USLA Test Study Guide Questions with
Verified Correct Answers
The earliest organized lifesaving association was established in:
a) China in 1708
b) Australia in 1800
c) China in 1808
d) The Netherlands in 1767
a) China in 1708
The Revenue Marine Division was established in 1869 to combine:
a) the administration of lifesaving stations, the Revenue Cutter Service, and steamboat
inspection
b) the administration of lifesaving stations and Marine hospitals
c) the Revenue Cutter Service and steamboat inspection
d) the administration of lifesaving stations, the Revenue Cutter Service, steamboat
inspection, and Marine hospitals
d) the administration of lifesaving stations, the Revenue Cutter Service, steamboat inspection,
and Marine hospitals
The Lifesaving Service and Revenue Cutter Service combined to create the US Coast
Guard in:
a) 1910
b) 1915
,c) 1912
d) 1901
b) 1915
Which organization was first to train open water lifesavers?
a) Red Cross
b) Coast Guard
c) YMCA
d) Boy Scouts
c) YMCA
Commodore Longfellow's Waterproofing America objective(s) was (were):
a) teaching people to float
b) teaching people to swim and the skills necessary to rescue a drowning
c) person non-swimming rescues
d) using clothes as floatation devices
b) teaching people to swim and the skills necessary to rescue a drowning
Captain Henry Sheffield was touring South Africa and developed the first:
a) rescue can
b) line land
c) self-righting boat
d) ring buoy
,a) rescue can
America's first RFD known as a torpedo buoy was made with:
a) aluminum
b) plastic
c) heavy sheet metal
d) copper then aluminum
c) heavy sheet metal
The hard plastic molded buoy is known as the:
a) Burnside Buoy
b) Torpedo Buoy
c) McMillan
d) Sheffield Can
a) Burnside Buoy
Name the leading tourist destination in the United States.
a) historical
b) beaches
c) mountains
d) national parks
b) beaches
, How many people in America are involved with open water swimming yearly?
a) 15 to 20 million
b) 8 to 10 million
c) 80 million or more
d) less than 50 million
c) 80 million or more
Litter causes problems for animals because:
a) waste floats
b) waste doesn't float
c) waste breaks down into finer particles and mixes with sand
d) ingesting of waste
d) ingesting of waste
Floating debris in the water is known as:
a) floating matter
b) floating pollutants
c) flotsam
d) sewage
c) flotsam
Flotsam is most likely to be a problem:
a) after a spring tide
Verified Correct Answers
The earliest organized lifesaving association was established in:
a) China in 1708
b) Australia in 1800
c) China in 1808
d) The Netherlands in 1767
a) China in 1708
The Revenue Marine Division was established in 1869 to combine:
a) the administration of lifesaving stations, the Revenue Cutter Service, and steamboat
inspection
b) the administration of lifesaving stations and Marine hospitals
c) the Revenue Cutter Service and steamboat inspection
d) the administration of lifesaving stations, the Revenue Cutter Service, steamboat
inspection, and Marine hospitals
d) the administration of lifesaving stations, the Revenue Cutter Service, steamboat inspection,
and Marine hospitals
The Lifesaving Service and Revenue Cutter Service combined to create the US Coast
Guard in:
a) 1910
b) 1915
,c) 1912
d) 1901
b) 1915
Which organization was first to train open water lifesavers?
a) Red Cross
b) Coast Guard
c) YMCA
d) Boy Scouts
c) YMCA
Commodore Longfellow's Waterproofing America objective(s) was (were):
a) teaching people to float
b) teaching people to swim and the skills necessary to rescue a drowning
c) person non-swimming rescues
d) using clothes as floatation devices
b) teaching people to swim and the skills necessary to rescue a drowning
Captain Henry Sheffield was touring South Africa and developed the first:
a) rescue can
b) line land
c) self-righting boat
d) ring buoy
,a) rescue can
America's first RFD known as a torpedo buoy was made with:
a) aluminum
b) plastic
c) heavy sheet metal
d) copper then aluminum
c) heavy sheet metal
The hard plastic molded buoy is known as the:
a) Burnside Buoy
b) Torpedo Buoy
c) McMillan
d) Sheffield Can
a) Burnside Buoy
Name the leading tourist destination in the United States.
a) historical
b) beaches
c) mountains
d) national parks
b) beaches
, How many people in America are involved with open water swimming yearly?
a) 15 to 20 million
b) 8 to 10 million
c) 80 million or more
d) less than 50 million
c) 80 million or more
Litter causes problems for animals because:
a) waste floats
b) waste doesn't float
c) waste breaks down into finer particles and mixes with sand
d) ingesting of waste
d) ingesting of waste
Floating debris in the water is known as:
a) floating matter
b) floating pollutants
c) flotsam
d) sewage
c) flotsam
Flotsam is most likely to be a problem:
a) after a spring tide
