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Prepare for your PADI Open Water Diver Final Exam with this clear, student‑friendly study guide. Designed to help future scuba divers succeed, this resource covers essential knowledge, practice questions, and exam tips to build confidence before certification. Whether you’re reviewing safety procedures, dive planning, or underwater skills, this guide makes exam preparation simple and effective. Perfect for students aiming to pass their PADI certification test and start their scuba diving adventures.

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PADI Open Water Diver Certification – Final
Exam Practice

18 metres/60 feet




1. As a newly certified PADI Open Water
Div- er, I will be trained to dive with
buddy as deep as

2. As you descend in water, the pressure increases

3. A depth change of 10 metres/33 feet caus- 1 bar/ata (atmosphere)
es a pressure change of

4. if you take 6 liters of air from the 2 litres (the density of the air would be
surface to 20 metres/66 feet, the
three times the density at the surface)
volume will be
burst
5. A balloon fully inflated and sealed at
10 metres/33 feet, would probably

dur- ing ascent to the surface

6. A squeeze is caused by a pressure imbalance between
the sur- rounding pressure and


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Exam Practice
an air space

7. Equalization is the process of adding air to an air space

8. The most important rule in scuba diving is breathe continuously and
never hold your
to breath

9. During ascent I feel discomfort in my ears. stop, descend slightly, and allow
trapped air
I should to work its way out faster

10. My buddy and I descend to 12 than
metres/40 feet. I would expect to
use my air at 6 metres/20 feet

11. The most efficient way to breathe
deeply and slowly
dense air underwater is to breathe




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Exam Practice
12. Buoyancy a force that pushes an object in water
up- ward

13. Salt water causes more buoyancy more
than fresh water because it is
dense and weighs

14. When I descend, my buoyancy tends
decrease, increase
to
. When I ascend, it tends to

15. The three most important comfort
considerations in choosing scuba
equipment are suitabil- ity, fit, and

16. The two basic fin styles are fins adjustable and full-foot

17. My primary considerations when blade size
choos- ing fins are fit and

18. BCD (buoyancy control device) holds your kit together and allows you
to
adjust buoyancy throughout the dive

19. Regulator delivers breathing air at the
surrounding pressure when you
inhale and directs ex- haled air into
the air

20. Cylinder holds the high-pressure breathing
air sup- plied by your regulator
during the dive

21. Weight System holds lead weight to counteract the


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