Exam with precise detailed answers

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Science of Diving Final, SCUBA, SSI Open Water Diver || || || || || || || || ||




Final Exam with precise detailed answers || || || || ||




What are the two dive flags - ✔✔Recreational Diving and Alpha Flag
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1982 - ✔✔When did OSHA exempt scientific diving from commercial diving
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The absolute pressure expressed in terms of atmospheres absolute at 33 feet in sea water is:
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-A: 2 ata|| ||




-B:1 ata ||




-C: 4 ata
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-D: 3 ata - ✔✔A: 2 ata
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What will the buoyancy of an object be (positive, neutral, or negative) if it displaces an amount of
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water: ||




a. more than its own weight?
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b. less than its own weight?
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c. equal to its own weight? - ✔✔a. positive
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b. negative
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c. neutral
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AAUS - ✔✔American Academy of Underwater Sciences
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Gauge pressure is defined as: || || || ||




-A: Hydrostatic pressure minus 1 ata
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-B: The pressure at the surface
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-C: The depth reading on a gauge
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-D: Absolute pressure minus 1 ata - ✔✔D: Gauge pressure is defined as Absolute pressure minus
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1 ata
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What is purpose of first stage - ✔✔to reduce cylinder pressure to immediate pressure and keep
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that pressure as constant as possible
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Define Scientific Diving - ✔✔Diving performed solely as a necessary part of a scientific,
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research, or educational activity by employees whose sole purpose for diving is to perform
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scientific research tasks || ||




When does squeeze in the ear occur - ✔✔When the presure outside the ear is greater than the
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pressure inside the ear || || ||




The first symptom of a sinus squeeze is usually:
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-A: a dull pain deep within the head
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-B: a sharp pain at the base of the neck
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-C: a crushing pain high in the chest
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-D: a sharp pain above the eyes - ✔✔D: a sharp pain above the eyes
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What is the relationship between increasing and decreasing depth and water pressure? - ✔✔With
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increasing depth the water pressure increases. || || || || || ||




With decreasing depth the water pressure decreases.
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If you experience pain in the ear during descent:
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-A: Stop the descent and ascend till the pain stops
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-B: abort the dive
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-C: place a finger in the ear canal and gently massage the ear until the pain ceases
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-D: continue the descent while gently exhaling into the mask - ✔✔A: Stop the descent and ascend
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till the pain stops.
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Body heat is lost at a rate of ___ than air. - ✔✔25-30 times faster
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What year was the petition by United Brotherhood Carpenters and Joiners of America AFL-CIO
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with respect to diving operations filed? - ✔✔1975
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The ultimate responsibility for safe diving procedures rests with the ... - ✔✔individual diver
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Proper equalization techniques must be learned in order to:
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-A: prevent sinus squeeze
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-B: prevent ear pain
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-C: prevent squeeze injuries
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-D: all answers are correct - ✔✔D
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At what depth does the greatest expension occur - ✔✔4 feet
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What are the absolute pressures, air volume, and air density in atmospheres, for:
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a. 10m/33ft
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b. 20m/66ft
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b. 30m/99ft
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c. 40m/132ft - ✔✔a. 2 bar/ata, 1/2, x 2
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b. 3 bar/ata, 1/3, x 3
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c. 4 bar/ata, 1/4, x4
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d. 5 bar/ata, 1/5, x5
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In what year did OSHA exempt scientific diving from commercial diving regulations? - ✔✔1982
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The purpose of equalization is to:
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-A: ensure the uneven application of pressure between the water and air spaces in the body
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-B: prevent water from entering air spaces in the body
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-C: introduce additional air into body air spaces in response to increasing external pressure
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-D: remove all fluids from body air spaces - ✔✔C: introduce additional air into body air spaces in
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response to increasing external pressure || || || ||




True or false: One of the requirements for meeting the scientific diving exemption to OSHA
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commercial diving regulations is that the majority of members of an organization's Diving || || || || || || || || || || || || ||




Control Board must be active scientific divers - ✔✔True
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Who fought to obtain a scientific diving exemption in 1975 with a petition filed with OSHA -
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✔✔United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America || || || || || || ||




The three primary features to look for in a quality Exposure System are: - ✔✔Thickness, fit, &
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seam integrity ||




Under what two conditions did OSHA exempt scientific diving from commercial diving
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regulations? - ✔✔Diving Safety Manual and Diving Control (Safety) Board || || || || || || || || ||




An object immersed in water will be buoyed upward by a force ______ to the weight of the water
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it displaces. - ✔✔equal
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