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SSI SCUBA Open Water Diving Certification Exam with accurate detailed answers

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SSI SCUBA Open Water Diving Certification Exam || || || || || || ||




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The purpose of equalization is to - ✔✔Introduce additional air into body air spaces
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in response to increasing external pressure
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Body heat is lost ________ than in air - ✔✔25 to 30 times faster
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The absolute pressure expressed in terms of atmospheres absolute at 99 feet in salt water - ✔✔4
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ata


One atmosphere of pressure is defined as - ✔✔- Each 34 feet of depth in freshwater
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- 1 ata
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- Each 33 feet of depth in sea water
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Describing diving with the acronym SCUBA came from what event? - ✔✔The development of
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the demand regulator in 1943
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Sinus squeeze can be prevented by - ✔✔Not diving with a cold
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The greatest relative pressure change in sea water takes place between ___ and ___ feet - ✔✔0
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and 33 ||




Underwater, the bending of light rays causes objects to appear to be: - ✔✔closer || || || || || || || || || || || || ||




Ear squeeze can be prevented by: - ✔✔- Relaxing
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- Never diving with a cold
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- Rotating the jaw, swallowing, or Valsalva
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Earplugs... - ✔✔should never been worn while diving || || || || || || ||




If you experience pain in your ears during descent: - ✔✔Stop the descent and ascend until the
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pain stops ||




Which of the statements concerning sound transmission underwater is correct? - ✔✔- Divers find
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it difficult to locate the direction of a sound producing source
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- Sound will travel farther underwater than in air
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- Sound travels four times faster underwater than in air
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The absolute pressure expressed in terms of atmospheres absolute at 33 feet in sea water is - ✔✔2
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If a flexible air-filled container has a volume of 40 cu ft on the surface, what would the volume be
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at 99 feet in sea water? - ✔✔10 cu ft
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Gauge pressure is defined as: - ✔✔Absolute pressure minus one
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The condition in which certain colors are diminished as depth increases is called: -
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✔✔Absorption



your Delivery system should be serviced and preformance checked: - ✔✔every year
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The purpose of a BC is to: - ✔✔Control ascent and descent rates, maintain neutral buoyancy
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during the dive, provide surface flotation || || || || ||




The Buoyancy Control System components are: - ✔✔buoyancy compensator, inflation device,
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and weight belt || ||

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