Water Safety Instructor | Exam Questions and Answers with
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Q: What courses are WSI's authorized to teach?
Answer:
Parent and Child Aquatics-Levels 1 - 2 Preschool Aquatics-Levels 1 - 3
Learn-to-Swim-Levels 1 - 6 Adult Swim-Levels 1 - 3 Water Safety Courses Basic
Water Rescue Personal Water Safety Safety Training for Swim Coaches Water
Safety Today Water Safety Presentations General Water Safety Home Pool Safety
Parent Orientation to Swim Lessons Sun Safety Rip Current Safety Longfellow's
Whale Tales Instructor Aide course
Q: What does WHALE stand for in the Longfellow Whale Tales program?
Answer:
Water habits are learned early.
Q: What is the purpose of the Red Cross Swim mobile application?
Answer:
1. Supports and promotes the Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety Program. 2.
Allows parents to track and share the progress of their children through the
Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim levels. 3. Provides adults with information
about water safety in general, as well as water safety in specific environments. 4.
Helps children learn about water safety through video segments from Longfellow's
WHALE Tales, age-appropriate water safety messaging, and quizzes for the parent
and child to complete together.
Q: What type of first aid and preparedness mobile applications does the
American Red Cross have?
Answer:
Tornado app Hurricane app Wildfire app Earthquake app First aid app Shelter
finder app
Register on Instructor's Corner and visit the site regularly to stay informed about
processes and procedures, system improvements and resources to support you and
your participants. Maintain an up-to-date profile, including your email address, to
ensure that you receive important communications from the Red Cross.
, Q: What are the criteria for grading participants?
Answer:
"Successful" is entered for a participant who has attended all class sessions,
participated in all course activities, passed all the required course skills and passed
the required scenarios and assessments.. "Unsuccessful" is entered for a participant
who has not met course objectives and/or does not successfully attend all class
sessions, participate in all course activities, complete all the required skills and/or
complete the scenarios and assessments and prefers not to be retested or does not
pass a retest. "Not Evaluated" should be entered as the final grade for a participant
who is not attending the course with intent to receive a completion certificate. The
participant, with approval from the instructor, is allowed to choose his or her own
level of participation in the course. This should not be substituted for an
Unsuccessful for a participant who attempts
certification but is unable to pass the completion requirements. A participant who
chooses to audit must make his or her intent known to the instructor at the
beginning of the class.
Q: What are some factors that affect class safety?
Answer:
Supervision, instructor preparation, co-instructors and instructor aides, participants,
equipment, teaching environment, facility policies and procedures. NOTE: As an
American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, you must make your teaching
environment as safe as possible.
Q: What can an instructor aide for a Learn-to-Swim class do?
Answer:
Assist a Water Safety Instructor in a level in which the instructor aide can perform
the exit skills assessment.
Q: Who can sign course completion certificates?
Answer:
Only Water Safety Instructors can sign course completion certificates.
Q: In order for a Water Safety Instructor to be eligible to teach Safety Training
for Swim Coaches, what must they do before teaching the course?
Verified Solutions | Latest 2026 Update
Q: What courses are WSI's authorized to teach?
Answer:
Parent and Child Aquatics-Levels 1 - 2 Preschool Aquatics-Levels 1 - 3
Learn-to-Swim-Levels 1 - 6 Adult Swim-Levels 1 - 3 Water Safety Courses Basic
Water Rescue Personal Water Safety Safety Training for Swim Coaches Water
Safety Today Water Safety Presentations General Water Safety Home Pool Safety
Parent Orientation to Swim Lessons Sun Safety Rip Current Safety Longfellow's
Whale Tales Instructor Aide course
Q: What does WHALE stand for in the Longfellow Whale Tales program?
Answer:
Water habits are learned early.
Q: What is the purpose of the Red Cross Swim mobile application?
Answer:
1. Supports and promotes the Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety Program. 2.
Allows parents to track and share the progress of their children through the
Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim levels. 3. Provides adults with information
about water safety in general, as well as water safety in specific environments. 4.
Helps children learn about water safety through video segments from Longfellow's
WHALE Tales, age-appropriate water safety messaging, and quizzes for the parent
and child to complete together.
Q: What type of first aid and preparedness mobile applications does the
American Red Cross have?
Answer:
Tornado app Hurricane app Wildfire app Earthquake app First aid app Shelter
finder app
Register on Instructor's Corner and visit the site regularly to stay informed about
processes and procedures, system improvements and resources to support you and
your participants. Maintain an up-to-date profile, including your email address, to
ensure that you receive important communications from the Red Cross.
, Q: What are the criteria for grading participants?
Answer:
"Successful" is entered for a participant who has attended all class sessions,
participated in all course activities, passed all the required course skills and passed
the required scenarios and assessments.. "Unsuccessful" is entered for a participant
who has not met course objectives and/or does not successfully attend all class
sessions, participate in all course activities, complete all the required skills and/or
complete the scenarios and assessments and prefers not to be retested or does not
pass a retest. "Not Evaluated" should be entered as the final grade for a participant
who is not attending the course with intent to receive a completion certificate. The
participant, with approval from the instructor, is allowed to choose his or her own
level of participation in the course. This should not be substituted for an
Unsuccessful for a participant who attempts
certification but is unable to pass the completion requirements. A participant who
chooses to audit must make his or her intent known to the instructor at the
beginning of the class.
Q: What are some factors that affect class safety?
Answer:
Supervision, instructor preparation, co-instructors and instructor aides, participants,
equipment, teaching environment, facility policies and procedures. NOTE: As an
American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor, you must make your teaching
environment as safe as possible.
Q: What can an instructor aide for a Learn-to-Swim class do?
Answer:
Assist a Water Safety Instructor in a level in which the instructor aide can perform
the exit skills assessment.
Q: Who can sign course completion certificates?
Answer:
Only Water Safety Instructors can sign course completion certificates.
Q: In order for a Water Safety Instructor to be eligible to teach Safety Training
for Swim Coaches, what must they do before teaching the course?
