LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTOR WRITTEN TEST
WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | 100%
GUARANTEED PASS | LATEST EDITION
2026-2027.
You are placing AED pads on an adult in cardiac arrest. What is the correct
placement for the pads?
Upper right side of the chest and lower left side of the chest, a few inches
below the left armpit
When should you say "CLEAR!" to make sure no one is touching the person
while operating the AED?
Before delivering shock to the person, when AED is analyzing if shock is
necessary
When there are two people operating the BVM, which actions should the
airway manager perform? Maintain an open airway, seal the resus mask
True or false? If the ventilator on a three-person team is needed to get or
prepare an AED, the team should stop using the bag-valve-mask (BVM)
,resuscitator and switch to two-rescuer CPR until the third rescuer has the AED
prepared and ready to analyze
True
True or false? During a multiple-rescuer team response, use of the bag-valve-
mask (BVM) resuscitator should be the priority intervention.
False, using the AED takes priority over using a BVM resuscitator
What is the universal sign for choking?
Clutching the throat with one or both hands
After activating the EAP and having someone call 9-1-1 and get equipment,
what is the next thing you should do if a person is choking and cannot
speak, cry or cough forcefully? Get consent to give care
You are responsible for operating the AED in a multiple-rescuer team response.
The AED recommends delivering a shock to the person. What should you do
before pushing the shock button?
Say CLEAR in a loud, commanding voice, waving your arms over the person
True or false? A 3-year-old child weighs 30 pounds. If pediatric AED pads are
unavailable, it is safe to use adult AED pads on this child
True
,How you should respond if a choking person can speak, cry or cough
forcefully? Encourage them to keep coughing
What two actions do you cycle through for a choking adult or child?
5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts
What are the first two steps if a choking person cannot respond to you?
Activate EAP, EMS and get consent
Continue giving sets of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts (or chest thrusts)
until
The person can cough, speak, cry or breathe, or they become unresponsive
What are the steps for caring for an unresponsive choking adult or child?
Lay them gently on a hard surface, begin CPR cycle, after each set of
compressions and before vents check for any objects in the mouth, if you see
an object use a finger sweep to get it out, attempt 2 ventilations. If they go in,
continue CPR and AED, if they do not, continue CPR but check for object before
each set of vents
If the ventilations do not go in the first time during an unresponsive choking
situation, what is your first assumption?
, I did not put the mask on correctly
You are performing CPR for an unresponsive choking person. Which action
should you take right after each set of compressions?
Open mouth to look for an object
When caring for a responsive choking person, the initial back blows did not
remove the object. The person is still choking. What should you do next?
Give abdominal thrusts
How might you need to modify obstructed airway care for a responsive choking
child or a person in a wheelchair?
Kneel behind person instead of standing
If an infant is choking and is unable to cry or cough what are the first
two steps? Activate EAP, call EMS, get equipment, get consent
When is consent implied?
WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | 100%
GUARANTEED PASS | LATEST EDITION
2026-2027.
You are placing AED pads on an adult in cardiac arrest. What is the correct
placement for the pads?
Upper right side of the chest and lower left side of the chest, a few inches
below the left armpit
When should you say "CLEAR!" to make sure no one is touching the person
while operating the AED?
Before delivering shock to the person, when AED is analyzing if shock is
necessary
When there are two people operating the BVM, which actions should the
airway manager perform? Maintain an open airway, seal the resus mask
True or false? If the ventilator on a three-person team is needed to get or
prepare an AED, the team should stop using the bag-valve-mask (BVM)
,resuscitator and switch to two-rescuer CPR until the third rescuer has the AED
prepared and ready to analyze
True
True or false? During a multiple-rescuer team response, use of the bag-valve-
mask (BVM) resuscitator should be the priority intervention.
False, using the AED takes priority over using a BVM resuscitator
What is the universal sign for choking?
Clutching the throat with one or both hands
After activating the EAP and having someone call 9-1-1 and get equipment,
what is the next thing you should do if a person is choking and cannot
speak, cry or cough forcefully? Get consent to give care
You are responsible for operating the AED in a multiple-rescuer team response.
The AED recommends delivering a shock to the person. What should you do
before pushing the shock button?
Say CLEAR in a loud, commanding voice, waving your arms over the person
True or false? A 3-year-old child weighs 30 pounds. If pediatric AED pads are
unavailable, it is safe to use adult AED pads on this child
True
,How you should respond if a choking person can speak, cry or cough
forcefully? Encourage them to keep coughing
What two actions do you cycle through for a choking adult or child?
5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts
What are the first two steps if a choking person cannot respond to you?
Activate EAP, EMS and get consent
Continue giving sets of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts (or chest thrusts)
until
The person can cough, speak, cry or breathe, or they become unresponsive
What are the steps for caring for an unresponsive choking adult or child?
Lay them gently on a hard surface, begin CPR cycle, after each set of
compressions and before vents check for any objects in the mouth, if you see
an object use a finger sweep to get it out, attempt 2 ventilations. If they go in,
continue CPR and AED, if they do not, continue CPR but check for object before
each set of vents
If the ventilations do not go in the first time during an unresponsive choking
situation, what is your first assumption?
, I did not put the mask on correctly
You are performing CPR for an unresponsive choking person. Which action
should you take right after each set of compressions?
Open mouth to look for an object
When caring for a responsive choking person, the initial back blows did not
remove the object. The person is still choking. What should you do next?
Give abdominal thrusts
How might you need to modify obstructed airway care for a responsive choking
child or a person in a wheelchair?
Kneel behind person instead of standing
If an infant is choking and is unable to cry or cough what are the first
two steps? Activate EAP, call EMS, get equipment, get consent
When is consent implied?
